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THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THOMAS HOBBES' CIVIC THOUGHT NOT AS A CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN CONCEPTIONS OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT BUT AS A POLITICAL PICTURE OF THE FORMATION OF CIVIC ATTRIBUTES AND CIVIC PERSONALITY. IT PLACES HOBBES' PICTURE OF CIVIC ATTRIBUTES IN THE CONTEXT OF A MUCH WIDER CONCEPTION OF THE CITIZEN--A CONCEPTION WHICH THE ARTICLE ARGUES WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF MUCH OF THE THINKING ALIGNED WITH THE EMERGENCE OF THE EARLY MODERN ADMINISTRATIVE STATES. THE ARTICLE ALSO CONTENDS THAT HOBBES' NOTIONS OF CITIZENSHIP CRYSTALLIZED A MUCH WIDER CURRENT OF THOUGHT WHICH UTILIZED THE SELF-DISCIPLINE AND REGULATION OF STOICISM AND THE CHRISTIAN PASTORAL ETHIC FOR THE FAR WIDER TASK OF DISCIPLINING ENTIRE POPULATIONS OF CITIZEN-SUBJECTS.