Leviathan (Books III and IV)
Thomas Hobbes
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In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nature of a Christian commonwealth. Book 3 begins with a wealth of biblical scholarship, directed at establishing the authority of Scripture while at the same time undermining modern claims to supernatural revelation that would subvert civil law. Hobbes concludes that we cannot be sure of anyone else's divine revelation, and that religious authority is therefore subordinate to civil power. Book 4, titled “Of the Kingdom of Darkness,” sets forth the various ways in which Scripture has been misinterpreted by the church, according to Hobbes, in mixing pagan elements with Christianity.
(Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Leon Mire) (10 hr 54 min)
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Ruslan Vasylev
Incomprehensible without a solid knowledge of the Old Testament and the Bible.
Good but not great
Jay Brennan
A good variety of competent readers but others were difficult to understand.
good, except Ashwin Jain
Thiago Coelho
if you are just curious about Hobbes’s politics, and not so much his religious stuff, you might skip these last two volumes tbh, and stick to the other audiobook
some readers are not of sufficient quality
A LibriVox Listener
Most readers are great. Two readers are not understandable.