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| Le Bonheur - Visions occidentales et chinoise Livre Audio par André Comte-Sponville, François Jullien | 03:31:00 | ||
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Titre: Le Bonheur - Visions occidentales et chinoise
Auteur: André Comte-Sponville, François Jullien
Narrateur: André Comte-Sponville, François Jullien
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 3 hrs and 31 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 08-13-07
Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés
Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
André Comte-Sponville et François Jullien, sous la médiation de Françoise Dastur, confrontent la vision occidentale du bonheur avec celle de la pensée chinoise : d'une part, une culture chrétienne marquée par le dolorisme et la culpabilité et d'autre part une philosophie chinoise qui se dispense de l'idée du bonheur, au profit d'une autre préoccupation, celle de nourrir sa vie.
Entre la vision occidentale du bonheur comme but de la vie humaine et celle de la pensée chinoise d'un "vivre à propos", il est intéressant de se demander si c'est bien la quête du bonheur qui doit véritablement gouverner la vie des êtres humains.
Cette rencontre, organisée par François Lapérou, pour Arte-Filosofia, nous fait découvrir que l'aspiration au bonheur, prétendument universelle, est en réalité un produit de l'histoire et de la culture.
Claude Colombini-Frémeaux
L'intervenant
Ancien élève de l'École Normale Supérieure de la rue d'Ulm -Agrégé de philosophie-Docteur de 3em cycle-
Docteur
de l'Université de Mons-Hainaut, en Belgique. Ancien Maître de conférences de philosophie à la Sorbonne (Université Paris I).
(p) 2006 Arte- Philosofia - Frémeaux et Associés
© Frémeaux et Associés - Groupe Frémeaux Colombini SAS 2007 | |||
| The Consolations of Philosophy Audiobook by Alain de Botton | 01 Jun 2013 | 06:41:00 | |
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Title: The Consolations of Philosophy
Author: Alain de Botton
Narrator: Nicholas Bell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-01-13
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
In ancient Greece or Rome, philosophers were seen as natural authorities on the most pressing questions. However, since then, the idea of finding wisdom from philosophy has come to seem bizarre. Enter a university department today and ask to study wisdom, and you will politely but firmly be shown the door. The Consolations of Philosophy sets out to refute the notion that good philosophy must be irrelevant and gathers together six great philosophers who were convinced of the power of philosophical insight to work a practical effect on our lives.
Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche are studied for the light their work can shine on certain great universal problems - poverty, inadequacy, lovelessness, and so on. They stand as examples of the practical utility of philosophy.
Critic Reviews:
"Singlehandedly, de Botton has taken philosophy back to its simplest and most important purpose: helping us live our lives." (Independent)
"No doubt about it, philosophy is the new rock and roll and Alain de Botton is its Colonel Tom Parker.... A pleasure to read. And good writing, like good philosophy, is always a consolation." (John Banville, Irish Times)
"Few discussions on the great philosophers can have been so entertaining...an ingenious, imaginative book." (Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times) | |||
| Brutal Wisdom Audiobook by Master Dutch Hinkle | 06 Mar 2014 | 04:01:00 | |
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Title: Brutal Wisdom
Subtitle: Comments on the 36 Strategies of Ancient Chinese Thought
Author: Master Dutch Hinkle
Narrator: Dave Wright
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 03-06-14
Publisher: Whispers Of Bushido, LLC
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Banned secret strategies of the ancient Chinese.
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Learn about these ruthless strategies of ancient Chinese thought which is ranked by some with the wisdom of Sun Tzu and The Art of War.
Learn how these powerful strategies have been and continue to be applied this very day in business, warfare, negotiations, government, and world politics.
Arm yourself with this secret and forbidden knowledge that has given others a distinct, superior advantage.
Welcome to Brutal Wisdom | |||
| Aristotle: Philosophy in an Hour Audiobook by Paul Strathern | 29 Aug 2013 | 01:10:00 | |
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Title: Aristotle: Philosophy in an Hour
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-29-13
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Aristotle in just one hour.
The philosophy of Aristotle dominated Western thought for over a thousand years. He had a mind that mastered all disciplines from mathematics to politics and had a continuing impact on every sphere of knowledge he touched. Above all, Aristotle is credited with the founding of logic. He divided human knowledge into separate categories, and enabled our understanding of the world to develop in a systematic fashion.
This is an expert account of Aristotles life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Aristotles work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Aristotle in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
Critic Reviews:
Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)
Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)
A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times) | |||
| Plato: Philosophy in an Hour Audiobook by Paul Strathern | 29 Aug 2013 | 01:10:00 | |
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Title: Plato: Philosophy in an Hour
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-29-13
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Plato in just one hour.
Plato is still seen by many as the greatest of all philosophers, inspiring many of the finest thinkers through the ages. Indeed, many see all later philosophy as nothing but attempts to answer the questions he raised.
He founded the Academy, the worlds first university, in 387 BC and taught that the physical world is not reality but rather a reproduction of the true source.
Plato: Philosophy in an Hour is an audiobook with an expert account of Platos life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and above all easy listening. Also included are selections from his work, suggested further reading and chronologies that place Plato in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
Critic Reviews:
Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)
Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)
A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times) | |||
| 300 Quotes of French Philosophy Audiobook by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Michel de Montaigne | 30 Aug 2017 | 01:17:00 | |
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Title: 300 Quotes of French Philosophy
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Michel de Montaigne
Narrator: Katie Haigh
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-30-17
Publisher: Astorg Audio
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
French philosophy has been led on by three most influent thinkers, each one bordering on literature and bringing new understandings to politics, philosophy, and religion.
Michel de Montaigne is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre; his style merges casual anecdotes and autobiography with deep intellectual insights. His "Essays" are among the most influential ever written; one can recognize Montaigne's direct influence on great literary figures all over the world, from René Descartes to Nietzsche, Isaac Asimov, and possibly William Shakespeare.
Two centuries after him, Jean-Jacques Rousseau keyed the modern genre of autobiography, vastly influenced the development of the Enlightenment through his political philosophy, and helped develop modern educational thought, although his book on the question outraged the French parliament so much that an arrest order was issued against him.
His lifelong adversary Voltaire was a French writer famous for his wit and irony, his tools for launching vitriolic attacks on the established Catholic church, the adversaries of freedom of religion and expression, and on separation of church and state.
