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The Little Book of Humanism

Universal lessons on finding purpose, meaning and joy

by Alice Roberts, Andrew Copson ...

Narrated by Karen Cass, Oliver Hembrough ...

Unabridged

2 hours 21 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWe all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to religion. But there has been another way to learn how to live well - the humanist way - and in today's more secular world, it is more relevant than ever.In THE LITTLE BOOK OF HUMANISM, Alice Roberts and Andrew Copson share over two thousand years of ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWe all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to religion. But there has been another way to learn how to live well - the humanist way - and in today's more secular world, it is more relevant than ever.In THE LITTLE BOOK OF HUMANISM, Alice Roberts and Andrew Copson share over two thousand years of
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The Most Human Human

What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive

by Brian Christian ...

Narrated by Brian Christian ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

The Most Human Human is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can “think.”Named for computer pioneer Alan Turing, the Turing Test convenes a panel of judges who pose ... Read more

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The Most Human Human is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can “think.”Named for computer pioneer Alan Turing, the Turing Test convenes a panel of judges who pose
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Can the Brain Operate Without Recourse to the Past?

Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion 2

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion
Unabridged

1 hour 31 min

Can the brain operate without recourse to the past? - 22 February 1970• Is there self-progress?• Conflict• Security• Any form of division within oneself is a source of conflict.• Can the brain be quiet? ... Read more

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Can the brain operate without recourse to the past? - 22 February 1970• Is there self-progress?• Conflict• Security• Any form of division within oneself is a source of conflict.• Can the brain be quiet?
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Reason and Rationality

by Jon Elster ...

Narrated by John Lescault ...

Unabridged

51 min

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality ... Read more

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One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality
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Can Human Problems Be Solved?

Brockwood Park 1980 - Dialogue 15

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 15 - Brockwood Park 1980 - Dialogue
Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

"Can human problems be solved? - 27 September 1980• Why have human beings throughout the world not been able to resolve human,daily problems of life? What are the things that prevent the solution of theseproblems completely?• When there is attention there is no centre from which I attend.• A poor man wants to be rich and a rich man wants to be richer. It is a movementof becoming, becoming, both ... Read more

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"Can human problems be solved? - 27 September 1980• Why have human beings throughout the world not been able to resolve human,daily problems of life? What are the things that prevent the solution of theseproblems completely?• When there is attention there is no centre from which I attend.• A poor man wants to be rich and a rich man wants to be richer. It is a movementof becoming, becoming, both
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The Last Day

Short dramatic story

by Dr. Marwa Magdy ...

Narrated by Pandarosh ...

Unabridged

19 min

A story that describes the suffering of a man who became disabled after getting married and was exposed to support from the last person he expected it to be, and faced alienation and abuse from the person closest to him. ... Read more

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How is One to Be Entirely Free of Fear?

Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion 8

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion
Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

What do we mean by fear? Fear of what? There are various types of fear and we need not analyse every type. But we can see that fear comes into being when our comprehension of relationship is not complete. Relationship is not only between people but between ourselves and nature, between ourselves and property, between ourselves and ideas; as long as that relationship is not fully understood, there ... Read more

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What do we mean by fear? Fear of what? There are various types of fear and we need not analyse every type. But we can see that fear comes into being when our comprehension of relationship is not complete. Relationship is not only between people but between ourselves and nature, between ourselves and property, between ourselves and ideas; as long as that relationship is not fully understood, there
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Neurosultan Volume 3

Wounds to Ointment

by Abhijit Naskar ...

Narrated by Abhijit Naskar ...

Unabridged

39 min

Neurosultan Volume 3 is a selection of poetic excerpts from Abhijit Naskar's most soulful works, spoken in his own voice.Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım, 2022Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown, 2023Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect, 2023Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat, 2023Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World, 2023Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of ... ... Read more

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Neurosultan Volume 3 is a selection of poetic excerpts from Abhijit Naskar's most soulful works, spoken in his own voice.Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım, 2022Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown, 2023Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect, 2023Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat, 2023Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World, 2023Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of ...
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Origin of Human Migration

by Blake Carson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiobook box set - Origin of
Unabridged

3 hours 11 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Why have humans ventured far from their ancestral homelands, and how have migrations shaped civilizations? This book examines the patterns of human migration throughout history, from the movements of ancient hunter-gatherer tribes to contemporary mass migrations driven by conflict, economic opportunity, and environmental factors. It discusses the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Why have humans ventured far from their ancestral homelands, and how have migrations shaped civilizations? This book examines the patterns of human migration throughout history, from the movements of ancient hunter-gatherer tribes to contemporary mass migrations driven by conflict, economic opportunity, and environmental factors. It discusses the
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The Lucifer Principle

A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

by Howard Bloom ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

The Lucifer Priciple is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of nature’s strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. Though this argument is not a new one—it has been brought forth by such great historical figures as St. Paul, Thomas ... Read more

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The Lucifer Priciple is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of nature’s strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. Though this argument is not a new one—it has been brought forth by such great historical figures as St. Paul, Thomas
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Attention Leads to Learning

Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion 5

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Malibu 1970 - Small Group Discussion
Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

"Attention leads to learning - 21 March 1970• Inattention and attention.• Observing without the word.• What is the function of sleep?• Is love a matter of culture, a thing of pleasure and therefore dependency?" ... Read more

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The Future and You

by Emma Gilligan ...

