Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes

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Man to Man is an arrant wolf.

In the original Latin

Homo homini Lupus.

Thomas Hobbes

1642

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Topic

Man's cruelty to man Cruelty Human nature

Genre

Philosophical literature

Time

1642 Age of Enlightenment

Person

Thomas Hobbes

Provenance

Current citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Man and Citizen (De Homine and De Cive), edited by Bernard Gert. Hackett Publishing, 1991.

Original citation

Hobbes, Thomas. De Cive [On the citizen]. Paris, 1642.

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