The Value or WORTH of a man, is as of all other things, his… - Thomas Hobbes

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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...

Thomas Hobbes

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Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, whose 1651 book Leviathan established the agenda for nearly all subsequent Western political philosophy.

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Alternative Names: Hobbes • Thomas Hobbsted • Thomas Hobbes of Malflutry

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Of all Discourse, governed by desire of Knowledge, there is at last an End, either by attaining, or by giving over.

A naturall foole that could never learn by heart the order of numerall words, as one, two, and three, may observe every stroak of the Clock, and nod to it, or say one, one, one; but can never know what houre it strikes.

For all uniting of strength by private men, is, if for evil intent, unjust; if for intent unknown, dangerous to the Publique, and unjustly concealed.

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... - Thomas Hobbes

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