A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
Interpretation
Conscience and judgment are intertwined, and both can be flawed.
In this quote, Thomas Hobbes emphasizes the deep connection between a person's conscience and their judgment, suggesting that they are ultimately the same in function. He warns that both can be misguided or mistaken, leading to erroneous decisions and moral failures; thus, it is crucial to critically evaluate one's own beliefs and judgments to ensure they align with reason and truth.
In practice
In a philosophy class discussing moral relativism.
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.
The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.
Half the world hates What half the world does every day Half the world waits While half gets on with it anyway
for 100,000 (dollars), you [can] flatten a house with a wrecking ball. Imagine how much less it [takes] to destroy something than it [does] to build it in the first place.
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