“Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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The condition of man… is a condition
“The condition of man… is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Category: war
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Such is the nature of men, that
“Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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It is not wisdom but Authority that
“It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Force and fraud are in war the
“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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The right of nature… is the liberty
“The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Fear of things invisible in the natural
“Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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The flesh endures the storms of the
“The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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There is no such thing as perpetual
“There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Science is the knowledge of consequences, and
“Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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I put for the general inclination of
“I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Category: death
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