Thomas HobbesA collection of 17 posts

Wisdom

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

War

War consisteth not in battle only or the act of fighting but in a tract of time...

War

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

War

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

Power

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long and n...

Power

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe they ar...

Peace

That a man be willing when others are so too as far forth as for peace and def...

Nature

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

Nature

The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power as...

Courage

Such is the nature of men that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be...