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lf a man cannot stand freedom, he will probably turn fascist. This, in the fewest possible words, is the essential argument in this modem classic, Escape from Freedom. The author, Erich Fromm, is a distinguished psychologist, late of Berlin and Heidelberg, now of New York City.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Why is this not required reading in high school?
- De Xander en 09-07-16
De: Erich Fromm
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The Conquest of Happiness
- De: Bertrand Russell
- Narrado por: Chris Lutkin
- Duración: 6 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
This metaphysical self-help classic instills happiness within and urges individuals to pursue a content life without sin, boredom, or contempt. Written decades ago with post-war depression in mind, this text has transcended time and continues to give applicable advice for modern-day individuals.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrator was horrible
- De Mar en 09-09-20
De: Bertrand Russell
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The Irony of American History
- De: Reinhold Niebuhr
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 191
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 145
Forged during the tumultuous but triumphant postwar years when America came of age as a world power, The Irony of American History is more relevant now than ever before. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Niebuhr's masterpiece on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superlative Book
- De Amazon Customer en 01-29-10
De: Reinhold Niebuhr
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On Revolution
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations on the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding of our political landscape. On Revolution is her classic exploration of a phenomenon that has reshaped the globe. From the 18th-century rebellions in America and France to the explosive changes of the 20th century, Arendt traces the changing face of revolution and its relationship to war while underscoring the crucial role such events will play in the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful Analysis of Differing Revolutions
- De Roger en 01-10-18
De: Hannah Arendt
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The Virtue of Selfishness
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: C. M. Hernert
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,315
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 936
Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life - the life proper to a rational being - as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with human nature, with the creative requirement of survival, and with a free society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond brilliant
- De R. Aiken en 10-29-03
De: Ayn Rand
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The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt
- De: Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrado por: George Doyle
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
"The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses" is a collection of Theodore Roosevelt's published commentaries and public addresses on what is necessary for a vital and healthy political, social and individual life. Roosevelt states the main point of his speech in the opening remarks: "I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book. Poor presentation.
- De Thomas en 01-27-20
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 23 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 911
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This classic, definitive account of totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism", beginning with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the 19th century and continuing through the New Imperialism period from 1884 to World War I.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Vast and intricate analysis of horror
- De Roger en 08-04-08
De: Hannah Arendt
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Anarchism and Other Essays
- De: Emma Goldman
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 8 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Among the men and women prominent in the public life of early 20th-century America there are but few whose names are mentioned as often as that of Emma Goldman. Yet the real Emma Goldman is almost quite unknown. Here are powerful, penetrating, prophetic essays on direct action, the role of minorities, prison reform, puritan hypocrisy, and violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Critical reading for today's world
- De Darwin en 02-27-17
De: Emma Goldman
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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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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,471
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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The Wisdom of Life, Counsels and Maxims
- De: Arthur Schopenhauer
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
'The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.' Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century because his humanistic, atheistic, if pessimistic views chimed with a new secularism that was emerging from a Western society dominated by religion. Despite his rather forbidding image (and a few outdated views), he is one of the most approachable German philosophers, and this is certainly evident in these two key works, The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims.
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5 out of 5 stars
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depressingly hopeful
- De Sebastian huerta en 06-22-17
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Churchill's Trial
- Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government
- De: Dr. Larry Arnn
- Narrado por: Wayne Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 130
A penetrating look at the necessity of constitutional limits upon government and exceptional men to lead those governments, uniquely taken by overlaying the life and writings of Winston Churchill with the American experiment.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece of Political Philosophy
- De Jean en 01-25-16
De: Dr. Larry Arnn
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Kant's Foundations of Ethics
- De: Immanuel Kant
- Narrado por: Ray Childs
- Duración: 5 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Kant published this work in 1795, during the aftermath of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. The high hopes of the European Enlightenment had been dampened by the Reign of Terror in which tens of thousands of people died, and the perpetual cycle of war and temporary armistice seemed to be inescapable. Kant's essay is best known as an early articulation of the idea of a league of nations that could bring an end to all hostilities. Today, the United Nations continues to pursue that dream, but lasting peace still seems to be wishful thinking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best on The Foundation of the Metaphysics of Morals
- De JCW en 07-28-18
De: Immanuel Kant
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The Voice of Reason
- Essays in Objectivist Thought
- De: Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 15 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 155
In the years between her first public lecture in 1961 and her last in 1981, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as different as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. In The Voice of Reason, these pieces are gathered together in book form for the first time. Written in the last decades of Rand's life, they reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. With them are five essays by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Explains Everything Of Today
- De L. Nicholson en 11-20-15
De: Ayn Rand, y otros
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The Law
- De: Frederick Bastiat
- Narrado por: Floy Lilley
- Duración: 1 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 155
How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail? These are among the most intriguing issues in political and economic philosophy. More specifically, the problem of law that itself violates law is an insurmountable conundrum of all statist philosophies. The problem has never been discussed so profoundly and passionately as in this essay by Frederic Bastiat from 1850. This essay might have been written today. It applies to our own time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is abridged
- De Kipling Oren en 09-10-14
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Why Men Fight
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Ejecución3 out of 5 stars
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- Tim
- 05-08-24
Should’ve read this years ago
Remarkable. Absolute joy to read and consider, even if at times it is oppositional to my personal beliefs.
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