And in these foure things, Opinion of Ghosts, Ignorance of … - Thomas Hobbes

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And in these foure things, Opinion of Ghosts, Ignorance of second causes, Devotion towards what men fear, and Taking of things Casuall for Prognostics, consisteth the Natural seed of Religion; which by reason of the different Fancies, Judgements, and Passions of severall men, hath grown up into ceremonies so different, that those which are used by one man, are for the most part ridiculous to another.

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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From whence it follows, that were the publique and private interest are most closely united, there is the publique most advanced.

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