The skill of making, and maintaining Common-wealths, consisteth in certain Rules, as doth Arithmetique and Geometry; not (as Tennis-play) on Practise onely: which Rules, neither poor men have the leisure, nor men that have had the leisure, have hitherto had the curiosity, or the method to find out.
Thomas HobbesAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: english
- Born: April 5, 1588
- Died: December 4, 1679