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The papacy is no other than the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon… — Thomas Hobbes

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The papacy is no other than the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.

Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan · 1651
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Provenance
Current citation
Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 4, ch. 47.
Original citation
Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 4, ch. 47.

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