Quote: war is the disposition to fighting; no industry, no culture, no navigation, no knowledge, no arts, no letters, no society

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Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called Warre; and such a warre, as is of every man, against every man. For WARRE, consisteth not in Battell onely ...; but in a tract of time ... For as the nature of Foule weather, lyeth not in a showre or two of rain; but in an inclination thereto of many dayes together: So the nature of War, consisteth not in actuall fighting; but in the know disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is PEACE. [p.89] Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of Warre ...; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security, than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall. In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation ...; no Instruments of moving ...; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; ...no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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Quote: war is continual fear; life is solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short

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Topic: military and war (33 items)
Group: philosophy   (60 topics, 2259 quotes)