“Leviathan: or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil (Unabridged)” Digital Audiobook Now Available from Audible.com

Leviathan: or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil (Unabridged) is now available as a digital audiobook from Audible. The title was published by Blackstone Audio, Inc. and was authored by Thomas Hobbes.Leviathan: or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil (Unabridged) was narrated by 44.95 and has a running length of 23 hours and 17 min. It was first released in August 2011 and a sample is available for download.

Audible’s description of the book is “The leviathan is the vast unity of the State. But how are unity, peace, and security to be attained? Hobbes’ answer is sovereignty, but the resurgence of interest today in Leviathan is due less to its answers than its methods: Hobbes sees politics as a science capable of the same axiomatic approach as geometry.Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan was, in Hobbes’ lifetime, publicly burnt and even condemned in Parliament as one of the causes of the Great Fire of London in 1666. Its current appeal lies not just in its elevation of politics to a science, but in its overriding concern for peace, its systematic analysis of power, and its convincing apologia for the then-emergent market society in which we still live.”

The title is normally sold by Audible for $31.47, but if you’re not already an AudibleListener® member, you can take advantage of a special promotion and get Leviathan: or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil (Unabridged) or any other title for free with a 30-day free trial. If you are a current Audible.com member, the title is available for 1 credit(s).

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