Thomas Hobbes,
Leviathan — Introduction
(1651)
“ But let one man read another by his actions never so perfectly, it serves him onely with his acquaintance, which are but few. He that is to govern a whole Nation, must read in himself, not this, or that particular man ”
Thomas Hobbes,
Leviathan — Introduction
(1651)
“ And though by mens actions wee do discover their designes sometimes; yet to do it without comparing them with our own, and distinguishing all circumstances, by which the case may come to be altered, is to decypher without a key, and be for the most part deceived, by too much trust, or by too much diffidence; as he that reads, is himself a good or evil man. ”
Thomas Hobbes,
Leviathan — Introduction
(1651)
“ Consequently whereunto, those persons, that for the most part can give no other proof of being wise, take great delight to shew what they think they have read in men, by uncharitable censures of one another behind their backs. ”