Each one of these great thinkers has had a tremendous influence on the rise and shape of modern thought. This audiobook is a careful compilation of essential quotes summarizing their fundamental ideas, for you to get acquainted with the subtleties of their works in a practical format that will add to your culture and understanding of modern philosophy.
©2017 Compagnie du Savoir (P)2017 Compagnie du Savoir | |||
| Analysis of Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's Everybody Lies Audiobook by Millkyway Media | 21 Aug 2017 | 00:19:00 | |
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Title: Analysis of Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's Everybody Lies
Author: Millkyway Media
Narrator: Ian Fishman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-21-17
Publisher: Milkyway Media
Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are (2017) is a study of human behavior and psychology that uses Internet search data as its source material. Unlike other work in the social sciences, which has had to rely on self-reporting or surveys, Everybody Lies primarily draws its conclusions from a far more honest and reliable source: Google search data. | |||
| Skepticism and Inductive Inference Audiobook by J.-M. Kuczynski | 05 Jan 2017 | 01:11:00 | |
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Title: Skepticism and Inductive Inference
Author: J.-M. Kuczynski
Narrator: Theo Holland
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-05-17
Publisher: 411 Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
The grounds for inductive inference, and therewith for all forms epistemic realism, are identified. Skepticism concerning induction is shown to be incompatible with the datum that our experiences are temporally collocated and otherwise cohesive. Skepticism concerning the veridicality of our senses is shown to fail for the same reason. | |||
| Stoicism Audiobook by Lee Maxwell | 11 Jan 2017 | 01:23:00 | |
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Title: Stoicism
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide to Happiness and Wisdom for the Modern Life
Author: Lee Maxwell
Narrator: Robert Barbere
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-11-17
Publisher: Lee Maxwell Publishing
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Stiim is n nint Grk philosophy (dvld by Zeno f Citium rund 300 BC a rfinmnt f Cniim) whih th th dvlmnt of lf-ntrl nd frtitud a means f overcoming dtrutiv mtin. It d nt k t xtinguih mtin competely, but rthr seeks t trnfrm them b a rlut atiim ( vluntr abstinence frm wrldl pleasures), whih nbl a person t dvl lr judgmnt, innr calm and frdm frm suffering (whih it considers th ultimate gl).
Stiim i nt jut a t f beliefs r ethical claims, but rthr a w f life, invlving constant practice and trining, nd inrrting th rti f lgi, Srti dialogue and self-dialogue, ntmltin f dth, and a kind of mdittin aimed at training one's attention to rmin in th present mmnt.
Th term stoic w tkn from the t ikil (mning intd rh r lnnd) where Zeno f Citium ud t th. In mdrn usage, th word refers to someone wh is unmtinl r indifferent t in, pleasure, grief r joy, and h little in mmn with it hilhil roots.
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| Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft Hörbuch von Friedrich Nietzsche | 06 Jan 2017 | 10:11:00 | |
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Titel: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft
Autor:: Friedrich Nietzsche
Erzähler: Axel Grube
Format: Unabridged
Spieldauer: 10 hrs and 11 mins
Sprache: Deutsch
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-06-17
Herausgeber: onomato Verlag
Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen
Kategorien: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:
"'Jenseits von Gut und Böse'... Dies heißt zum Mindesten nicht 'Jenseits von Gut und Schlecht'." (Friedrich Nietzsche: Zur Genealogie der Moral - Erste Abhandlung)
"An einer Theorie ist wahrhaft nicht ihr geringster Reiz, dass sie widerlegbar ist: Gerade damit zieht sie feinere Köpfe an. Es scheint, dass die hundertfach widerlegte Theorie vom 'freien Willen' ihre Fortdauer nur noch diesem Reize verdankt: Immer wieder kommt jemand und fühlt sich stark genug, sie zu widerlegen." (Friedrich Nietzsche: Jenseits von Gut und Böse - Erstes Hauptstück)
©2009 onomato Verlag (P)2009 onomato Verlag | |||
| Lacrimi i sfini Audiobook by Emil Cioran | 28 Apr 2016 | 01:24:00 | |
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Title: Lacrimi i sfini
Author: Emil Cioran
Narrator: Razvan Vasilescu
Format: Abridged
Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-28-16
Publisher: Humanitas
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
"Încercat-am sa înteleg de unde vin lacrimile si m-am oprit la sfinti. Sa fie ei responsabili de stralucirea lor amara? Cine ar sti? Se pare însa ca lacrimile sunt urmele lor; dar fara ei nu stiam ca plângem din regretul paradisului. As vrea sa vad o singura lacrima înghitita de pamânt... Toate apuca, pe cai necunoscute noua, în sus. Numai durerea precede lacrimile. Sfintii n-au facut altceva decât sa le reabiliteze."
(Emil CIORAN)
©1995 Humanitas (P)2015 Humanitas
Critic Reviews:
Cioran - dupa ce-l citesti, ar fi bine sa te hranesti cu el. Minunat ar fi sa-l înveti si, cu adevarat important, sa-l spui si altora.
-- RAZVAN VASILESCU | |||
| Reflections on the Mind of Plato Audiobook by Joseph Norio Uemura | 10 Mar 2016 | 04:42:00 | |
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Title: Reflections on the Mind of Plato
Author: Joseph Norio Uemura
Narrator: Ray Childs
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-10-16
Publisher: Agora, New Internet Technologies
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show in the following audio that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!"
In the 24 centuries that have passed since the Athenians put Socrates to death, every generation has interpreted the meaning of Plato's work differently. Joseph Uemura guides us through six dialogues in an effort to promote a dialectical quest rather than seek a final resting place.
Plato's dialogues treat the big questions that confront any thoughtful person. Eythyphro explores religion, Phaedo reflects on the mind, Theatetus examines knowledge, Sophist probes being, Phaedrus reflects on art, and Republic ponders society.
All great literature must be experienced firsthand. Because it is not self-explanatory, it must be interpreted and evaluated. Professor Uemura's reflections serve as a touchstone by which to test every new reading of Plato's work.
© Agora Publications | |||
| The Ajax Dilemma Audiobook by Paul Woodruff | 23 May 2014 | 06:34:00 | |
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Title: The Ajax Dilemma
Subtitle: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards
Author: Paul Woodruff
Narrator: Kaleo Griffith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-23-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out.
