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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
Born: Apr 5, 1588
Died: Dec 4, 1679
Life Man Men Nothing War Will
Related authors: Alan Watts Bernard Williams Francis Bacon George Henry Lewes Herbert Spencer Jeremy Bentham John Locke John Stuart Mill
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Thomas Hobbes
Wisdom Legal Law Makes Authority
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
Life Nature Man Liberty Will Power Own Say Hath He Himself His Use Each Each Man Right Preservation
All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain. Thomas Hobbes
Minds Horror Beasts Brute Facts Generous Domain Intellectual Commonly
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
Life Fear Mind Sense Live More Never Because Without Motion Perpetual Nor Itself Than Tranquillity While Thing Here Desire
The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof. Thomas Hobbes
Roman Empire Other Ghost Crowned Empire Than Deceased Sitting Roman Thereof Grave
They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion. Thomas Hobbes
Approve More Call Opinion Private Than Dislike Heresy
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. Thomas Hobbes
Force Same Believing Gravitation
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
Nature Wise Will Men Believe Eloquent Others More Learned Witty May Acknowledge Themselves Many Hardly
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. Thomas Hobbes
Knowledge Science Consequences Fact Another Dependence
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
Man Peace Liberty Men Down Think Defense Too Other Others Willing Would All Things Shall Lay Allow He Himself Contented Against Far Forth Much Right Things Necessary
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. Thomas Hobbes
Nature Profit State Measure Right
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. Thomas Hobbes
Man Living Only Absurdity Subject Privilege Which Creature
I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. Thomas Hobbes
Great Dark About Take Leap Voyage Am Last
The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns. Thomas Hobbes
Death Day Old Nothing Embodied Immortal Horizon Spirit Sees Soon Die Grow
Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. Thomas Hobbes
Religion Natural Fear Everyone Seed Invisible Himself Which Things
Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter. Thomas Hobbes
Passion Laughter Those Glory Maketh Which Sudden

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