Narrated by Emma Gilligan ...

Unabridged

52 min

A Reminder of the Rights We Can't Afford to Forget-Reflections on Freedom, Responsibility and What It Means to Be HumanWhat holds us together when the world feels fractured? In The Future and You, Emma Gilligan offers a quiet but powerful meditation on the enduring role of human rights and how they can ground us in a shifting world.Written as a letter to her great-nephew and future generations, ... Read more

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Life, Death And Love

Berkeley 1969 - Public Talk 3

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Berkeley 1969 - Public Talk
Unabridged

1 hour 9 min

Life, death and love - 5 February 1969• What is it that we call living?• How can a confused mind find somebody who will tell the truth?• When there is no comparison, no opposite, you are actually faced with the fact of anger, then is there anger?• Without knowing what sorrow is, understanding its nature and structure, we shall not know what love is.• What is it to die?• One is never afraid of the ... Read more

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Life, death and love - 5 February 1969• What is it that we call living?• How can a confused mind find somebody who will tell the truth?• When there is no comparison, no opposite, you are actually faced with the fact of anger, then is there anger?• Without knowing what sorrow is, understanding its nature and structure, we shall not know what love is.• What is it to die?• One is never afraid of the
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Simplicity Cannot Be Found Unless One is Free Inwardly

Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 4

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Ojai 1949 - Public Talk
Unabridged

57 min

Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly - 24 July 1949• Only when the mind and heart are really simple is one able to solve the many problems that confront us.• A religious man is he who is inwardly simple.• Q: I have been a member of various religious organizations but you havedestroyed them all. I am utterly bored and work because hunger forces me toit. I am afraid to commit ... Read more

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Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly - 24 July 1949• Only when the mind and heart are really simple is one able to solve the many problems that confront us.• A religious man is he who is inwardly simple.• Q: I have been a member of various religious organizations but you havedestroyed them all. I am utterly bored and work because hunger forces me toit. I am afraid to commit
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Can the Brain Free Itself From All Self-Delusion?

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 12 - Brockwood Park and Gstaad 1975
Unabridged

1 hour 25 min

"Can the brain free itself from all self-delusion? - 11 October 1975• Thought and the brain.• Can the brain free itself from all self-delusion?• Why has the self become important?• Can there be only sensation, thought, and no desire?• Can desire - which brings illusion, self-deception and all the complications ofchanging desires – can the root of desire be dissipated?• What prevents one from ... Read more

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"Can the brain free itself from all self-delusion? - 11 October 1975• Thought and the brain.• Can the brain free itself from all self-delusion?• Why has the self become important?• Can there be only sensation, thought, and no desire?• Can desire - which brings illusion, self-deception and all the complications ofchanging desires – can the root of desire be dissipated?• What prevents one from
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If We Had No Belief What Would Happen to Us?

Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 3

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Ojai 1949 - Public Talk
Unabridged

39 min

If we had no belief what would happen to us? - 23 July 1949• Without self-knowledge we cannot go beyond the self-projected illusions of themind.• It’s only in relationship that one can know oneself as one is.• A mind that is filled with beliefs, dogmas, assertions and quotations is an uncreative, repetitive mind.• Can we look at ourselves without beliefs?• A mind that is quiet because it ... Read more

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If we had no belief what would happen to us? - 23 July 1949• Without self-knowledge we cannot go beyond the self-projected illusions of themind.• It’s only in relationship that one can know oneself as one is.• A mind that is filled with beliefs, dogmas, assertions and quotations is an uncreative, repetitive mind.• Can we look at ourselves without beliefs?• A mind that is quiet because it
... Read more
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La resistència íntima

Assaig d'una filosofia de la proximitat

by Josep Maria Esquirol ...