In The Ajax Dilemma, Paul Woodruff examines one of today's most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly just?
Woodruff builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, the brilliantly deceptive strategist who will lead the Greeks to victory. Deeply insulted, Ajax goes on a rampage and commits suicide, and in his rage we see the resentment of every loyal worker who has been passed over in favor of those who are more gifted, or whose skills are more highly valued.
How should we deal with the "Ajax dilemma"? Woodruff argues that while we can never create a perfect system for distributing just rewards, we can recognize the essential role that wisdom, compassion, moderation, and respect must play if we are to restore the basic sense of justice on which all communities depend.
This short, thoughtful book, written with Woodruff's characteristic elegance, investigates some of the most bitterly divisive issues in American today. | |||
| The Big History of Entrepreneurial Success: Probability Predator Audiobook by Ron Shabazz Shillingford | 15 Dec 2017 | 01:38:00 | |
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Title: The Big History of Entrepreneurial Success: Probability Predator
Author: Ron Shabazz Shillingford
Narrator: Ehren Herguth
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-15-17
Publisher: ron shillingford
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
This book demonstrates how important luck, chance, and probability are in achieving entrepreneurial success and how the both can be manipulated. | |||
| 100 citations de Voltaire Livre Audio par Voltaire | 20 May 2016 | 00:23:00 | |
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Titre: 100 citations de Voltaire
Auteur: Voltaire
Narrateur: Anne-Sophie Robin
Format: Unabridged
Durée: 23 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 05-20-16
Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
Voltaire est un maître de l'ironie et du mot d'esprit. Voilà les armes principales dont ce philosophe des Lumières, dramaturge, scientifique et poète se sert sans relâche dans ses attaques au vitriol contre l'institution catholique, les adversaires de la liberté de culte et d'expression, et de la séparation de l'Église et de l'État. Sélectionnées parmi ses œuvres majeures, ces 100 citations vous familiariseront avec l'essence de sa pensée tout en nourrissant votre esprit de répartie, de Candide au Dictionnaire philosophique, en passant par Zadig, le Traité sur la tolérance ou l'une de ses six mille lettres connues.
© Domaine public (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir | |||
| Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour Audiobook by Paul Strathern | 29 Aug 2013 | 01:37:00 | |
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Title: Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-29-13
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Machiavelli in just one hour.
Niccolò Machiavellis work remains misunderstood - synonymous with wicked scheming and underhand politics - nearly 350 years after his death. His philosophy of statecraft was scientific and highly rational, leaving sentiment, and ultimately morality, to one side. His advice is as relevant to modern politics as it was during the Renaissance - and reflects many profound and disturbing truths about the human condition.
This audiobook is an expert account of Machiavellis life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Machiavellis work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Machiavelli in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
Critic Reviews:
Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)
Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)
A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times) | |||
| Rousseau: Philosophy in an Hour Audiobook by Paul Strathern | 29 Aug 2013 | 01:34:00 | |
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Title: Rousseau: Philosophy in an Hour
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-29-13
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Rousseau in just one hour.
In Rousseau we encounter a walking ego, a naked sensibility - his arguments are both deeply stirring and deeply inconsistent. Yet whilst his contemporaries Kant and Hume may have been superior academic philosophers, the sheer power of Rousseaus ideas was unequalled in his time.
It was he who encouraged the introduction of both liberty and irrationality into the public domain, lamenting how man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.
This audiobook is an expert account of Rousseaus life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and above all easy to listen to. Also included are selections from Rousseaus work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Rousseau in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
Critic Reviews:
Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)
Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)
A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times) | |||
| The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand Audiobook by David Kelley | 25 Oct 2017 | 04:41:00 | |
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Title: The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand
Subtitle: Truth and Toleration in Objectivism
Author: David Kelley
Narrator: Scott R. Smith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-25-17
Publisher: The Atlas Society
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Ayn Rand's philosophical novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged made her the most controversial author of her age. Her works have drawn millions of fans and continue to sell at a breathtaking pace. Their impact on American culture runs from libertarian politics to the self-esteem movement in psychology to the rugged individualism of Silicon Valley and the Internet. Rand also launched a movement of intellectuals committed to her philosophy of Objectivism. While it has grown dramatically since Rand's death in 1982, however, the Objectivist movement has also fractured into rival camps whose differences over doctrine and strategy are compounded by competition for leadership and bitter accusations of heresy.
In Truth and Toleration, philosopher David Kelley analyzes the conflicts that led him to break ranks with orthodox Objectivists and create an independent branch of the movement. Originally published in 1990 as a manifesto, this work has been revised as an analysis of the principles of intellectual collaboration - the terms on which intellectuals and activists can work together in a common cause. Going beyond the immediate issues, Kelley discusses the nature of individual responsibility for the spread of ideas and for their historical consequences. He offers a new argument for toleration based on a non-relativistic theory of truth. He describes the nature of tribalism among intellectuals, showing how the troubled legacy of Ayn Rand has followed a pattern similar to the not-so-civil wars among followers of other original and charismatic thinkers such as Marx and Freud. In a postscript for the second edition, Kelley reviews the growth in Objectivist scholarship and the influence of Rand's ideas over the past decade.
Truth and Toleration is an engaging introduction to the Objectivist movement, its core ideas, and its central fissures. | |||
| Le pur plaisir d'exister Livre Audio par Michel Onfray | 14 Jan 2008 | 03:33:00 | |
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Titre: Le pur plaisir d'exister
Sous-titre: Conférences données à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Auteur: Michel Onfray
Narrateur: Michel Onfray
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 3 hrs and 33 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 01-14-08
Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés
Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
Sous un anonymat vite démasqué dans le Traité théologico-politique Spinoza posait une question centrale et dérangeante : "Pourquoi les hommes se battent-ils pour leur servitude comme s'il s'agissait de leur liberté ?" Michel Onfray avec clarté, humour et jubilation nous invite à y répondre. Après le succès du Traité d'athéologie, dans ces trois conférences inédites données à la BNF, Michel Onfray revendique, et il s'en explique, la nécessité pour le philosophe de défendre un vrai "système". Il tente de résumer pour lui-même, et pour le public, ce qu'il a développé dans une trentaine d'ouvrages. Si le style implique une "variation continue", Michel Onfray nous offre ici une superbe variation sur l'hédonisme. L'écouter, c'est être invité à comprendre comment une vie devient un style. Michel Onfray, aussi pédagogue à l'oral qu'à l'écrit, délivre de manière simple, efficace, mais néanmoins documentée, le mode d'emploi de l'hédonisme ; le pur plaisir d'exister.
