Kyle Harrison
to-read
De Cive
De Cive: The English Version (On the Citizen)
- Author
- Thomas Hobbes
- Published
- 1642
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Hobbes’s earlier and more systematic statement of the same argument, written nine years before Leviathan.
Where I saw it: Peter Savodnik’s April 2026 post telling readers to work through Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau — “To start.” Kyle saved it to his “Books To Read” note; this card is one of the twelve volumes that canon reduces to.
Connections
- Thomas Hobbes — from the same canon list.