In the passage cited, Hobbes makes three basic points. The first is that there aresubotdinate organisations within the state. The second is that these organisations may pursue some limited common interest restricted to their members, or a broader interest in which the entire society shares. The third is that corporations can only legitimately exist if they are expressly sanctioned or tacitly tolerated by the sovereign power. In this passage, however, Hobbes has nothing to say about the structure of authority within corporations.