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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:
And though this may seem to subtile a deduction of the Lawes of Nature, to be taken notice of by all men;whereof the most part are too busie in getting food, and the rest too negligent to understand; yet to leave all men unexcusable, they have been contracted into one easie sum, intelligble, even to the meanest capacity; and that is, Do not that to another, which thou wouldest not have done to thyselfe; which sheweth him, that he has no more to do in learning the Lawes of Nature, but, when weighing the actions of other men with his own, they seem too heavy, to put them into the other part of the balance, and his own into their place, that his own passions, and selfe love, may adde nothing to the weight; and then there is none of these Laws of Nature that will not appear unto him very reasonable.
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes
Occupation: English Philosopher
Born: April 5, 1588
Died: December 4, 1679
Quotes count: 131
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