Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society by Thomas Hobbes: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 21 original MP3 tracks, 10:39:42 running time and a link to listen.
Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society, credited to Thomas Hobbes, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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LibriVox recording of Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society by Thomas Hobbes. Read in English by Jeffrey Church De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later (London 1651) under the title 'Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society'." It anticipates themes of the better-known Leviathan. The famous phrase bellum omnium contra omnes ("war of all against all") appeared first in De Cive. - Summary by Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
- Author credits: Thomas Hobbes
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 21
- Listed recording duration: 10:39:42
Catalogue topics
- political philosophy
- sovereignty
- the state
- de cive
Track guide
- 01 - Epistle Dedicatory — 11:59
- 02 - Author's Preface — 23:45
- 03 - Chapter 1 — 24:36
- 04 - Chapter 2 — 29:00
- 05 - Chapter 3 — 39:48
- 06 - Chapter 4 — 26:57
- 07 - Chapter 5 — 14:36
- 08 - Chapter 6 — 41:44
- 09 - Chapter 7 — 29:40
- 10 - Chapter 8 — 11:39
- 11 - Chapter 9 — 20:51
- 12 - Chapter 10 — 31:00
- 13 - Chapter 11 — 13:22
- 14 - Chapter 12 — 27:47
- 15 - Chapter 13 — 30:16
- 16 - Chapter 14 — 40:43
- 17 - Chapter 15 — 44:19
- 18 - Chapter 16 — 43:06
- 19 - Chapter 17, Part 1 — 43:22
- 20 - Chapter 17, Part 2 — 48:43
- 21 - Chapter 18 — 42:29
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