Thomas Hobbes Quotes And Sayings

Thomas Hobbes, in some older texts Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, was an English philosopher who is considered one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, which established the social contract theory that has served as the foundation for most later Western political philosophy. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics, and general philosophy.

The Condition Of Man... Is A Condition Of War Of Everyone Against Everyone.

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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.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (11) - The Flesh Endures The Storms Of The P... - QuotesThe 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.

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Leisure Is The Mother Of Philosophy.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (12) - Leisure Is The Mother Of Philosophy.... - QuotesLeisure Is The Mother Of Philosophy.

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All Generous Minds Have A Horror Of What Are Commonly Called 'Facts'. They Are The Brute Beasts Of The Intellectual Domain.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (13) - All Generous Minds Have A Horror Of W... - QuotesAll Generous Minds Have A Horror Of What Are Commonly Called 'Facts'. They Are The Brute Beasts Of The Intellectual Domain.

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A Man's Conscience And His Judgment Is The Same Thing; And As The Judgment, So Also The Conscience, May Be Erroneous.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (10) - A Man's Conscience And His Judgment I... - QuotesA Man's Conscience And His Judgment Is The Same Thing; And As The Judgment, So Also The Conscience, May Be Erroneous.

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That A Man Be Willing, When Others Are So Too, As Far Forth As For Peace And Defense Of Himself He Shall Think It Necessary, To Lay Down This Right To All Things; And Be Contented With So Much Liberty Against Other Men, As He Would Allow Other Men Against Himself.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (14) - That A Man Be Willing, When Others Ar... - QuotesThat A Man Be Willing, When Others Are So Too, As Far Forth As For Peace And Defense Of Himself He Shall Think It Necessary, To Lay Down This Right To All Things; And Be Contented With So Much Liberty Against Other Men, As He Would Allow Other Men Against Himself.

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In The State Of Nature Profit Is The Measure Of Right.

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Words Are The Money Of Fools.

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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 Without Fear, No More Than Without Sense.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (18) - There Is No Such Thing As Perpetual T... - QuotesThere 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 Without Fear, No More Than Without Sense.

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I Am About To Take My Last Voyage, A Great Leap In The Dark.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (16) - I Am About To Take My Last Voyage, A ... - QuotesI Am About To Take My Last Voyage, A Great Leap In The Dark.

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Force And Fraud Are In War The Two Cardinal Virtues.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (19) - Force And Fraud Are In War The Two Ca... - QuotesForce And Fraud Are In War The Two Cardinal Virtues.

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Such Is The Nature Of Men, That Howsoever They May Acknowledge Many Others To Be More Witty, Or More Eloquent, Or More Learned; Yet They Will Hardly Believe There Be Many So Wise As Themselves.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (20) - Such Is The Nature Of Men, That Howso... - QuotesSuch Is The Nature Of Men, That Howsoever They May Acknowledge Many Others To Be More Witty, Or More Eloquent, Or More Learned; Yet They Will Hardly Believe There Be Many So Wise As Themselves.

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Science Is The Knowledge Of Consequences, And Dependence Of One Fact Upon Another.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (22) - Science Is The Knowledge Of Consequen... - QuotesScience Is The Knowledge Of Consequences, And Dependence Of One Fact Upon Another.

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It Is Not Wisdom But Authority That Makes A Law.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (2) - It Is Not Wisdom But Authority That Ma... - QuotesIt Is Not Wisdom But Authority That Makes A Law.

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Not Believing In Force Is The Same As Not Believing In Gravitation.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (21) - Not Believing In Force Is The Same As... - QuotesNot Believing In Force Is The Same As Not Believing In Gravitation.

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The Praise Of Ancient Authors Proceeds Not From The Reverence Of The Dead, But From The Competition And Mutual Envy Of The Living.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (23) - The Praise Of Ancient Authors Proceed... - QuotesThe Praise Of Ancient Authors Proceeds Not From The Reverence Of The Dead, But From The Competition And Mutual Envy Of The Living.

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Fear Of Things Invisible In The Natural Seed Of That Which Everyone In Himself Calleth Religion.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (24) - Fear Of Things Invisible In The Natur... - QuotesFear Of Things Invisible In The Natural Seed Of That Which Everyone In Himself Calleth Religion.

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Sudden Glory Is The Passion Which Maketh Those Grimaces Called Laughter.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (25) - Sudden Glory Is The Passion Which Mak... - QuotesSudden Glory Is The Passion Which Maketh Those Grimaces Called Laughter.

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The Papacy Is Not Other Than The Ghost Of The Deceased Roman Empire, Sitting Crowned Upon The Grave Thereof.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (26) - The Papacy Is Not Other Than The Ghos... - QuotesThe Papacy Is Not Other Than The Ghost Of The Deceased Roman Empire, Sitting Crowned Upon The Grave Thereof.

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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 Quotes (27) - I Put For The General Inclination Of ... - QuotesI Put For The General Inclination Of All Mankind, A Perpetual And Restless Desire Of Power After Power, That Ceaseth Only In Death.

