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.
Interpretation
The body withstands only current challenges, while the mind grapples with the past and future. Excessive desire and indulgence stem from mental cravings.
In this quote, Thomas Hobbes reflects on the nature of human experience, emphasizing that while our physical existence is limited to the present moment, our mental faculties are burdened with memories of the past and anxieties about the future. He suggests that gluttony, or overindulgence, is not merely a physical craving but fundamentally a mental obsession that distracts us from the realities of the present.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the nature of human suffering and desire at a philosophical gathering.
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life, that is to say, to Remission of Sin. For as Eternal life was lost by the committing, so it is recovered by the remitting of men's sins.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.
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Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.
People have to have a language to speak about where they are and what other possible futures are available to them.
Each finite creature can reflect only a fraction of the divine nature; thus, in the diversity of His creatures, God's infinity, unity and oneness appear to be broken into an effulfgence of manifold rays.
Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.
Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a causal explanation.
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