Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Hobbes , Thomas (2009-02-15), Leviathan (Oxford World's Classics), Oxford University Press, USA, Retrieved on 2011-03-29
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    29 MAR 2011

     Civilization is a Work of Art, Creating an Artificial Man

    NATURE (the art whereby God hath made and governs the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal. For seeing life is but a motion of limbs, the beginning whereof is in some principal part within, why may we not say that all automata (engines that move themselves by springs and wheels as doth a watch) have an artificial life? For what is the heart, but a spring; and the nerves, but so many strings; and the joints, but s...
    Folksonomies: politics philosophy
    Folksonomies: politics philosophy
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    Hobbes' poetic description of humans gathered into society to form a larger human.

    08 MAY 2011

     Fear of Things Invisible

    Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
    Folksonomies: religion superstition
    Folksonomies: religion superstition
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    Quote from Thomas Hobbes on religion.

    08 JUL 2011

     There is a Lust of the Mind...

    There is a lust of the mind that, by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, far exceedeth the short vehemence of carnal pleasure
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    ...that tirelessly pursues knowledge for pleasure. A great quote.

    04 JUN 2012

     Words are Money of Fools, but Nature Does Not Lie

    For between true Science, and erroneous Doctrines, Ignorance is in the middle. Naturall sense and imagination, are not subject to absurdity. Nature it selfe cannot erre: and as men abound in copiousnesses of language; so they become more wise, or more mad than ordinary. Nor is it possible without Letters for any man to become either excellently wise, or (unless his memory be hurt by disease, or ill constitution of organs) excellently foolish. For words are wise men's counters, they do but rec...
    Folksonomies: history science
    Folksonomies: history science
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    Famous quote.

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