Ancient Philosophy

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    • Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
    • By: Donald J. Robertson
    • Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • How to Think Like Socrates is an accessible and informative guide to the life of one of the greatest thinkers in history, and the first book to focus on applying his ideas to our daily lives.

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    • MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
    • By: Ansgar Allen
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly - "I hate to be a cynic, but...." - before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute....

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    • Fundamentals of Philosophy Series
    • By: Daniel W. Graham
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Series: Fundamentals of Philosophy
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 06-10-20
    • Language: English
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    • Part of the popular Fundamentals of Philosophy series, Ancient Philosophy is an ideal resource for beginning students as well as for advanced students wishing to hone their understanding of the philosophies of the ancient world....

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    • A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
    • By: The Three Intiates
    • Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz
    • Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,495 ratings
    • >He was the father of the occult, the founder of astrology, the discoverer of alchemy. He was Hermes Trismegistus, and he possessed all divine knowledge....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Julia Annas
    • Narrated by: Pamela Gold
    • Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich, and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces listeners to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes....

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    • An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series)
    • By: Diogenes, M. D. Usher - translator
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • How to Say No is a delightful collection of brief ancient writings about Cynicism that captures all the outrageousness, wit, and wisdom of its remarkable cast of characters—from Diogenes in the fourth century BCE to the column-stander Symeon Stylites in late antiquity....

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    • Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
    • By: Sanjay Tiwari
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 05-24-24
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Unlock the Secrets to a Happy, Fulfilling Life Imagine a life where happiness and tranquility are within your reach. "Epicureanism for Beginners: ...

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    • A Plain Translation
    • By: Ken Liu
    • Narrated by: BD Wong
    • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 05-04-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 137 ratings
    • Introducing a new translation of Laozi’s classic work that makes the intimidating approachable and the complex comprehensible....

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    • The Pre-Socratics
    • By: John Burnet
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
    • Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Although it was originally published in 1892, Early Greek Philosophy by John Burnet remains unquestionably one of the most respected and admired surveys of the pre-Socratics. It is an illuminating springboard into classical Greek philosophy....

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    • A History of Ancient Rome
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
    • Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,995 ratings
    • Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even 2,000 years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power....

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    • Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
    • By: Arthur Herman
    • Narrated by: Paul Hecht
    • Length: 25 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 538 ratings
    • The Cave and the Light reveals how two Greek philosophers became the twin fountainheads of Western culture, and how their rivalry gave Western civilization its unique dynamism down to the present....

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    • The First 5,000 Years
    • By: David Graeber
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,867 ratings
    • Here, anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: He shows that before there was money, there was debt....

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    • An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership
    • By: Plutarch, Jeffrey Beneker - translator
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    • Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 102 ratings
    • In "To an Uneducated Leader", "How to Be a Good Leader", and "Should an Old Man Engage in Politics?", Plutarch explains the characteristics of successful leaders, from being guided by reason and exercising self-control to being free from envy and the love of power....

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    • How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
    • By: Jim Al-Khalili
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 350 ratings
    • The Arabic legacy of science and philosophy has long been hidden from the West. British-Iraqi physicist Jim Al-Khalili unveils that legacy to fascinating effect by returning to its roots in the hubs of Arab innovation that would advance science and jump-start the European Renaissance....

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    • Atheism in the Ancient World
    • By: Tim Whitmarsh
    • Narrated by: James Langton
    • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Long before the European Enlightenment and the Darwinian revolution, brave people doubted the power of the gods....

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    • An Ancient Guide to Living Well (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Series)
    • By: Aristotle, Susan Sauve Meyer - translator introduction
    • Narrated by: Hannibal Hills
    • Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 06-20-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • How to Flourish is a colloquial new translation by Susan Sauve Meyer that makes Aristotle's timeless insights about how to lead a good life more engaging and accessible than ever before....

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    • From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
    • By: Helena Rosenblatt
    • Narrated by: Xe Sands
    • Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry - and a term of derision - in today's increasingly divided public square....

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    • By: A. C. Grayling
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 125 ratings
    • With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. C. Grayling takes the listener from the worldviews and moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity's capture of the European mind....

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