29 Best General, Philosophy Books
General, Philosophy is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top General, Philosophy audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 General, Philosophy audiobooks below.
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More Charles Kuralt’s American Moments
- By: Charles Kuralt
- Narrator: Charles Kuralt
- Length: 1 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1999
- Language: English
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4.6(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDMore Charles Kuralt’s American Moments takes us on a wonderful, joyous exploration of Americana with this second volume of never-before-available spoken-word accounts of what makes the United States so special. An American Moment with CharlesMore Charles Kuralt’s American Moments takes us on a wonderful, joyous exploration of Americana with this second volume of never-before-available spoken-word accounts of what makes the United States so special.
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An American Moment with Charles Kuralt — a timeless series of television essays about uniquely American people, places, and ideas — was Kuralt’s last project before his death on Independence Day, 1997. In this rare and special recording, Kuralt visits: Noah Webster’s House, the makers of the red, white and blue barber’s pole, a hospital for eagles, the sequoia forest, the road less traveled, and more.
A remarkable collection of pieces that remind us of Charles Kuralt’s unmatched ability to capture the extraordinary aspects of ordinary lives, More Charles Kuralt’s American Moments warms the heart and touches the soul. -
The Gettysburg Address
- By: Abraham Lincoln
- Narrator: Robertson Dean
- Length: 3 minutes
- Publisher: Public Domain
- Publish date: January 02, 2018
- Language: English
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4.53(5875 ratings)
4.53(5875 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDThe Gettysburg Address, delivered by Lincoln on November 19, 1863 in the aftermath of a narrow, bloody Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history. -
The Art of Living
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 06, 2017
- Language: English
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4.42(4249 ratings)
4.42(4249 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh–one of the mostIn troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh–one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today–reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life’s deepest questions and experience the happiness and freedom we desire.
Thich Nhat Hanh presents, for the first time, seven transformative meditations that open up new perspectives on our lives, our relationships and our interconnectedness with the world around us. Based on the last full talks before his sudden hospitalization, and drawing on intimate examples from his own life, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how these seven meditations can free us to live a happy, peaceful and active life, and face ageing and dying with curiosity and joy and without fear.
Containing the essence of the Buddha’s teachings and Thich Nhat Hanh’s poignant, timeless, and clarifying prose, The Art of Living provides a spiritual dimension to our lives. This is not an effort to escape life or to dwell in a place of bliss outside of this world. Instead, this path will allow us to discover where we come from and where we are going. And most of all, it will generate happiness, understanding, and love, so we can live deeply in each moment of our life, right where we are.
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrator: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.38(2255 ratings)
4.38(2255 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThis book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confusedThis book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends.
The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies. Those consequences include the steady and dangerous erosion of fundamental principles of freedom–amounting to a quiet repeal of the American revolution.
The Quest for Cosmic Justice is the summation of a lifetime of study and thought about where we as a society are headed–and why we need to change course before we do irretrievable damage.
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Terrible Swift Sword
- By: Bruce Catton
- Narrator: Bruce Catton
- Length: 20 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 22, 2011
- Language: English
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4.38(1540 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDTerrible Swift Sword (Vol. 2): The dismissal of George McClellan and the rise of Ulysses S. Grant -
The Age of Louis XIV
- By: Will Durant
- Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 36 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.31(652 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDThe Age of Louis XIV is the biography of a period (1648-1715) that Spengler considered the apex of modern European civilization. “Some centuries hence,” Frederick the Great correctly predicted to Voltaire, “they will translate theThe Age of Louis XIV is the biography of a period (1648-1715) that Spengler considered the apex of modern European civilization. “Some centuries hence,” Frederick the Great correctly predicted to Voltaire, “they will translate the good authors of the age of Pericles and Augustus.” Those authors are lovingly treated here: Pascal, Racine, and Boileau, Madame de S+(r)vign+(r), Madame de la Fayette, and above all the philosopher-dramatist Moli+?re, who so memorably exposed the vices and hypocrisies of the age.
