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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Written by: Michael Sugrue, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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These 16 lectures bring the Socratic quest for truth alive and explore ideas that are as vital today as they were 25 centuries ago. Ideas about truth, justice, love, beauty, courage, and wisdom that can change lives and reveal the world in new ways. Here, you'll delve into the inner structure, action, and meaning of 17 of Plato's greatest dialogues, making these lectures an indispensable companion for anyone interested in philosophy in general or Platonic thought in particular.
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Brief but deep discovery of Plato
- By Arash on 2023-12-02
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Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
- Narrated by: Michael Sugrue
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Classics of British Literature
- Written by: John Sutherland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John Sutherland
- Length: 24 hrs and 17 mins
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For more than 1,500 years, the literature of Great Britain has taught, nurtured, thrilled, outraged, and humbled readers both inside and outside its borders.Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Swift, Conrad, Wilde-the roster of powerful British writers is remarkable. More important, Britain's writers have long challenged readers with new ways of understanding an ever-changing world.This series of 48 fascinating lectures by an award-winning professor.
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Amazing
- By Nancy on 2018-12-17
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Classics of British Literature
- Narrated by: John Sutherland
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 24 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Classics of Russian Literature
- Written by: The Great Courses, Irwin Weil
- Narrated by: Irwin Weil
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
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Russian literature famously probes the depths of the human soul, and in this series of 36 insightful lectures prepared by a frequently honored teacher legendary among educators in both the United States and Russia-you probe just as deeply into the extraordinary legacy that is Russian Literature itself.Professor Weil introduces you to masterpieces such as Tolstoy's War and Peace, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, Gogol's Dead Souls, Chekhov's The Seagull, Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, and many other great novels, stories, plays, and poems.
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An intelligent and enjoyable tour
- By Chris S. on 2018-09-13
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Classics of Russian Literature
- Narrated by: Irwin Weil
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Dante's Divine Comedy
- Written by: The Great Courses, Ronald B. Herzman, William R. Cook
- Narrated by: Ronald B. Herzman, William R. Cook
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Professors Cook and Herzman provide you with an illuminating introduction to one of the greatest works ever written. One of the most profound and satisfying of all poems, The Divine Comedy (or Commedia) of Dante Alighieri is a book for life. In a brilliantly constructed narrative of his imaginary guided pilgrimage through the three realms of the Christian afterlife, Dante accomplished a literary task of astonishing complexity. In these twenty-four lectures, as you follow Dante on his journey, you'll learn how medieval literature offers insights into fundamental questions.
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Wonderful overview of Divine Comedy
- By Vangel Vesovski on 2020-08-31
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Dante's Divine Comedy
- Narrated by: Ronald B. Herzman, William R. Cook
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
- Written by: Lawrence Cahoone, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Lawrence Cahoone
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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What is reality? Ask yourself whether you can actually know the answer, much less be sure that you can know it, and you've begun to grapple with the metaphysical and epistemological quandaries that have occupied, teased, and tormented modern philosophy's greatest intellects since the dawn of modern science and a century before the Enlightenment.
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Superficial discourse on deep ideas
- By Amazon Customer on 2018-07-02
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The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
- Narrated by: Lawrence Cahoone
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern Philosophy
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
- Written by: David Roochnik, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David Roochnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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More than 2,500 years later, the fundamental questions asked by the ancient Greeks continue to challenge, fascinate, and instruct us. Is reality stable and permanent or is it always changing? Are ethical values like justice and courage relative? What is justice? What is happiness? How shall we best live our lives?In this series of 24 lectures, Professor Roochnik invites you to join this eternal discussion.
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Very well put together
- By Anonymous User on 2022-06-01
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An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
- Narrated by: David Roochnik
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature
- Written by: David J. Schenker, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David J. Schenker
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
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The ancient Greeks left the world that came after them-particularly our own and our ways of seeing it-an incalculable legacy. Mention politics, philosophy, law, medicine, history, even the visual arts, and we barely scratch the surface of what we owe this extraordinary culture. How can we best learn about these people who have given us so much, who have deepened and enriched our understanding of ourselves, and whose world remains far closer than we might imagine? The 36 lectures of this sparkling series from a frequently honored teacher is an outstanding place to begin.
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Good, thorough
- By Roberta W on 2022-10-22
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Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature
- Narrated by: David J. Schenker
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Herodotus: The Father of History
- Written by: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Witness the "works and wonders" of the ancient world through the eyes of its first great historian in this sparkling series of 24 lectures from a much-honored teacher and classical scholar.Herodotus (c. 484-420 B.C.E.) was a Greek who was born in what is now the modern Turkish resort town of Bodrum and who died, so tradition says, in the south of Italy. In between, his tirelessly inquiring mind took him from one corner of the known world to another.
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I find this instructor too hyper
- By seth wudel on 2024-04-19
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Herodotus: The Father of History
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
- Written by: Peter Saccio, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Peter Saccio
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
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Shakespeare's plays - whether a comedy like A Midsummer Night's Dream, a history like Henry IV, or a tragedy like Hamlet - are treasure troves of insight into our very humanity. These 36 lectures introduce you to Shakespeare's major plays from each of these three genres and explain the achievement that makes him the leading playwright in Western civilization.
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Does NOT contain any plays, just lectures
- By Kresimir Vukic on 2021-03-23
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William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
- Narrated by: Peter Saccio
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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How to Read and Understand Shakespeare
- Written by: Marc C. Conner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Marc C. Conner
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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Shakespeare's works are among the greatest of humanity's cultural expressions and, as such, demand to be experienced and understood. But, simply put, Shakespeare is difficult. His language and culture - those of Elizabethan England - are greatly different from our own, and his poetry, thick with metaphorical imagery and double meanings, can be hard to penetrate.
