Found: a Key to Understanding Hobbes’ Influence on Locke (and Locke’s Character)

Justin Weinberg at Daily Nous, on findings by and reported by Felix Waldmann, Cambridge University, in The Journal of Modern History, including

"a report of an interview by Pierre Des Maizeaux of James Tyrrell, who was a longtime friend of Locke's.
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"In the interview, Tyrrell reveals that Locke had a copy of Leviathan and studied it closely. ...

'...he almost always had the Leviathan by H. on his table, and he recommended the reading of it to his friends.' ...

See Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration, Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumen 35, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 33.

See Hobbes, Leviathan, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 23, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 21.