Two Treatises of Civil Government: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Two Treatises of Civil Government, credited to John Locke, 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 Two Treatises of Civil Government, by John Locke. The Two Treatises of Civil Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha, which argued for a divinely-ordained, hereditary, absolute monarchy. The more influential Second Treatise outlines a theory of civil society based on natural rights and contract theory. Locke begins by describing the "state of nature," and goes on to explain the hypothetical rise of property and civilization, asserting that the only legitimate governments are those which have the consent of the people. Locke's ideas heavily influenced both the American and French Revolutions. His notions of people's rights and the role of civil government provided strong support for the intellectual movements of both revolutions. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Two Treatises of Civil Government
• Author credits: John Locke
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 11:04:05

Catalogue topics

• politics
• religion
• political philosophy
• divine right of kings
• regal power
• state of nature
• property
• government

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 00 - Preface — 5:56
2. 01 - Book I, Chapter 01 — 6:26
3. 02 - Book I, Chapter 02: Of Paternal and Regal Power — 18:48
4. 03 - Book I, Chapter 03: Of Adam's Title to Sovereignty by Creation — 12:50
5. 04 - Book I, Chapter 04: Of Adam's Title to Sovereignty By Donation, Gen. I. 28 — 39:11
6. 05 - Book I, Chapter 05: Of Adam's Title to Sovereignty By the Subjection of Eve — 12:33
7. 06 - Book I, Chapter 06: Of Adam's Title to Sovereignty By Fatherhood — 44:43
8. 07 - Book I, Chapter 07: Of Fatherhood and Property Considered Together As Fountains of Sovereignty — 12:01
9. 08 - Book I, Chapter 08: Of the Conveyance of Adam's Sovereign Monarchical Power — 6:07
10. 09 - Book I, Chapter 09: Of Monarchy, By Inheritance from Adam — 33:27
11. 10 - Book I, Chapter 10: Of the Heir to Adam's Monarchical Power — 5:07
12. 11 - Book I, Chapter 11: Who Heir? part 1 — 23:34
13. 12 - Book I, Chapter 11: Who Heir? part 2 — 18:39
14. 13 - Book I, Chapter 11: Who Heir? part 3 — 36:37
15. 14 - Book I, Chapter 11: Who Heir? part 4 — 32:09
16. 15 - Book II, Chapter 01 — 4:17
17. 16 - Book II, Chapter 02: Of the State of Nature — 21:23
18. 17 - Book II, Chapter 03: Of the State of War — 10:46
19. 18 - Book II, Chapter 04: Of Slavery — 5:07
20. 19 - Book II, Chapter 05: Of Property — 45:18
21. 20 - Book II, Chapter 06: Of Paternal Power — 33:35
22. 21 - Book II, Chapter 07: Of Political or Civil Society — 28:11
23. 22 - Book II, Chapter 08: Of the Beginning of Political Societies — 38:24
24. 23 - Book II, Chapter 09: Of the Ends of Political Society and Government — 7:18

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