Central to the book is the “Sun King” himself, Louis XIV. Louis XIV ruled France for over seventy years, longer than almost any European ruler in history. He is the subject of a character study that runs through seven chapters, revealing the flesh and blood beneath the purple and the crown. He is seen at his worst in his struggle with Jansenists and Huguenots, at his best in his patronage of literature and art, and at his most human in his love affairs with Henrietta Anne of Orl+(r)ans, Louise de La Valli+?re, Madame de Montespan, and Madame de Maintenon.
From France the narrative passes to the Netherlands, and after pausing to examine the domestic idylls of Vermeer, shows the Dutch opening their dikes to save their land from Louis XIV and sending William of Orange to become king of England and a leader of the European alliance against Louis’ hegemony.
In England we contemplate the heyday of virtue under the Puritans and study the strange character of Cromwell. We see Milton’s passionate career as part of the vain effort to prevent the Stuart Restoration. We find Charles II, the “Merry Monarch,” with more manners than morals, attend boisterous Restoration plays; we skim the diaries of Evelyn and Pepys; and we follow Jonathan Swift from genius to insanity.
Crossing the North Sea we trace the tragic heroism of Charles XII of Sweden and the attempt of Peter the Great to lead Russia from barbarism to civilization. We accompany the noble Sobieski of Poland as he rescues Vienna from the Turks. We visit Italy and Spain. We see the Jews proscribed and impoverished in Europe but rising to riches in Amsterdam and following Sabbatai Zevi in a desperate hope of regaining Palestine and freedom.
All this forms the background for the “intellectual adventure” of the European mind in its passage from superstition, mythology, and intolerance to education, science, and philosophy, for this was the age when Newton and Leibniz gave simultaneous birth to calculus, when Newton bound the planets and the stars with a chain of universal gravitation. Toward the end of the volume the authors revert to their favorite subject, philosophy, and devote a full chapter, with love and care, to Spinoza.
The book ends with the sunset of Le Roi Soleil: Louis punished for his aggressions by a swarm of enemies gathering around him; fighting till his people are destitute and disillusioned, till his treasury and his heart are empty; dying defeated and repentant, begging his grandson and successor not to imitate his taste for splendor and war; and followed in his funeral by the insults of the crowd.
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrator: James Anderson Foster
- Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Public Domain
- Publish date: August 19, 2016
- Language: English
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4.26(145541 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDMarcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, and during that time, he kept several collections of journals that contained personal notes, militaristic strategy, and ideas on Stoic philosophy. While unlikely that he ever intended toMarcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, and during that time, he kept several collections of journals that contained personal notes, militaristic strategy, and ideas on Stoic philosophy. While unlikely that he ever intended to publicly publish these journals, there is no real official title, so most often Meditations is used because of his in depth writings on philosophy. These journals give an introspective look at how and why Marcus Aurelius operated as an emperor. This informative piece of history contains twelve sections that each chronicle different parts of Aurelius’ life, including his source of guidance, self-improvement tips, and his ideas on how to analyze yourself and adjust your attitude to become a better person or leader.
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Quantum
- By: Manjit Kumar
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 14 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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4.25(7933 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDQuantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren’t shocked by quantum theory, you don’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it wasQuantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren’t shocked by quantum theory, you don’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory book takes a close look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young minds at its core, and how an idea ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century.
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Buddhist Boot Camp
- By: Timber Hawkeye
- Narrator: Timber Hawkeye
- Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 19, 2013
- Language: English
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4.25(3787 ratings)
4.25(3787 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDBuddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation’s short attention span. The chapters in this small book can be read in any order, and are simple and easy to understand. Each story,Buddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation’s short attention span. The chapters in this small book can be read in any order, and are simple and easy to understand. Each story, inspirational quote, and teaching offers mindfulness-enhancing techniques that anyone can relate to. You don’t need to be a Buddhist to find the Buddha’s teachings motivational. As the Dalai Lama says, “Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.”
So whether it’s Mother Teresa’s acts of charity, Gandhi’s perseverance, or your aunt Betty’s calm demeanor, as long as you’re motivated to be better today than you were yesterday, it doesn’t matter who inspires you. Regardless of religion, geographical region, race, ethnicity, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, flexibility, or vulnerability, if you do good you feel good, and if you do bad you feel bad.
Buddhism isn’t just about meditating. It’s about rolling up your sleeves to relieve some of the suffering in the world. If you are ready to be a soldier of peace in the army of love, welcome to Buddhist Boot Camp!
