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“But Aversion wee have for things, not only which we know have hurt us; but also that we do not know whether they will hurt us, or not.”

— Thomas Hobbes

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The First Part, Chapter 6, p. 24

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Hobbes, Thomas. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Thomas Hobbes. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes

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