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genius thomas harriot

Thomas Harriot

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

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genius thomas harriot

Hell is Truth Seen Too Late.

genius thomas harriot

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

genius thomas harriot

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

genius thomas harriot

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

genius thomas harriot

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

genius thomas harriot

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

genius thomas harriot

Many things they sawe with us as mathematicall instruments, sea compasses... spring clocks that seemed to goe of themselves - and many other things we had - were so strange unto them, and so farre exceeded their capacities to comprehend the reason and meanes how they should be made and done, that they thought they were rather the workes of gods then men.