Leviathan (Books I and II)

Genre(s): Political Science, Early Modern

Narrators: Carl Manchester, Hugh Mac, Anna Simon, Sibella Denton, Gesine, Darren L. Slider, Hefyd, Leon Mire, D.E. Wittkower, Nikki Sullivan, Kirsten Ferreri, Arouet, Smokey B., Ransom, Cicorée, Nicholas James Bridgewater

Number of Chapters: 32

Length: 11 hours and 33 minutes

Language: English

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. The book concerns the structure of society (as represented figuratively by the frontispiece, showing the state giant made up of individuals), as is evidenced by the full title. In the book, Thomas 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. Summary from Wikipedia.

Introduction (Carl Manchester)

I - Of Sense (Carl Manchester)

II - Of Imagination (Carl Manchester)

III - Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations (Carl Manchester)

IV - Of Speech (hugh mac)

V - Of Reason and Science (Anna Simon)

VI - Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They are Expressed (Sibella Denton)

VII - Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse (Gesine)

VIII - Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual; and Their Contrary Defects (Darren L. Slider)

IX - Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge (Carl Manchester)

X - Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour and Worthiness (hefyd)

XI - Of the Difference of Manners (hefyd)

XII - Of Religion (Leon Mire)

XIII - Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery (D.E. Wittkower)

XIV - Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts (D.E. Wittkower)

XV - Of Other Laws of Nature (D.E. Wittkower)

XVI - Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated (D.E. Wittkower)

XVII - Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Commonwealth (Anna Simon)

XVIII - Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution (Anna Simon)

XIX - Of the Several Kinds of Commonwealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Sovereign Power (Anna Simon)

XX - Of Dominion Paternal and Despotical (Nikki Sullivan)

XXI - Of the Liberty of Subjects (Kirsten Ferreri)

XXII - Of Systems Subject, Political and Private (Leon Mire)

XXIII - Of the Public Ministers of Sovereign Power (Arouet)

XXIV - Of the Nutrition and Procreation of a Commonwealth (Anna Simon)

XXV - Of Counsel (Anna Simon)

XXVI - Of Civil Laws (Sibella Denton)

XXVII - Of Crimes, Excuses, and Extenuations (Smokey B.)

XXVIII - Of Punishments and Rewards (Ransom)

XXIX - Of Those Things that Weaken or Tend to the Dissolution of a Commonwealth (Cicorée)

XXX - Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative (Nicholas James Bridgewater)

XXXI - Of the Kingdom of God by Nature (Leon Mire)

The audiobook Leviathan (Books I and II) falls under the genres of Political Science, Early Modern. It is written by Thomas Hobbes.

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