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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, best known for his work on political philosophy. His book "Leviathan" laid the foundations for modern theories of government and social contract. He argued that strong centralized authority is necessary to maintain peace and prevent chaos. Here are 131 of his quotes:

For naturall Bloud is in like manner made of the fruits of the Earth; and circulating, nourisheth by the way, every Member of the Body of Man. (Thomas Hobbes)
From whence it follows, that were the publique and private interest are most closely united, there is the publique most advanced. View quote
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Power as is really divided, and as dangerously to all purposes, by sharing with another an Indirect Power, as a Direct one. View quote
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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. View quote
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Time, and Industry, produce everyday new knowledge. View quote
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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. View quote
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The source of every Crime, is some defect of the Understanding; or some error in Reasoning, or some sudden force of the Passions. Defect in the Understanding, is Ignorance; in Reasoning, Erroneous Opinion. View quote
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Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy. View quote
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Of all Discourse, governed by desire of Knowledge, there is at last an End, either by attaining, or by giving over. View quote
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And Beasts that have Deliberation, must necessarily also have Will. View quote
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Desire, to know why, and how, CURIOSITY; such as is in no living creature but Man; so that Man is distinguished, not only by his Reason; but also by this singular Passion from other Animals; in whom the appetite of food, and other pleasures of Sense, by predominance, take away the care of knowing causes; which is a Lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of Knowledge, exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal Pleasure. (Thomas Hobbes)
A naturall foole that could never learn by heart the order of numerall words, as one, two, and three, may observe every stroak of the Clock, and nod to it, or say one, one, one; but can never know what houre it strikes. View quote
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Do not that to another, which thou wouldest not have done to thyselfe. View quote
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Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of Warre, where every man is Enemy to every man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short. View quote
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The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method. View quote
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Covenants without the sword are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all. View quote
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Knowledge is power. View quote
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No arts no letters no society and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. View quote
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For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it. View quote
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A great leap in the dark. View quote
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Life is nasty, brutish, and short. (Thomas Hobbes)
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it. View quote
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It is not easy to fall into any absurdity, unless it be by the length of an account; wherein he may perhaps forget what went before. For all men by nature reason alike, and well, when they have good principles. View quote
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Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter. View quote
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As first a man cannot lay down the right of resisting them, that assault him by force, to take away his life; because he cannot be understood to ayme thereby, at any Good to himself. View quote
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Thomas Hobbes

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Occupation: English Philosopher
Born: April 5, 1588
Died: December 4, 1679
Quotes count: 131
Wikipedia: Thomas Hobbes

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