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Ideas Have Consequences, Expanded Edition
- By: Richard M. Weaver
- Narrator: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 7 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.14(102 ratings)
4.14(102 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDOriginally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses “words hard as cannonballs” to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age.Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses “words hard as cannonballs” to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and debated at the time of its first publication, the book is now seen as one of the foundational texts of the modern conservative movement.
In its pages, Richard M. Weaver argues that the decline of Western civilization resulted from the rising acceptance of relativism over absolute reality. In spite of increased knowledge, this retreat from the realist intellectual tradition has weakened the Western capacity to reason, with catastrophic consequences for social order and individual rights. But Weaver also offers a realistic remedy. These difficulties are the product not of necessity, but of intelligent choice. And, today, as decades ago, the remedy lies in the renewed acceptance of absolute reality and the recognition that ideas–like actions–have consequences.
This expanded edition of the classic work contains a foreword by New Criterion editor Roger Kimball that offers insight into the rich intellectual and historical contexts of Weaver and his work, and an afterword by Ted J. Smith III that relates the remarkable story of the book’s writing and publication.
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The Voice of Reason
- By: Ayn Rand
- Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 15 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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4.12(787 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDIn 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 gatheredIn 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. The work concludes with Peikoff’s epilogue, “My Thirty Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir”, which answers the question “What was Ayn Rand really like?” Important reading for all thinking individuals, this collection communicates not only Rand’s singular worldview, but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise.
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A History of Western Philosophy
- By: Bertrand Russell
- Narrator: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 38 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.12(34004 ratings)
4.12(34004 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0039.99 USDHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, theHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
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Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages–from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth century. Written by a man who changed the history of philosophy himself, this is an account that has never been rivaled since its first publication over sixty years ago.
Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy is still unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace, and its wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century.
Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated–Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, coauthor with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica. -
Saving Simon
- By: Jon Katz
- Narrator: Jon Katz
- Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 07, 2014
- Language: English
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4.1(519 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDWhen Jon Katz got a call from an animal control officer about Simon, a neglected donkey who had been found on a failing farm in upstate New York, he wasn’t expecting to add another animal to his already full life. But when he made the trek outWhen Jon Katz got a call from an animal control officer about Simon, a neglected donkey who had been found on a failing farm in upstate New York, he wasn’t expecting to add another animal to his already full life. But when he made the trek out to meet him, he couldn’t help falling in love with the skinny, mangy donkey who had already suffered so much, and he ended up taking him into his home. It was Simon who listened in the fields as Jon read to him and discussed philosophy. And it was Simon who forced Jon to confront the most difficult parts of life. And ultimately, it was Simon who brought Jon to a new understanding about mercy and compassion. In this heartwarming and heartrending memoir, Jon Katz plumbs the depths of the human-animal bond with his trademark grace, strength and skill. Jon Katz has written twenty-six books, including works of nonfiction, novels, short stories, and books for children. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Rolling Stone, and the AKC Gazette, and has worked for CBS News, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer; he is also a photographer. He lives on Bedlam Farm, in upstate New York, with his wife, the artist Maria Wulf, and their dogs, donkeys, barn cats, sheep, and chickens.
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The Dream of Reason, New Edition
- By: Anthony Gottlieb
- Narrator: Anthony Gottlieb
- Length: 19 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.08(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. In The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers, questions much ofAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages.
In The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers, questions much of conventional wisdom, and explains his findings with unbridled brilliance and clarity. From the pre-Socratic philosophers through the celebrated days of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, up to Renaissance visionaries like Erasmus and Bacon, philosophy emerges here as a phenomenon unconfined by any one discipline. Indeed, as Gottlieb explains, its most revolutionary breakthroughs in the natural and social sciences have repeatedly been co-opted by other branches of knowledge, leading to the illusion that philosophers never make any progress.
From the physics of angels to Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, Gottlieb builds through example and anecdote a vivid portrait of the human drive for understanding. After finishing The Dream of Reason, listeners will be graced with a fresh appreciation of the philosophical quest, its entertaining and bizarre byways, and its influence on every aspect of life.
