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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking.
By: C.G. Jung
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The Stoics: Biographies of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Cato, and Zeno
- By: Kyle Crawford
- Narrated by: Liam Taylor
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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This audiobook contains biographies on five prominent Stoics: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Cato, and Zeno. Get an inside look at the lives of the men who made Stoicism famous....
By: Kyle Crawford
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Foucault in California
- [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
- By: Simeon Wade
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning, Dina Pearlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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Part search for higher consciousness, part bacchanal, this book chronicles a young man's burgeoning friendship with one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers....
By: Simeon Wade
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Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master
- A Yogi's Autobiography
- By: Sri M.
- Narrated by: Gaurav Sajjanhar
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The author Sri "M" is an extraordinary individual. At the young age of 19 and a half, he travelled to snow-clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a "real-time" yogi, Babaji....
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honest
- By Kp on 24-04-22
By: Sri M.
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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
- Unabridged
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Ecce homo, "behold the man", are the words Friedrich Nietzsche chose as the title for his literary self-portrait....
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American accent!
- By Moon on 06-02-19
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Marcus Aurelius
- The Stoic Emperor
- By: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
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The last of the great Roman Emperors
- By Stan on 29-05-24
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking.
By: C.G. Jung
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The Stoics: Biographies of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Cato, and Zeno
- By: Kyle Crawford
- Narrated by: Liam Taylor
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook contains biographies on five prominent Stoics: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Cato, and Zeno. Get an inside look at the lives of the men who made Stoicism famous....
By: Kyle Crawford
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Foucault in California
- [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death]
- By: Simeon Wade
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning, Dina Pearlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Part search for higher consciousness, part bacchanal, this book chronicles a young man's burgeoning friendship with one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers....
By: Simeon Wade
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Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master
- A Yogi's Autobiography
- By: Sri M.
- Narrated by: Gaurav Sajjanhar
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The author Sri "M" is an extraordinary individual. At the young age of 19 and a half, he travelled to snow-clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a "real-time" yogi, Babaji....
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honest
- By Kp on 24-04-22
By: Sri M.
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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
- Unabridged
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Ecce homo, "behold the man", are the words Friedrich Nietzsche chose as the title for his literary self-portrait....
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American accent!
- By Moon on 06-02-19
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Marcus Aurelius
- The Stoic Emperor
- By: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
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The last of the great Roman Emperors
- By Stan on 29-05-24
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In My Own Way
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Macmillan Audio presents In My Own Way, Alan Watts' acclaimed autobiography, published for the first time in audio....
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Unbearable narrator
- By Mr. K. Mckeigue on 26-03-19
By: Alan Watts
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How to Think Like a Philosopher
- Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live
- By: Peter Cave
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought – and what they thought about – Peter Cave provides an accessible and enjoyable introduction to thinking philosophically and how it can change our everyday lives....
By: Peter Cave
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The Price of Peace
- Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
- By: Zachary D. Carter
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history....
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Brilliant, excoriating, fascinating, devastating
- By Fletcher Christian on 07-07-20
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
- A Biography
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas Paine was one of the greatest political propagandists in history....
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A fascinating and erudite biography
- By James Coffey on 25-12-12
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Parfit
- A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
- By: David Edmonds
- Narrated by: Zeb Soanes
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Zeb Soanes paints an entertaining and illuminating portrait of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism....
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Wonderful
- By Amazon Customer on 01-02-24
By: David Edmonds
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Becoming Beauvoir
- A Life
- By: Dr Kate Kirkpatrick
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir’s unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. This ground-breaking biography draws on never-before-published diaries and letters to tell the fascinating story of how Simone de Beauvoir became herself....
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Fantastic work
- By Suke on 29-05-23
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Symposium
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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The Greek word sumposion means a drinking party, and the party described in Plato's Symposium is one supposedly given in the year 416 BC by the playwright Agathon....
