Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society [full stream]

This week’s list includes Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society, from Thomas Hobbes. Press play and stay for every chapter.

De Cive (“On the citizen”) is one of Thomas Hobbes’s major works. “The recording was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later (London 1651) under the title ‘Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society’.”n It anticipates themes of the better-known Leviathan. The famous phrase bellum omnium contra omnes (“war of all against all”) appeared first in De Cive. – Summary by Wikipedian DPLs for this project were phaedo and craigdav1n

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