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

Thomas Hobbes

By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse
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Mental Philosophy Thought Understand Word
For such is the nature of man, 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.
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Believe Hard Man Nature Wise
Curiosity is the lust of the mind.
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Curious Lust Mind One Liner
Some men’s desires are without limits.
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Desire Limit Man One Liner
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.
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Law Nature Peace Philosophy Seek
Knowledge is power.
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Knowledge One Liner Power
liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion
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Absence Freedom Liberty
A man’s conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
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Conscience Judge Man Philosophy Thing
The understanding is by the flame of the passions never enlightened, but dazzled.
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Flame Passion Philosophy Understand
Fact be virtuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth.
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Fact Fortune Virtue
That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.
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Book Man Read
it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.
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Desire Philosophy
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
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Always Carry Lock Man Natural Philosophy War
The Power of a Man is his present means, to obtain some future apparent Good.
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Future Good Man Philosophy Power
Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Secure Strength Time War
Life itself is but Motion, and can never be without Desire, nor without Feare, no more than without Sense.
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Desire Life Motion Philosophy

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