Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil by Thomas Hobbes
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBooks 1 and 2. Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. The book concerns the structure of society (as represented figuratively by the frontispiece, showing the state giant made up of individuals). In the book, Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by a sovereign. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil war – situations identified with a state of nature and the famous motto bellum omnium contra omnes (”the war of all against all”) – could only be averted by strong central government. He thus denied any right of rebellion toward the social contract. However, Hobbes did discuss the possible dissolution of the State. Since the social contract was made to institute a state that would provide for the “peace and defense” of the people, the contract would become void as soon as the government no longer protected its citizens. By virtue of this fact, man would automatically return to the state of nature until a new contract is made.
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02 – Of Imagination
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 – Of Reason and Science
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 – Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They are Expressed
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 – Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual; and their Contrary Defects
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 – Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – Of Power,Worth,Dignity, Honour and Worthiness
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – Of the Difference of Manners
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 – Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 – Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 – Of Other Laws of Nature
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 – Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
17 – Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Commonwealth
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
18 – Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
19 – Of the Several Kinds of Commonwealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Sovereign Power
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
20 – Of Dominion Paternal and Despotical
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
21 – Of the Liberty of Subjects
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
22 – Of Systems Subject, Political and Private
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
23 – Of the Public Ministers of Sovereign Power
December 10, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
24 – Of the Nutrition and Procreation of a Commonwealth
December 09, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
27 – Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
28 – Of Punishments and Rewards
December 05, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
29 – Of Those Things that Weaken or Tend to the Dissolution of a Commonwealth
December 04, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
30 – Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative
December 03, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
31 – Of the Kingdom of God by Nature
December 02, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com