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The Architecture of Happiness
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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In his extraordinary new book, Alain de Botton explores the importance of buildings in our lives, pondering our attachment to our homes and considering such questions as: Why do people disagree about taste? Can beautiful surroundings make us good?
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Misleading title
- By Sorin Anton on 02-11-20
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The Architecture of Happiness
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 04-19-06
- Language: English
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The Architecture of Happiness
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of chairs, walls, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet, a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. Alain de Botton starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be, and argues that it is architecture's task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential.
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Many elegant words used for a simple topic.
- By Spirit on 08-15-17
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The Architecture of Happiness
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-04-09
- Language: English
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Ecce Homo
- How One Becomes What One Is
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Steven Van Doren
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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Ecce homo, "behold the man", are the words Friedrich Nietzsche chose as the title for his literary self-portrait. A main purpose of the book was to offer Nietzsche's own perspective on his work as a philosopher and human being. Ecce Homo also forcefully repudiates those interpretations of his previous works purporting to find support there for imperialism, anti-Semitism, militarism, and Social Darwinism.
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Bombastic, Fantastic?
- By w22w on 01-24-10
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Ecce Homo
- How One Becomes What One Is
- Narrated by: Steven Van Doren
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-03-09
- Language: English
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Préjugés occidentaux sur l'art tribal
- By: Patrick Frémeaux
- Narrated by: Patrick Frémeaux
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Conférence de Patrick Frémeaux, galeriste, marchand d'art, éditeur de philosophie et d'archives sonores, en présence d'Olivier Le Bihan, directeur du Musée d'Art moderne de Troyes, et de Jean Luc Rio, directeur de la librairie Les Passeurs de textes. A l'occasion de l'exposition "Collections croisées" (Collections nationales Pierre et Denise Levy et Collection Sargos).
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Préjugés occidentaux sur l'art tribal
- Narrated by: Patrick Frémeaux
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-24-12
- Language: French
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Survival of the Beautiful
- Art, Science, and Evolution
- By: David Rothenberg
- Narrated by: Kris Koscheski
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. Taking inspiration from Darwin's observation that animals have a natural aesthetic sense, philosopher and musician David Rothenberg probes why animals, humans included, have innate appreciation for beauty - and why nature is, indeed, beautiful.
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Not as interesting as I hoped
- By Rachel on 03-31-15
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Survival of the Beautiful
- Art, Science, and Evolution
- Narrated by: Kris Koscheski
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-09-13
- Language: English
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The Architecture of Happiness
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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One of the great, but often unmentioned, causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kind of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets we’re surrounded by. And yet a concern for architecture and design is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be - and argues that it is architecture’s task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential.
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The Architecture of Happiness
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-29-13
- Language: English
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The Art Instinct
- Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
- By: Denis Dutton
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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The Art Instinct combines two of the most fascinating and contentious disciplines, art and evolutionary science, in a provocative new work that will revolutionize the way art itself is perceived. Aesthetic taste, argues Denis Dutton, is an evolutionary trait, and is shaped by natural selection. It's not, as almost all contemporary art criticism and academic theory would have it, "socially constructed".
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A breath of fresh air!
- By Michael on 02-19-14
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The Art Instinct
- Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 04-15-13
- Language: English
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Classicisme et Lumières
- Histoire philosophique des arts 3
- By: Carole Talon-Hugon
- Narrated by: Carole Talon-Hugon
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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Qu'est-ce que l'art ? Comment s'est-il constitué et défini à travers l'histoire ? Quels rapports entretient-il avec la philosophie ?
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Where are the chapter's title
- By Allan Denizard on 03-02-19
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Classicisme et Lumières
- Histoire philosophique des arts 3
- Narrated by: Carole Talon-Hugon
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-21-13
- Language: French
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How to Wake Up
- A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow
- By: Toni Bernhard
- Narrated by: Deon Vozov
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Using step by step instructions, the author illustrates how to be fully present in the moment without clinging to joy or resisting sorrow. This opens the door to a kind of wellness that goes beyond circumstances. Actively engaging life as it is in this fashion holds the potential for awakening to a peace and well-being that are not dependent on whether a particular experience is joyful or sorrowful.
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Excellent
- By Michelle on 09-16-13
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How to Wake Up
- A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow
- Narrated by: Deon Vozov
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-27-13
- Language: English
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Grammars of Creation
- By: George Steiner
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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A far-reaching exploration of the idea of creation in Western thought, literature, religion, and history, this volume can fairly be called a magnum opus. He reflects on the different ways we have of talking about beginnings, on the "core-tiredness" that pervades our end-of-the-millennium spirit, and on the changing grammar of our discussions about the end of Western art and culture.
