Thomas Hobbes Quotes About Praise

Quotes about: Praise

• 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

• Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Desire, Action, Praise

  Thomas Hobbes (2015). “Leviathan”, p.118, eKitap Projesi

• In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the commonwealth, and not by their mediocrity, nor by their being commended. For several men praise several customs, and, contrarily, what one calls vice, another calls virtue, as their present affections lead them.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Men, Evil, Vices

  Thomas Hobbes (2014). “Behemoth or The Long Parliament”, p.45, University of Chicago Press

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