Quote #6

The condition of Man...is a condition of Warre of every one against every one.

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  1. Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
  2. Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotl…
  3. :in the state of nature, Profit is the measure of Right.
  4. :Understanding being nothing else, but conception caused by Speech.
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  8. The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only.

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