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a very compelling listen.
- By Tim Gavin on 2020-03-03
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How to Read and Understand Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Marc C. Conner
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Joyce's Ulysses
- Written by: James A. W. Heffernan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: James A. W. Heffernan
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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Ulysses depicts a world that is as fully conceived and vibrant as anything in Homer or Shakespeare. It has been delighting and puzzling readers since it was first published on Joyce's 40th birthday in 1922. And here, Professor Heffernan maps the brilliance, passion, humanity, and humor of Joyce's modern Odyssey in these 24 lectures that finally make a beguiling literary masterpiece accessible for anyone willing to give it a chance.
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Joyce's Ulysses
- Narrated by: James A. W. Heffernan
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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The Western Literary Canon in Context
- Written by: John M. Bowers, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John M. Bowers
- Length: 19 hrs
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What exactly is the Western literary canon? Why does it contain certain works and not others? And what do particular works in the Western canon tell us about the development of literature and civilization? Explore these and other thought-provoking lectures with a thorough investigation of more than 30 key works of the Western canon and the critical roles they played-and continue to play-in the development of Western literature.
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A fascinating overview
- By Roberta on 2023-10-19
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The Western Literary Canon in Context
- Narrated by: John M. Bowers
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 19 hrs
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition, 2nd Edition
- Written by: The Great Courses, Elizabeth Vandiver, James A. W. Heffernan
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver, James A. W. Heffernan
- Length: 42 hrs and 55 mins
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From the anonymous author of the Epic of Gilgamesh in ancient Mesopotamia to William Faulkner writing about Mississippi 3,600 years later, many of Western culture's greatest figures have been writers. Their landmark themes, unique insights into human nature, dynamic characters, experimental storytelling techniques, and rich philosophical ideas helped create the vibrant storytelling methods we find reflected in today's authors.
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Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition, 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver, James A. W. Heffernan
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 42 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Practical Philosophy: The Greco-Roman Moralists
- Written by: Luke Timothy Johnson, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Luke Timothy Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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These 24 inspiring lectures introduce you to the sages who, as a group, represent the "missing page" of the history of philosophy. Although their names are sometimes familiar to us, as in the case of Cicero and Plutarch, their philosophy is not. Studying these thinkers offers some surprising ways to think about philosophy. This course offers ample opportunity to hear, in their own words, the philosophers' prescriptions for healthier living.
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Practical Philosophy: The Greco-Roman Moralists
- Narrated by: Luke Timothy Johnson
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient Philosophy
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Classical Mythology
- Written by: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
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These 24 lectures are a vibrant introduction to the primary characters and most important stories of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Among those you'll investigate are the accounts of the creation of the world in Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses; the gods Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Persephone, Hermes, Dionysos, and Aphrodite; the Greek heroes, Theseus and Heracles (Hercules in the Roman version); and the most famous of all classical myths, the Trojan War.
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Great stuff, worth buying.
- By david goranitis on 2017-12-31
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Classical Mythology
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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The Iliad of Homer
- Written by: Elizabeth Vandiver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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For thousands of years, Homer's ancient epic poem the
Iliad has enchanted readers from around the world. When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people. Her compelling 12-lecture look at this literary masterpiece -whether it's the work of many authors or the "vision" of a single blind poet - makes it vividly clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the
Iliad remains not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told but also one of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written.
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Made the Iliad easy to understand
- By Goodlad on 2019-09-13
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The Iliad of Homer
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Vandiver
- Series: The Great Courses: Western Literature
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Classic Novels: Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature
- Written by: Arnold Weinstein, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
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What if you could travel anywhere, whether Europe, South America, or the remote reaches of the African continent? And what if you could choose not only your destination, but your era, as well-so that you might choose from the sparkling court society of 18th-century France, a 19th-century whaling ship out of New Bedford, or the streets of Dublin in the early part of the 20th century?
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Classic Novels: Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein
- Series: The Great Courses: English Literature
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
- Written by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Step into the real world of the spy with this detailed and unforgettable tour of the millennia-long history and enduring legacy of espionage and covert operations. While most of us associate this top-secret subject with popular fiction and film, its true story is more fascinating, surprising, and important than you could possibly imagine. These 24 thrilling lectures survey how world powers have attempted to work in the shadows to gain secret information or subvert enemies behind the scenes.
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Pretty sketchy
- By Diana M on 2018-09-09
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Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History
- Narrated by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Heroes and Legends
- The Most Influential Characters of Literature
- Written by: Thomas A. Shippey, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thomas A. Shippey
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Odysseus. Robinson Crusoe. Harry Potter. What do these memorable characters have in common? Why do we turn to certain stories again and again? And what impact have they made on world history? These 24 eye-opening lectures give fresh insight into some of the greatest heroes in world literature, from warriors such as Beowulf and Odysseus to unexpected heroes such as Uncle Tom and Sancho Panza. Professor Shippey gives you an inside glimpse into the writer's process.
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Good summary of some key literary characters
- By Jasmine on 2023-07-05
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Heroes and Legends
- The Most Influential Characters of Literature
- Narrated by: Thomas A. Shippey
- Series: The Great Courses: World Literature
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2014-03-07
- Language: English
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A Day's Read
- Written by: The Great Courses, Emily Allen, Grant L. Voth, and others
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein, Emily Allen, Grant L. Voth
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
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Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish - and engage with - in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.
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- By John McDougall on 2020-07-19
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A Day's Read
- Narrated by: Arnold Weinstein, Emily Allen, Grant L. Voth
- Series: The Great Courses: World Literature
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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