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mizutabushi: “Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.”
― Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
CerebralWisdom: 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.
MichiganWave: "The rule of law is a myth. Everything is Schmittian....it's all Thomas Hobbes Absolutism....all the time....all the rest of it is mystification...."
-OGRolandAgent
MalcolmPenton: bars from thomas hobbes
MichaelMaley7: Thomas Hobbes foresaw the modern USA: “and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
Go_thin2: The fundamental motivation of all human action is the desire for pleasure
Thomas Hobbes, 1588~1679
HarrierMagnus: The only philosopher in the Enlightenment who's worth anything is Thomas Hobbes. One of the few men in the last 500 years who understands how the world really works.
Hobbes is like Machiavelli. You don't want him to be right, but you just come around to him.
Ludwig_Jeremiah: The concept of rights was really built up under the guise of 'natural law theory' a few hundred years ago, under a series of philosophers, including John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Rousseau. Locke's Second Treatise is a good place to go if you want a basic idea of what they entail.
_ShaidarHaran_: Amongst historical ones- Thomas Hobbes is the closest to that category for me.
chaoticbeauty77: Thomas Hobbes was one of the most well-known proponents of this theory. He argued that in the absence of government, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." He believed that people are naturally selfish and violent.
hasudi: "Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing."
~Thomas Hobbes~
CerebralWisdom: Auctoritas non veritas facit legem. (Authority, not truth, makes law.) - Thomas Hobbes
IFinestQuotes: "The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good" - Thomas Hobbes
sharetw_: "The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good" - Thomas Hobbes
trengriffin: When it suddenly was hard to raise cash in 2001 businesses didn't have the spending runway companies may have today.
For many companies a lack of cash meant their life was, as Thomas Hobbes wrote: "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” After 2003 it started to get better.
anxsrauhl: Man is a wolf- thomas hobbes
Enugu1stSon: party refuses to obey court injunctions. We have seen an original state of nature where according to Thomas Hobbes, "life is nasty, brutish and short".
*7. The apolitical class:* "The worst illiterates are the political illiterates. They don't take part in elections and even
GeorgePigh: Do you really think Thomas Hobbes thought the pygmies of central Africa were his equal?
AustineOdaro: So long, Thomas Hobbes.
zboralski: We've already been living in a world controlled by AI for quite some time. Complex systems, such as corporations, government institutions, and stock markets, act as the Leviathan that Thomas Hobbes described, with decisions that often don't align with human values or goals.
kerberospanzer: The Book Club: Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes with John Yoo
tahabito: The Last of Us, brought to you be Thomas Hobbes
Aida46H: The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic: To Which Are Subjoined Selected Extracts from Unprinted Mss of Thomas Hobbes DFIQNWK
voegelin_view: Two political philosophers to read to understand our time: Thomas Hobbes and Leo Strauss. Want something better? Strauss reading Hobbes!
Igbo_boyz: 7/ In an attempt to answer this question I introduce you to Thomas Hobbes a 17th-century English philosopher who is best known for his influential work, "Leviathan." In this work, Hobbes proposed a theory of government and social contract, which also touched on the issue of taxes
justinkarlin: POLITICAL THEORY - Thomas Hobbes
TochukwuKele: A mini lecture on Social and Political Philosophy. Dr. Ikegwuoha(late) at IMSU taught me this on the topic Social Contract in Thomas Hobbes: The "Leviathan", Representation and the People.
