“ For nature it selfe does often presse upon men those truths, which afterwards, when they look for somewhat beyond Nature, they stumble at. ”
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Hobbes |
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| Source | Leviathan |
| Topic | truth |
| Date | 1651 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm |
Context
“These words Appetite, and Aversion we have from the Latines; and they both of them signifie the motions, one of approaching, the other of retiring. So also do the Greek words for the same, which are orme and aphorme. For nature it selfe does often presse upon men those truths, which afterwards, when they look for somewhat beyond Nature, they stumble at. For the Schooles find in meere Appetite to go, or move, no actuall Motion at all: but because some Motion they must acknowledge, they call it Metaphoricall Motion; which is but an absurd speech; for though Words may be called metaphoricall;”
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