Narrated by Lynn Redgrave Edited by Professor John Lachs and Wendy McElroy With the World of Philosophy audiobooks, your newfound knowledge will span the ages encompassing philosophy from ancient Greece and China to twentieth century America and Europe. You'll better understand the world as you join history's greatest philosophers, like Socrates; Confucius; Descartes; Voltaire; Peirce; Russell and de Beauvoir, in wrestling with the profound meanings of science and reason, religion and belief, innovation and tradition, moral virtue, knowledge, love, community, language... and much more. Ships the complete series of 26 audio cassettes at once. Click here to place a secure order. Or if you prefer individual titles, just click the title name.To BOOKMARK this page; press CTRL+D together. TITLES INCLUDE TWO AUDIO CASSETES EACH:SOCRATES - The teacher of Plato was deeply interested in self-knowledge, virtue and the rule of law. His ceaseless questionings have set timeless standards for the relentless pursuit of truth.STOICISM & EPICUREANISM - Stoics stressed understanding, self-control, and inner peace as the greatest human achievements; while Epicureans affirmed that quiet pleasures are the best road to fulfillment. CONFUCIUS, LAO TZU, & CHINESE PHILOSOPHY - China's two greatest philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu, profoundly shaped Chinese culture over the centuries. We in the West are only now recognizing the importance of tradition and community that they stressed. MAIMONIDES & MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY - From Philo of Judea to Maimonides and beyond, Medieval Jewish thinkers worked especially to square Biblical faith with the demands of reason. AVICENNA & MEDIEVAL MUSLIM PHILOSOPHY - For centuries the works of Greek thinkers were preserved by the Arabic world, where they profoundly influenced the Muslims who were trying to combine philosophical insight with religious piety. Includes the philosophy of Averroes. DUNS SCOTUS & MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY - Many view the Middle Ages as a time of intellectual darkness, but it actually was a time of ferment, reflection, and investigations marked by subtle distinctions and clear logic. DESCARTES, BACON, & MODERN PHILOSOPHY - Free scientific inquiry led Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon (two great seventeenth-century philosophers) to skeptically question everything, though they also tried to reconcile science with religious faith. VOLTAIRE & ROUSSEAU - Both were intellectual giants during the time of the French Revolution. Francois-Marie Arouet, whose pen name was Voltaire, used wit and commitment to translucent reason while Jean-Jacques Rousseau used earnest convictions and concentrated on human emotions. THE PHILOSOPHIES OF INDIA - India's grand systems of philosophy seek to account both for the cosmic order of things and for social existence. WILLIAM JAMES, CHARLES PEIRCE, & AMERICAN PRAGMATISM - Peirce and James established a rich, sensible, and pragmatic American approach to philosophy's traditional problems. BERTRAND RUSSELL & A.N. WHITEHEAD - Together Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead co-authored a seminal work in logic entitled Principia Mathematica. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR - De Beauvoir is a towering figure in twentieth-century philosophy and feminism. There are more women philosophers alive today than in all prior history, and their perspective brings fresh approaches to old problems. 20TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY - The current work in philosophy during this century has concentrated on existentialism, ordinary language philosophy, phenomenology, logical positivism, hermeneutics, semiotics, pragmatism, and postmodern thought. Includes the philosophies of Edmund Husserl (Gestalt psychology), Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Emmanuel Levinas. Click the order button below to place a secure order. |
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