If this superstitious fear of Spirits were taken away, and … - Thomas Hobbes

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If this superstitious fear of Spirits were taken away, and with it, Prognostiques from Dreams, false Prophecies, and many other things depending thereon, by which, crafty ambitious persons abuse the simple people, men would be much more fitted then they are for civill Obedience.

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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...in statu naturae Mensuram juris esse Utilitatem.

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