"The Seekers": a great book I'm reading on the history of western philosopy and knowledge
match the quote with the individual; for example: A-2
match the quote with the individual; for example: A-2
A) “Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.”
B ) “All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
C) “The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
D) “state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange...Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
E) “I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
F) "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
1) Thomas Hobbes
2) Abraham Lincoln
3) John Locke
4) Aristotle
5) Niccolo Machiavelli
6) Voltaire