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A Very Short Introduction
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In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the 20th century.
Introducing the main philosophical themes of the Islamic world, Adamson integrates ideas from the Islamic and Abrahamic faiths to consider the broad philosophical questions that continue to invite debate: What is the relationship between reason and religious belief? What is the possibility of proving God's existence? What is the nature of knowledge? Drawing on the most recent research in the field, this book challenges the assumption of the cultural decline of philosophy and science in the Islamic world by demonstrating its rich heritage and overlap with other faiths and philosophies.
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This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism. Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism Said claimed a "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."
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5 out of 5 stars
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We're lucky to have this on audio
- De Delano en 02-27-13
De: Edward Said
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The Dream of Reason, New Edition
- A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
- De: Anthony Gottlieb
- Narrado por: Anthony Gottlieb
- Duración: 19 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. Author 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.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bias spoils the work.
- De MC en 08-21-20
De: Anthony Gottlieb
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Deep Thought
- 42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosphy
- De: Gary Cox
- Narrado por: Richard Mitchley
- Duración: 7 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to the question "what is the meaning of life?" 42 is as good or bad an answer as any other. Indeed, 42 quotes might be even better! Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative, and significant quotes in the history of philosophy, providing witty and compelling commentary along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best philosophy intro ever
- De Fabian en 04-14-18
De: Gary Cox
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In Defense of History
- De: Richard J. Evans
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
Richard J. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreed-upon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of reconstructing a verifiable, usable past. Evans defends this commitment to historical knowledge from the attacks of postmodernist critics who deny the possibility of achieving any kind of certain knowledge about the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening
- De David A en 07-03-18
De: Richard J. Evans
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Battling the Gods
- Atheism in the Ancient World
- De: Tim Whitmarsh
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Long before the European Enlightenment and the Darwinian revolution, which we often take to mark the birth of the modern revolt against religious explanations of the world, brave people doubted the power of the gods. Religion provoked skepticism in ancient Greece, and heretics argued that history must be understood as a result of human action rather than divine intervention. They devised theories of the cosmos based on matter and notions of matter based on atoms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We have a history as long and as rich as any relig
- De Glencannnon en 08-13-19
De: Tim Whitmarsh
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Aristotle's Children
- How Christian, Muslims and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom
- De: Richard E. Rubenstein
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Best-selling author Richard E. Rubenstein brings the past to life in this engrossing story of social, religious, and scientific revolution during one of the darkest periods in European history. When a group of Dark Ages scholars rediscovered the works of Aristotle, the great thinker's ideas ignited a firestorm of enlightened thought. This is the endlessly fascinating account of the pivotal period in history when the modern era took root.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story of the rediscovery of Aristotle
- De John en 12-16-04
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The Case for God
- De: Karen Armstrong
- Narrado por: Karen Armstrong
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 441
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Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion in our own time, when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacy of faith. Why has God become unbelievable?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great recasting of how God should be interpreted
- De John Doyle en 02-18-11
De: Karen Armstrong
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Nature's God
- The Heretical Origins of the American Republic
- De: Matthew Stewart
- Narrado por: Michael Quinlan
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
Where did the ideas come from that became the cornerstone of American democracy? Not only the erudite Thomas Jefferson, the wily and elusive Ben Franklin, and the underappreciated Thomas Paine, but also Ethan Allen, the hero of the Green Mountain Boys, and Thomas Young, the forgotten Founder who kicked off the Boston Tea Party. These radicals who founded America set their sights on a revolution of the mind. Derided as "infidels" and "atheists" in their own time, they wanted to liberate us not just from one king but from the tyranny of supernatural religion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent exploration of this subject
- De Caroline en 01-13-15
De: Matthew Stewart
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Between Past and Future
- Eight Exercises in Political Thought
- De: Hannah Arendt
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
Hannah Arendt's insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future, Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, she shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just stunning
- De Peter Stephens en 02-26-18
De: Hannah Arendt
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The God Argument
- The Case Against Religion and for Humanism
- De: A. C. Grayling
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief - all of them - right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? Can there be a clear, full statement of these arguments that once and for all will show what is at stake in this debate? Equally important: what is the alternative to religion as a view of the world and a foundation for morality?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Topic Made Mind Numbingly Dull
- De m.emery en 06-17-15
De: A. C. Grayling
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Fools, Frauds and Firebrands
- Thinkers of the New Left
- De: Roger Scruton
- Narrado por: Rory Barnett
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 113
From one of the leading critics of leftist orientations comes a study of the thinkers who have most influenced the attitudes of the New Left. Beginning with a ruthless analysis of New Leftism and concluding with a critique of the key strands in its thinking, Roger Scruton conducts a reappraisal of such major left-wing thinkers as E. P. Thompson, Ronald Dworkin, R. D. Laing, Jurgen Habermas, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida, Slavoj Žižek, Ralph Milliband, and Eric Hobsbawm. Scruton delivers a critique of modern left-wing thinking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deconstructing the New Left
- De Wayne en 01-17-20
De: Roger Scruton
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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
- De: Thomas E. Woods Jr.
