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'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.'
These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.
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- Narrado por: Bernard Mayes
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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This famous treatise began as a letter to a young French friend who asked Edmund Burke’s opinion on whether France’s new ruling class would succeed in creating a better order. Doubtless the friend expected a favorable reply, but Burke was suspicious of certain tendencies of the Revolution from the start and perceived that the revolutionaries were actually subverting the true "social order". Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good historical perspective
- De CMC en 08-30-14
De: Edmund Burke
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The Age of Reason
- De: Thomas Paine
- Narrado por: Robin Field
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, published in three parts from 1794, was a best seller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. Promoting a creator-God while advocating reason in the place of revelation, Paine’s controversial pamphlet caused his native British audience, fearing the results of the French Revolution, to receive it with more hostility than their American counterparts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazed by the energy, originality & bravery
- De Darwin8u en 10-06-12
De: Thomas Paine
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The Founders' Key
- The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It
- De: Dr. Larry Arnn
- Narrado por: Van Tracy
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
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Dr. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, reveals this integral unity of the Declaration and the Constitution. Together, they form the pillars upon which the liberties and rights of the American people stand. United, they have guided history's first self-governing nation, forming our government under certain universal and eternal principles. Unfortunately, the effort to redefine government to reflect "the changing and growing social order" has gone very far toward success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Linking Declaration and Constitution.
- De Ed Bethune en 04-26-24
De: Dr. Larry Arnn
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Anarchy
- De: Errico Malatesta
- Narrado por: Caroline Collins
- Duración: 1 h y 46 m
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"Anarchy" (1907) is a political classic written by famous anarchist Errico Malatesta. "Anarchy is a word which comes from the Greek, and signifies, strictly speaking, without government: the state of a people without any constituted authority. Before such an organization had begun to be considered possible and desirable by a whole class of thinkers, so as to be taken as the aim of a party (which party has now become one of the most important factors in modern social warfare)."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Malatesta is a Fantastic writer.
- De Elly en 08-28-21
De: Errico Malatesta
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Politics
- De: Aristotle
- Narrado por: Matthew Josdal
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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Aristotle's Politics is a work of political philosophy. The end of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics declared that the inquiry into ethics necessarily follows into politics, and the two works are frequently considered to be parts of a larger treatise, or perhaps connected lectures, dealing with the philosophy of human affairs. Aristotle is generally regarded as one of the most influential ancient thinkers in a number of philosophical fields, including political theory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Aristotle Lives Again!
- De Jeff en 02-25-15
De: Aristotle
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The Anti-Federalist Papers
- De: Patrick Henry
- Narrado por: John Clicman
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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The Anti-Federalist Papers is the collective name given to works written by the Founding Fathers who were opposed to or concerned with the merits of the United States Constitution of 1787. Starting on 25 September 1787 (8 days after the final draft of the US Constitution) and running through the early 1790s, these anti-Federalists published a series of essays arguing against a stronger and more energetic union as embodied in the new Constitution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The wrong side won
- De Amazon Customer en 05-25-21
De: Patrick Henry
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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
- De: Ralph Ketcham - editor, Ralph Ketcham - introduction
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America. Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people? Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States? How should judges be appointed? What human rights should be safe from government infringement? In 1787, these important questions and others were raised as the states debated the merits of the proposed Constitution.
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1 out of 5 stars
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don't buy this
- De Kindle Customer en 07-31-20
De: Ralph Ketcham - editor, y otros
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On Revolution
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations on the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding of our political landscape. On Revolution is her classic exploration of a phenomenon that has reshaped the globe. From the 18th-century rebellions in America and France to the explosive changes of the 20th century, Arendt traces the changing face of revolution and its relationship to war while underscoring the crucial role such events will play in the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful Analysis of Differing Revolutions
- De Roger en 01-10-18
De: Hannah Arendt
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Edmund Burke
- A Genius Reconsidered
- De: Russell Kirk
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Russell Kirk has ingeniously combined into a living whole the private Burke and the public Burke. He gives us a fresh assessment of Burke, a statesman enjoying even greater influence today than in his own time. He lucidly unfolds Burke's philosophy, showing how it revealed itself in concrete historical situations in the 18th century and how Burke, through his philosophy, "speaks to our age".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narration too Fast for Me
- De K en 01-16-13
De: Russell Kirk
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The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
- De: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 24 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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This classic work explains the evolution of American political thought from the Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution. In so doing, it greatly illuminates the origins of the present American political system.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This Audible book is NOT for a popular audience!
