As to the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor what they are like in form; for there are many things that hinder sure knowledge, the obscurity of the matter and the shortness of human life.
Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be. Many things prevent knowledge including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
