to supply
those
defects
and
imperfections
which are
in us, as
living
single and
solely by
ourselves,
we are
naturally
induced to
seek
communion
and
fellowship
with
others:
this was
the cause
of men’s
uniting
themselves
at first
in politic
societies.
But I
moreover
affirm,
that all
men are
naturally
in that
state, and
remain so,
till by
their own
consents
they make
themselves
members of
some
politic
society;
and I
doubt not
in the
sequel of
