I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Thomas Hobbes

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Topic

Facing death Mystery of death

Speaker

Thomas Hobbes

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Last Words. 1679, Hardwick Hall, England, UK.

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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.

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Topic
State of nature Anarchy Government

Author

Thomas Hobbes
Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
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.

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He who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false.

Baruch Spinoza

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Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 2, prop. 42, proof.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 2, prop. 42, proof.