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Author:
Ed Casey, edited by John Lachs and Wendy McElroy
Reader:
Lynn Redgrave
Format: 3
CDs
(Audio Orig)
In an age of conflicting intellectual trends, some philosophers have lost faith in the everyday relevance of philosophy. Others have affirmed that reflection is crucial to authentic living. Existentialism, phenomenology, structuralism, andother movements have shared the limelight. The question remains: what is the next great step in philosophy?
Item #: E3B392
ISBN: 9780786163922
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Author:
Henry David Thoreau
Reader:
Patrick Cullen
Format: 10
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(Unabridged)
The pioneering, independent thinker of Walden writes of the leisurely boat trip he made with his brother to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Inspired by the scenery, he digresses into history, religion, poetry, and Emersonian essays. Listening to the flow of ideas in Thoreau's mind, we recognize his brilliance not only as a writer, but as a naturalist, scholar, and philosopher. "Lovely and idiosyncratic... The reading by Patrick Cullen is fine."—AudioFile
Item #: E9B000
ISBN: 9780786120000
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Author:
C.S. Lewis
Reader:
Robert Whitfield
Format: 4
CDs
(Unabridged)
In The Abolition of Man, the author of The Screwtape Letters wonders if the educational system has produced a generation who discount the veracity and deeper meaning of our emotional resonance with the world around us. In The Great Divorce, Lewis's classic vision of the Afterworld, the narrator embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell and comes to some significant realizations about the nature of good and evil.
Item #: E5B819
ISBN: 9780786198191
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Author:
C.S. Lewis
Reader:
Robert Whitfield
Format:
Playaway
(Unabridged)
In The Abolition of Man, the author of The Screwtape Letters wonders if the educational system has produced a generation who discount the veracity and deeper meaning of our emotional resonance with the world around us. In The Great Divorce, Lewis's classic vision of the Afterworld, the narrator embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell and comes to some significant realizations about the nature of good and evil.
Item #: EP6300
ISBN: 9781433266300
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Compiled by
Tom and Hugh Griffith
Readers:
Bruce Alexander and Crawford Logan
Format: 6
CDs
(Audio Orig)
The philosophy of Ancient Greece provides the background of Western ethical thought and politics. This approachable introduction covers the Pre-Socratics through Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and the Epicureans. Each figure is introduced before a compilation of key texts in lively translations.
Item #: E6E444
ISBN: 9789626344446
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Author:
A.E. Taylor
Reader:
Charlton Heston
Format: 2
CDs
(Audio Orig)
Stimulating and informative profile of the life of one of the most influential philosophers in history. A searching analysis of Aristotle's thought, including classification of the sciences, formal logic, theory of knowledge, matter and form, physics, biology, sensation, ethics, and his conception of the universe.
Item #: E2B944
ISBN: 9780786169443
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Author:
A.E. Taylor
Reader:
Frederick Davidson
Format: 3
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(Unabridged)
Stimulating and informative profile of the life of one of the most influential philosophers in history. A searching analysis of Aristotle's thought, including classification of the sciences, formal logic, theory of knowledge, matter and form, physics, biology, sensation, ethics, and his conception of the universe.
Item #: E3B375
ISBN: 9780786104239
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Author:
Paul Strathern
Reader:
Robert Whitfield
Format: 2
CDs
(Unabridged)
"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.
Item #: E2B041
ISBN: 9780786190416
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Author:
Sun Tzu, translated by John Minford
Readers:
Lorna Raver and Ray Porter
Format: 8
CDs
(Unabridged)
Experience Sun Tzu's work in all its intensity as it applies to many aspects of our lives in this accessible translation. The core text appears in two formats: first the unadorned 13 chapters of the original work, followed by the same textwith extensive running commentary by classical Chinese scholars as well as the translator – an eminent scholar himself.
Item #: E8B648
ISBN: 9780786186488
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Author:
Mark Stone, Ph.D.
Reader:
Charlton Heston
Format: 2
CDs
(Audio Orig)
This German philosopher was the most articulate and influential pessimist in the history of human thought. He insisted that we flourish only at each other's expense. This discussion focuses on his ideas that evil, pain, and suffering are not aberrations, but express the inner nature of the world. New desires replace any satisfied ones, so no lasting happiness is possible.
