The obligation of subjects to the sovere... by Thomas Hobbes | We Heart Quotes

Power philosopher Materialism Political theorist Human nature

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

- Thomas Hobbes

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I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

- Thomas Hobbes

Hell is truth seen too late.

- Thomas Hobbes

Desire Death Power

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

- Thomas Hobbes

Men Man

Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

- Thomas Hobbes

Error Man

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

- Thomas Hobbes

War Man

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

- Thomas Hobbes

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