Quotes from book

De Cive

De Cive is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later under the title 'Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society'."It anticipates themes of the better-known Leviathan. The famous phrase bellum omnium contra omnes appeared first in De Cive.