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And this Feare of things invisible, is the naturall Seed of that,…
Quote byThomas Hobbes · 1588–1679
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The First Part, Chapter 11, p. 51.
English (original)
And this Feare of things invisible, is the naturall Seed of that, which every one in himself calleth Religion; and in them that worship, or feare that Power otherwise than they do, Superstition.
— Thomas Hobbes
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