Thomas Hobbes Quotes

English - Philosopher April 5, 1588 - December 4, 1679

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. - Thomas Hobbes

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Thomas Hobbes

Wisdom, Law, Legal, Authority, Makes

Curiosity is the lust of the mind. - Thomas Hobbes

Curiosity is the lust of the mind. Thomas Hobbes

Mind, Curiosity, Lust

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. Thomas Hobbes

Man, War, Everyone, Against, Condition

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes

Life, Nature, Power, Man, Liberty, Say

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

Live, Power, Time, Men, Man, War

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

Power, Long, Protect, Obligation, Last

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. Thomas Hobbes

Nature, Men, Wise, Believe, Will, Others

Words are the money of fools. - Thomas Hobbes

Words are the money of fools. Thomas Hobbes

Money, Words, Fools

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. Thomas Hobbes

Peace, Men, Man, Think, Down, Liberty

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. Thomas Hobbes

Believing, Same, Force, Gravitation

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They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion. Thomas Hobbes

Opinion, More, Dislike, Call, Than

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. Thomas Hobbes

Man, Living, Privilege, Absurdity, Only

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

Life, Fear, Live, Mind, Desire, Never

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain. Thomas Hobbes

Facts, Intellectual, Horror, Minds

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. Thomas Hobbes

Prison, Enemy, Chains, Overcome, Still

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy. - Thomas Hobbes

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy. Thomas Hobbes

Mother, Philosophy, Leisure

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

Great, I Am, Dark, Leap, Voyage, Take

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

Power, Death, Desire, Mankind, Restless

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life. Thomas Hobbes

Life, Man, Down, Him, Right, Force

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. Thomas Hobbes

Men, Words, Man, Wise, Wise Man, Write

Understanding is nothing else than conception caused by speech. Thomas Hobbes

Understanding, Speech, Nothing, Than

When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death. Thomas Hobbes

Death, Man, War, World, Victory, Last

A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous. Thomas Hobbes

Man, Same, Judgment, Conscience, May

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof. Thomas Hobbes

Sitting, Empire, Ghost, Roman Empire

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

Truth, Men, Man, Welcome, Profit, Nor

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. Thomas Hobbes

Nature, Measure, Profit, Right, State

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