Bestsellers
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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.
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My favorite Audible production so far
- By Gaggleframpf on 05-03-16
By: C. G. Jung
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Aristotle's Way
- How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
- By: Edith Hall
- Narrated by: Sian Thomas
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, Aristotle's Way is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives....
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Full of Political Opinion
- By Jared Payne on 10-15-19
By: Edith Hall
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Plato and the Tyrant
- The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
- By: James Romm
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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Plato is one of history's most influential thinkers, yet the image we have of him—an ethereal figure far removed from society and politics, who conjured abstract ideas in peaceful groves—is a fiction, created by Plato's admirers and built up over centuries.
By: James Romm
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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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Robertson does it again
- By J. Gilmore on 02-17-24
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At the Existentialist Café
- Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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Paris, 1933: Three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse - Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and longtime friend Raymond Aron....
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Consistent look at incoherent philosophy
- By Gary on 06-19-16
By: Sarah Bakewell
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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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A must read for post COVID-19 crisis
- By Amazon Customer on 06-02-20
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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.
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My favorite Audible production so far
- By Gaggleframpf on 05-03-16
By: C. G. Jung
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Aristotle's Way
- How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
- By: Edith Hall
- Narrated by: Sian Thomas
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, Aristotle's Way is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives....
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Full of Political Opinion
- By Jared Payne on 10-15-19
By: Edith Hall
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Plato and the Tyrant
- The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
- By: James Romm
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Plato is one of history's most influential thinkers, yet the image we have of him—an ethereal figure far removed from society and politics, who conjured abstract ideas in peaceful groves—is a fiction, created by Plato's admirers and built up over centuries.
By: James Romm
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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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Robertson does it again
- By J. Gilmore on 02-17-24
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At the Existentialist Café
- Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Paris, 1933: Three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse - Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and longtime friend Raymond Aron....
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Consistent look at incoherent philosophy
- By Gary on 06-19-16
By: Sarah Bakewell
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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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A must read for post COVID-19 crisis
- By Amazon Customer on 06-02-20
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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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This is Alan Watts at his very best, as a free spirit.
- By Gene Levinson on 03-20-19
By: Alan Watts
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The Rigor of Angels
- Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- By: William Egginton
- Narrated by: David Glass
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak.
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The most ridiculous narration
- By Anonymous User on 03-07-24
By: William Egginton
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The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic
- By: Jean-Manuel Roubineau, Malcolm DeBevoise - translator, Phillip Mitsis - editor
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Roubineau sifts through the many legends and apocryphal stories that surround the life of Diogenes. Roubineau retraces the known facts of Diogenes' existence....
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Diogenes is something else!
- By Josiah S. on 01-31-25
By: Jean-Manuel Roubineau, and others
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Symposium
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Greek Philosophy over a Good Wine
- By Cathy on 02-16-06
By: Plato
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The Complete Aristotle Collection
- Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics, Poetics, Rhetoric, On Sense and the Sensible, On Memory and Reminiscence, On Dreams, His Biography and All His Other Works
- By: Aristotle
- Narrated by: Ken Grezin
- Length: 31 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the timeless works of Aristotle, one of the most influential philosophers, whose insights continue to shape modern thought. The Complete Aristotle Collection is your gateway to the teachings that have endured for over two millennia.
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A Deeply Engaging Experience
- By Brielle Norris on 12-30-24
By: Aristotle
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Confessions
- By: Augustine, Peter C. Brown, Michael Foley, and others
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Superbly narrated by Mike Fraser, F. J. Sheed’s remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography is finally in audio format, with an introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown.
By: Augustine, and others
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Perdurabo (Revised and Expanded Edition)
- The Life of Aleister Crowley
- By: Richard Kaczynski
- Narrated by: Alan Irving
- Length: 30 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A rigorously researched biography, Perdurabo paints a memorable portrait of the founder of modern magick, as well as a study of the occult, sexuality, Eastern religion, and more.
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The narrator ...
- By Mr. Gp Robinson on 06-25-25
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The Visionaries
- Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times
- By: Wolfram Eilenberger, Shaun Whiteside
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The period from 1933 to 1943 was one of the darkest and most chaotic in human history, as the Second World War unfolded with unthinkable cruelty. It was also a crucial decade in the dramatic, intersecting lives of some of history’s greatest philosophers....
