 I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive delight than he has already attained to, or that...  Wit and Wisdom: A Public Affairs Miscellany - Page 134edited by - 1982 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 pages
...of death, or wounds. desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this, is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more. And from hence it is, that kings, whose power is greatest,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 pages
...of death, or wounds. desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this, is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more. And from hence it is, that kings, whose power is greatest,... | |
 | 1915 - 862 pages
...instance, recognize that Bernhardi's "Weltmacht oder Untergang" is implicit in Hobbes's axiom that "a man cannot assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more." But, as M. Seilliere points out, political imperialism,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1886 - 328 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...or that he cannot be content with a moderate power ; t.rit because he cannot assure the power ant1, a»,. means to live well, which he hath present, without... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1889 - 932 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more. And from hence it is that kings, whose power is greatest,... | |
 | Sir Lewis Amherst Selby-Bigge - 1897 - 476 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...than he has already attained to, or that he cannot be eontent with a moderate power ; but because he cannot assure the power and means to live well, which... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1898 - 408 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this, is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more. And from hence it is, that kings, whose power is greatest,... | |
 | John Henry Muirhead - 1900 - 352 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more." * Nor does it appear that the view here taken is at all... | |
 | John Henry Muirhead - 1900 - 344 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without the acquisition of more." * Nor does it appear that the view here taken is at all... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1903 - 444 pages
...perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this, is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive...assure the power and means to live well, which. he hath present, without the acquisition of more. And. from hence it is, that kings, whose power is greatest,... | |
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