In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Topic

State of nature Anarchy Government

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

Leviathan

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. 1651.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. Penguin, 2017.

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Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Leviathan
Genre
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Time
1651 1650s 17th century
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Hobbes, Thomas. "A Review and Conclusion." Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. 1651.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. "A Review and Conclusion." Leviathan. Edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017.

Another quote from the 1650s

There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness.

Henry Vaughan

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Henry Vaughan
Source
Silex Scintillans
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1655 1650s 17th century
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Citation

Vaughan, Henry. "The Night." Silex Scintillans. 1655, I. 49.

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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasions for it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

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Niccolo Machiavelli
Source
Discourses on Livy
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Italian
Time
1531 1530s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Machiavellli, Niccolo. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discources on the First Ten Years of Titus Levy]. 1531, bk. 1, ch. 3

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy, trans. by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella, Oxford UP, 2009, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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And with the guts of the last priest
Let's wring the neck of the last king.

Denis Diderot

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Anti-clericalism Anti-monarchism Revolution

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Denis Diderot
Source
Les Eleutheromanes
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1772 1770s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Diderot, Denis. Les Eleutheromanes. 1772.