- Educators (236)
Bestsellers
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Machiavelli
- Philosopher of Power
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Tim Reynolds
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Machiavelli is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher - history's most famous theorist of "warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed" - and the age he embodied....
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Awesome
- By Crisitna Tunon on 07-16-21
By: Ross King
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking.
By: C.G. Jung
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Marcus Aurelius
- The Stoic Emperor
- By: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
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Robertson does it again
- By J. Gilmore on 02-17-24
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
- How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
- By: Don Lattin
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Don Lattin provides the funny, moving inside story of the "Cambridge Quartet"....
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A Fascinating, Engaging Story, Expertly Told
- By Gillian Culff on 12-12-19
By: Don Lattin
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In My Own Way
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts' acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio....
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This is Alan Watts at his very best, as a free spirit.
- By Gene Levinson on 03-20-19
By: Alan Watts
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The Rigor of Angels
- Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- By: William Egginton
- Narrated by: David Glass
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak....
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The most ridiculous narration
- By Anonymous User on 03-07-24
By: William Egginton
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Machiavelli
- Philosopher of Power
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Tim Reynolds
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Machiavelli is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher - history's most famous theorist of "warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed" - and the age he embodied....
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Awesome
- By Crisitna Tunon on 07-16-21
By: Ross King
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking.
By: C.G. Jung
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Marcus Aurelius
- The Stoic Emperor
- By: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
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Robertson does it again
- By J. Gilmore on 02-17-24
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
- How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
- By: Don Lattin
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Don Lattin provides the funny, moving inside story of the "Cambridge Quartet"....
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A Fascinating, Engaging Story, Expertly Told
- By Gillian Culff on 12-12-19
By: Don Lattin
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In My Own Way
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts' acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio....
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This is Alan Watts at his very best, as a free spirit.
- By Gene Levinson on 03-20-19
By: Alan Watts
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The Rigor of Angels
- Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- By: William Egginton
- Narrated by: David Glass
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak....
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The most ridiculous narration
- By Anonymous User on 03-07-24
By: William Egginton
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I've Been Thinking...
- By: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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Daniel C. Dennett—preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist—has spent his career creating the basis for a naturalistic account of consciousness with acumen and elegance. I’ve Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett’s own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers....
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Some pockets of wisdom but mostly self-gloating
- By Abraham P. on 10-16-23
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At the Existentialist Café
- Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Paris, 1933: Three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse - Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and longtime friend Raymond Aron....
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Consistent look at incoherent philosophy
- By Gary on 06-19-16
By: Sarah Bakewell
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The Marriage Question
- George Eliot's Double Life
- By: Clare Carlisle
- Narrated by: Clare Carlisle
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In her mid-thirties, Marian Evans transformed herself into George Eliot—an author celebrated for her genius as soon as she published her debut novel. During those years she also found her life partner, George Lewes-writer, philosopher, and married father of three....
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Brilliant
- By Greg Murphy on 10-01-23
By: Clare Carlisle
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We Are Free to Change the World
- Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
- By: Lyndsey Stonebridge
- Narrated by: Cosima Shaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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A timely guide on how to live—and think—through the challenges of our century drawn from the life and thought of political theorist Hannah Arendt, one of the twentieth century’s foremost opponents of totalitarianism....
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Up from Slavery
- By: Booker T. Washington
- Narrated by: Jowanna Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in a southern plantation. He was a son of a black slave woman and unknown white man. His mother worked as...
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The Children of Athena
- Greek Writers and Thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC-AD 400
- By: Charles Freeman
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled against Rome, the general Lucius Cornelius Sulla destroyed the city of Socrates and Plato, laying waste to the famous Academy where Aristotle had studied....
By: Charles Freeman
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How to Live
- Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, perhaps the first recognizably modern individual....
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Interesting and in parts Inspired.
- By Darwin8u on 05-21-12
By: Sarah Bakewell
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The Price of Peace
- Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
- By: Zachary D. Carter
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history....