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Socrates in the City
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrator: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 14 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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4.07(401 ratings)
4.07(401 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDFollowing the extraordinary success of the New York Times bestseller Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas’ latest book offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding us all today. The Greek philosopherFollowing the extraordinary success of the New York Times bestseller Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas’ latest book offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding us all today.
The Greek philosopher Socrates famously said that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Taking this as a starting point, Eric Metaxas founded a speaking series that encouraged busy and successful professionals to attend forums and think actively about the bigger questions in life; thus Socrates in the City: Conversations on “Life, God, and Other Small Topics” was born.
This book is for the seeker in all of us, the collector of wisdom, and the person who asks, “What if?” Within this collection of original essays that were first given to standing-room-only crowds in New York City are serious thinkers taking on Life, God, Evil, Redemption, and other small topics. Luminaries such as Dr. Francis Collins, Sir John Polkinghorne, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, N. T. Wright, Os Guinness, Peter Kreeft, and George Weigel have written about extraordinary topics vital to both secular and Christian thinking, such as “Making Sense out of Suffering,” “The Concept of Evil after 9/11,” and “Can a Scientist Pray?” No question is too big—in fact, the bigger, the harder, the more complex the better. These essays are both thought-provoking and entertaining, because nowhere is it written that finding answers to life’s biggest questions shouldn’t be exciting and even, perhaps, fun.
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The Dream of Enlightenment
- By: Anthony Gottlieb
- Narrator: Anthony Gottlieb
- Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.05(855 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau. -
Living with the Devil
- By: Stephen Batchelor
- Narrator: Stephen Batchelor
- Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.03(523 ratings)
4.03(523 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDStephen Batchelor’s seminal work on humanity’s struggle between good and evil In the national bestseller Living with the Devil, Batchelor traces the trajectory from the words of the Buddha and Christ, through the writings of Shantideva,Stephen Batchelor’s seminal work on humanity’s struggle between good and evil
In the national bestseller Living with the Devil, Batchelor traces the trajectory from the words of the Buddha and Christ, through the writings of Shantideva, Milton, and Pascal, to the poetry of Baudelaire, the fiction of Kafka, and the findings of modern physics and evolutionary biology to examine who we really are and to rest in the uncertainty that we may never know. Like his previous bestseller, Buddhism without Beliefs, Living with the Devil is also an introduction to Buddhism that encourages listeners to nourish their “buddha nature” and make peace with the devils that haunt human life. He tells a poetic and provocative tale about living with life’s contradictions that will challenge you to live your life as an existence imbued with purpose, freedom, and compassion–rather than habitual self-interest and fear.
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Beyond Good and Evil
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrator: Stephen Van Doren
- Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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4.02(72283 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDThis is one of the most important works written by Nietzsche and represents his attempt to sum up his philosophy. The great nineteenth-century philosopher refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in this work, a fascinating examinationThis is one of the most important works written by Nietzsche and represents his attempt to sum up his philosophy. The great nineteenth-century philosopher refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in this work, a fascinating examination of human values and morality. It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but approaches it from a more critical, polemical stance. In nine parts, this book is designed to give listeners a comprehensive idea of Nietzsche’s thought and style.
In Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work moves into the realm “beyond good and evil” in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality, which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique, in favor of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the contextual nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.
Of the four “late-period” writings of Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil most closely resembles the aphoristic style of his middle period. In it he exposes the deficiencies of those usually called “philosophers” and identifies the qualities of the “new philosophers”: imagination, self-assertion, danger, originality, and the “creation of values.” Religion and the master and slave moralities feature prominently as Nietzsche re-evaluates deeply-held humanistic beliefs, portraying even domination, appropriation, and injury to the weak as not universally objectionable.
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The Consolations of Philosophy
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrator: Simon Vance
- Length: 6 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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4.01(17048 ratings)
4.01(17048 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDAlain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged aAlain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems.
From the frustration of misplacing your keys to the sadness of losing a loved one, the writings of Seneca can offer consolation. For the agony of not having enough money, Epicurus has a solution that everyone can afford. If your life is beset by difficulty after difficulty, wise advice may be found in the words of Nietzsche. The Consolations of Philosophy is smart, lucid, and pleasing, a rare sort of book that wonderfully fulfills the promise of its title.
