Talk:Bellum omnium contra omnes

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I'm not quite sure about the quote that constitutes the title of this page. What would it mean if you translated it literally, or, to be more precise, what kind of ellipsis is that?

As far as I know, Hobbes has been mentioned in connexion with the phrase Bellum omnium contra omnes rather than the cryptic Bellum omnia omnes. What is it I fail to see here? --KF 20:13, 13 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Now that we've got the wrong title in the Portuguese Wikipedia as well I repeat my question.

I would also like to point out that we are perpetuating a silly mistake here as several others have plagiarized the article (although this is of course not our problem, and you can get some nice ideas reading the Nihilartikel article):

Only in the discussion forum that ponders the question whether Wal-Mart can be seen as Leviathan ( http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/29591 ) does a user who calls him/herself the fire you left me say on November 14, 2003:

Regarding the title, the correct reference would be 'bellum omnium contra omnes.' posted by the fire you left me at 3:54 PM PST on November 14.

To sum up, I think it is time we did something about that title (now that we have fooled the others). But I still think the fire you left me and I might be mistaken because all the rest are quiet. Could we have some support, please? <KF> 20:41, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

I think you're right about the phrase; I'll check the original Latin in De Cive and Leviathan ASAP. —No-One Jones 21:02, 3 May 2004 (UTC)