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    • “Curiosity is the lust of the mind.” ― Thomas Hobbes.
    • “Hell is truth seen too late.” ― Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan.
    • “Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power.” ― Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan.
    • “For such is the nature of man, 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: For they see their own wit at hand, and other mens at a distance.”
  2. Dec 1, 2006 · Discover Thomas Hobbes famous and rare quotes. Share Thomas Hobbes quotations about opinions, desire and passion. "Government is necessary, not because man is naturally..."

    • It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Thomas Hobbes.
    • The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. Thomas Hobbes.
    • Curiosity is the lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes.
    • 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.
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    Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
    To understand this for sense it is not required that a man should be a geometrician or a logician, but that he should be mad.
    The passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly...
    ...in statu naturae Mensuram juris esse Utilitatem.
    "For he that hath strength enough to protect all, wants not sufficiency to oppresse all."
    Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

    The purpose of the Leviathan was to expand the basis of human government; in the course of his discussion Hobbes raised many detailed questions about the books of the Bible. In this way he particip...

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  3. The most widely quoted words of Thomas Hobbes occur in Book I, Chapter 13, “Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning their Felicity and Misery.” Here, Hobbes states his thesis that men need a common power feared by all in order to live at peace.

  4. Feb 6, 2020 · Explore the philosophical and political views of Thomas Hobbes, the author of Leviathan, through his quotes on topics such as government, justice, science, religion, and human nature. Learn how his ideas influenced the world and challenged the concept of divine right.

  5. Explore the wisdom and insights of Thomas Hobbes, the English philosopher and political theorist, through his famous book Leviathan. Find quotes on topics such as war, peace, sovereignty, liberty, and human nature.

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