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They That Approve A Private Opinion, Call It Opinion; But They That Dislike It, Heresy; And Yet Heresy Signifies No More Than Private Opinion.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (28) - They That Approve A Private Opinion, ... - QuotesThey That Approve A Private Opinion, Call It Opinion; But They That Dislike It, Heresy; And Yet Heresy Signifies No More Than Private Opinion.

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Such Truth, As Opposeth No Man's Profit, Nor Pleasure, Is To All Men Welcome.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (29) - Such Truth, As Opposeth No Man's Prof... - QuotesSuch Truth, As Opposeth No Man's Profit, Nor Pleasure, Is To All Men Welcome.

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No Man's Error Becomes His Own Law; Nor Obliges Him To Persist In It.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (31) - No Man's Error Becomes His Own Law; N... - QuotesNo Man's Error Becomes His Own Law; Nor Obliges Him To Persist In It.

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During The Time Men Live Without A Common Power To Keep Them All In Awe, They Are In That Conditions Called War; And Such A War, As If Of Every Man, Against Every Man.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (3) - During The Time Men Live Without A Com... - QuotesDuring The Time Men Live Without A Common Power To Keep Them All In Awe, They Are In That Conditions Called War; And Such A War, As If Of Every Man, Against Every Man.

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A Man Cannot Lay Down The Right Of Resisting Them That Assault Him By Force, To Take Away His Life.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (30) - A Man Cannot Lay Down The Right Of Re... - QuotesA Man Cannot Lay Down The Right Of Resisting Them That Assault Him By Force, To Take Away His Life.

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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 Quotes (32) - War Consisteth Not In Battle Only, Or... - QuotesWar 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.

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Prudence Is But Experience, Which Equal Time, Equally Bestows On All Men, In Those Things They Equally Apply Themselves Unto.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (33) - Prudence Is But Experience, Which Equ... - QuotesPrudence Is But Experience, Which Equal Time, Equally Bestows On All Men, In Those Things They Equally Apply Themselves Unto.

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Understanding Is Nothing Else Than Conception Caused By Speech.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (34) - Understanding Is Nothing Else Than Co... - QuotesUnderstanding Is Nothing Else Than Conception Caused By Speech.

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He That Is Taken And Put Into Prison Or Chains Is Not Conquered, Though Overcome; For He Is Still An Enemy.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (35) - He That Is Taken And Put Into Prison ... - QuotesHe That Is Taken And Put Into Prison Or Chains Is Not Conquered, Though Overcome; For He Is Still An Enemy.

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The Secret Thoughts Of A Man Run Over All Things, Holy, Profane, Clean, Obscene, Grave, And Light, Without Shame Or Blame.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (36) - The Secret Thoughts Of A Man Run Over... - QuotesThe Secret Thoughts Of A Man Run Over All Things, Holy, Profane, Clean, Obscene, Grave, And Light, Without Shame Or Blame.

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Laughter Is Nothing Else But Sudden Glory Arising From Some Sudden Conception Of Some Eminency In Ourselves, By Comparison With The Infirmity Of Others, Or With Our Own Formerly.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (37) - Laughter Is Nothing Else But Sudden G... - QuotesLaughter Is Nothing Else But Sudden Glory Arising From Some Sudden Conception Of Some Eminency In Ourselves, By Comparison With The Infirmity Of Others, Or With Our Own Formerly.

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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 Quotes (6) - The Obligation Of Subjects To The Sove... - QuotesThe 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.

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When All The World Is Overcharged With Inhabitants, Then The Last Remedy Of All Is War, Which Provideth For Every Man, By Victory Or Death.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (38) - When All The World Is Overcharged Wit... - QuotesWhen All The World Is Overcharged With Inhabitants, Then The Last Remedy Of All Is War, Which Provideth For Every Man, By Victory Or Death.

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The Right Of Nature... Is The Liberty Each Man Hath To Use His Own Power, As He Will Himself, For The Preservation Of His Own Nature; That Is To Say, Of His Own Life.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (4) - The Right Of Nature... Is The Liberty ... - QuotesThe Right Of Nature... Is The Liberty Each Man Hath To Use His Own Power, As He Will Himself, For The Preservation Of His Own Nature; That Is To Say, Of His Own Life.

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Curiosity Is The Lust Of The Mind.

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The Privilege Of Absurdity; To Which No Living Creature Is Subject, But Man Only.

Thomas Hobbes Quotes (7) - The Privilege Of Absurdity; To Which N... - QuotesThe Privilege Of Absurdity; To Which No Living Creature Is Subject, But Man Only.

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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 Quotes (8) - A Wise Man Should So Write (Though In ... - QuotesA Wise Man Should So Write (Though In Words Understood By All Men) That Wise Men Only Should Be Able To Commend Him.

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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 Quotes (9) - The Disembodied Spirit Is Immortal; Th... - QuotesThe 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.

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