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When two, or more men, know of one and the same fact, they are said to be CONSCIOUS of it one to another which is as much as to know it together.
Thomas Hobbes
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Thomas Hobbes
Age: 91 †
Born: 1588
Born: April 5
Died: 1679
Died: December 4
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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.
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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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If nobody makes you do it, it counts as fun.
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The Register of Knowledge of Fact is called History .
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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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To understand this for sense it is not required that a man should be a geometrician or a logician, but that he should be mad.
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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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Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.
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I think, therefore matter is capable of thinking.
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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.
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Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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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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To speak impartially, both sayings are very true: that man to man is a kind of God and that man to man is an arrant wolf. The first is true, if we compare citizens amongst themselves and the second, if we compare cities.
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A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.
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Ignorance of the law is no good excuse, where every man is bound to take notice of the laws to which he is subject.
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Moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conversation, and society of mankind. Good, and evil, are names that signify our appetites, and aversions which in different tempers, customs, and doctrines of men, are different.
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I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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A covenant not to defend myself from force by force is always void. For ... no man can transfer or lay down his Right to save himself. For the right men have by Nature to protect themselves, when none else can protect them, can by no Covenant be relinquished. ... [The right] to defend ourselves [is the] summe of the Right of Nature.
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As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body
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In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the commonwealth, and not by their mediocrity, nor by their being commended. For several men praise several customs, and, contrarily, what one calls vice, another calls virtue, as their present affections lead them.
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