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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
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Thomas Hobbes
Age: 91 †
Born: 1588
Born: April 5
Died: 1679
Died: December 4
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And if a man consider the original of this great Ecclesiastical Dominion, he will easily perceive, that the Papacy , is no other than the Ghost of the deceased Romane Empire , sitting crowned upon the grave thereof: For so did the Papacy start up on a Sudden out of the Ruines of that Heathen Power.
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For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose case is judged.
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Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.
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And Beasts that have Deliberation , must necessarily also have Will .
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Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.
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Obligation is thraldom, and thraldom is hateful.
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The Register of Knowledge of Fact is called History .
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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.
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The oath adds nothing to the obligation. For a covenant, if lawful, binds in the sight of God, without the oath, as much as with it if unlawful, bindeth not at all, though it be confirmed with an oath.
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If any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies.
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By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse. When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently.
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It is many times with a fraudulent Design that men stick their corrupt Doctrine with the Cloves of other mens Wit.
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Let a man (as most men do) rate themselves as the highest Value they can yet their true Value is no more than it is esteemed by others.
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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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To say that God is an incorporeal substance, is to say in effect there is no God at all. What alleges he against it, but the School-divinity which I have already answered? Scripture he can bring none, because the word incorporeal is not found in Scripture.
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