And therefore, as when there is a controversy in an account, the parties must by their own accord, … - Thomas Hobbes

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Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest.

Thomas Hobbes

And therefore, as when there is a controversy in an account, the parties must by their own accord, set up for right Reason, the Reason of some Arbitrator, or Judge, to whose sentence, they will both stand, or their controversy must either come to blows, or be undecided, for want of a right Reason constituted by Nature; so is it also in all debates of what kind soever.

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