The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition, and mutual envy of the living.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Western intellectual tradition

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

Leviathan

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.

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In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Topic
State of nature Anarchy Government

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Thomas Hobbes
Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Another quote from the 1650s

There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness.

Henry Vaughan

Silex Scintillans

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Nature of God God

Author

Henry Vaughan
Source
Silex Scintillans
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1655 1650s 17th century
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Citation

Vaughan, Henry. "The Night." Silex Scintillans. London: H. Blunden, 1655.

Another quote from European Renaissance

But be not afraid of greatness.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Greatness
Speaker
Malvolio

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Twelfth Night
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 5.