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A must read for post COVID-19 crisis
- By Amazon Customer on 06-02-20
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Parfit
- A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
- By: David Edmonds
- Narrated by: Zeb Soanes
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Zeb Soanes paints an entertaining and illuminating portrait of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism....
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Loved it
- By Anna Karenina on 07-05-23
By: David Edmonds
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Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
- Jewish Lives
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Lee Beddow
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
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Very good book, but
- By tw22 on 04-21-24
By: Ian Buruma
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Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master
- A Yogi's Autobiography
- By: Sri M.
- Narrated by: Gaurav Sajjanhar
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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The author Sri "M" is an extraordinary individual. At the young age of 19 and a half, he travelled to snow-clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a "real-time" yogi, Babaji....
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The book lacks description of end result
- By Rohini Rajagopalan on 01-07-20
By: Sri M.
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Stoicism Mastery
- Mastering the Stoic Way of Life
- By: Ryan James
- Narrated by: Eric Burr
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Are you ready to lead a life that is full of virtue, where you are able to lead a good life that isn't controlled by your emotions but still allows you to have empathy and feelings for others....
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Less than meh.
- By Amazon Customer on 06-24-17
By: Ryan James
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Symposium
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Greek word sumposion means a drinking party, and the party described in Plato's Symposium is one supposedly given in the year 416 BC by the playwright Agathon....
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Greek Philosophy over a Good Wine
- By Cathy Dopp on 02-16-06
By: Plato
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Beyond the Wager
- The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal
- By: Douglas Groothuis
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French philosopher and scientist, is perhaps best known for his "wager," an argument about the existence of God. But there was much more to Pascal and his brilliance.
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Great book
- By Jim on 04-13-24
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Cosmic Trigger III
- My Life After Death
- By: Robert Anton Wilson
- Narrated by: Oliver Senton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The first volume of the Cosmic Trigger series describes in vivid elucidation the perils of a spiritual journey. In this third and final volume, Bob digs even deeper and uncovers the masks of reality and the reality of masks....
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Excellent narrator!
- By MC on 07-27-22
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The First Philosophers
- The Presocratics and Sophists
- By: Robin Waterfield
- Narrated by: Adrian Hobart
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This volume contains a translation of all the most important fragments of the Presocratics and Sophists, and of the most informative testimonia from ancient sources....
By: Robin Waterfield
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All Too Human
- A Political Education
- By: George Stephanopoulos
- Narrated by: George Stephanopoulos
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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For four years in the White House and one year of campaigning before that, he was rarely more than a few steps behind...
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Abridged!
- By Ash-li on 11-21-16
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The Meditations: An Emperor's Guide to Mastery
- By: Marcus Aurelius, Ancient Renewal, Sam Torode - translator
- Narrated by: Sam Torode
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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How to think clearly, act purposefully, overcome any obstacle, and find peace and happiness along the way....
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Stoic philosophy at its finest
- By Mac on 09-24-19
By: Marcus Aurelius, and others
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I Am Dynamite!
- A Life of Nietzsche
- By: Sue Prideaux
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Nietzsche wrote that all philosophy is autobiographical, and in this vividly compelling, myth-shattering biography, Sue Prideaux brings listeners into the world of this brilliant, eccentric, and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work....
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Fascinating; tragic
- By Cineaste21 on 12-30-18
By: Sue Prideaux
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Ideas and Opinions
- By: Albert Einstein
- Narrated by: Will Stauff
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Unravel the enigmatic depths of Albert Einstein's mind in "Ideas and Opinions." This captivating collection, compiled by the master himself, unveils his diverse perspectives on science, philosophy, social issues, and even religion.
By: Albert Einstein
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Time of the Magicians
- Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade that Reinvented Philosophy
- By: Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Ernst Cassirer, major philosophers whose ideas shaped the 20th century....
