Introduction

Abstract

The first part, On Body (De Corpore), was later published in , and the second, On Man (De Homine), in .  Hobbes's own account does leave some questions unanswered. As Deborah Baumgold (:-) points out, in marked contrast to the  "Preface," the "Epistle Dedicatory" to the  edition stressed Hobbes's reluctance to intervene in the politics of any particular state (OC Ep. Ded.).