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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." From politics to art, the Greek philosopher, physician, and scientist has had a major influence on Western thought. This exploration of Aristotle brings his ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion.
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Samuel Beckett's work evokes passionate responses: listeners and playgoers either revere it or consider it pretentious nonsense. The writer had iron in his soul and the wry humor of those who withstand all misfortune. This audiobook offersa concise, expert account of his life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on our struggle to understand our place in the world. First published in 2005.
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Weaving fiction with fact, fantastic matter with historical figures, the work of Jorge Luis Borges is both timeless and touching, a product of deep suffering and incorrigible innocence. This audiobook offers a concise, expert account of Borges' life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on our struggle to understand our place in the world. First published in 2006.
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Lawrence's works were an attempt to revive some vivid, instinctual part of the human spirit that he felt had been lost or damaged. It was the "instinctual" part of his novels such as The Rainbow and Women in Love that caused such an uproar and led to their being labeled as obscene in the early 20th century. This audiobook offers a concise, expert account of his life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on our struggle to understand our place in the world. First published in 2005.
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ISBN: 9781433217586
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"I think, therefore I am." What this French philosopher and mathematician thought about ranged from nature and God to truth and existence. This concise and enlightening exploration of Descartes brings his ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone.
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Hear about the Russian revolutionary whose novels burst upon the European literary scene like a succession of thunderbolts. From The Idiot and Crime and Punishment to the astonishing The Brothers Karamazov, his work galvanized writers and thinkers as disparate as Nietzsche and Kafka.
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His "magic realism" has influenced writers from New York to Paris to Tokyo with his endlessly imaginative vitality. Hear about this popular writer's life and ideas, and their influence on literature. Also includes selections from his writings, a list of his chief works in English translation, and a chronology of his life and times.
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Is it true that we can only know what we experience? Reducing traditional philosophy to ruins, this 18th-century Scottish philosopher denied the existence of everything – except our actual perceptions themselves. I alone exist, he argued, and the world is nothing more than what is directly observable. Hear the ideas of this revolutionary thinker.
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Through his art, Joyce sought to reveal the radiance and meaning that lurks in the everyday world – "the soul of the commonest object" – evoking a heightened sense of consciousness within the grit of common life. This audiobookoffers a concise, expert account of his life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on our struggle to understand our place in the world. First published in 2005.
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ISBN: 9781433217821
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A man who turns into an insect? Another who stands accused of a crime – but isn't told what he's done? Kafka's searing, unique works became among the greatest of the 20th century, and his influence permeated far and wide, transcending literature.
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"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." Glean knowledge and wisdom from the German philosopher and author of A Critique of Pure Reason. This concise and enlightening exploration of Kant brings his ideas to life inan entertaining and accessible fashion.
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"Life can only be understood backward, but it can only be lived forward." This Dutch philosopher spent his life focusing on the aesthetic and the ethical aspects of life. This concise and enlightening exploration of Kierkegaard brings his ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion.
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Explore the ideas of the controversial, frequently misunderstood author of Beyond Good and Evil and On the Genealogy of Morals. This audiobook brings his ideas to life, from the Superman to morality, in an entertaining and accessible fashion.
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Purchase Plato in 90 Minutes and Aristotle in 90 Minutes together and save 20%!
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*"Ignorance: the root and stem of every evil." He lived over 23 centuries ago, but this philosopher still has relevance today. This concise, expert account of Plato's life and ideas explains his influence on humanity's struggle to understand our existence in the world. "Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise."—Wall Street Journal
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"Man was born free, but is everywhere in bondage." Get a quick fix on this French philosopher who focused on the social contract, the rights of citizens, and rebellion against the established social order. As the father of French Romanticism, he and his work influenced the French Revolution.
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*A brief and enlightening exploration of one of our greatest thinkers. This pessimistic German writer was convinced that all life is suffering – and that only by controlling the will through the intellect can suffering be diminished.
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Socrates used his method of aggressive questioning to cut through the twaddle of his adversaries and arrive at the truth. This audiobook offers a concise, expert account of his life and ideas and explains their influence on our struggle tounderstand our existence in the world. First published in 1997.
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"To understand is to be free." For this Dutch thinker, God, the universe, and all of nature are indistinguishable from one another. The author of Plato in 90 Minutes explores this pantheistic philosophy – and the philosopher – in such a way as to make both clear and interesting, entertaining and accessible.
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This concise, expert account of St. Augustine's life and ideas explains their influence on our struggle to understand our existence in the world. Also includes selections from his work, suggestions for further investigation, and chronologies that place himwithin his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. First published in 1997.
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