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Narrator butchers foreign many language quotations
- By William G. Brown on 08-31-20
By: Wolfram Eilenberger, and others
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The Quest for Character
- What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us About Our Search for Good Leaders
- By: Massimo Pigliucci
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking Athenian statesman Alcibiades how to be a good person—and failed spectacularly. Massimo Pigliucci tells this famous story and asks what we can learn from it....
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another great work by Massimo
- By Cameron on 11-14-22
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The Visionaries
- Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
- By: Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The period from 1933 to 1943 was one of the darkest and most chaotic in human history, as the Second World War unfolded with unthinkable cruelty. It was also a crucial decade in the dramatic, intersecting lives of some of history’s greatest philosophers....
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Very pleased at the treatment of these 4 women
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-23
By: Wolfram Eilenberger, and others
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Dirty Electricity
- Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
- By: Samuel Milham MD
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Dirty Electricity tells the story of Dr. Samuel Milham, the scientist who first alerted the world about the frightening link between occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and human disease....
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Our kids will live in hell for our ignorance....
- By Alednam A Uonopk on 04-03-21
By: Samuel Milham MD
New releases
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Lighting a Candle and Cursing the Darkness
- A Brief Biography of Lin Yutang
- By: Ryan Murray
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Explore the captivating life of Lin Yutang in this concise biography. Lin, a remarkable yet often overlooked Chinese writer and philosopher, skillfully bridged Eastern and Western cultures during a time of enormous social and cultural upheaval in his homeland. Lin's life experiences and challenges reflect the cultural miscommunications that persist in today's world. His writing and profound insights remain as relevant and accessible now as they were during the early to mid-20th century when he penned his works. This biography serves as an excellent introduction for those newly acquainted ...
By: Ryan Murray
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The Story of Philosophy. Plato
- By: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Story of Philosophy: Plato by Will Durant is a captivating exploration of the life and philosophical ideas of the ancient Greek thinker, Plato. In this edition, Durant brings Plato's philosophy to life with vivid imagery that enhances the reader's understanding and engagement. Durant provides readers with a comprehensive overview of Plato's life, from his upbringing in ancient Athens to his establishment of the Academy, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the Western world.
By: Will Durant
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Irvin D. Yalom
- On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition (Working Biographies)
- By: Ruthellen Josselson PhD
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom’s work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry. Writing in a literary style that reviewers have compared to Freud, Yalom details what actually happens in the intimate human encounter that is psychotherapy. Yalom does not shrink from exposing his own thoughts and feelings about what occurs; he, too is a vulnerable and searching human being.
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The Untold Legacy:
- Royal Rife's Revolutionary Discoveries and Controversial Impact
- By: Rev George Stoddard
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The Untold Legacy: Royal Rife's Revolutionary Discoveries and Controversial Impact" is a comprehensive exploration of the life and achievements of Royal Rife, a brilliant scientist and inventor. The book delves into Rife's early life and education, his groundbreaking inventions and discoveries, and his most notable creation, the Rife Microscope. It also examines the opposition and controversy that surrounded Rife and his work, shedding light on the challenges he faced from the medical establishment and the scientific community. In the book, readers will discover Rife's revolutionary ...
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So I Said
- Quotes and Thoughts of Gerry Spence
- By: Gerry Spence
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Most Famous Lawyer in America Gain wisdom and insight from the lion of the courtroom The collected sayings of Gerry Spence prods readers into thinking about their own vision of the world. As a lawyer with decades of experience in defending the defenseless, he's fought against giants. What might an old lawyer who still defends cases have to say? Don't all lawyers just live only for the money? This book allows you to look inside. Read what the best attorney is all about. Open your heart and expand your mind with this book. "That enigmatic trap called life: You don’t know where you came ...
By: Gerry Spence
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Ashoka
- Portrait of a Philosopher King
- By: Patrick Olivelle
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this deeply researched book, Patrick Olivelle draws on Ashoka's inscriptions and on the art and architecture he pioneered to craft a detailed picture of Ashoka as a ruler, a Buddhist, a moral philosopher, and an ecumenist who governed a vast multiethnic, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious empire.
