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.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the fundamental freedom individuals have to act in ways that preserve their own lives.
In this quote, Hobbes asserts that every person possesses a natural right to utilize their abilities and resources as they see fit, primarily aimed at ensuring their own survival and well-being. It highlights the intrinsic connection between personal liberty and the instinct for self-preservation, suggesting that the freedom to act is a vital aspect of human nature.
In practice
During a speech on individual rights and personal freedom at a political rally.
Baptism is the sacrament of allegiance of them that are to be received into the Kingdom of God, that is to say, into Eternal life, that is to say, to Remission of Sin. For as Eternal life was lost by the committing, so it is recovered by the remitting of men's sins.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice.
Scientia potentia est, sed parva; quia scientia egregia rara est, nec proinde apparens nisi paucissimis, et in paucis rebus. Scientiae enim ea natura est, ut esse intelligi non possit, nisi ab illis qui sunt scientia praediti.
The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.
How vulgar, this hankering after immortality, how vain, how false. Composers are merely scribblers of cave paintings. One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards would be at one's throat all the sooner.
To claim you are more detached, more alien to everything than anyone, and to be merely a fanatic of indifference!
To me, Faith is not just a noun but also a verb
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