Thomas Hobbes Quotes About Competition

Quotes about: Competition

• So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory. The first maketh men invade for gain; the second, for safety; and the third, for reputation. The first use violence, to make themselves masters of other men's persons, wives, children, and cattle; the second, to defend them; the third, for trifles, as a word, a smile, a different opinion, and any other sign of undervalue, either direct in their persons or by reflection in their kindred, their friends, their nation, their profession, or their name.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Children, Men, Reflection

  Thomas Hobbes (2005). “Leviathan, Parts I and II”, p.95, Broadview Press

• The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Envy, Competition, Ancient

  'Leviathan' (1651) 'A Review and Conclusion'

• Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Men, Competition, Praise

  Thomas Hobbes (2002). “Leviathan”, p.76, Broadview Press

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