By: Patrick Olivelle
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Lighting a Candle and Cursing the Darkness
- A Brief Biography of Lin Yutang
- By: Ryan Murray
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Explore the captivating life of Lin Yutang in this concise biography. Lin, a remarkable yet often overlooked Chinese writer and philosopher, skillfully bridged Eastern and Western cultures during a time of enormous social and cultural upheaval in his homeland. Lin's life experiences and challenges reflect the cultural miscommunications that persist in today's world. His writing and profound insights remain as relevant and accessible now as they were during the early to mid-20th century when he penned his works. This biography serves as an excellent introduction for those newly acquainted ...
By: Ryan Murray
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The Story of Philosophy. Plato
- By: Will Durant
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Story of Philosophy: Plato by Will Durant is a captivating exploration of the life and philosophical ideas of the ancient Greek thinker, Plato. In this edition, Durant brings Plato's philosophy to life with vivid imagery that enhances the reader's understanding and engagement. Durant provides readers with a comprehensive overview of Plato's life, from his upbringing in ancient Athens to his establishment of the Academy, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the Western world.
By: Will Durant
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Irvin D. Yalom
- On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition (Working Biographies)
- By: Ruthellen Josselson PhD
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom’s work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry. Writing in a literary style that reviewers have compared to Freud, Yalom details what actually happens in the intimate human encounter that is psychotherapy. Yalom does not shrink from exposing his own thoughts and feelings about what occurs; he, too is a vulnerable and searching human being.
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The Untold Legacy:
- Royal Rife's Revolutionary Discoveries and Controversial Impact
- By: Rev George Stoddard
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The Untold Legacy: Royal Rife's Revolutionary Discoveries and Controversial Impact" is a comprehensive exploration of the life and achievements of Royal Rife, a brilliant scientist and inventor. The book delves into Rife's early life and education, his groundbreaking inventions and discoveries, and his most notable creation, the Rife Microscope. It also examines the opposition and controversy that surrounded Rife and his work, shedding light on the challenges he faced from the medical establishment and the scientific community. In the book, readers will discover Rife's revolutionary ...
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So I Said
- Quotes and Thoughts of Gerry Spence
- By: Gerry Spence
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Most Famous Lawyer in America Gain wisdom and insight from the lion of the courtroom The collected sayings of Gerry Spence prods readers into thinking about their own vision of the world. As a lawyer with decades of experience in defending the defenseless, he's fought against giants. What might an old lawyer who still defends cases have to say? Don't all lawyers just live only for the money? This book allows you to look inside. Read what the best attorney is all about. Open your heart and expand your mind with this book. "That enigmatic trap called life: You don’t know where you came ...
By: Gerry Spence
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Ashoka
- Portrait of a Philosopher King
- By: Patrick Olivelle
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this deeply researched book, Patrick Olivelle draws on Ashoka's inscriptions and on the art and architecture he pioneered to craft a detailed picture of Ashoka as a ruler, a Buddhist, a moral philosopher, and an ecumenist who governed a vast multiethnic, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious empire.
By: Patrick Olivelle
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Self-Reliance (Annotated)
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Darren Grimes
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking. The result is an absorbing piece of self-analysis: a frank statement of faith, philosophy, and principles from one of the great explorers of the human mind.
By: C.G. Jung
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Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
- Jewish Lives
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Lee Beddow
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
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Very good book, but
- By tw22 on 04-21-24
By: Ian Buruma
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Beyond the Wager
- The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal
- By: Douglas Groothuis
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In this accessible and well-documented study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces listeners to Pascal's life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, including his contributions to mathematics, science, ethics, and theology. Groothuis overviews the key points of Pascal's Pensees, which captures his thoughts about God, humanity, and Jesus Christ. Listeners will also explore Pascal's views on a range of topics, including culture, politics, Islam, and miracles.
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Great book
- By Jim on 04-13-24
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French politician and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche
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Voltaire - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Voltaire, philosopher, author, genius: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
By: George Fritsche