De Cive
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De Cive
| Full title | De Cive: The English Version (On the Citizen) |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Hobbes |
| Published | 1642 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hobbes’s earlier and more systematic statement of the same argument, written nine years before Leviathan. |
Where I heard about it
- Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) — on X (April 2026): “Read everything you can find by Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. To start.”
Connections
- Thomas Hobbes — from the same canon list.
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