The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the gaining of a living; but the science which teacheth deliverance from worldly existence, is not that the true science?

Quote by Thomas Hobbes

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

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

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise...

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise...

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

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

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

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

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

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

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency...

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy;...

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy;...

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of...

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of...

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things...

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things...

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned...

The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned...

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force,...

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force,...