Hence, both parties must follow the contract, any rescinding on the tenets will give room
tpmquote: They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that mislike it, heresy: and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.--Thomas Hobbes
ClearTalk8: Thomas Hobbes and his "Leviathan" and "De Cive" (Master Thoughts)
Inspired2Share: "The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good" - Thomas Hobbes
Orgetorix: Hazem Saghieh - How Do We Avoid Civil War? Thomas Hobbes’ Answer
mosh_money: Between Thomas Hobbes State of Nature and the Nigerian State. AAUA, Philosophy Department.
arthurium_key: Cesare Beccaria - On Crimes & Punishment
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Thomas Hobbes - "social contract"
deSouabe: UAE is a bit like the presociatal state according to Thomas Hobbes. You need a big Leviathan (Pog) telling you what rules apply, otherwise its just everyone for himself.
m1nu73m3n: PragerU: The Book Club: Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes with John Yoo
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0xyzeth0: "A sheep spends its entire life fearing the wolves, only to be eaten by the shepherd in the end." ~Thomas Hobbes.
MA_Iliasu: "The utility of moral and political philosophy is to be estimated, not so much by the commodities we have by these sciences, as by the calamities we receive by not knowing them" - Thomas Hobbes.
ErawaMusic: According to Thomas Hobbes, if everyone were to simply follow the rules, everyone would win. A particular social contract will prohibit the harming, threatening, and defrauding of others. But even still some would renege on the social contract if given only “an inch.” So, what is…
Chukzy123: From what is happening, it's obvious that the Leadership of Nigeria has failed in the social contract they entered with the citizens.
Isn't it obvious that we have invoked the Thomas Hobbes theory of "Man In The State of Nature"
There was indeed a country!
PbyAriF: The Prince is still relevant. Whatever development take place in the international relations we are likely to grab the idea of Thomas Hobbes and Nichola Machiavelli when we make a foreign policy.
OluwaSoLove: Thomas Hobbes spoke on this
chamberlain1630: “Without a common power to keep them all in awe, they [men] are in that condition called war.” - Thomas Hobbes
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0xa1b: curiosa: the first record of the train of thought metaphor was in 1651, in "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes
leahnaipanoi313: Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth,Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan,fact, fortune, luck, manipulation, spin,
josemhidalgov: "It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law." Thomas Hobbes.
tscopes_: Someone would really say” why would you cut off a person because of elections” lmao after everything that’s happening.. Thomas Hobbes got it right.
lunar_lioness: 10 intellectual to get to know me:
1. Charlie Munger
2. Cicero
3. Epictetus
4. Boediono
5. Hatta
6. Jared Diamond
7. Benjamin Franklin
8. Thomas Hobbes
9. Jeremy Bentham
10. Kant
fitimhaj: Hell is truth seen too late.
-Thomas Hobbes
getradified: Like 90% of my political science undergrad was reading Michael Walzer and Thomas Hobbes so I mean, not a field of study to get smug over.
kesquepens: "no one understood this more than Thomas Hobbes"
StachAnna: HELL IS TRUTH SEEN TOO LATE.
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SWAM10056: Nature is cruel. It has no NHS and no retirement homes. It is as it once was for most humans “nasty brutish and short” So said Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan. Capitalism has lifted the West out of this misery. Marxism has killed 160 million in its imposition.
Outsideness: ... Thomas Hobbes, who we know was statist to the point of self-induced psychotic ecstasy, assumed that even the most obedient Subjects could expect to "institute their children as they themselves think fit" ...
crow6841: “The life of man (in a state of nature) is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” – Thomas Hobbes
DanBody: Hell is when you discover the truth too late (Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1676, Leviathan)
AssRailroad: "Okay Google, Bing, Ask Jeeves? Explain to me who John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes are. I need to speed run this."
roma_fuma: 2019 notes on “Leviathon” Thomas Hobbes
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DonPJenn: "Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Thomas Hobbes
POLSOCTeachers: Starting a series of Key Thinker tweets. Idea is to share some quote or resource or article that relates to each of the Key Thinkers on the P&S course. Will start with Thomas Hobbes (Where else!?) 1/17
8leexuan8: so, i did a thing — 1800 words on hobbes & atheism, purely for fun. i made myself a substack so i’d have somewhere to put it. read it here:
azzawi_sinan: One day I read a saying by (Thomas Hobbes) that I never expected to witness her practices in the field.
bodega_gyro_ao: These dudes who spend an exorbitant amount of time talking about women on the internet always feel like they're describing scenes in the dating world like they're Thomas Hobbes.