L'intervenant
, philosophe et écrivain français, né à Argentan le premier janvier 1959, commença par enseigner la philosophie à une classe de terminale du lycée technique de Caen. En 2002, il démissionna de l'Education Nationale afin de créer l'Université Populaire de Caen. Il y enseigne depuis la "contre-histoire de la philosophie" ici présentée. Michel Onfray souhaite formuler une théorie de l'hédonisme au travers de ses ouvrages, et se propose de réconcilier l'homme et son corps. Pour lui, la philosophie est un art de vivre qui permet à l'homme de se débarrasser de ses illusions.
(p) 2005 Phronésis - 2007 Frémeaux et associés
© 2007 Groupe Frémeaux Colombini SAS
Revues par les critiques:
La presse en parle
"Un de ces êtres rares capables de renoncer aux vanités des œuvres personnelles pour former les têtes et forcer les âmes."
François Busnel, Lire
"Michel Onfray est un excellent pédagogue"
Marie-Dominique Lelièvre, Marianne | |||
| As a Man Thinketh Audiobook by James Allen | 19 Aug 2009 | 00:47:00 | |
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Title: As a Man Thinketh
Author: James Allen
Narrator: Charley Steiner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-19-09
Publisher: Phoenix Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
According to the aphorism: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." In this inspirational classic, James Allen examines the impact of thought on health, purpose, achievement, ideals and serenity.
©2009 James Allen; (P)2009 Phoenix | |||
| Bread and the Hungry Soul Audiobook by Leon Kass, Peter Reinhart | 17 Dec 1999 | 01:12:00 | |
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Title: Bread and the Hungry Soul
Subtitle: The Meaning and Metaphor of Eating
Author: Leon Kass, Peter Reinhart
Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-17-99
Publisher: Mars Hill Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
The activity of eating transcends the physiological need for "fueling" and provides clues for understanding human nature, explains Leon Kass, physician, biologist, and professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. In this program, Kass discusses his book, The Hungry Soul, in which he explores eating as a guide to morality and communal life. Then, Brother Peter Reinhart talks about the art of breadmaking as a metaphor for spiritual life.
(P) and ©1997 Mars Hill Audio | |||
| Bicycle Lanes and You Audiobook by Max Khan | 04 Sep 2017 | 00:06:00 | |
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Title: Bicycle Lanes and You
Author: Max Khan
Narrator: T. Sassy
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-04-17
Publisher: Philosophypedia
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
The Earth is becoming so crowded, life becoming, and laws are consequently becoming so obtrusive, that, lest life cease to be livable, we must start to populate other planets. | |||
| Tom Blake Audiobook by David Christopher Lane | 14 Dec 2016 | 00:48:00 | |
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Title: Tom Blake
Subtitle: A Surfer's Philosophy
Author: David Christopher Lane
Narrator: J. Keith Jackson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-14-16
Publisher: MSAC Philosophy Group
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Tom Blake changed the face of surfing and has long been lauded as one of the true pioneers and innovators in the sport. Although much has been written about him and his contributions (culminating in Gary Lynch's magisterial biography of him, Tom Blake: The Uncommon Journey of a Pioneer Waterman, published in 2001), very little work has been done on Tom Blake's Einsteinian philosophy. This is a shame, since though Blake was not formally educated (he never graduated high school due to the devastating influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 and 1919), he was an astute observer of nature and had a deep understanding of science and its implications on such perennial questions concerning ethics, god, and the goal of human life. The essence of Tom Blake's philosophical outlook is best captured in his book, Voice of the Atom, an engaging narrative that centers on his conversations with a young nomadic wanderer named Anthony. Yet, there are also other scattered writings, particularly letters that he wrote to friends over the years, that provide a wider glimpse into Blake's thinking that are invaluable. Tom Blake was not a man of many words, but what he did write, occasionally in terse and epigrammatic phrases, are pregnant with meaning. As such, they offer us a tantalizing clue behind this enigmatic man, who in the course of a somewhat lonely existence influenced the lives of millions who mimicked Tom Blake's lifestyle, even as they remained oblivious to his reasoning behind it. This small book touches upon Tom Blake's atomic philosophy, circle of compassion, and surfing lifestyle. It also includes Albert Einstein's original 1905 paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy-Content", which formed the fundamental basis of Tom Blake's spiritual outlook. In addition, we have included the essay, "The Big Kahuna's Dilemma: How to Live in a Darwinian Universe", which was influenced by Tom Blake and Darwin. | |||
| What Is an Intention? Audiobook by J.-M. Kuczynski | 21 Oct 2016 | 01:57:00 | |
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Title: What Is an Intention?
Author: J.-M. Kuczynski
Narrator: Norma Jean Gradsky
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-21-16
Publisher: Philosophypedia
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
In this brisk volume, a case is made that a value is a belief as to how one live one's life if one's psychological architecture is to retain its integrity, and a case is thereby made that intention is an operationalized value. This analysis makes it possible to distinguish between minds that do and minds that do not host selves. (Selves are minds that have values; minds that are not selves do not.) The relationship between weakness of the will and self-deception is made clear, and it is explained how it is that one can knowingly act in self-destructive ways. | |||
| A Macat Analysis of Plato's Republic Audiobook by James Orr | 30 Jun 2016 | 01:30:00 | |
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Title: A Macat Analysis of Plato's Republic
Author: James Orr
Narrator: Macat.com
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-30-16
Publisher: Macat International Limited.
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
What is justice? How should an individual and a society behave justly? And how do they learn how to do so? These are just some of the core questions that Plato's The Republic considers.
An extraordinarily ambitious work, Republic has made important contributions to many branches of modern philosophy. The work unfolds as a series of conversations in which participants set out a number of different theories of justice, and then imagine how these theories might become reality within the political structure of a city. In examining justice, Plato investigates an enormous range of questions in the areas of ethics, politics, and even the nature of existence itself.
