Thomas Hobbes Quotes
No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
Topics
Accountability
Choice
Consequences
Free Will
Error Correction
Individual Responsiblity, Personal Responsibility
Mistakes, Errors, Misjudgments
Self-Determination
Moral Obligation
Change of Course
Ethical Decision
Faulty Judgment
Lawful Behavior
Learning From Mistakes
Moral Autonomy
Self-Accountability
Personal Law
Citations
Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. Edited by Richard Tuck, Cambridge University Press, 1991, p. 206.
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Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general.