During the time men live without a commo... by Thomas Hobbes

Man Time Men Power philosopher

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

- Thomas Hobbes

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Mother

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

- Thomas Hobbes

Desire Sense Mind Life

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.

- Thomas Hobbes

Competition

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

- Thomas Hobbes

Wisdom

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

- Thomas Hobbes

Glory Nothing

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.

- Thomas Hobbes

Curiosity Mind

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

- Thomas Hobbes

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