The quotations of

Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher

1588–1679

8 quotes, most often on Laughter and Power.

The Value or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his Price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his Power…
Leviathan (1651), The First Part, Chapter 10, p. 42In context
- Money
- Power
Sudden Glory, is the passion which maketh those Grimaces called LAUGHTER.
Leviathan (1651), Part I, Ch. 6In context
- Laughter
For such Truth as opposeth no man’s profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.
Leviathan (1651), Review and Conclusion, p. 396 (Last text line)In context
- Truth & Lies
So that in the first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of Power after power, that ceaseth only in Death.
Leviathan (1651), Pt. I, Ch. 11, p. 47In context
- Power
The passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly…
The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic Pt. I Human Nature (1640) Ch. 9
- Laughter
Felicity is a continuall progresse of the desire, from one object to another; the attaining of the former, being still but the way to the later.
Leviathan (1651), Part I: Of Man, Chapter XIIn context
- Happiness
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves: For they see their own wit at hand, and other mens at a distance.
Leviathan (1651), Part I: Of Man, Chapter XIIIIn context
- Intelligence
- Wisdom
Leasure is the mother of Philosophy; and Common-wealth, the mother of Peace, and Leasure
Leviathan (1651), Part IV: Of the Kingdome of Darknesse, Chapter XLVIIn context
- Philosophy

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