“And as to the faculties of the mind, setting aside the arts grounded upon words, and especially that skill of proceeding upon generall, and infallible rules, called Science; which very few have, and but in few things; as being not a native faculty, born within us; nor attained, (as Prudence,) while we look after somewhat else.”
Quote by Thomas Hobbes
Work
Annotated LEVIATHAN with English Grammar Exercises: by Thomas Hobbes (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)
Annotated LEVIATHAN with English Grammar Exercises is a scholarly edition of Thomas Hobbes' seminal political philosophy text, LEVIATHAN. Edited by Robert Powell, this volume provides in-depth annotations to clarify Hobbes' complex arguments and ideas. The book also includes grammar exercises designed to enhance the reader's comprehension of English language structure while engaging with the text. more
Author
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes, a British philosopher, politician, historian, economist, and writer, was born on April 5, 1588, in Wiltshire, and died on December 4, 1679, in Oxford, England. Hobbes is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 17th century, known for his profound analysis of the state, society, and human behavior. more
You May Also Like
“I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.”
“And what is impossible to science?”
Source: The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto
“Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science.”
Source: Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead
Source: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Source: Voices from the Sky
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Source: History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science: By John William Draper ...
“Basic scientific research is scientific capital.”
Source: Science, the endless frontier: A report to the President