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Letter "T" » Thomas Hobbes Quotes
«Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.»
«Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.»
«The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only»
«Man is distinguished, not only by his reason; but also by this singular passion from other animals... which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.»
Author: Thomas Hobbes
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
carnal, continual, distinguished, exceeds, indefatigable, lust, singular, singulars, vehemence
«A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.»
«The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame»
«Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.»
«Opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion to what men fear, and talking of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seeds of religion»
Author: Thomas Hobbes
(Philosopher)
| About:
Ignorance,
Opinions,
Religion
| Keywords:
casual, devotion, ghosts, natural causes
«Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: But they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man»
Author: Thomas Hobbes
(Philosopher)
| About:
Words
| Keywords:
Aristotle, Cicero, counters, reckon, The Authority, Thomas, whatsoever
«As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.»
Author: Thomas Hobbes
(Philosopher)
| About:
Animals,
Spirit
| Keywords:
draft, draft animal, even so, wagon, yoked
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