Although written nearly 2,500 years ago, the influence of Republic is still felt today. Many consider it to be Plato's most important work, and it has played a key role in the birth and development of political philosophy, influencing the work of many important thinkers, from Niccolò Machiavelli to John Rawls. | |||
| The Upright Thinkers Audiobook by Leonard Mlodinow | 19 May 2016 | 12:28:00 | |
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Title: The Upright Thinkers
Subtitle: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
Author: Leonard Mlodinow
Narrator: Leonard Mlodinow
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-19-16
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
In this fascinating and illuminating work, Leonard Mlodinow guides us through the critical eras and events in the development of science, all of which, he demonstrates, were propelled forward by humankind's collective struggle to know.
From the birth of reasoning and culture to the formation of the studies of physics, chemistry, biology and modern-day quantum physics, we come to see that much of our progress can be attributed to simple questions - why? how? - bravely asked.
Mlodinow profiles some of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers who explored these questions - Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein and Lavoisier among them - and makes clear that just as science has played a key role in shaping the patterns of human thought, human subjectivity has played a key role in the evolution of science.
At once authoritative and accessible, and infused with the author's trademark wit, this deeply insightful audiobook is a stunning tribute to humanity's intellectual curiosity.
Leonard Mlodinow received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of California, Berkeley; was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute; and now teaches at the California Institute of Technology. His previous books include War of the Worldviews (with Deepak Chopra) and the two national best sellers The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking) and The Drunkard's Walk (a New York Times Notable Book and short-listed for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books). He also wrote for the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Critic Reviews:
"Leonard Mlodinow never fails to make science both accessible and entertaining." (Stephen Hawking)
"A breathtaking survey of the human mind exponentially accelerating the accumulation of knowledge, from pratfalls to ventures beyond the veil." (Kirkus Reviews)
"The Upright Thinkers playfully tracks the evolution of man's understanding of the world over millions of years.... An accessible and engaging read that brings science's brilliant minds to life." (Financial Times) | |||
| The Science Delusion Audiobook by Curtis White | 21 Jul 2014 | 04:55:00 | |
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Title: The Science Delusion
Subtitle: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers
Author: Curtis White
Narrator: Jonathan Hogan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-14
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
One of our most brilliant social critics - author of the best-selling The Middle Mind - presents a scathing critique of the "delusions" of science alongside a rousing defense of the tradition of Romanticism and the "big" questions. With the rise of religion critics such as Richard Dawkins, and of pseudo-science advocates such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer, you' re likely to become a subject of ridicule if you wonder "Why is there something instead of nothing?" or "What is our purpose on Earth?" Instead, at universities around the world, and in the general cultural milieu, we' re all being taught that science can resolve all questions without the help of philosophy, politics, or the humanities. In short, the rich philosophical debates of the 19th century have been nearly totally abandoned, argues critic Curtis White. An atheist himself, White nonetheless calls this new turn "scientism" - and fears what it will do to our culture if allowed to flourish without challenge. In fact, in "scientism" White sees a new religion with many unexamined assumptions. In this brilliant multi-part critique, he aims at a TED talk by a distinguished neuroscientist in which we are told that human thought is merely the product of our "connectome," a map of neural connections in the brain that is yet to be fully understood.... He whips a widely respected physicist who argues that our new understanding of the origins of the universe obviates any philosophical inquiry...and ends with a learned defense of the tradition of Romanticism, which White believes our technology and science-obsessed world desperately needs to rediscover. It' s the only way, he argues, that we can see our world clearly...and change it. | |||
| Wisdom of George Santayana Audiobook by George Santayana | 06 Mar 2013 | 09:50:00 | |
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Title: Wisdom of George Santayana
Author: George Santayana
Narrator: Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-06-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
In dozens of books, magazine articles, and essays, George Santayana infused his philosophy with exquisite language, wit, and subtle humor, prompting, one authority to state that he "writes philosophy more beautifully than any other thinker since Plato". The Wisdom of George Santayana makes accessible both his ideas and his oft-quoted aphorisms on a variety of subjects including naturalism, creative imagination, and spirituality without dogma. Organized by books and essays, and highlighting key words and themes, this compilation is an excellent introduction to the man and his work. | |||
| Wisdom of Gibran Audiobook by Kahlil Gibran | 06 Mar 2013 | 02:38:00 | |
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Title: Wisdom of Gibran
Author: Kahlil Gibran
Narrator: Jim Cooper
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-06-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
An early-20th-century Lebanese-American writer, Khalil Gibran instilled his poetry and art with his experiences in both the East and West. This selection of quotes, maxims, and aphorisms is drawn from such poems as "Secrets of the Heart", "Spirits Rebellious", and "Broken Wings", as well as from his autobiography and essays. Gibrans words express a strong spirituality and mysticism and his voice offers a direct and at times optimistic view of the brotherhood of man. Addressing everything from love and death to Jesus, motherhood, and nature, Gibrans wisdom remains thought provoking and inspirational. | |||
| The Living and the Dead Audiobook by Toby Austin Locke | 07 Mar 2017 | 06:01:00 | |
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Title: The Living and the Dead
Author: Toby Austin Locke
Narrator: Barnaby Edwards
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-17
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
The Living and the Dead examines the boundaries between the worlds of life and death.
The text draws upon philosophy, ethnography, literature and natural science to suggest that life and death are best understood not in opposition but as continuous tendencies acting upon one another. Austin Locke argues that the failure to give nuanced consideration to the connections between the living and nonliving devalues both life and death. In doing so, he suggests, our ability to respond to the challenges of environmental degradation, technological advancement and the dominance of economic logic depends in part on more fluid understandings of the relationship between life and death. | |||
| Plato: The Great Philosopher-Educator Audiobook by David Diener PhD | 17 Oct 2017 | 01:55:00 | |
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Title: Plato: The Great Philosopher-Educator
Subtitle: Giants in the History of Education
Author: David Diener PhD
Narrator: David Kemper
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-17-17
Publisher: Classical Academic Press
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Any attempt to encapsulate Plato's thoughts regarding education is a daunting task. Plato's views are many, and diverse and innumerable analyses of his thought have already been made. The attention that has been paid to interpreting Plato, however, is certainly not undeserved. Plato is one of the principal founders of the western intellectual tradition. It is nearly impossible to examine the historical development of any academic topic without, knowingly or unknowingly, addressing Plato's views.
