“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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Category: power
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During the time men live without a
“During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.”
— Thomas Hobbes
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Category: war
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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
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Category: alone
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During the time men live without a
“During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.”
— Thomas Hobbes
Author: 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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A wise man should so write (though
“A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Category: men
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That a man be willing, when others
“That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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Category: peace
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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
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Category: nature
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