Whatsoever there is of motion, is caused by some other motion, and is therefore dependent on some other cause, and so on, in an infinite series, without any first cause; or else, if there be a first cause, it must be God.
Leviathan, social contract
Whatsoever there is of motion, is caused by some other motion, and is therefore dependent on some other cause, and so on, in an infinite series, without any first cause; or else, if there be a first cause, it must be God.
Leviathan, social contract
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"For where no covenant hath preceded, there hath no right been transferred, and every man has right to every thing; and consequently, no action can be unjust."
Controversial"For if we could not see the motions of the stars, we should not know that there were any stars."
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