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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice, and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy. Examples of infamy flourished alongside some of the finest art produced in western history.
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Must read if you're interested in European history
- By Liam on 16-10-20
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-08-19
- Language: English
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The Florentines
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened that transformed the entire culture of Western civilisation. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what had taken place. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely new aspect. Sciences would be born or emerge in an entirely new guise. The ideas that broke this mould largely began, and continued to flourish, in the city of Florence in the province of Tuscany.
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Interesting overview of key characters
- By M Turner on 26-10-21
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The Florentines
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 17-06-21
- Language: English
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Spinoza: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Spinoza in just one hour.Spinoza’s brilliant metaphysical system was derived neither from reality nor experience. Starting from basic axioms (assumptions), by means of a series of geometric proofs he built a universe which was also God – one and the same thing, the classic example of pantheism.
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You will not learn much about Spinoza's philosophy
- By Auguste Dupin on 13-05-21
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Spinoza: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 27-06-13
- Language: English
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Nietzsche: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Philosophy has always been dangerous for philosophers; Friedrich Nietzsche made it dangerous for everyone. His ideas presaged a collective madness which was to ravage Europe throughout the first half of the 20th century, drawing a chilling parallel with the insanity that gripped Nietzsche towards the end of his life. His philosophy is one of aphorisms and penetrating psychological insights, his major concept being the Will to Power - a notion that he saw as the basic impulse for all our acts.
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Disappointed
- By Kuleshov on 14-01-17
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Nietzsche: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-05-13
- Language: English
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The Other Renaissance
- From Copernicus to Shakespeare
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This "Other Renaissance" was initially centered on the city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium), but its influence was soon being felt in France, the German states, England, and even in Italy itself. Following a sequence of major figures, Paul Strathern tells the fascinating story of how this "Other Renaissance" played as significant a role as the Italian Renaissance in bringing our modern world into being.
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The Other Renaissance
- From Copernicus to Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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Dark Brilliance
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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Focusing on key characters from the seventeenth to the eighteenth centuries, including Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Newton, Descartes, Spinoza, Louis XIV and Charles I, Dark Brilliance is a fascinating and wide-ranging history that explores the human costs of imposing progress and modernity.
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Dark Brilliance
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 22-02-24
- Language: English
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Rise and Fall
- A History of the World in Ten Empires
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our Western and Eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of Western classical culture was developed in the Abbasid and Umayyid Caliphates. Then, while Europe was beginning to emerge from a period of cultural stagnation, it almost fell to a whirlwind invasion from the East, at which point we meet the Emperors of the Mongol Empire....
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Like a river that doesn't know where it is going.
- By The Phantom Agent on 27-05-23
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Rise and Fall
- A History of the World in Ten Empires
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 29-08-19
- Language: English
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Sartre: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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Following on from the incredible online success of the History in an Hour titles - now there’s a philosophy series for busy people, on the go. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Sartre in just one hour. Here is a concise, expert account of Jean-Paul Sartre’s life and philosophical ideas in this short audiobook. Entertainingly written and easy to listen to - this also includes selections from Jean-Paul Sartre’s work with suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Sartre in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
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extraordinary work.
- By Richard Neat on 20-03-20
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Sartre: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 30-05-13
- Language: English
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Marx: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Karl Marx's philosophical critique of capitalism and his solution of communism directly led to the formation of the communist state in the Soviet Union. Whilst this great venture has now all but completely failed, Marx’s philosophy has proved to be arguably the most influential of the 20th century; the influence of Marxism can be seen in subjects as diverse as the infamous policies of Joseph Stalin to many of the progressive humanitarian reforms of the 20th century. The audiobook is an expert account of Marx’s life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and above all easy listening.
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A biased biography of Marx
- By Broken English on 12-07-19
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Marx: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 25-07-13
- Language: English
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Kierkegaard: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Kierkegaard in just one hour.Although Kierkegaard was not a philosopher in the academic sense, he produced what many people expect of philosophy. He didn’t write about the world, he wrote about life – how we live and how we choose to live, particularly focusing on the individual and the notion of his (or her) existence.
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Very good
- By Christopher on 13-12-13
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Kierkegaard: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-06-13
- Language: English
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Foucault: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Foucault in just one hour. The French philosopher Michel Foucault set about his task rather like a historian. After painstaking research, he concluded that knowledge and power were intimately related throughout history.
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Interesting but...
