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

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

- 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

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

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

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.

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

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

- 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

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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