Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil by Thomas Hobbes
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Books 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.
Location:
United States
Description:
Books 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.
Language:
English
00 – Introduction
Duration:00:08:28
01 – Of Sense
Duration:00:04:46
02 – Of Imagination
Duration:00:13:43
03 – Of the Consequence or Train of Imaginations
Duration:00:12:15
04 – Of Speech
Duration:00:23:39
05 – Of Reason and Science
Duration:00:15:21
06 – Of the Interior Beginnings of Voluntary Motions, Commonly Called the Passions; and the Speeches by Which They are Expressed
Duration:00:23:50
07 – Of the Ends or Resolutions of Discourse
Duration:00:10:04
08 – Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual; and their Contrary Defects
Duration:00:24:20
09 – Of the Several Subjects of Knowledge
Duration:00:05:34
10 – Of Power,Worth,Dignity, Honour and Worthiness
Duration:00:22:20
11 – Of the Difference of Manners
Duration:00:17:21
12 – Of Religion
Duration:00:28:07
13 – Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery
Duration:00:14:03
14 – Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts
Duration:00:33:54
15 – Of Other Laws of Nature
Duration:00:41:51
16 – Of Persons, Authors, and Things Personated
Duration:00:13:52
17 – Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Commonwealth
Duration:00:10:50
18 – Of the Rights of Sovereigns by Institution
Duration:00:21:05
19 – Of the Several Kinds of Commonwealth by Institution, and of Succession to the Sovereign Power
Duration:00:24:50