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A Book Forged in Hell
- By: Steven Nadler
- Narrator: John Lescault
- Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.01(547 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe story of one of the most important–and incendiary–books in Western history When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book everThe story of one of the most important–and incendiary–books in Western history
When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published–“godless,” “full of abominations,” “a book forged in hell … by the devil himself.” Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. Yet Spinoza’s book has contributed as much as the Declaration of Independence or Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to modern liberal, secular, and democratic thinking.
In A Book Forged in Hell, Steven Nadler tells the fascinating story of this extraordinary book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired.
It is not hard to see why Spinoza’s Treatise was so important or so controversial or why the uproar it caused is one of the most significant events in European intellectual history. In the book, Spinoza became the first to argue that the Bible is not literally the word of God but rather a work of human literature; that true religion has nothing to do with theology, liturgical ceremonies, or sectarian dogma; and that religious authorities should have no role in governing a modern state. He also denied the reality of miracles and divine providence, reinterpreted the nature of prophecy, and made an eloquent plea for toleration and democracy.
A vivid story of incendiary ideas and vicious backlash, A Book Forged in Hell will interest anyone who is curious about the origin of some of our most cherished modern beliefs.
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The Prophet
- By: Kahlil Gibran
- Narrator: Michael Kramer
- Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4(35 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USD“Work is love made visible.” – Khalil Gibran Filled with wisdom, written in simple, poetic language, The Prophet is a book for all ages, which remains amazingly relevant to our times. This audiobook, narrated by Michael Kramer and“Work is love made visible.” – Khalil Gibran
Filled with wisdom, written in simple, poetic language, The Prophet is a book for all ages, which remains amazingly relevant to our times. This audiobook, narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, contains two full versions of The Prophet: Part One, with music by Stefan Frankenberger. Part Two, with our voices only.
After living in the city of Orphalese for 12 years, a prophet is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a seeress and the people of the city, who ask him for his insights into life.
The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.
The Prophet is a book of prose poetry written by Khalil Gibran. Originally published in 1923, it is now in the public domain. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history, and it has never been out of print.
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Philosophy Talk, Vol. 4
- By: John Perry
- Narrator: John Perry
- Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDHost philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy TalkHost philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.
Fun, accessible, and intellectually stimulating, Philosophy Talk is dedicated to reasoned conversation driven by human curiosity and celebrates the value of the examined life.
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Philosophy Talk, Vol. 3
- By: John Perry
- Narrator: John Perry
- Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDHost philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy TalkHost philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.
Fun, accessible, and intellectually stimulating, Philosophy Talk is dedicated to reasoned conversation driven by human curiosity and celebrates the value of the examined life.
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Philosophy Talk, Vol. 2
- By: John Perry
- Narrator: John Perry
- Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4(2 ratings)
4(2 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDHost philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy TalkHost philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.
Fun, accessible, and intellectually stimulating, Philosophy Talk is dedicated to reasoned conversation driven by human curiosity and celebrates the value of the examined life.
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God and the Self in Hegel
- By: Paolo Diego Bubbio
- Narrator: Sarah Bacaller
- Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDGod and the Self in Hegel proposes a reconstruction of Hegel’s conception of God and analyzes the significance of this reading for Hegel’s idealistic metaphysics. Paolo Diego Bubbio argues that in Hegel’s view,God and the Self in Hegel proposes a reconstruction of Hegel’s conception of God and analyzes the significance of this reading for Hegel’s idealistic metaphysics. Paolo Diego Bubbio argues that in Hegel’s view, subjectivism–the tenet that there is no underlying “true” reality that exists independently of the activity of the cognitive agent–can be avoided, and content can be restored to religion, only to the extent that God is understood in God’s relation to human beings, and human beings are understood in their relation to God. Focusing on traditional problems in theology and the philosophy of religion, such as the ontological argument for the existence of God, the Trinity, and the “death of God,” Bubbio shows the relevance of Hegel’s view of religion and God for his broader philosophical strategy. In this account, as a response to the fundamental Kantian challenge of how to conceive the mind-world relation without setting mind over and against the world, Hegel has found a way of overcoming subjectivism in both philosophy and religion.
The audiobook form of God and the Self in Hegel includes references deemed essential to the academic integrity of the text.
