Author: Thomas Hobbes

Quotes

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

- Thomas Hobbes

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

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

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

- Thomas Hobbes

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

- Thomas Hobbes

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

- Thomas Hobbes

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

- Thomas Hobbes

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.

- Thomas Hobbes

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

- Thomas Hobbes

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

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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