Track | Chapter | Reader | Length |
01 | Introduction | Carl Manchester | 8:25 |
02 | Chapter I - Of Sense | Carl Manchester | 4:44 |
03 | Chapter II - Of Imagination | Carl Manchester | 13:40 |
04 | Chapter III Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations | Carl Manchester | 12:12 |
05 | Chapter IV Of Speech | D. S. Harvey | 23:29 |
06 | Chapter V Of Reason and Science | Anna Simon | 15:16 |
07 | Chapter VI Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They are Expressed | Sibella Denton | 23:41 |
08 | Chapter VII Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse | Gesine | 9:58 |
09 | Chapter VII Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse | D. S. Harvey | 28:10 |
10 | Chapter IX Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge | Carl Manchester | 5:29 |
11 | Chapter X Of PowerWorthDignity Honour and Worthiness | heyfd | 22:10 |
12 | Chapter XI Of the Difference of Manners | heyfd | 17:13 |
13 | Chapter XII Of Religion | Leon Mire | 27:56 |
14 | Chapter XIII Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery | D. E. Wittkower | 13:54 |
15 | Chapter XIV Of the First and Second Natural Laws and of Contracts | D. E. Wittkower | 33:37 |
16 | Chapter XV Of Other Laws of Nature | D. E. Wittkower | 41:34 |
17 | Chapter XVI Of Persons Authors and Things Personated | D. E. Wittkower | 13:44 |
18 | Chapter XVII Of the Causes Generation and Definition of a Commonwealth | Anna Simon | 10:48 |
19 | Chapter XVIII - Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution | Anna Simon | 20:56 |
20 | Chapter XIX Of the Several Kinds of Commonwealth by Institution and of Succession to the Sovereign Power | Anna Simon | 24:44 |
21 | Chapter XX Of Dominion Paternal and Despotical | Nikki Sullivan | 20:39 |
22 | Chapter XXI Of the Liberty of Subjects | Kirsten Ferrari | 24:04 |
23 | Chapter XXII Of Systems Subject Political and Private | Leon Mire | 30:25 |
24 | Chapter XXIII Of the Public Ministers of Sovereign Power | D. S. Harvey | 11:45 |
25 | Chapter XIV Of the Nutrition and Procreation of a Commonwealth | Anna Simon | 14:05 |
26 | Chapter XXV Of Counsel | Anna Simon | 18:15 |
27 | Chapter XXVI Of Civil Laws | Sibella Denton | 46:28 |
28 | Chapter XXVII Of Crimes Excuses and Extenuations | D. S. Harvey | 38:00 |
29 | Chapter XXVIII Of Punishments and Rewards | Ransom | 21:25 |
30 | Chapter XXIX Of Those Things That Weaken Or Tend To The Dissolution Of A Common-Wealth | D. S. Harvey | 27:49 |
31 | Chapter XXX Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative | Nicholas James Bridgewater | 36:56 |
32 | Chapter XXXI Of the Kingdom of God by Nature | Leon Mire | 26:59 |
33 | Chapter XXXII Of the Principles of Christian Politics | Carl Manchester | 13:39 |
34 | Chapter XXXIII - Of the Number Antiquity Scope Authority and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture | David Higham | 26:30 |
35 | Chapter XXXIV - Of the Signification of Spirit Angel and Inspiration in the Books of Holy Scripture | D. S. Harvey | 28:06 |
36 | Chapter XXXV - Of the Signification in Scripture of Kingdom of God of Holy Sacred and Sacrament | Sibella Denton | 17:41 |
37 | Chapter XXXVI - Of the Word of God and of Prophets | David Higham | 36:30 |
38 | Chapter XXXVII - Of Miracles and Their Use | Sibella Denton | 16:22 |
39 | Chapter XXXVIII - Of the Signification in Scripture of Eternal Life Hell Salvation the World to Come and Redemption | Sibella Denton | 35:56 |
40 | Chapter XXXIX - Of the Signification in Scripture of the Word Church | Sibella Denton | 5:56 |
41 | Chapter XL - Of the Rights of the Kingdom of God in Abraham Moses the High Priests and the Kings of Judah | Nacelle Droll | 32:08 |
42 | Chapter XLI - Of the office of our blessed saviour | D. S. Harvey | 20:05 |
43 | Chapter XLII - Of Power Ecclesiastical Part 1 | Geoffrey Edwards | 29:03 |
44 | Chapter XLII - Of Power Ecclesiastical Part 2 | Geoffrey Edwards | 37:29 |
45 | Chapter XLII - Of Power Ecclesiastical Part 3 | Geoffrey Edwards | 28:11 |
