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Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)

A work by Thomas Hobbes, first published in 1651

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Words are tools the wise reckon with, but fools treat them as money, valuing them by the authority of famous names, A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death, Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim …

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    Thomas Hobbes

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Key facts

First published
16512
Claims on korrents
91

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Words are tools the wise reckon with, but fools treat them as money, valuing them by the authority of famous names (opens korrents.com)1

  2. A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Nature made people so equal in body and mind that no one can claim a benefit another cannot also claim (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Without a common power to keep them in awe, people are in a state of war of everyone against everyone (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Without security, there is no industry, arts or society, only fear of violent death, and life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Where there is no common power there is no law, and where no law, no injustice; in war, force and fraud are the cardinal virtues (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • Thomas Hobbes

Sources

  1. Leviathan (1651) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Leviathan, Q193034 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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