The First Cause Of Absurd Conclusions I

Humans Are Driven By A Perpetual And Restless Desire Of Power.

The Original Of All Great And Lasting Societies Consisted Not In The Mutual Good Will Men Had Toward Each Other, But In The Mutual Fear They Had Of Each Other.

Fear Of Power Invisible, Feigned By The Mind Or Imagined From Tales Publicly Allowed, Is Religion; Not Allowed, Superstition.

The Register Of Knowledge Of Fact Is Called History .

Ambition, And Covetousnesse Are Passions That Are Perpetually Incumbent, And Pressing.