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Single Idea 2371

[from 'Leviathan' by Thomas Hobbes, in 23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism ]

Full Idea

The mutual transferring of right is that which men call 'contract'.

Gist of Idea

A contract is a mutual transfer of rights

Source

Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan [1651], 1.14)

Book Reference

Hobbes,Thomas: 'Leviathan', ed/tr. Macpherson,C.B. [Penguin 1981], p.192