Thomas Hobbes:

For every man, that is not an idiot, knoweth that there is a God; yet few there be that think there is but one, or that he is eternal, or incomprehensible, or that he governs the world; but they imagine him to be such a one, as they themselves are, or as they have heard say, or as they have read in books.

— Thomas Hobbes Early Modern

Leviathan, social contract

Context

Leviathan, Chapter XII

Date / Period

1651

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm#link2H_4_0015

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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