Quote of Thomas Hobbes - The privilege of absurdity; to which...

Biography - Thomas Hobbes:

English philosopher.
Born: 1588 - Died: 1679
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only.

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan

Translation

(German, French)

Das Privileg des Widersinns, dem kein anderes Lebewesen ausgesetzt ist als allein der Mensch.

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan

Le privilège de l'absurdité, auquel aucune créature vivante n'est sujette, sinon l'homme seul.

Thomas Hobbes - Léviathan

Quotes about man, all human beings:

Man is the future of man.

Francis Ponge /

No man is weak by choice.

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims /

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées /

The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.

Albert Camus - Chroniques /

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Blaise Pascal - Pensées /

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

John Locke - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding /

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Quotes for: absurd

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

Bertrand Russell - The Problems of Philosophy /

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Voltaire - Questions sur les Miracles /

Absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus /

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

Baruch Spinoza /

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

M. C. Escher - Quotation of uncertain origin /

The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus /

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Thomas Hobbes also said...

No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan /

Leisure is the mother of philosophy.

Thomas Hobbes /

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It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.

Thomas Hobbes /

True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan /

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

Thomas Hobbes

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

Thomas Hobbes

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