University Printing House, CambridgeiCB2i8BS,iUnited Kingdom Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Information on this title: /9780521567978 in the introduction and editorial matter Cambridge University Press 1991, 1996 This publicationis in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1991 and reprinted several times Revised student edition first published 1996 19th printing 2015 Printed in the United Kingdom by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Hobbes, Thomas, 1588 1679 Leviathan / edited by Richard Tuck. Rev, student ed. p. cm. (Cambridge texts in the history of political thought) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes. ISBN 0 521 56099 3 (hardback). isbn 0 521 56797 1 (pbk.) i. Political science Early works to 1800. 2. State, The. i. Tuck, Richard, 1949. ii. Title. iii. Series. jc153.h65 1996c 320.1 dc20 96 14525 cip isbn 978-0-521-56797-8 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.
Acknowledgements As I explain in the note on the text, this edition is drawn from two sources: one is a special copy of Leviathan in the Cambridge University Library (where it is part of the Royal Library acquired from John Moore, the Bishop of Ely, and given to the University by George I in 1715), and the other is the manuscript of Leviathan in the British Library. I would like to thank the librarians in both institutions for their help and for giving permission to reproduce material in their charge; I owe a particular debt to Brian Jenkins, Under-Librarian in charge of the Rare Books Room at the University Library. I would also like to thank David McKitterick, Librarian of Trinity College, for help and advice about Moore s library; Peter Jones, Librarian of King s College, for letting me consult the college s remarkable collection of Hobbes s works (bequeathed to them by Lord Keynes) and for helping me in other ways; and Peter Day, Keeper of the Works of Art at Chatsworth, who helped to uncover the curious fact that there was apparently no copy of Leviathan at Hardwick or Chatsworth until the nineteenth century. Other scholars have given me a great deal of advice, especially Noel Malcolm, Quentin Skinner, Maurice Goldsmith, Ian Harris (see p. lxv) and Lucien Jaume. I would also (in 2008) like to thank Quentin Skinner and the students in his special subject at Cambridge for spotting and correcting various misprints in the earlier impressions. vii