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Tao Te Ching
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Publisher's summary
The Tao Te Ching has a long and complex textual history. Known versions and commentaries date back two millennia, including ancient bamboo, silk, and paper manuscripts discovered in the 20th century.
The Tao Te Ching is a fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism. The name Tao Teo Ching translates into English as The Book of the Way and of Virtue.
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English only please
- By angela cozea on 11-20-19
By: Hannah Arendt
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Miracles
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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"The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this." This is the key statement of Miracles, in which C. S. Lewis shows that a Christian must not only accept but rejoice in miracles as a testimony of the unique personal involvement of God in his creation.
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sound, shrewd, well articulated, and well read.
- By Andrew on 09-17-15
By: C. S. Lewis
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The Discarded Image
- An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Richard Elwood
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval worldview, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the 'image' discarded by later years as "the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organization of their theology, science, and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe". This, Lewis' last book, has been hailed as "the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind".
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I hope more of Lewis's scholastic stuff is coming
- By James on 04-01-21
By: C. S. Lewis
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- By: John Locke
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 30 hrs and 20 mins
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John Locke and his works - particularly An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - are regularly and rightly presented as foundations for the Age of Enlightenment. His primary epistemological message - that the mind at birth is a blank sheet waiting to be filled by the experiences of the senses - complemented his primary political message: that human beings are free and equal and have the right to envision, create and direct the governments that rule them and the societies within which they live.
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Exhaustive Philosophic Treatise
- By No to Statism on 09-25-18
By: John Locke
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Common Sense
- By: Thomas Payne
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. The pamphlet explained the advantages of and the need for immediate independence in clear, simple language. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation.
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very funny
- By Drew on 03-13-17
By: Thomas Payne
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Thomas Paine Classic Collection
- Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man
- By: Thomas Paine
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
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This Thomas Paine Classic Collection contains three of Thomas Paine's most notable books: Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man. Born during the Age of Enlightenment and one of America’s Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine wrote incredible works that continue to resonate with people in the modern world. Inside this collection, you’ll find some of Thomas Paine’s most famous and influential works, from his arguments against the Church to the nature of government and revolution.
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As it was then, so it is today.
- By Jason Lehne on 10-28-20
By: Thomas Paine
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Self Reliance
- By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Narrated by: Alana Munro
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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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 or her 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." This essay is a considered a watershed moment in which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. An American classic.
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Don't buy this
- By Leah L on 07-31-16
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God Speaks Again
- An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith
- By: Kenneth E. Bowers
- Narrated by: Brian W. Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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The Bahá'í faith is a recognized independent world religion attracting increasing attention--and followers--in the U.S. and around the globe as people from all walks of life search for practical spiritual direction and meaning in these deeply troubled times. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the Bahá'í Faith is today among the fastest-growing of world religions.
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Extremely informative and insightful
- By Walter on 07-10-19
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Why We Are Restless
- On the Modern Quest for Contentment
- By: Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change - even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. In Why We Are Restless, Benjamin and Jenna Storey offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure ourselves.
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Good primer.
- By Chris on 09-29-21
By: Benjamin Storey, and others
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On the Genealogy of Morals
- A Polemic
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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In On the Genealogy of Morals, subtitled "A Polemic", Nietzsche furthers his pursuit of a clarity that is less tainted by imposed prejudices. He looks at the way attitudes towards 'morality' evolved and the way congenital ideas of morality were heavily colored by the Judaic and Christian traditions.
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Be strong, not weak.
- By Wayne on 06-24-13
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- RB
- 07-22-18
Just what you'd expect
This is a reading of the classic work without deviation so far as I know. The narration was done well and professionally. I have never read or been exposed to this philosophy, but I quickly started to recognize the described behaviors among my experiences with Asian cultures, shedding light on aspects I perceived as peculiarities that stood in stark contrast to my North American experience.
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- 07-20-18
A non-self help book that helps the self
There are several books that I read every other year or so, some once a year, and this is one of those books. I usually read through the Art of War, Leadership Secrets of Atilla, the Book of Five Rings, Zen and the Art of Archery, and the Prince. How does this book fit in there? Each of those books work on preparing yourself and how to handle your environment. This book does the same thing, only in different ways, and it will impact you in manners you never expected, but this is not a book one can simply sit down and listen to or read once. It takes multiple sittings to fully absorb its meanings. I do not fully get it, and I have read this book for about the last 35 years. So, get ready to have your mind blown.
The narration by Kent is nice, it is not boring and holds your attention, unlike other narrators who might handle this material. His voice is pleasant, and he reads at a very pleasant pace. Clearly, He knows hw to impart wisdom well. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. Getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.
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- Rebecca Azizov
- 07-16-18
the narrator was running
as a classic it's a good book a very good one but I had a problem with it the problem is that the narrator read the information and the book too fast even for me and I'm learning and listening and hearing books every single day and every single moment I can and this book was read too fast I felt like he ran and read this book
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- cosmitron
- 07-05-18
A classic for a reason.
With timeless wisdom this Audio Book can give you a small glimpse into a wonderful
perspective on how you can live your life.
It is a classic because man does not change only the toys he plays with.
The Narrator gives a good performance with the material.
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- 08-01-18
Narrated way too fast
I was really looking forward to listening to this audiobook and learning about the way of Tao. I think the information would have been interesting and maybe even enlightening to me, but the narration was too fast to allow me to absorb or contemplate the topics presented.
This is one of the rare times when I have to say the narration ruined the audiobook for me.
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- Margriet
- 08-03-18
Difficult listen
Last year I read the paper version of Tao Te Ching and enjoyed it.
Although the practice of Tao is far from my bed, as in an unknown philosophy, I enjoyed reading and learning from this classic.
The narrator did a good job professionally, but for this audiobook I did not get the sense he understood anything he was saying himself. The manner in which the rhymes were read resembled nursery rhymes. He rushed through the book so fast and in such a superficial way I was left wondering what had actually been said.
Too bad.
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- Laurie Weiss, author
- 07-06-18
Impossible!!!
The first problem was being jarred by the reader's mispronunciation of the word 'Tao.'
The next problem was the reader read so quickly it was impossible to make sense of the script.
The next problem seems to be that the writer did not understand the Tao on anything but the most superficial level.
I found it unbearable to listen to and turned it off after less than 5 minutes.
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