- By Joanna on 10-11-16
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Foucault: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 25-07-13
- Language: English
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Schopenhauer: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Schopenhauer in just one hour.Arthur Schopenhauer, the ‘philosopher of pessimism,’ makes it clear that he regards the world and our life in it as a bad joke. However, if the world is indifferent to our fate it doesn’t thwart us deliberately – its façade is supported by what Schopenhauer calls the universal Will. He saw this as a force that is blind and without purpose, bringing on all our misery and suffering.
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Diatribe
- By Richard Fairley on 09-08-17
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Schopenhauer: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 27-06-13
- Language: English
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Aristotle: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Aristotle in just one hour. The philosophy of Aristotle dominated Western thought for over a thousand years. He had a mind that mastered all disciplines from mathematics to politics and had a continuing impact on every sphere of knowledge he touched. Above all, Aristotle is credited with the founding of logic.
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Excellent like a lecture
- By Claire Fenwick on 19-07-18
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Aristotle: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Through 10 unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton. We journey back to discover Babylonian mathematics, Athenian theatre and intellectual debate, and Roman construction that has lasted millennia. We see Constantinople evolve into Istanbul, revolutionary sparks fly in Enlightenment Paris, and the railways, canals and ships that built Imperial London.
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A shallow collection of random facts on 10 cities
- By David Jackson on 21-09-22
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-02-22
- Language: English
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Leibniz: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Leibniz in just one hour.Leibniz was the first great German philosopher to produce an all-embracing philosophical system. He came to the remarkable conclusion that space and time do not exist – they are mere superstitious assumptions. Only things exist and only God is able to see things as they truly are – from a perspectiveless viewpoint. Yet the infinite of ultimate objects that make up the world (‘monads’) are not material: they are metaphysical and thus not subject to the laws of cause and effect.
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Outstanding
- By Ruth on 01-07-20
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Leibniz: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 27-06-13
- Language: English
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Hegel: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Hegel in just one hour. With Hegel philosophy became very difficult indeed – even the great man himself conceded that ‘only one man understands me, and even he does not.’ His dialectical method produced the most grandiose metaphysical system known to humanity, and included absolutely everything, its most vital element being the dialectic of the thesis, antithesis and synthesis.
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Self congratulatory nonsense
- By Paul Towlson on 17-10-19
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Hegel: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 25-07-13
- Language: English
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Berkeley: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Berkeley in just one hour.Berkeley’s philosophy denies the existence of matter. According to his work, there is no material world, only our own experience. So when you don’t see something, it isn’t there. Then how does the world persist? Because it is supported by the continuous perception of an all-seeing God. Berkeley’s ideas appear to take empiricism to a ludicrous extreme. But is this quite so absurd as it seems?
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Berkeley: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Release date: 27-06-13
- Language: English
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Kant: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Kant in just one hour. Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never travelled farther than forty miles from his home in Königsberg. Appropriately, his philosophy strenuously denies that all knowledge is derived from experience, insisting instead that all experience must conform to knowledge. Kant’s aim was to restore metaphysics.
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Good Intro to Kant
- By Amazon Customer on 11-07-18
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Kant: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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Sartre en 90 minutos [Sartre in 90 Minutes]
- 90 minutos, libro 33 [90 Minutes, Book 33]
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Gustavo Dardés
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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En vida de JeanPaul Sartre, su filosofía fue bien conocida por estudiantes, intelectuales y revolucionarios, e incluso entre el gran público de todo el mundo. Esta popularidad, sin precedentes para un filósofo, fue debida en parte a sus propias ideas políticas revolucionarias, pero sobre todo se debió a su papel como portavoz del existencialismo en el momento justo en que este conjunto de ideas llenaba el vacío espiritual heredado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y sus despojos.
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Sartre en 90 minutos [Sartre in 90 Minutes]
- 90 minutos, libro 33 [90 Minutes, Book 33]
- Narrated by: Gustavo Dardés
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Release date: 08-10-24
- Language: Spanish
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Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to a succinct account of the philosophy of Aquinas in just one hour. Aquinas' influence stretches far across the western world; much modern philosophy has been conceived as either a reaction against, or in accordance with, his original ideas. This audiobook showcases an account of Thomas Aquinas’s life and philosophical ideas - entertainingly written and is above all easy listening. Also included are selections from Thomas Aquinas' work.
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Not a lot of philosophy
- By Daan on 03-04-15
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Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 25-07-13
- Language: English
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