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Hobbes considers it an axiom that rational beings seek survival. He reasons a community gains safety in subordination to a commonwealth. Much of his book is characterizing and justifying state sovereignty.

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
by Thomas Hobbes
Published: 1651
Project Gutenberg