Leviathan By Thomas Hobbs Audiobook (Free)

He that’s to govern a complete nation, must browse in himself, not this, or that particular guy; but mankind.

Leviathan Audiobook by Thomas Hobbs is both a magnificent literary achievement and the greatest work of political philosophy in the English language. Permanently demanding, it has discovered fresh applications and brand-new refutations in every era. Hobbes argues that humans are initial and foremost concerned with their own individual desires and fears. He shows that a conflict of every against every man can only be avoided by the adoption of a concise to enforce peace. The compact involves giving up some of our organic freedom to a sovereign power that may enforce the laws and regulations of peace on all people. Hobbes also analyses the subversive makes – religion, ambition, private conscience – that threaten to destroy your body politic, Leviathan itself, and come back us to the state of war.