Zitate und Sprüche von Thomas Hobbes

Zitate und Sprüche von Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes (5. April 1588 in Westport, Wiltshire – 4. Dezember 1679 in Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire) war ein englischer Mathematiker, Staatstheoretiker und Philosoph.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

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

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

Neugier ist die Lust des Verstandes.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Geist Verstand Neugier

Aber nicht durch Wahrheit, sondern durch Weisungsbefugnis wird etwas zum Gesetz.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

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