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It's great
- By Fluent Breather on 12-06-17
By: Plato
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The Great Guide
- What David Hume Can Teach Us About Being Human and Living Well
- By: Julian Baggini
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature - human nature in particular....
By: Julian Baggini
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Stoicism Mastery
- Mastering the Stoic Way of Life
- By: Ryan James
- Narrated by: Eric Burr
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Are you ready to lead a life that is full of virtue, where you are able to lead a good life that isn't controlled by your emotions but still allows you to have empathy and feelings for others....
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Wow what a book!...
- By Abi on 11-04-18
By: Ryan James
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Knowledge in a Nutshell: Carl Jung
- The Complete Guide to the Great Psychoanalyst, Including the Unconscious, Archetypes and the Self
- By: Gary Bobroff
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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Carl Jung was the founder of analytical psychology who revolutionized the way we approached the human psyche. Drawing on Eastern mysticism, mythology and dream analysis to develop his theories, Jung proposed many ideas which are still influential today....
By: Gary Bobroff
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How to Think Like a Woman
- Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
- By: Regan Penaluna
- Narrated by: Angie Kane
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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In How to Think Like a Woman, Penaluna blends memoir, biography, and criticism to tell the stories of four women, weaving throughout an alternative history of philosophy. This is a moving meditation on what philosophy could look like if women were treated equally....
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK
- By N on 11-01-24
By: Regan Penaluna
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Aquinas: Bolinda Beginner Guides
- By: Edward Feser
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is famous for his arguments for the existence of God....
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Clear explanation
- By John on 23-05-16
By: Edward Feser
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Ibn Sina
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Peter Adamson
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna....
By: Peter Adamson
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The First Philosophers
- The Presocratics and Sophists
- By: Robin Waterfield
- Narrated by: Adrian Hobart
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This volume contains a translation of all the most important fragments of the Presocratics and Sophists, and of the most informative testimonia from ancient sources....
By: Robin Waterfield
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Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent
- By: Robert F Barsky
- Narrated by: Robert F Barsky
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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This biography describes the intellectual and political milieus that helped shape Noam Chomsky, a pivotal figure in contemporary linguistics, politics, cognitive psychology, and philosophy.....
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Funny narration
- By Bo on 07-07-19
By: Robert F Barsky
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Bob Dylan
- A Spiritual Life
- By: Scott M. Marshall
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Never before has a book like this one delved into the spiritual odyssey of cultural icon Bob Dylan. Tracking an American original - from his Jewish roots to his controversial embrace of Jesus....
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Touched by the hand of Bob
- By papapownall on 18-11-21
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Irvin D. Yalom
- On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition (Working Biographies)
- By: Ruthellen Josselson PhD
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom’s work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry.
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Beyond the Wager
- The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal
- By: Douglas Groothuis
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French philosopher and scientist, is perhaps best known for his "wager," an argument about the existence of God. But there was much more to Pascal and his brilliance.
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The Harvard Psychedelic Club
- How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
- By: Don Lattin
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Journalist Don Lattin provides the funny, moving inside story of the "Cambridge Quartet"....
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Fascinating characters
- By Amazon Customer on 17-08-18
By: Don Lattin
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John Dee
- The Life and Legacy of the English Occultist, Alchemist, and Philosopher Who Became Queen Elizabeth I's Spiritual Advisor
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Delaine Daniels
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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John Dee was one of the greatest scientific minds of his time, but also one of the most controversial. He was a learned man in fields as varied as mathematics and astronomy, centuries before they became formalized fields of study, but he is remembered for performing magic and alchemy....
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Dreadful narration of a good story
- By Christine on 02-11-23
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Diogenes - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: 5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies, George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Diogenes, Greek philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education...
By: 5 Minutes, and others
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On Augustine
- By: Rowan Williams
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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In this new audiobook, Rowan Williams turns his attention to St Augustine. St Augustine not only shaped the development of Western theology, he also made a major contribution to political theory ....
