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Thomas Hobbes Quotes, 2

Monday, March 5th, 2012

More quotes from the Leviathan   Melden, A. I. (1967). Ethical theories; a book of readings (2d ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. "The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature." (224) [...]

Thomas Hobbes Quotes, 1

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679)                     Excerpts from Leviathan “There be in animals, two sorts of motions peculiar to them: one called vital…the other is animal motion, otherwise called voluntary motion.” (218-219) “These small beginnings of motion…when it is toward something which causes it, is called [...]