Desire for power

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I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Desire for power Power Desire Human nature

Author

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. 11.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 11.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

Francis Bacon

Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

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Desire for power

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.