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Interesting
- By Alistair Shaw on 27-03-17
By: Rowan Williams
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Cosmic Trigger III
- My Life After Death
- By: Robert Anton Wilson
- Narrated by: Oliver Senton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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The first volume of the Cosmic Trigger series describes in vivid elucidation the perils of a spiritual journey. In this third and final volume, Bob digs even deeper and uncovers the masks of reality and the reality of masks....
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Goddess of the Market
- Ayn Rand and the American Right
- By: Jennifer Burns
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Drawing on unprecedented access to Rand's private papers and the original, unedited versions of Rand's journals, Jennifer Burns offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure....
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A must read for all interested in Objectivism.
- By Barry Gormley on 18-01-18
By: Jennifer Burns
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Irvin D. Yalom
- On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition (Working Biographies)
- By: Ruthellen Josselson PhD
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
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Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom’s work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry. Writing in a literary style that reviewers have compared to Freud, Yalom details what actually happens in the intimate human encounter that is psychotherapy. Yalom does not shrink from exposing his own thoughts and feelings about what occurs; he, too is a vulnerable and searching human being.
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Self-Reliance (Annotated)
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Darren Grimes
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
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Ashoka
- Portrait of a Philosopher King
- By: Patrick Olivelle
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this deeply researched book, Patrick Olivelle draws on Ashoka's inscriptions and on the art and architecture he pioneered to craft a detailed picture of Ashoka as a ruler, a Buddhist, a moral philosopher, and an ecumenist who governed a vast multiethnic, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious empire.
By: Patrick Olivelle
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking. The result is an absorbing piece of self-analysis: a frank statement of faith, philosophy, and principles from one of the great explorers of the human mind.
By: C.G. Jung
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Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
- Jewish Lives
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Lee Beddow
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
By: Ian Buruma
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Beyond the Wager
- The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal
- By: Douglas Groothuis
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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In this accessible and well-documented study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces listeners to Pascal's life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, including his contributions to mathematics, science, ethics, and theology. Groothuis overviews the key points of Pascal's Pensees, which captures his thoughts about God, humanity, and Jesus Christ. Listeners will also explore Pascal's views on a range of topics, including culture, politics, Islam, and miracles.
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Irvin D. Yalom
- On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition (Working Biographies)
- By: Ruthellen Josselson PhD
- Narrated by: Brittany Wilkerson
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom’s work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry. Writing in a literary style that reviewers have compared to Freud, Yalom details what actually happens in the intimate human encounter that is psychotherapy. Yalom does not shrink from exposing his own thoughts and feelings about what occurs; he, too is a vulnerable and searching human being.
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Self-Reliance (Annotated)
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Darren Grimes
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
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Ashoka
- Portrait of a Philosopher King
- By: Patrick Olivelle
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this deeply researched book, Patrick Olivelle draws on Ashoka's inscriptions and on the art and architecture he pioneered to craft a detailed picture of Ashoka as a ruler, a Buddhist, a moral philosopher, and an ecumenist who governed a vast multiethnic, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious empire.
By: Patrick Olivelle
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- By: C.G. Jung
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking. The result is an absorbing piece of self-analysis: a frank statement of faith, philosophy, and principles from one of the great explorers of the human mind.
By: C.G. Jung
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Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
- Jewish Lives
- By: Ian Buruma
- Narrated by: Lee Beddow
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ian Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time
By: Ian Buruma
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Beyond the Wager
- The Christian Brilliance of Blaise Pascal
- By: Douglas Groothuis
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In this accessible and well-documented study, philosopher Douglas Groothuis introduces listeners to Pascal's life as well as the breadth of his intellectual pursuits, including his contributions to mathematics, science, ethics, and theology. Groothuis overviews the key points of Pascal's Pensees, which captures his thoughts about God, humanity, and Jesus Christ. Listeners will also explore Pascal's views on a range of topics, including culture, politics, Islam, and miracles.