When a man's discourse beginneth not with definitions, it is a sign that he gropes in the dark.
Leviathan, social contract
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"The greatest good, is the preservation of life."
Controversial"Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion."
Strange & Unusual"The passions that incline men to peace, are fear of death; desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living; and a hope by their industry to obtain them."
Strange & Unusual"For it is not the bare words, but the scope of the speaker, that giveth the true interpretation of a law."
Strange & Unusual"For by Art is created that great Leviathan called a COMMONWEALTH, or STATE, (in Latin CIVITAS) which is but an Artificial Man; though of greater stature and strength than the Natural, for whose protec…"
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