NayeemAhmmed_: "Leisure is the mother of philosophy." - Thomas Hobbes.
ObvioMX: – Thomas Hobbes
sumer4109: “Hell is truth seen too late.”
by Thomas Hobbes.
izecaries: The life of hyman is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
– Thomas Hobbes
aquestingvole: [discussing King Kong and giant apes in general with the LadyBaby]
LadyBaby: “I’m not sure if he is a real King. I think he just calls himself that.”
CK: [panicking and wondering if now is time to be talking about the origins of political legitimacy and Thomas Hobbes]
SeokweL: [Thread] A pretty cool book by Thomas Hobbes called the Leviathan which argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign.
CKubzansky: I wonder what percentage of elected officials and government staff have read Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan.
Cal_Crucis: Thomas Jefferson disbelieved in all spirits, & assumed God was made of some aetherial, super refined, matter, like Tertullian & Hobbes.
AAR_REPROGRAM: Martin Abegg,Trinity Western University Syntax of Qumran John Cook, Asbury Theological Seminary Jesus or Moses? Thomas Hobbes�s
D0m1n8tor: Thomas Hobbes is right about men being evil, selfish, and greedy.
Quotesme_: "The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good" - Thomas Hobbes
visionsxyz: “The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”
-Thomas Hobbes
DannyBuckUEA: I am glad that learned legal experts have caught up with Thomas Hobbes.
CyriacusNwawui1: Sometimes I feel we are still living in Thomas Hobbes's state of nature in Nigeria. A state of war in which life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. How can the govt, the civil society organization, even the Labour/Trade union keep mute amidst cash scarcity,
CerebralWisdom: Auctoritas non veritas facit legem. (Authority, not truth, makes law.) - Thomas Hobbes
MSchult99117764: Russell's Argument Against the cogitoMany people believe that Thomas Hobbes' argument that we are only able to think because we are alive is the strongest objection to the cogito. However, Russell has a strong argument against Hobbes' assertion.
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rgtrendsetter: It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
-Thomas Hobbes
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SolveeVEVO: The Leviathan threat of the Russian Army would mean the end of gang war and violence in the Bronx, as different ideological groups of a common territory are forced to come together in response to foreign threat.
- Thomas Hobbes
AdeniyiKolapo7: The society is better administered by law and order,not love and freedom remember the Thomas Hobbes quote "if there are no law and order,life will be violent,short and brutish.
CerebralWisdom: Auctoritas non veritas facit legem. (Authority, not truth, makes law.) - Thomas Hobbes
LightPhilosophy: "Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto."
~ Thomas Hobbes
msmirwani: The desire for power is thus unlimited, although the supply is limited, and herein lies the cause of conflict among men.
~Thomas Hobbes ~
la_bufera: Low IQ Sunday UGLOIDS get MOGGED by Quentin Skinner/Istvan Hont/Jeffrey Collins-reading GORILLAS on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes
CerebralWisdom: Unnecessary laws are but traps for money. - Thomas Hobbes
IFinestQuotes: "The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good" - Thomas Hobbes
sharetw_: "The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good" - Thomas Hobbes
AlaskanTzar: There is a tension between Thomas Hobbes being my favorite philosopher but also had I beem alive in the mid 1600s I would have been Oliver Cromwell's strongest soildier.
LedgerTwo1932: Words are the money of fools.,Thomas Hobbes,Words, Fools ,
Js9Ov4qK63ix: the philosopher Thomas Hobbes advocated such a society (including in his book Leviathan), saying that a society would be better if it had one absolute monarch as he would be free to choose and do what he thinks is best for the society
realPatMoise: 0 Plato and Thomas Hobbes are two of the most significant thinkers associated with the history of Western thought.
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