Thursday's Quotation

Here's a line from Thomas Hobbes' most famous work, Leviathan from 1651. This book was Hobbes attempt to find order in society, and is one of the earliest explanations of the social contract theory. The following comes from the philosophical foundation for how he arrived at his conclusions:

"When man reasoneth, he does so as arithmeticians
add and subtract numbers. So writers of politics add
together pactions to find men's duties; and lawyers
add laws and facts to find right and wrong. In sum,
in what matter soever there is place for Addition
and Subtraction, there also is a place for Reason;
and where these have no place, there Reason
has nothing to do at all."