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Virginia Woolf in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 2 hrs
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A highly sensitive and intelligent child, Virginia Woolf grew up in a large family prone to psychological instability. Throughout her life, she was subject to periods of mental breakdown, yet when she was lucid she was capable of a uniquely perceptive and frank introspection. Under the influence of the Bloomsbury Group and their progressive social attitudes, she became experimental in her life and art, breaking with convention to produce some of the finest and most unique literary works of the 20th century.
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Virginia Woolf in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 2009-02-02
- Language: English
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Hegel in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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With Hegel, philosophy became very difficult indeed. His dialectical method produced the most grandiose metaphysical system known to man. Even Hegel conceded that "only one man understands me, and even he does not." Hegel's system included absolutely everything, but its most vital element was the dialectic of the thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. This method sprang from Hegel's ambition to overcome the deficiencies of logic and ascended toward mind as the ultimate reality.
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Perfect
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-10-02
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Hegel in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2005-07-08
- Language: English
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Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Schopenhauer, the "philosopher of pessimism", makes it very plain that he regards the world and our life in it as a bad joke. But if the world is indifferent to our fate, it doesn't thwart us on purpose. The world's facade is supported by what Schopenhauer calls the Universal Will, blind and without purpose. This Will brings on all our misery and suffering; our only hope is to liberate ourselves from its power and from the trappings of individualism and egoism that are at its mercy.
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Joyously irreverent and penetrating
- By Tim LAW on 2023-01-07
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Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-19
- Language: English
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Spinoza in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Spinoza's brilliant metaphysical system was derived neither from reality nor experience. Starting from basic assumptions, with a series of geometric proofs he built a universe which was also God, one and the same thing, the classic example of pantheism. Although his system seems an oddity today, Spinoza's conclusions are deeply in accord with modern thought, from science (the holistic ethics of today's ecologists) to politics (the idea that the state exists to protect the individual).
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Es muy corto y general.
- By Isra Linares on 2023-07-16
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Spinoza in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-19
- Language: English
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Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Latin American literature was never primitive; yet, from its beginnings, it was suffused with a fresh, often childish lyricism. Gabriel Garcia Marquez stands on the shoulders of a great Latin American literary heritage, but he is a modern rarity: a writer with aspirations to high art who also remains hugely popular. For those who fall under his spell, his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the richest literary dreams ever written.
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Malo, malo, malo
- By Erik Nelson on 2022-02-22
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Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-14
- Language: English
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Borges in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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Borges in 90 Minutes offers a concise, expert account of Borges' life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also includes a list of Borges' chief works, a chronology of his life and times, and recommended reading for those who wish to delve deeper.
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Brief and thorough account
- By Anonymous User on 2023-01-06
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Borges in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 2009-02-16
- Language: English
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Marx in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Karl Marx's devastating critique of capitalism, and his proposal of communism as the answer to the failings of the capitalist system, bore their greatest fruits in the twentieth century with the formation of the communist state in the Soviet Union. This great venture has now all but completely failed. Yet the force of the communist belief offered the prospect of "justice on this earth" to countless numbers. And Marx's critique has influenced generations of thinkers who call themselves Marxists.
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this gets significant portions of Marx wrong
- By Anonymous User on 2022-10-10
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Marx in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2005-07-08
- Language: English
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Written 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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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-10
- Language: English
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Rousseau in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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In Rousseau we encounter a walking ego, naked sensibility. Feeling triumphs over intellectual argument in his works, which are both deeply stirring and deeply inconsistent. Yet while his contemporaries Kant and Hume may have been superior academic philosophers, the sheer power of Rousseau's ideas was unequaled in his time. It was he who encouraged the introduction of both liberty and irrationality into the public domain.
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Rousseau in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-16
- Language: English
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D. H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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D. H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes offers a concise, expert account of Lawrence's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also includes a list of Lawrence's chief works, a chronology of his life and times, and recommended reading for those who wish to delve deeper.
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D. H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 2009-02-02
- Language: English
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Beckett in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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Beckett in 90 Minutes offers a concise, expert account of Beckett's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also includes a list of Beckett's chief works, a chronology of his life and times, and recommended reading for those who wish to delve deeper.
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Beckett in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Release date: 2009-02-02
- Language: English
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Descartes in 90 Minutes
- Written by: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Rene Descartes spent most of his childhood in solitude, a situation that also came to characterize his adult life. Fortunately, these countless lonely hours helped Descartes produce the declaration that changed all philosophy: "I think, therefore I am." Eventually convincing himself to doubt and disregard sensory knowledge, Descartes found he could prove his existence through his thoughts. This internal information, he believed, was the true reality and external forces were hopelessly deceiving.
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Biography not philosophy, a great listen
- By So About That on 2023-10-20
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Descartes in 90 Minutes
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 2004-04-13
- Language: English
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