But all this language gotten, and augmented by Adam and his… - Thomas Hobbes

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But all this language gotten, and augmented by Adam and his posterity, was again lost at the tower of Babel, when by the hand of God, every man was stricken for his rebellion, with an oblivion of his former language.

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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