for example, I in the state of nature (and all commonwealths are in the state of nature one with another) have injured another man, and refusing to give satisfaction, it comes to a state of war, wherein my defending by force what I had gotten unjustly, makes me the aggressor. I am conquered:
Esaterako, naturazko egoeran (eta errepublika guztiak egoera honetan daude bata bestearekiko) pertsona bati kalte egiten badiot eta konponbide bat eskaintzera errefusatzen badut, honek guda egoera ekarriko du, eta defendatzeko indarra darabildanean erasotzaile bihurtuko naiz.