“A good and useful edition, with a very interesting introduction. It may be worth noting that, even if Hobbes is studied for his political doctrine that can be found summarized everywhere, the main part of the book examines the Bible (OT and NT) and the history of Christianity. It does so from a plain, blunt, laic, bold historic perspective that surely was not common in the 17th century, as he himself stressed in fact; and, even twenty years before Spinoza’s “Tractatus Theologico-Politicus.” An all-encompassing treatise, General Anthropology to History to Doomsday. Hobbes’ political ideas were much advanced if compared to his own epoch. Still today, they would not surely justify neoliberalism — while however justifying religious tolerance. Quite suprisingly, anyway, Hobbes’ view of a final universal Commonwealth has more than a hint of science fiction to it. Not to speak of his multi-generational hell, possibly a display of sarcasm. Still more suprisingly, the word “Leviathan” indicates a frightening beast as the symbol of a would-be perfect State. Really a lot of food for the mind.”