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Grammars of Creation
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 09-17-13
- Language: English
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The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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One of Nietzsche’s earliest works, The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a remarkable source of inspiration. It is here that the philosopher expresses his frustration with the contemporary world and urges man to embrace Dionysian energy once more. He refutes European culture since the time of Socrates, arguing that it is one-sidedly Apollonian and prevents man from living in optimistic harmony with the sufferings of life.
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The Apollonian vs The Dionysian
- By JCW on 02-05-18
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The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-07-13
- Language: English
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The Aesthetic Brain
- How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art
- By: Anjan Chatterjee
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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The Aesthetic Brain takes the listener on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to probe how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and evolutionary psychology to explain why aesthetic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Along the way, Chatterjee addresses fundamental questions: What is beauty? Is beauty universal? How is beauty related to pleasure? What is art? Should art be beautiful? Do we have an instinct for art?
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Disappointing
- By Clara on 12-22-15
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The Aesthetic Brain
- How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-03-14
- Language: English
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Mirror, Mirror
- The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love
- By: Simon Blackburn
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Everyone deplores narcissism, especially in others. The vain are by turns annoying or absurd, offending us whether they are blissfully oblivious or proudly aware of their behavior. But are narcissism and vanity really as bad as they seem? Can we avoid them even if we try? In Mirror, Mirror, Simon Blackburn, the author of such best-selling philosophy books as Think, Being Good, and Lust, says that narcissism, vanity, pride, and self-esteem are more complex than they first appear and have innumerable good and bad forms.
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A very maturation book
- By John A. on 01-27-22
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Mirror, Mirror
- The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 04-16-14
- Language: English
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La Modernité
- Histoire philosophique des arts 4
- By: Carole Talon-Hugon
- Narrated by: Carole Talon-Hugon
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
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Qu'est-ce que l'art ? Comment s'est-il constitué et défini à travers l'histoire ? Quels rapports entretient-il avec la philosophie...
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La Modernité
- Histoire philosophique des arts 4
- Narrated by: Carole Talon-Hugon
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 08-08-14
- Language: French
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The Virtues of the Table
- How to Eat and Think
- By: Julian Baggini
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consider our relationship to nature, to our fellow animals, to each other and to ourselves. So can thinking about food teach us about being virtuous, and can what we eat help us to decide how to live?
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The Virtues of the Table
- How to Eat and Think
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 11-11-14
- Language: English
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I Think You're Totally Wrong
- A Quarrel
- By: David Shields, Caleb Powell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross, Luis Moreno
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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A debate, nearly to the death, about life and art, cocktails included. And a soon-to-be major motion picture from James Franco! Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (he's a stay-at-home dad to three young girls), whereas his former professor David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he has overcommitted to art.
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Good Pseudo-Intellectual Chore Soundtrack
- By A. Yerkes on 05-25-15
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I Think You're Totally Wrong
- A Quarrel
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross, Luis Moreno
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-06-15
- Language: English
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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- By: John O'Donohue
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
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The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. When we experience the Beautiful, there is a wonderful sense of homecoming; we feel fully alive. Our lives become illuminated, and behind the shudder of appearances we come to glimpse the sure form of things. On Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, Irish poet and philosopher John O'Donohue invites us to remember and to awaken the Beautiful.
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Stunning book
- By Kelly on 06-19-17
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Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
- Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope
- Narrated by: John O'Donohue
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-13-15
- Language: English
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Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
- By: Walter Benjamin
- Narrated by: Ingo Fried
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Walter Benjamin beschreibt in seinem berühmtesten Aufsatz Ursprung und Technik der Reproduktion von Kunstwerken und bietet damit die theoretische Basis für die Diskussion über die Vervielfältigung von Kunst in der Neuzeit.
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Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
- Narrated by: Ingo Fried
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-19-15
- Language: German
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Strange Tools
- Art and Human Nature
- By: Alva Noë
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, and making provocative use of examples from all three of these fields, Noë offers new answers to such questions. He also shows why recent efforts to frame questions about art in terms of neuroscience and evolutionary biology alone have been and will continue to be unsuccessful.
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um... no sale
- By David Turkington on 06-05-19
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Strange Tools
- Art and Human Nature
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-22-15
- Language: English
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Better Living Through Criticism
- How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
- By: A. O. Scott
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A. O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics - himself included - can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative and urgent activities of modern existence.
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This is what hell sounds like
- By Amazon Customer on 09-09-21
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Better Living Through Criticism
- How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-09-16
- Language: English
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