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Apology and Memorabilia
- De: Xenophon
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 4 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 83
Xenophon was a friend of Socrates, and yet his concise memories of the iconic philosopher have lived under the shadow of the more voluminous accounts by Plato. Yet Xenophon’s two works are, in many ways, more entertaining and more accessible, and they present a different view of the man who embodies a clear mind, temperate, ethical living, sharp intellect and humour.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An insight into Socrates the man
- De John Aaron en 10-25-19
- Apology and Memorabilia
- De: Xenophon
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
Enjoyed much more than Plato
Revisado: 05-06-21
I really enjoyed this reading and Xenophon’s recollection of Socrates. The way Socrates is depicted here shows his ideas in a clearer way than in Plato’s writing, in my opinion.
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How to Die
- An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
- De: Seneca, James S. Romm - introduction and translation
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 2 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 179
"It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die", wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always", and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his writings, yet he never treated it in a complete work. How to Die gathers in one volume, for the first time, Seneca's remarkable meditations on death and dying. Edited and translated by James S. Romm, How to Die reveals a provocative thinker who speaks with a startling frankness about the need to accept death or even, under certain conditions, to seek it out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The reading is somewhat flat.
- De Kyle Miller en 11-28-18
- How to Die
- An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
- De: Seneca, James S. Romm - introduction and translation
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
Audio performance not great
Revisado: 03-01-21
The speaker’s voice sounded robotic and mispronounced the name of Seneca’s compatriots. Maybe I am wrong but I don’t think Marcia is pronounced “Mark-ia” or Lucilius as “Lu-kill-ius”.
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The Communist Manifesto
- De: Karl Marx
- Narrado por: Greg Wagland
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,296
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,110
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,097
‘It was a sweet finish after the bitter pills of floggings and bullets with which these same governments, just at that time, dosed the German working-class risings’. The Communist Manifesto is, perhaps surprisingly, a most engaging and accessible work, containing even the odd shaft of humour in this translation by Samuel Moore for the 1888 English edition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Forcibly over throw anyone who owns land?
- De Austin Hair en 02-13-20
- The Communist Manifesto
- De: Karl Marx
- Narrado por: Greg Wagland
Good basis for a religion
Revisado: 11-26-20
The book doesn’t critically address any criticism of the principal doctrine and as such has proved to be a good religious belief system but not a viable system of government or economics.
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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
- De: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrado por: Donald J. Robertson
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,350
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,735
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,715
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was the final famous Stoic philosopher of the ancient world. The Meditations, his personal journal, survives to this day as one of the most loved self-help and spiritual classics of all time. In How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, psychotherapist Donald Robertson weaves stories of Marcus’s life from the Roman histories together with explanations of Stoicism—its philosophy and its psychology—to enlighten today’s listeners. He discusses Stoic techniques for coping with everyday problems, from irrational fears and bad habits to anger, pain, and illness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous mix of a biography with stoicism and CBT
- De Eduard Ezeanu en 04-12-19
- How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
- De: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrado por: Donald J. Robertson
Feeling fortunate to have found this book.
Revisado: 11-22-20
I want to write a long review about how great this book is but I would sound pompous. This book does a very good job of conveying Stoicism through the story of Marcus Aurelius.
To the author: Thanks for writing this book. I have intuited most of the doctrines of stoicism you have laid out in this book over my life, but informally and inconsistently. I am glad to have direction and guidance in how to consistently apply these values to my life.
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White Fragility
- Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- De: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,090
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18,506
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18,276
In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people'" (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent meaningful cross-racial dialogue.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Word salad
- De Eric en 03-10-20
- White Fragility
- Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- De: Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword
- Narrado por: Amy Landon
Political word salad
Revisado: 06-27-20
Although Robin DeAngelo was capable of stringing together enough words in a straight line to create a book, it does not mean there is any coherent thinking inside all of those words. It is sad that people these days are falling for this kind of snake oil salesperson intent on putting people against each other based on race, in an attempt to claim some sort of moral superiority.
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