Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), in some older texts Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury,[a...
Knowledge is power. Thomas Hobbes
Knowledge is power.
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. Thomas Hobbes
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues. Thomas Hobbes
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. Thomas Hobbes
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all. Thomas Hobbes
Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent. Thomas Hobbes
Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it. Thomas Hobbes
For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.
A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press. Thomas Hobbes
A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Thomas Hobbes
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social. Thomas Hobbes
Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.
Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power. Thomas Hobbes
Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here. Thomas Hobbes
There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here.
