Who is Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes ( HOBZ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general.Biography
Early life
Thomas Hobbes was born on 5 April 1588 (Old Style), in Westport, now part of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England. Having been born prematurely when his mother heard of the coming invasion of the Spanish Armada, Hobbes later reported that "my mother gave birth to tw...
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- The flesh endures the storms of the present alone the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.
- I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.
- The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
- Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
- 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.
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Mizutabushi: “scientia potentia est. knowledge is power.” ― thomas hobbes, leviathanCerebralwisdom: unnecessary laws are but traps for money. - thomas hobbes
Philosophersmag: no arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.--thomas hobbes
Itheadvocate: thomas hobbes inferred that human nature is ruthless and egotistical. so when ever we deal with people we must remind ourselves that they are driven by self interest and will pursue them if an opportunity presents itself even if they are considered immoral.
Ogrolandrat: this doesn’t actually pass the sniff test, i think thomas hobbes describe reality better than this. other the ashk would dominate sprints and lifting events, bill gates would be a chad, comedians would all have great physiognomy, sportsmen would be charismatic. not the case.
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