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The Art of Controversy or The Art of Being Right
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"The Art of Controversy or The Art of Being Right" is an acidulous, sarcastic treatise written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. In it, Schopenhauer examines a total of thirty-eight methods of showing up one's opponent in a debate. He introduces his essay with the idea that philosophers have concentrated in ample measure on the rules of logic, but have not engaged with the darker art of the dialectic, of controversy.
Whereas the purpose of logic is classically said to be a method of arriving at the truth, dialectic, says Schopenhauer, "...on the other hand, would treat of the intercourse between two rational beings who, because they are rational, ought to think in common, but who, as soon as they cease to agree like two clocks keeping exactly the same time, create a disputation, or intellectual contest."
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Considered by many to be Hannah Arendt's greatest work, published as she neared the end of her life, The Life of the Mind investigates thought itself, as it exists in contemplative life. In a shift from her previous writings, most of which focus on the world outside the mind, this work was planned as three volumes that would explore the activities of the mind considered by Arendt to be fundamental. What emerged is a rich, challenging analysis of human mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging.
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2 out of 5 stars
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English only please
- De angela cozea en 11-20-19
De: Hannah Arendt
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The Great Gatsby
- De: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrado por: Jake Gyllenhaal
- Duración: 4 h y 49 m
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby....
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Simple, Beautiful, and Exquisitely Textured
- De Darwin8u en 04-09-13
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Heretics
- De: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrado por: Ulf Bjorklund
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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"Nothing more strangely indicates an enormous and silent evil of modern society than the extraordinary use which is made nowadays of the word orthodox. In former days the heretic was proud of not being a heretic. It was the kingdoms of the world and the police and the judges who were heretics. He was orthodox. He had no pride in having rebelled against them; they had rebelled against him. The armies with their cruel security, the kings with their cold faces, the decorous processes of State, the reasonable processes of law - all these like sheep had gone astray...."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like having Steven Hawking read poetry
- De J. Gorton en 02-29-16
De: G. K. Chesterton
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The Allegory of the Cave
- De: Plato
- Narrado por: Adriel Brandt
- Duración: 2 h y 7 m
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This simplistic and ingenious allegory from one of the fathers of Western philosophy casts light on society’s naiveté and ignorance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly Interesting Audiobook
- De Anonymous User en 05-29-22
De: Plato
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
- De: Immanuel Kant, Thomas Kingsmill Abbott - translator
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 3 h y 20 m
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Immanuel Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, first published in 1785, lays out Kant's essential philosophy and defines the concepts and arguments that would shape his later work. Central to Kant's doctrine is the categorical imperative, which he defines as a mandate that human actions should always conform to a universal, unchanging standard of rational morality.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Categorical Imperatives for Everyone
- De Darwin8u en 04-04-17
De: Immanuel Kant, y otros
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The Story of Philosophy
- The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers
- De: Will Durant
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 19 h y 27 m
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Durant lucidly describes the philosophical systems of such world-famous “monarchs of the mind” as Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Voltaire, and Nietzsche. Along with their ideas, he offers their flesh-and-blood biographies, placing their thoughts within their own time and place and elucidating their influence on our modern intellectual heritage. This book is packed with wisdom and wit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic and insightful book
- De ESK en 01-25-13
De: Will Durant
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- De: John Locke
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 30 h y 20 m
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John Locke and his works - particularly An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - are regularly and rightly presented as foundations for the Age of Enlightenment. His primary epistemological message - that the mind at birth is a blank sheet waiting to be filled by the experiences of the senses - complemented his primary political message: that human beings are free and equal and have the right to envision, create and direct the governments that rule them and the societies within which they live.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exhaustive Philosophic Treatise
- De No to Statism en 09-25-18
De: John Locke
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Utilitarianism
- De: John Stuart Mill
- Narrado por: Fleet Cooper
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A dramatic reading of JSM's 'Utilitarianism'
- De Darwin8u en 12-24-12
De: John Stuart Mill
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The Varieties of Religious Experience
- De: William James
- Narrado por: Jim Killavey
- Duración: 18 h y 9 m
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The Varieties of Religious Experience is considered to be the classic work in the field. To quote Wikipedia, "James was most interested in understanding personal religious experience. The importance of James to the psychology of religion - and to psychology more generally - is difficult to overstate. He discussed many essential issues that remain of vital concern today. What makes James writing so special is that he could take a very complex subject and, without watering it down, make it understandable to 'the rest of us.'"
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profound stuff
- De Empowerment en 09-05-09
De: William James
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom
- De: Balthasar Gracian
- Narrado por: Keira Grace
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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The Art of Worldly Wisdom was written in 1647. It is a collection of 300 maxims on various topics, each elaborated with a commentary. The sayings offer advice and guidance on how to live well, advance socially, and be a better person.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Epic
- De Amazon Customer en 08-09-21
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Why We Are Restless
- On the Modern Quest for Contentment
- De: Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey
- Narrado por: Laurel Lefkow
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change - even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. In Why We Are Restless, Benjamin and Jenna Storey offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure ourselves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good primer.
- De Chris en 09-29-21
De: Benjamin Storey, y otros
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Self-Reliance and Other Essays (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrado por: Mikael Naramore
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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In this definitive collection of essays, including the poignant title essay "Self-Reliance," Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the importance of trusting your soul, as well as divine providence, to carve out a life. A firm believer in nonconformity, Emerson celebrates the individual and stresses the value of listening to the inner voice unique to each of us—even when it defies society's expectations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book is like a series of great quotes!
- De M. Allen en 01-16-19
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On the Soul & Parva Naturalia
- De: Aristotle
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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Two contrasting reflections by Aristotle which cover very particular ground. In 'On the Soul', Aristotle presents his view of the 'life essence' which, he argues, is possessed by living things whether plants, animals or humans. Not a 'soul' in the generally accepted Western use of the term, this 'soul', he says, is a life force that is indivisible from the organism that possesses it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DeAnima. Aristotle on the soul.
- De Reader en 07-28-18
De: Aristotle
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
- De: Gustave Le Bon
- Narrado por: Joseph Gomez
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a seminal work on crowd psychology by Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931), a French social psychologist. He observes that a crowd forms when an influential idea unites a number of individuals and prompts them to act towards a common goal. In a crowd, the conscious personality of the individual is submerged and dominated by the collective mind. Furthermore, every sentiment becomes contagious to a degree that individuals readily sacrifice their personal interest to the collective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read in terms of group psychology....
- De Alednam A Uonopk en 08-19-20
De: Gustave Le Bon
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- John A.
- 10-09-21
A great author
A great book that was written by one of the best. I highly recommend this book and find it to be outstanding.
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