- De BigWally en 11-22-18
De: Gordon S. Wood
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The Original Argument
- The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century
- De: Glenn Beck, Pat Gray
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 371
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Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paine’s famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 New York Times bestseller Glenn Beck’s Common Sense. Now he brings his historical acumen and political savvy to this fresh, new interpretation of The Federalist Papers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must for Freedom lovers
- De Danny en 06-16-11
De: Glenn Beck, y otros
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
- De: Bernard Bailyn
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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To the original text of what has become a classic of American historical literature, Bernard Bailyn adds a substantial essay, "Fulfillment", as a postscript. Here he discusses the intense nationwide debate on the ratification of the Constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bernard Bailyn is a genius!
- De John M. Crean en 04-21-19
De: Bernard Bailyn
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Churchill's Trial
- Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government
- De: Dr. Larry Arnn
- Narrado por: Wayne Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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A penetrating look at the necessity of constitutional limits upon government and exceptional men to lead those governments, uniquely taken by overlaying the life and writings of Winston Churchill with the American experiment.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece of Political Philosophy
- De Jean en 01-25-16
De: Dr. Larry Arnn
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On Liberty
- De: John Stuart Mill
- Narrado por: Alastair Cameron
- Duración: 5 h y 2 m
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On Liberty is a book by John Stuart Mill, one of the most celebrated philosophers on the subject of leadership and governing ideals. The book focuses on Mill's philosophy on utilitarianism which is one of his defining principles. The principles of the book are focused on developing a relationship between the ruling authority and liberty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read
- De Trevor M. en 08-04-21
De: John Stuart Mill
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The Social Contract
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Neville Jason
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler but in the will of the general population. Rousseau argues that the ideal state would be a direct democracy where executive decision making is carried out by citizens who meet in assembly, as they would in the ancient city-state of Athens.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rosseau's works
- De Anonymous User en 07-24-19
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On the Social Contract
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Erik Sandval
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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On the Social Contract's appeal and influence has been wide-ranging and continuous. It has been called an encomium to democracy and, at the same time, a blueprint for totalitarianism. Individualists, collectivists, anarchists, and socialists have all taken courage from Rousseau's controversial masterpiece.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic. Must read.
- De David Bonifacio en 07-22-17
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The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 29 h y 6 m
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Published four years after Rousseau's death, Confessions is a remarkably frank and honest self-portrait, described by Rousseau as "the history of my soul". From his idyllic youth in the Swiss mountains, to his career as a composer in Paris and his abandonment of his children, Rousseau lays bare his entire life with preternatural honesty.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable read
- De Terence en 02-15-23
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Of the Social Contract
- Principles of Political Right
- De: Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Graham Dunlop
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
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How much government is too much? What rights should be given up for government? It is the Social Contract which is the foundational discussion on these topics.
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 2 h y 30 m
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Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was originally written for an essay competition run by the Dijon Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1754. The question was, "What is the origin of inequality among men, and is it authorized by the natural law?" Rousseau's text is divided into four main parts: a dedication, preface, an extended inquiry into the nature of the individual, and another inquiry into the evolution of the human species within society.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- De: John Locke
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 30 h y 20 m
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John Locke and his works - particularly An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - are regularly and rightly presented as foundations for the Age of Enlightenment. His primary epistemological message - that the mind at birth is a blank sheet waiting to be filled by the experiences of the senses - complemented his primary political message: that human beings are free and equal and have the right to envision, create and direct the governments that rule them and the societies within which they live.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exhaustive Philosophic Treatise
- De No to Statism en 09-25-18
De: John Locke
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The Social Contract
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Neville Jason
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. In The Social Contract, Rousseau explores the concept of freedom and the political structures that may enable people to acquire it. He argues that the sovereign power of a state lies not in any one ruler but in the will of the general population. Rousseau argues that the ideal state would be a direct democracy where executive decision making is carried out by citizens who meet in assembly, as they would in the ancient city-state of Athens.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rosseau's works
- De Anonymous User en 07-24-19
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On the Social Contract
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Erik Sandval
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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On the Social Contract's appeal and influence has been wide-ranging and continuous. It has been called an encomium to democracy and, at the same time, a blueprint for totalitarianism. Individualists, collectivists, anarchists, and socialists have all taken courage from Rousseau's controversial masterpiece.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic. Must read.
