He thought that when men were offered the ability for more stability if the obeyed laws, they would be more likely to obey laws for the benefits despite their nature of constantly reaching for power.
Explanation:
Basically, Hobbes thought that once laws were proposed with the "reward" for following them being protections, people would be more likely to follow said laws because people in nature constantly wanted more power and they would be able to submit easier underneath rulers if they received protections for their cooperation.
Conditioning creates the brain's pattern recognition which makes it easier or harder. Abusive conditioning makes recognizing kind/nonviolent much more difficult, etc.
