To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.
Curiosity is the lust of the mind. - Thomas Hobbes
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
- Thomas Hobbes
Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing. - Thomas Hobbes
Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing.
I think, therefore matter is capable of thinking. - Thomas Hobbes
I think, therefore matter is capable of thinking.
Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money. - Thomas Hobbes
Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money.
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. - Thomas Hobbes
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late.
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 … - 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 …
A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government… - Thomas Hobbes
A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government…
Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power. - Thomas Hobbes
Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. - Thomas Hobbes
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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