“Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act of 

Leon Karp, "Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known: and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together: so the nature of war consisteth not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is peace."--Thomas Hobbs, Leviathan, 85. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1951, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.138
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“Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting, but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known: and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of war, as it is in the nature of weather. For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain, but in an inclination thereto of many days together: so the nature of war consisteth not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is peace.” – Thomas Hobbs, Leviathan, 85. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1951
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
30 3⁄8 x 24 1⁄4 in. (77.2 x 61.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Dress — uniform — military uniform
  • Landscape — town
  • Allegory — civic — peace
  • Animal — bird — dove
  • Dress — costume — mask
Object Number
1984.124.138
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.138