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~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« on: November 04, 2015, 11:39:27 AM »
Thomas Hobbes Quotes


An English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy.
Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory.

Here are some famous quotes by Thomas Hobbes.




Give an inch he'll take an ell.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2015, 11:39:56 AM »
Curiosity is a lust of the mind.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2015, 11:40:22 AM »
Leisure is the mother of philosophy.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2015, 11:40:47 AM »
Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2015, 11:41:14 AM »
Now I am about to take my last voyage a great leap in the dark.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2015, 11:41:38 AM »
Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2015, 11:42:02 AM »
If I had read as much as other men I should have known no more than they.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2015, 11:42:27 AM »
Appetite with an opinion of attaining is called hope; the same without such opinion despair.

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Re: ~ Thomas Hobbes Quotes ~
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2015, 11:42:49 AM »
Faith is a gift of God which man can neither give nor take away by promise of rewards or menaces of torture.