Item #: E2B940
ISBN: 9780786169405
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Author:
Thomas Gaskill, edited by John Lachs and Wendy McElroy
Reader:
Lynn Redgrave
Format: 3
CDs
(Audio Orig)
For centuries, the works of Aristotle and other Greek thinkers were preserved in the Arabic world, where they profoundly influenced Muslim thinkers who were trying to combine philosophical insight with religious piety. Nothing escaped investigation, from medicine to the mysteries of God's nature. Avicenna and Averroes produced philosophical systems that rival the greatest intellectual structures ever built.
Item #: E3B386
ISBN: 9780786163861
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Author:
Paul Kuntz, edited by John Lachs and Wendy McElroy
Reader:
Lynn Redgrave
Format: 3
CDs
(Audio Orig)
These two writers co-authored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathematica. Russell wrote on virtually every aspect of philosophy, focusing on ethics (where he championed important innovations). Whitehead developed one of the great philosophical systems of the 20th century, attempting to harmonize science and values and to reconcile religion and philosophy.
Item #: E3B391
ISBN: 9780786163915
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Author:
Friedrich Nietzsche
Reader:
Alex Jennings
Format: 7
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(Unabridged)
One of the most influential philosophical texts of the 19th century – also one of the most controversial ideological works ever written. Criticizing past philosophers for unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts, Nietzsche tries toformulate "the philosophy of the future."
Item #: E7E877
ISBN: 9789626348772
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Author:
Henry David Thoreau
Reader:
Patrick Cullen
Format: 6
Cassettes
(Unabridged)
In this compelling classic, the pensive philosopher leaves Walden and treks to Cape Cod, where he comes to understand the complex relationship between the sea and the shore by sleeping in lighthouses, fishing huts, and isolated farms. If you want to know the sea, he discovers, study it from the shore.
Item #: E6B978
ISBN: 9780786119783
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Author:
Crispin Sartwell
Reader:
Lynn Redgrave
Format: 3
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(Audio Orig)
The self and society, opposites and non-resistance: these four interrelated concepts are basic to the writings of China's two greatest philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu. Hear about these two great thinkers and their ideas and ways of thinking.
Item #: E3B599
ISBN: 9780786165995
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Translated and with commentary by:
Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall
Reader:
Ralph Lowenstein
Format: 3
Cassettes
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A luminous new translation of one of the most important books in world philosophy, the first to include the newly discovered Guodian scrolls. These texts, 125 years older than the previously oldest known version, bring the timeless wisdom of the Dao De Jing into our contemporary world. Hear the complete translation, plus the abridged commentary on its history, philosophy, and interpretation. This vital audiobook enlightens and clarifies this essential classic. "Elegant... a valuable find."—Publishers Weekly
Item #: L31308
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Author:
Nicholas Capalda
Reader:
Charlton Heston
Format: 2
CDs
(Audio Orig)
Scotsman David Hume had profound doubts about our ability to know anything in the world with certainty. Only one's own experience counts, he stated. This skepticism colored his view of science and he denied that God existed, insisting thatGod is a human invention. This audio focuses on his writings, his life, and his philosophy.
Item #: E2B938
ISBN: 9780786169382
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Compiled by:
Ross Burman
Reader:
Jonathan Oliver, with Roy McMillan
Format: 4
CDs
(Audio Orig)
This audiobook introduces the listener to one of the greatest thinkers of all time, a formative figure in Western philosophy, logic, and mathematics. Includes a discussion of his life and selections from Discourse on the Method, Meditations on the First Philosophy, and Principles of Philosophy.
Item #: E4E898
ISBN: 9789626348987
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Compiled by:
Ross Burman
Reader:
Jonathan Oliver
Format:
Playaway
(Unabridged)
This audiobook introduces the listener to one of the greatest thinkers of all time, a formative figure in Western philosopy, logic, and mathematics. Includes a discussion of his life and selections from Discourse on the Method, Meditations on the First Philosophy, and Principles of Philosophy.
Item #: EP5128
ISBN: 9781615745128
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Author:
Paul Strathern
Reader:
Robert Whitfield
Format: 2
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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.
Item #: E2R044
ISBN: 9780786190447
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