Furthermore, these laws can also be part of a covenant between man and man. As Hobbes puts it, “I authorize and give my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up their right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner…this done, the multitude so united is called a Common-Wealth, in Latin, CIVITAS”(p. 227). This is how government is generated, according to Hobbes.