- De David Bonifacio en 07-22-17
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The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 29 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 12
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Published four years after Rousseau's death, Confessions is a remarkably frank and honest self-portrait, described by Rousseau as "the history of my soul". From his idyllic youth in the Swiss mountains, to his career as a composer in Paris and his abandonment of his children, Rousseau lays bare his entire life with preternatural honesty.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable read
- De Terence en 02-15-23
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Of the Social Contract
- Principles of Political Right
- De: Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Graham Dunlop
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
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How much government is too much? What rights should be given up for government? It is the Social Contract which is the foundational discussion on these topics.
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 2 h y 30 m
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Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was originally written for an essay competition run by the Dijon Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1754. The question was, "What is the origin of inequality among men, and is it authorized by the natural law?" Rousseau's text is divided into four main parts: a dedication, preface, an extended inquiry into the nature of the individual, and another inquiry into the evolution of the human species within society.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- De: John Locke
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 30 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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John Locke and his works - particularly An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - are regularly and rightly presented as foundations for the Age of Enlightenment. His primary epistemological message - that the mind at birth is a blank sheet waiting to be filled by the experiences of the senses - complemented his primary political message: that human beings are free and equal and have the right to envision, create and direct the governments that rule them and the societies within which they live.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exhaustive Philosophic Treatise
- De No to Statism en 09-25-18
De: John Locke
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Leviathan
- or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil
- De: Thomas Hobbes
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 23 h y 17 m
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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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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For PoliSci Graduate Students as a Readalong
- De deborah en 01-14-12
De: Thomas Hobbes
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Republic
- De: Plato, Christopher Rowe - translator
- Narrado por: Jim Barclay
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
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The Republic, Plato's masterwork, was first enjoyed 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world. Presented as a dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and various interlocutors, it is an exhortation to philosophy, inviting its listeners to reflect on the choices to be made if we are to live the best life available to us. This complex, dynamic work creates a picture of an ideal society governed not by the desire for money, power or fame, but by philosophy, wisdom and justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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arguably the best philosophy book on audible
- De Anonymous en 05-21-21
De: Plato, y otros
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Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality Among Men
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Neville Jason
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 23
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Rousseau's Discourse sets out to explore the origin of inequality among people, a journey that sees him trace the evolution of humans from the savage man to the foundations of civil society. With verve and passion, the philosopher argues that the birth of private property was the "beginning of evil". Throughout the book we are led to consider the development of language, reason, self-preservation, benevolence, pity, and law - all through the lens of perhaps the most original thinker of the 18th century.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too difficult to follow
- De Ege's mom en 10-30-18
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Collection
- The Social Contract & Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality Among Men
- De: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Narrado por: Rory Young
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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As one of the most influential philosophers and thinkers of the mid-18th century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau left behind a powerful and commanding legacy which helped shape great events including the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. His ideas on humanity, civil society, and democracy have made him a leading figure in modern political and philosophical thought. Exploring two of his most famous and influential works, this collection reveals Rousseau’s timeless insights and theories, offering listeners a unique glimpse into the past and the knowledge of a time long past.
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Leviathan
- De: Thomas Hobbes, Christopher Brooke - introduction
- Narrado por: Philip Stevens
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
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Thomas Hobbes lived through the Thirty Years War and Britain's civil wars, and the trauma of these events led to his great masterpiece of political thought. How could humankind rescue itself from life in the natural state, which was 'poor, nasty, brutish and short'? Vilified and scorned from the moment it was published, Leviathan was publicly burnt for sedition, but ever since it has exercised a unique fascination upon its readers, both for its ideas and its remarkable prose. Its concepts helped to drag Europe into a new world - one in which we still live today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pointless and Boring
- De Chuck P in Wisconsin en 06-06-24
De: Thomas Hobbes, y otros
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Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration
- De: John Locke
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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John Locke (1632-1704) was a product of his troubled times: he lived through the English Civil War, the Interregnum, the Restoration, Monmouth’s Rebellion, the Bloody Assizes and the Glorious Revolution. His empirical thinking was very much directed at finding rational solutions to the root causes of those troubles.
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4 out of 5 stars
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biblical reasons against monarchy
- De Kindle Customer en 02-09-20
De: John Locke