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 7 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,291
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,035
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
Western civilization has given us modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of law, a sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts we take for granted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and informative
- De Michael Kellogg en 09-29-05
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Martin Heidegger
- De: George Steiner
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 6 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
With characteristic lucidity and style, Steiner makes Heidegger's immensely difficult body of work accessible to the general reader. In a new introduction, Steiner addresses language and philosophy and the rise of Nazism. "It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to the work of philosopher Martin Heidegger." (George Kateb, The New Republic)
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where is Heidegger on audible?!
- De Abdullah Taha en 10-14-19
De: George Steiner
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A Secular Age
- De: Charles Taylor
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 42 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we - in the West, at least - largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean - of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith, even for the staunchest believer, is only one human possibility among others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needs Guest Narrators for French and German
- De Norman en 06-13-15
De: Charles Taylor
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Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
- De: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
- Narrado por: Aze Fellner
- Duración: 4 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for History. This book discusses the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best book of history of Judaism written in centuries
- De Bicigodo en 07-19-15
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Ibn Sina
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- De: Peter Adamson
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 4 h y 10 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
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. After introducing the man and his works, with an overview of the historical context in which he lived, the book devotes chapters to the different areas of Ibn Sina's thought. Among the topics covered are his innovations in logic, his theory of the human soul and its powers, the relation between his medical writings and his philosophy, and his metaphysics of existence
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brief but thorough
- De Anonymous User en 06-19-24
De: Peter Adamson
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Islamic History
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Adam J. Silverstein
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This very short introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to 21st century, the book charts the evolution of what was originally a small, localized community of believers into an international religion with over a billion adherents.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not good as an audio book
- De andtomorrow en 02-08-20
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Judaism (2nd Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Norman Solomon
- Narrado por: Jesse Einstein
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of Jewish people, Solomon explores how the religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to digest and interesting
- De Lucas en 02-05-25
De: Norman Solomon
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Beauty
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Roger Scruton
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Introduction to Beauty
- De Adam Shields en 05-03-19
De: Roger Scruton
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Indian Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Sue Hamilton
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 13
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India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is emphasized. It is structured around six schools of thought that have received classic status.
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5 out of 5 stars
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INFORMATIVE
- De JK en 12-31-23
De: Sue Hamilton
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Aristotle
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Jonathan Barnes
- Narrado por: Phil Holland
- Duración: 3 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book Moderate Storyteller
- De Brad en 08-23-24
De: Jonathan Barnes
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Ibn Sina
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- De: Peter Adamson
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
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. After introducing the man and his works, with an overview of the historical context in which he lived, the book devotes chapters to the different areas of Ibn Sina's thought. Among the topics covered are his innovations in logic, his theory of the human soul and its powers, the relation between his medical writings and his philosophy, and his metaphysics of existence
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brief but thorough
- De Anonymous User en 06-19-24
De: Peter Adamson
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Islamic History
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Adam J. Silverstein
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This very short introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to 21st century, the book charts the evolution of what was originally a small, localized community of believers into an international religion with over a billion adherents.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not good as an audio book
- De andtomorrow en 02-08-20
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Judaism (2nd Edition)
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- De: Norman Solomon
- Narrado por: Jesse Einstein
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Normon Solomon's succinct book is an ideal introduction to Judaism as a religion and way of life. Demonstrating the diverse nature and ethnic origin of Jewish people, Solomon explores how the religion has developed in the 2,000 years since the days of the Bible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to digest and interesting
- De Lucas en 02-05-25
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Beauty
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Roger Scruton
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Introduction to Beauty
- De Adam Shields en 05-03-19
De: Roger Scruton
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Indian Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Sue Hamilton
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11
India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is emphasized. It is structured around six schools of thought that have received classic status.
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5 out of 5 stars
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INFORMATIVE
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De: Sue Hamilton
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Aristotle
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The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book Moderate Storyteller
- De Brad en 08-23-24
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