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Long deep dive into the lives of writers
- By profcpa on 09-16-24
By: Wolfram Eilenberger, and others
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The Quest for Character
- What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us About Our Search for Good Leaders
- By: Massimo Pigliucci
- Narrated by: Alan Carlson
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking Athenian statesman Alcibiades how to be a good person—and failed spectacularly. Massimo Pigliucci tells this famous story and asks what we can learn from it....
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another great work by Massimo
- By Cameron on 11-14-22
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How to Live
- Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, perhaps the first recognizably modern individual....
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Interesting and in parts Inspired.
- By Darwin8u on 05-21-12
By: Sarah Bakewell
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Socrates
- A Man for Our Times
- By: Paul Johnson
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In Socrates: A Man for Our Times, Johnson draws from little-known resources to construct a fascinating account of one of history’s greatest thinkers....
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Plat-Soc-Paul
- By Megasaurus on 11-17-12
By: Paul Johnson
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Aquinas
- An Audio Guide
- 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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Excellent book marred by faulty pronunciation
- By Charles on 09-13-15
By: Edward Feser
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Conversations of Socrates
- By: Xenophon
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure.
By: Xenophon
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Why We Drive
- Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road
- By: Matthew B. Crawford
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy "self-driving" future....
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Another masterpiece by Crawford.
- By johnson on 08-19-20
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I've Been Thinking...
- By: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Daniel C. Dennett—preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist—has spent his career creating the basis for a naturalistic account of consciousness with acumen and elegance. I’ve Been Thinking traces the development of Dennett’s own intellect and instructs us how we too can become good thinkers....
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Some pockets of wisdom but mostly self-gloating
- By Abraham P. on 10-16-23
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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
- Unabridged
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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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Loved it
- By Anna Karenina on 07-05-23
By: David Edmonds
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Up from Slavery
- By: Booker T. Washington
- Narrated by: Jowanna Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Booker Taliaferro Washington was born in a southern plantation. He was a son of a black slave woman and unknown white man. His mother worked as...
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Excellent book and excellent reader
- By Malcolm Andrews on 09-24-24
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Nietzsche
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Michael Tanner
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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With his well known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings....
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I liked the narration and the contents of the book
- By Kindle Customer on 10-19-24
By: Michael Tanner
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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....
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Loads of detail and information about the ancient Philosophers
- By Larry W. Patrick on 10-07-24
By: Robin Waterfield
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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
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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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The book lacks description of end result
- By Rohini Rajagopalan on 01-07-20
By: Sri M.
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
- By: G. I. Gurdjieff
- Narrated by: Jim Wentland
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Exactly a month has elapsed since I finished the first series of my writings—just that period of the flow of time which I intended to devote exclusively to resting the parts of my common presence subordinate to my pure reason....
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Annoying Narrator
- By Carsten on 12-05-23
By: G. I. Gurdjieff
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The Courtier and the Heretic
- Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World
- By: Matthew Stewart
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In this exquisitely written philosophical romance of attraction and repulsion, greed and virtue, religion and heresy, Matthew Stewart gives narrative form to an epic contest of ideas that shook the seventeenth century—and continues today....
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A Fascinating and Surprisingly Comprehensive Work
- By Gus on 03-15-24
By: Matthew Stewart
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Ideas and Opinions
- By: Albert Einstein
- Narrated by: Will Stauff
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Unravel the enigmatic depths of Albert Einstein's mind in "Ideas and Opinions." This captivating collection, compiled by the master himself, unveils his diverse perspectives on science, philosophy, social issues, and even religion.
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Interesting content, so-so narration
- By Marian C. on 04-12-25
By: Albert Einstein
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I Am Dynamite!
- A Life of Nietzsche
- By: Sue Prideaux
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Nietzsche wrote that all philosophy is autobiographical, and in this vividly compelling, myth-shattering biography, Sue Prideaux brings listeners into the world of this brilliant, eccentric, and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work....
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Fascinating; tragic
- By Cineaste21 on 12-30-18
By: Sue Prideaux