The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later (London 1651) under the title Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society.

The famous phrase bellum omnium contra omnes ('war of all against all') appeared first in De Cive.

Because of the political turmoil of the time, namely the unrest leading up to the Civil War of 1642, Hobbes hastily "ripened and plucked" the work which would systematically come last: De Cive.

It was translated into English, entitled Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society (published in 1651).

The edition of the work by H. Warrender (Latin and English versions; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983) is at present standard.