What did Thomas Hobbes mean by: If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are. - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England Copy
+ The power of a man is his present means to obtain some future apparent good. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, Goodness, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. Feraz Zeid, January 8, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, Absurd, Man, Privilege, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ It’s not the pace of life I mind. It’s the sudden stop at the end. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, End, Mind, Pace, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ No man’s error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it. Feraz Zeid, August 23, 2023December 29, 2023, Thomas Hobbes, Error, Law, Obligation, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, Buying, Determine, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, Fundamentals, Law, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
+ Prudence is a presumption of the future, contracted from the experience of time past. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hobbes, Past, Prudence, 0 - Thomas Hobbes Philosopher · England
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
