Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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Descartes said I think, therefore I am. Helvetius wants to say I feel, therefore I want to feel pleasantly. I prefer Hobbes who claims that in order to draw a conclusion which takes us somewhere, we must say, I feel, I think, I judge therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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it is the chief business of art to touch and to move and to do this by getting close to 'nature.'
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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