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Charles Kuralt’s Summer
- By: Charles Kuralt
- Narrator: Charles Kuralt
- Length: 1 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1997
- Language: English
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4(15 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDAfter almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has visited every corner of the country, sharing with us his fascinating encounters with the people he’s met along the way. Now in Charles Kuralt’s Summer, he douses the heatAfter almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has visited every corner of the country, sharing with us his fascinating encounters with the people he’s met along the way. Now in Charles Kuralt’s Summer, he douses the heat with breezy tales of our most extraordinary summer celebrations.
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Drawing on pieces from his years at CBS News as well as new never-before-recorded material, Kuralt recalls some of his favorite summertime adventures. From Memorial Day in Gettysburg and tubing down a Wisconsin river to stone skipping in Mackinac Island and Fourth of July rituals around America, Kuralt captures all of the joyous sounds of the season.
A listening treasure from one of our most beloved chroniclers, Charles Kuralt’s Summer is like a cold glass of lemonade on a lazy, hazy summer afternoon. -
Charles Kuralt’s Spring
- By: Charles Kuralt
- Narrator: Charles Kuralt
- Length: 1 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1997
- Language: English
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4(10 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDGRAMMY AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM!Throughout his almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has introduced us to people and places that have warmed our hearts. Now in Charles Kuralt’s Spring, he disposes withGRAMMY AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM!
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Throughout his almost four decades of life on the road, Charles Kuralt has introduced us to people and places that have warmed our hearts. Now in Charles Kuralt’s Spring, he disposes with winter’s chill by recounting some of the most miraculous rites of spring he has witnessed over the years.
Combining ageless pieces from his years at CBS News with never-before-recorded material, Kuralt takes us on an unforgettable journey. From a garden blossoming along a Virginia roadside and the sap rising in the maple trees of Vermont to butterflies awakening and migrating along the California coast and jazz musicians chasing the winter blues away, Kuralt captures the beauty of spring in all its glory.
A listening treasure from one of our most beloved chroniclers, Charles Kuralt’s Spring will brighten our hearts as spring brightens our days. -
The Nicomachean Ethics
- By: Aristotle
- Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.98(33116 ratings)
3.98(33116 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDNamed for Aristotle’s son, Nicomachus, who was the first to edit this work, The Nicomachean Ethics plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics. In the ten books of this work, Aristotle explains the good life for man: the life ofNamed for Aristotle’s son, Nicomachus, who was the first to edit this work, The Nicomachean Ethics plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics. In the ten books of this work, Aristotle explains the good life for man: the life of happiness.
For Aristotle, happiness exists when the soul is in accordance with virtue. Virtue exists in a deliberate choice of actions that take a middle course between excess and deficiency; this is the famous doctrine of the “golden mean.” Courage, for example, is the mean between cowardice and rashness. Justice is the mean between a man’s getting more or less than his due. The supreme happiness, according to Aristotle, is to be found in a life of philosophical contemplation or, at least, in a virtuous life of political activity and public munificence.
A student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is one of the towering figures in Western thought.
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People of the Lie Vol. 3
- By: M. Scott Peck
- Narrator: M. Scott Peck
- Length: 1 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1992
- Language: English
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3.98(6 ratings)
3.98(6 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.95 USDDr. M. Scott Peck has inspired millions by combining the deepest insights of psychiatry with those of religion. In this final volume of his compelling audio series based on the bestselling book People of the Life, Dr. Peck once again integratesDr. M. Scott Peck has inspired millions by combining the deepest insights of psychiatry with those of religion. In this final volume of his compelling audio series based on the bestselling book People of the Life, Dr. Peck once again integrates religious teaching with the science of all psychology as he offers hope for healing one of society’s most persistent failings — human evil.
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In Volume 3, Dr. Peck explores the largely unknown world of possession and exorcism. He also describes the unique relationship between group evil and individual evil, demonstrating how one person can affect or be affected by the actions and attitudes of a group. Drawing on his experiences as a psychiatrist and his observations of vivid incidents of evil in today’s society. Dr. Peck takes us further into the dark side of the human psyche.
Told in Dr. Peck’s characteristic warm and accessible style, People of the Life Volume 3 concludes the groundbreaking exploration of the essence of evil and provides a spiritual understanding as well as a way of coping with this age-old problem.
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