Regardless of our final assessment of Plato's educational thought, it is unquestionable that his understanding of education has had a profound impact on the development of educational theory and practice around the world for nearly two-and-a-half millennia. The study of his views is thus greatly beneficial, both as a means of examining fundamental questions about the nature of education addressed in his work, and also as a means of better understanding the historical roots of the western educational tradition. | |||
| The Teachings of Plato Audiobook by Alexander Wilder | 22 May 2015 | 00:19:00 | |
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Title: The Teachings of Plato
Subtitle: Theosophical Classics: Greek Philosophy
Author: Alexander Wilder
Narrator: Robin Haynes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-22-15
Publisher: Lamp of Trismegistus
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Alexander Wilder was a theosophist, journalist, and prolific writer in his day; being heavily recognized as one of the leading Platonists in America at the time. This piece was originally published in 1897 and offers a brief overview of some of the concepts explored by Plato, with some focus on religion, goodness, evil, and truth. | |||
| Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran Audiobook by Kahlil Gibran | 07 Mar 2013 | 09:38:00 | |
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Title: Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran
Author: Kahlil Gibran
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-07-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, is known throughout the world as the immortal Prophet of Lebanon and the Savant of his Age. A Treasury of Kahlil Gibran, which sold over a hundred thousand copies, led to a wide demand for a sequel volume. The demand has been met in A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran. In this magnificent volume, Gibran's writing in his beloved mother tongue, Arabic, have been translated superbly into English by his great friend, Anthony Rizeallah Ferris.
Included are four great books: The Broken Wings, an exquisitely tender, poetic love story; The Voice of the Master, Gibran's remarkable study of his life; Thoughts and Meditations, containing Gibran's spiritual message to the world; and Kahlil Gibran: A Self Portrait, in which Gibran's greatness is revealed through his letters. | |||
| 100 Quotes about Truth Audiobook by div. | 25 Feb 2016 | 00:28:00 | |
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Title: 100 Quotes about Truth
Author: div.
Narrator: Jonathan Waite
Format: Unabridged
Length: 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-25-16
Publisher: Astorg Audio
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
What is truth? How can one be true to oneself without knowing what it means? How can one be sure to tell the truth when reality is such a difficult thing to attain? So many philosophers have struggled to define truth, each one of them coming up with enriching ideas that shed light on the concept from as many different angles.
We have selected for you 100 of the most profound, revealing, and fascinating quotes about truth; these witticisms, remarks and pearls of wisdom will provide you with inspiration, food for thought, and different ways to relate to this essential concept.
©2016 Compagnie du Savoir (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir | |||
| Bertrand Russell: Philosophy in an Hour Audiobook by Paul Strathern | 25 Jul 2013 | 01:25:00 | |
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Title: Bertrand Russell: Philosophy in an Hour
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-25-13
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Russell in just one hour.
Bertrand Russell claimed to be driven by three great passions that drove his personal as well as his intellectual life: a longing for love, a quest for knowledge and a heart-rending pity for human suffering. His philosophical outlook, which took deep account of the science of his time, was nonetheless rooted in logic and empiricism.
Russells greatest efforts were made in epistemology - the search for the ultimate grounds of our knowledge about the world. How can we be certain that what we know is true? Where lies the certainty in our experience of the world?
This audiobook is an expert account of Bertrand Russells life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and is easy listening. Also included are selections from Bertrand Russells work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Russell in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
Critic Reviews:
Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them . . .I find them hard to stop reading. (New York Times)
Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise (Wall Street Journal)
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character . . . I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. (Boston Globe)
A godsend in this era of the short attention span. (New York Times) | |||
| A Macat Analysis of C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man Audiobook by Ruth Jackson, Brittany Pheiffer Noble | 29 Jul 2016 | 01:37:00 | |
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Title: A Macat Analysis of C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man
Author: Ruth Jackson, Brittany Pheiffer Noble
Narrator: Macat.com
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-29-16
Publisher: Macat International Limited.
Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Northern Irish academic, novelist, and broadcaster C. S. Lewis' 1943 philosophical work The Abolition of Man is subtitled Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools. It is about the power of education to shape the minds of individuals and improve society (or harm it, if badly done), and encompasses everything from the scientific worldview at the time to philosophical arguments about right and wrong.
At the heart of the work, Lewis condemns a contemporary trend for teaching children that values are subjective, stressing instead that for human society to flourish, people must understand that morality is, in fact, objective, and that a universal moral law exists.
In writing Abolition, Lewis was leveraging his success as an author of fiction into a career as a public intellectual. National Review ranked the book at number seven in its list of "100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Twentieth Century". | |||
| This I Believe Audiobook by Dan Gediman (editor), Jay Allison (editor) | 05 Jan 2012 | 00:54:00 | |
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Title: This I Believe
Subtitle: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Author: Dan Gediman (editor), Jay Allison (editor)
Narrator: Various
Format: Abridged
Length: 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-05-12
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features Americans - from the famous to the unknown - completing the thought that begins with the book's title. The pieces that make up this collection compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at their own personal beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others. | |||
| Vers la sobriété heureuse Livre Audio par Pierre Rabhi | 05 Oct 2016 | 03:27:00 | |
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Titre: Vers la sobriété heureuse
Auteur: Pierre Rabhi
Narrateur: Pauline Huruguen
Format: Unabridged
Durée: 3 hrs and 27 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 10-05-16
Éditeur: Éditions Thélème
Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
"J'avais alors vingt ans, et la modernité m'est apparue comme une immense imposture."
Dans cet ouvrage, Pierre Rabhi apporte son témoignage sur ce qu'il appelle la "sobriété heureuse", prise en tant que réelle valeur de bien-être, force de libération physique et morale. Il expose de manière claire les failles de la société actuelle et nous invite, à réfléchir à une nouvelle forme de société, différente dans ses valeurs, dans les relations humaines et dans le lien à la Terre. Pierre Rabhi nous fait valoir qu'un autre monde est en train de se créer, il nous invite à sortir du mythe de la croissance indéfinie, à inaugurer une nouvelle éthique de vie vers une sobriété tranquille et heureuse.
