W. Schiemenz

Strawman

Revisado: 01-19-24

I only got part way through the book. There were too many instances of misrepresentations of other points of view. For instance it seems like the author either misremembers Richard Dawkins Selfish Gene or has never read it. I really wanted to like this book, and I genuinely believe in its central thesis, but if it's going to be taken seriously, then the book should talk about when others have actually said rather than a made up argument

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Low vocal tone ruins excellent scholarship.

Revisado: 04-24-22

I could barely understand what the author/professor was saying at any given moment because his voice was so low. Even pumping up the volume didn't help much. It was a shame because the stories and history of the Norse myths was fascinating deep.

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Extremely biased towards faith based morality.

Revisado: 09-23-21

Kreeft states that he intends to provide a balanced history of the great conversation of moral thought. If that was his goal, he failed. He spends most of his time describing ideas he seems to agree with and much less time on ethics based on reason rather than faith. He makes frequent asides attacking what he claims are "the extreme right and left" but focuses all his actual comments on tearing down the left. Even on the faith side he virtually ignores Eastern Thought all together. He repeatedly asserts that Jesus is the most influential man to ever live, but says nothing of the Buddha or Confucius both of whom predate Jesus, have had followers for even longer and had much to say that relates to Ethics. That combined with his insistence at random points that celibacy is a unalloyed good with no philosophical defense of that position make his agenda clear. I could accept if his focus was inclusive of other voices, but it is very much not. Instead he has stopped just short of stating that Christian Morality is the one true answer.

He does provide an adequate overview of the history of western moral philosophy, though with an odd emphasis on the deity of Socrates that he seems to be tiring to link to the Judeo-Christian God without actually taking the last step to put words into the Ancient's mouths.

Extremely disappointed in this audiobook. I would return it if I hadn't gotten it in a sale.

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Mispronounced some critical words.

Revisado: 07-22-21

The reader routinely mispronounced the words NASA, soyuz, and interceptor. It was very distracting and took me out of the book every time it happened. The subject matter is extremely interesting and well handled in the text. It was just let down by the reader.

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In one sitting

Revisado: 03-22-20

I finished this riveting book in one sitting. Normally I split up my audio books across several sessions. While I can't say I didn't pause it I don't think I left it off for more than five minutes at a time.

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A fun bit of wish fulfilment.

Revisado: 08-07-19

The narrator elevated this fun trashy novel. He did struggle with Asian accents which is unfortunate for a novel set mostly in Tokyo.

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esto le resultó útil a 6 personas

Great listen at 1.4 times normal speed.

Revisado: 10-12-18

The subject matter is fascinating and the story is compelling. The only problem was how slow the author talked. Fortunately it's easy to speed things up in audible.

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A fun little bit of wish fulfilment

Revisado: 08-06-18

Tamer King of Dinosaurs is the kind of fun adventure that the old Conan books delivered so well. Pure male wish fulfilment. Beautiful women surround the hero in a dangerous environment. Our beleaguered animal control officer quickly finds himself in charge and planning to build a new home for himself and his harem.
As long as the reader keeps what this book is, it’s a perfectly entertaining little jaunt.

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Very poor sound quality.

Revisado: 03-07-18

The book and the reader are both quite good. The problem is the atrocious audio quality. It often sounded like it was copied from a bootleg casset tape from 1983.

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Great ideas with a heap of arrogance.

Revisado: 08-16-17

The ideas in this book are great. The author seems to be an ass. His holier than thou approach to philosophy made it difficult for me to finish the book.

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