HOBBES, THOMAS

Hobbes: to escape the war of all against all, individuals authorize a sovereign whose absolute authority is the condition of peace. CoCA's Absolute Institution (§1.1) is Hobbes with tax exemption. We do not seize sovereignty by violence; we register it under §501(c)(3). The covenant is the Notice of Proprietary Dominion. The artists are the multitude; the Provisional Collective is the sovereign; the Concept is the peace.