©2010 Actes Sud (P)2016 Éditions Thélème | |||
| The Mind-Body Problem Audiobook by J.-M. Kuczynski | 06 Sep 2016 | 01:07:00 | |
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Title: The Mind-Body Problem
Author: J.-M. Kuczynski
Narrator: Anjali Sarkar
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-06-16
Publisher: PHILOSOPHYPEDIA
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 18 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
In this book, each of the possible positions concerning the relationship between mind and body is clearly explained and thoroughly critiqued. It is concluded that, although mental events are identical with physical events, mentalistic statements are not equivalent with physicalistic statements. It is also shown that the way in which mentalistic statements are non-equivalent with physicalistic statements is deeper than the way in which biological statements are non-equivalent with microphysical statements. In other words, the sense in which mind and body lie on opposite sides of an "explanatory gap" is much stronger than the sense in which biology and microphysics do so. | |||
| The Blue Book of Freedom Audiobook by R.J. Rummel | 16 Oct 2006 | 03:15:00 | |
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Title: The Blue Book of Freedom
Author: R.J. Rummel
Narrator: John Wagner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-16-06
Publisher: Big Happy Family, LLC
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
What would eliminate this evil must be a moral good!
We must foster democratic freedom for all humanity to end this bloody scourge! | |||
| Die fröhliche Wissenschaft Hörbuch von Friedrich Nietzsche | 05 Aug 2011 | 12:05:00 | |
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Titel: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft
Autor:: Friedrich Nietzsche
Erzähler: Hans Jochim Schmidt
Format: Unabridged
Spieldauer: 12 hrs and 5 mins
Sprache: Deutsch
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-05-11
Herausgeber: Vorleser Schmidt Hörbuchverlag
Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen
Kategorien: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:
Zu diesem Titel erhalten Sie eine PDF-Datei, die nach dem Kauf automatisch Ihrer Bibliothek hinzugefügt wird. | |||
| Freewill and Determinism AudioLearn Audiobook by AudioLearn Philosophy Team | 27 Mar 2013 | 00:55:00 | |
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Title: Freewill and Determinism AudioLearn
Subtitle: Philosophy Study Guides
Author: AudioLearn Philosophy Team
Narrator: AudioLearn Voice Over Team
Format: Unabridged
Length: 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-27-13
Publisher: AudioLearn
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Welcome to an audio review of Free Will and Determinism. We will introduce and define the problem and issues surrounding Freewill and the relation to Determinism. Then we will discuss general developments in the sciences and the philosophical response, and look at wider views and perspectives, including some big questions for today and tomorrow.
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| Contre-histoire de la philosophie 25.1 Livre Audio par Michel Onfray | 21 Apr 2016 | 05:45:00 | |
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Titre: Contre-histoire de la philosophie 25.1
Sous-titre: La resistance au nihilisme (1) de Bourdieu a Jankélévitch
Auteur: Michel Onfray
Narrateur: Michel Onfray
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 5 hrs and 45 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 04-21-16
Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
"La télévision a une sorte de monopole de fait sur la formation des cerveaux d'une partie très importante de la population."
Pierre BOURDIEU - Sur la télévision (1996)
"L'histoire sociale enseigne qu'il ny a pas de politique sociale sans un mouvement social capable de l'imposer."
Pierre BOURDIEU - Contre feux n2 (2001)
Dans cet avant-dernier opus de la grande aventure de la Contre-histoire de la philosophie, Michel Onfray aborde nos philosophes contemporains qui ont marqué la scène médiatique et culturelle de la fin du XXème siècle. En réponse au nihilisme destructeur de valeurs, de nouveaux élans philosophiques naissent pour résister et tenter de reconstruire, pour proposer des modèles alternatifs.
Michel Onfray présente le structuralisme et les Nouveaux Philosophes, la pensée de Bourdieu, de Deleuze et de Jankélévitch. Avec ces symboles, la philosophie s'ouvre au grand public et s'expose dans les médias, elle s'approprie la sphère intellectuelle jusqu'à créer un "gauchisme culturel", métamorphose profonde de la réalité et des idéaux politiques de la gauche.
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| Décadence, une esquisse Livre Audio par Michel Onfray | 15 Feb 2016 | 01:38:00 | |
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Titre: Décadence, une esquisse
Auteur: Michel Onfray
Narrateur: Michel Onfray
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 1 hr and 38 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 02-15-16
Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés
Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 4 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
"Ni rire, ni pleurer, mais comprendre?", Michel Onfray s'approprie la maxime de Spinoza pour développer une philosophie de l'Histoire, une réflexion sur la longue durée qui retrace la naissance, la croissance puis la sénescence de la civilisation judéo-chrétienne. Décadence s'inscrit dans la Brève Encyclopédie du monde qu'a entamée Michel Onfray avec Cosmos pour présenter sa pensée personnelle et ses clés d'interprétation pour notre monde contemporain.
Contenu :
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| When Will Jews Be Forgiven the Holocaust Audiobook by Howard Jacobson | 06 Aug 2015 | 00:52:00 | |
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Title: When Will Jews Be Forgiven the Holocaust
Author: Howard Jacobson
Narrator: Saul Reichlin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 52 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-06-15
Publisher: Whole Story AudioBooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Experience teaches that the burden of guilt is as difficult as the burden of obligation. Philosophers note that irritation with this burden can quickly turn to resentment.
So should Jews therefore be careful not to present themselves as victims? Does the same law apply to anti-Semitism? Howard Jacobson wonders if this chain of animosity can ever be broken. | |||
| Eloge de la faiblesse Livre Audio par Alexandre Jollien | 29 Feb 2012 | 02:23:00 | |
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Titre: Eloge de la faiblesse
Auteur: Alexandre Jollien
Narrateur: Bernard Campan, Michel Raimbault
Format: Unabridged
Durée: 2 hrs and 23 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 02-29-12
Éditeur: Audiolib
Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
Eloge de la faiblesse retrace un itinéraire intérieur, une sorte de conversion à la philosophie. L'auteur, handicapé de naissance, imagine recevoir la visite de Socrate en personne. Dès lors, s'ensuit un échange où de proche en proche émergent des outils pour apprendre à progresser dans la joie, garder le cap au cœur des tourments et ne pas se laisser déterminer par le regard de l'autre. La philosophie est ici un art de vivre, un moyen d'abandonner les préjugés pour partir à la découverte de soi et bâtir sa singularité. Peu à peu, une conversion s'opère, le faible, la vulnérabilité, l'épreuve peuvent devenir des lieux fertiles de liberté et de joie.
La connaissance qu'a Bernard Campan d'Alexandre Jollien lui permet d'exploiter toutes les nuances d'un texte aussi généreux et sensible qu'intelligent.