46 | Chapter XLII - Of Power Ecclesiastical Part 4 | Geoffrey Edwards | 20:26 |
47 | Chapter XLII - Of Power Ecclesiastical Part 5 | Geoffrey Edwards | 39:41 |
48 | Chapter XLII - Of Power Ecclesiastical Part 6 | Geoffrey Edwards | 29:15 |
49 | Chapter XLIII - Of What is Necessary for a Man's Redemption into the Kingdom of Heaven | Jessica Louise | 34:26 |
50 | Chapter XLIV - Of Spiritual Darkness from the Misinterpretation of Scripture Part 1 | D. S. Harvey | 39:16 |
51 | Chapter XLIV - Of Spiritual Darkness from Misinterpretation of Scripture Part 2 | Sibella Denton | 25:39 |
52 | Chapter XLV - Of Demonology and Other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles Part 1 | Sibella Denton | 24:25 |
53 | Chapter XLV - Of Demonology and Other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles Part 2 | Sibella Denton | 22:34 |
54 | Chapter XLVI - Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy and Fabulous Traditions | Sibella Denton | 41:43 |
55 | Chapter XLVII - Of the Benefit that Proceedeth from Such Darkness and to Whom it Accrueth | Sibella Denton | 20:17 |
56 | Chapter XLVIII - A Review and Conclusion | Sibella Denton | 23:16 |
Notes & Credits
Running Time: 22 hours 27 minutes
Read by: Multiple readers
Book Coordinator Books I & II: Carl Manchester
Meta Coordinator Books I & II: Carl Manchester
Book Coordinator Books III & IV: Leon Mire
Meta Coordinator Books III & IV: Leon Mire
Proof Listener: Kehinde Books III & IV
Artwork
Cover: Top portion of image taken from Leviathan, originally published/produced in London: Andrew Crooke, 1651.
Inset: Image taken from Leviathan, originally published/produced in London: Andrew Crooke, 1651.
Insert: Portrait of Thomas Hobbes by John Michael Wright (1617 -1694), National Portrait Gallery.
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- Thomas Hobbes is referenced in the New Yorker review of Anthony Gottlieb's "The Dream of Enlightenment" by Adam Kirsch "Are We Really So Modern?" in which he asserts that "For all our technological breakthroughs, we’re still wrestling with the same basic questions as the Enlightenment philosophers".
The title of Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan is drawn from the biblical figure of a gigantic sea monster, an apt symbol for the challenge of governing a body politic. A classic work of statecraft and political philosophy on the order of The Prince, the book is divided into four parts. Part 1, Of Man, is a lucid description of human nature, material and psychological, in which he famously describes the state of nature as a war of all against all in which “the life of man (is) solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”. Part 2, Of Common-wealth, is an articulation of the social contract that gives rise to an effective government and social order. Part 3, Of a Christian Common-wealth, delves into the problem of the relationship of church and state, arguing for the supremacy of civil over divine law as the only way to resolve the issue of authority. Lastly, Part 4, Of the Kingdom of Darkness, describes four causes of the “darkness of ignorance” that suppress the light of true knowledge. While Hobbes advocates for an absolute monarchy on rational grounds, he also introduces aspects of the social contract that have become fundamental to liberal political philosophy: the artificial nature of any political form, the right of the individual, the natural equality of all, the notion of political power as “representative” of the people and the corresponding need for the consent of those governed. In retrospect one wonders at the course history might have taken without Hobbes’ masterpiece.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969207 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0686175924329 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) |
Year | 1651 |
Recording | |
Read by | Multiple readers |
Length | 22 hours and 17 minutes |
Type of Reading | Collaborative |
Leviathan
- Author: Thomas Hobbes
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