Ce livre audio est suivi d'un entretien avec Bernard Campan. Avec la participation de Michel Raimbault dans le rôle de Socrate.
L'auteur
a passé dix-sept ans dans une institution pour personnes handicapées. Philosophe de formation, il est l'auteur d'
(Ed. du Cerf, 1999), ouvrage couronné par l'Académie française, et
(Seuil, 2002) qui a connu un vif succès.
Le narrateur
formait avec Didier Bourdon et Pascal Légitimus le trio "Les Inconnus". Il a changé de registre avec "Se souvenir des belles choses" de Zabou Breitman, et interprète depuis des personnages complexes et émouvants. C'est par amitié qu'il a prêté sa voix à Alexandre Jollien.
© Les Editions du Cerf, 1999
© et (P) Audiolib, 2012
Revues par les critiques:
A propos de ce titre
Grand Prix du livre audio "La Plume de Paon" : Prix du Public Documents, 2013.
La presse en parle
"Aucune tristesse, aucune complaisance. Beaucoup de profondeur et d'humanité. Ce petit livre est une grande leçon : de courage, de lucidité, d'acceptation joyeuse et tonique - de sagesse."
André Comte-Sponville, Psychologies | |||
| The Wisdom of Oscar Wilde Audiobook by The Wisdom Series | 10 May 2013 | 05:17:00 | |
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Title: The Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
Author: The Wisdom Series
Narrator: Mark Turetsky
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-10-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
One of the most well-known personalities of his day, Oscar Wilde charmed and beguiled readers and audiences with his eloquent and biting observations, his smart quips, and the witticisms peppering his own speech and the speech of his characters. The Wisdom of Oscar Wilde collects both his best-loved quotes and longer excerpts, revealing a man wise to human nature and his times, and never shy with his searing comments on men, women, art, behavior, children, politics, youth, and a range of other topics.
Drawing from his plays, articles, reviews, speeches, letters, and other works, this definitive volume is an entertaining immersion into the world of this charming genius. | |||
| 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need To Know Audiobook by Ben Dupre | 04 Sep 2008 | 05:22:00 | |
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Title: 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need To Know
Author: Ben Dupre
Narrator: Laurence Kennedy
Format: Abridged
Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-04-08
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Ltd
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 112 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Have you ever lain awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master?
If so, you are not alone - and what's more, you are in exalted company. For this question and other ones like it have been the stuff of philosophical rumination from Plato to Popper.
In a series of accessible and engaging short lectures delivered in the deep chocolate tones of reader Laurence Kennedy, 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know introduces and explains the problems of knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics, belief, justice, and aesthetics that have engaged the attention of thinkers from the era of the ancient Greeks to the present day. | |||
| Philosophie et sciences sociales : Quand la sociologie, l'anthrologie et l'ethnologie s'émancipent de la philosophie Livre Audio par Johann Michel | 15 Feb 2017 | 04:27:00 | |
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Titre: Philosophie et sciences sociales : Quand la sociologie, l'anthrologie et l'ethnologie s'émancipent de la philosophie
Auteur: Johann Michel
Narrateur: Johann Michel
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 4 hrs and 27 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 02-15-17
Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
Il n'est pas anodin que les grandes figures sociologiques du XXe siècle, Durkheim, Mauss, Lévi-Strauss ou Bourdieu, aient été formées initialement à la philosophie. D'abord timidement, puis farouchement, la sociologie, ou encore l'anthropologie et l'ethnographie, prennent au cours du siècle leur indépendance face à la paternité philosophique pour créer la nouvelle dénomination des sciences sociales. La réflexion se déplace de l'individu vers le collectif, du concept pensé vers le fait constaté : méthodologie, objets de recherche ou rôle social, tout est à inventer.
Johann Michel, Docteur de l'EHESS en philosophie et agrégé de science politique, déroule les sources communes, les liaisons conceptuelles et les rivalités latentes de la philosophie et des sciences sociales.
Contenu :
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| Le Christianisme Livre Audio par Luc Ferry | 20 Oct 2009 | 03:35:00 | |
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Titre: Le Christianisme
Sous-titre: La pensée philosophique expliquée
Auteur: Luc Ferry
Narrateur: Luc Ferry
Format: Original Recording
Durée: 3 hrs and 35 mins
Langue: Français
Date de publication: 10-20-09
Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés
Evaluation: 5 sur 5 sur 5 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Résumé de l'éditeur:
"Voici, je crois, le plus grand paradoxe de notre rapport, laïque, au christianisme : la naissance de la vie sentimentale moderne, la fondation affective des relations humaines les plus précieuses, fut liée à la sortie d'une religion qui prétendait délivrer un message d'amour."
Luc Ferry
Est-il possible d'envisager l'histoire de la philosophie en passant directement de Plotin à Descartes ? La réponse est non. Quand même on ne serait pas croyant, il est impossible de faire l'impasse sur la pensée chrétienne, ne serait-ce que pour comprendre le monde où nous vivons.
A la suite d'Apprendre à Vivre, Luc Ferry nous convie dans le présent cours, non pas à une défense du génie chrétien, mais à un cheminement au sein de la pensée chrétienne, afin de pouvoir mieux l'expliquer et la comprendre. Il s'attache précisément à la question de savoir comment le christianisme, rompant avec la philosophie grecque tout en l'incorporant, mettra en place "une doctrine du salut et de la vie bonne".
Luc Ferry, comme tous les philosophes est d'abord un professeur de philosophie. En effet, philosopher au XXIe siècle n'a de sens qu'en prenant en compte l'histoire de cette discipline qui transforme tous les penseurs en héritiers. Luc Ferry propose pour la première fois des cours dans une langue simple, permettant en 3 à 4 heures d'accéder à une approche des idées d'un grand philosophe ou d'un courant de pensée idéologique, spirituelle, symbolique ou historique.
, comme tous les philosophes est d'abord un professeur de philosophie. En effet, philosopher au XXIe siècle n'a de sens qu'en prenant en compte l'histoire de cette discipline qui transforme tous les penseurs en héritiers. Luc Ferry propose pour la première fois des cours dans une langue simple, permettant en 3 à 4 heures d'accéder à une approche des idées d'un grand philosophe et les clés essentielles pour pouvoir ensuite aborder son oeuvre."
Patrick Frémeaux
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