Narrated by Roger Isasi-Isasmendi ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

"La resistència íntima" és una reflexió atenta i profunda sobre la condició humana. L'autor ens mostra com la vertadera cura d'un mateix ofereix escalfor als que són a la vora, protegint-los i fent-los de guia en el camí. "Hem de considerar "resistència íntima" com el nom d'una "experiència", pròpia de la comarca de la "proximitat"; comarca que no és visita d'un dia, sinó estança habitual. Avui, ... Read more

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"La resistència íntima" és una reflexió atenta i profunda sobre la condició humana. L'autor ens mostra com la vertadera cura d'un mateix ofereix escalfor als que són a la vora, protegint-los i fent-los de guia en el camí. "Hem de considerar "resistència íntima" com el nom d'una "experiència", pròpia de la comarca de la "proximitat"; comarca que no és visita d'un dia, sinó estança habitual. Avui,
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Ideals And Ambition

Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 8

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Ojai 1949 - Public Talk
Unabridged

52 min

Ideals and ambition - 13 August 1949• Q: In listening to you, I feel that the distinction or space between ideal andpractice is illusory. Is this so?• Q: I am free from ambition. Is there something wrong with me? ... Read more

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Ideals and ambition - 13 August 1949• Q: In listening to you, I feel that the distinction or space between ideal andpractice is illusory. Is this so?• Q: I am free from ambition. Is there something wrong with me?
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Dream of a funny man

A philosophical novel

by Fyodor Dostoevsky ...

Narrated by Pandarosh ...

Unabridged

1 hour 6 min

One of the most wonderful and smallest things Dostoyevsky presented to fans of Russian literature ... Read more

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One of the most wonderful and smallest things Dostoyevsky presented to fans of Russian literature
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How is One to Be Aware?

Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 5

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Narrated by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Ojai 1949 - Public Talk
Unabridged

1 hour 4 min

How is one to be aware? - 30 July 1949• Does the understanding of ourselves demand a specialization? • What is it that we need capacity for?• How is one to be capable of meeting life as a whole?• How are we aware of something?• To understand relationship there must be an awareness which is not aggressively positive.• Q: All religions have insisted on some kind of self-discipline to moderate the ... Read more

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How is one to be aware? - 30 July 1949• Does the understanding of ourselves demand a specialization? • What is it that we need capacity for?• How is one to be capable of meeting life as a whole?• How are we aware of something?• To understand relationship there must be an awareness which is not aggressively positive.• Q: All religions have insisted on some kind of self-discipline to moderate the
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What Are the Results of the Establishment of Secular Humanism?

by Mary C. Findley, Michael J. Findley ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Serial Antidisestablishmentarianism
Unabridged

3 hours 9 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."... To establish atheism on the ruins of Christianity [is] to deprive mankind of its best consolations and most animating hopes and to make a gloomy desert of the universe." Alexander Hamilton ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."... To establish atheism on the ruins of Christianity [is] to deprive mankind of its best consolations and most animating hopes and to make a gloomy desert of the universe." Alexander Hamilton
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The Torture Trial of George W. Bush

by Joseph Suste ...

Narrated by Joseph Suste ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

During a dark period in the history of the United States, a few powerful government officials twisted the meaning of our laws and trivialized our human rights principles. This novel peels back the deceitful veneer of political gamesmanship to expose travesties committed against our fundamental human values and the US Constitution.The narrative exposes the criminal actions of individuals who ... Read more

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During a dark period in the history of the United States, a few powerful government officials twisted the meaning of our laws and trivialized our human rights principles. This novel peels back the deceitful veneer of political gamesmanship to expose travesties committed against our fundamental human values and the US Constitution.The narrative exposes the criminal actions of individuals who
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To Have or To Be?

by Erich Fromm ...

Narrated by Adriel Brandt ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm. His thesis is that two modes of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on material possessions, ... Read more

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To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm. His thesis is that two modes of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on material possessions,
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Narrated by Tim Fransen, Mark Omvlee ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

De afgelopen eeuwen leek de geschiedenis zich te voltrekken van behoorlijk belabberd naar alsmaar beter. De technologische vooruitgang, de menselijke grip op de natuur en de wereldwijde verbondenheid hebben geleid tot een hoogtepunt in termen van welvaart, comfort en levensverwachting. Maar deze ontwikkelingen bleken een schaduwzijde te hebben. Technologische vooruitgang heeft steeds ... Read more

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De afgelopen eeuwen leek de geschiedenis zich te voltrekken van behoorlijk belabberd naar alsmaar beter. De technologische vooruitgang, de menselijke grip op de natuur en de wereldwijde verbondenheid hebben geleid tot een hoogtepunt in termen van welvaart, comfort en levensverwachting. Maar deze ontwikkelingen bleken een schaduwzijde te hebben. Technologische vooruitgang heeft steeds
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The Little Book of Humanism

The Most Human Human

Can the Brain Operate Without Recourse to the Past?

Reason and Rationality

Can Human Problems Be Solved?

The Last Day

How is One to Be Entirely Free of Fear?

Neurosultan Volume 3

Origin of Human Migration

The Lucifer Principle

Attention Leads to Learning

The Future and You

Life, Death And Love

Simplicity Cannot Be Found Unless One is Free Inwardly

Can the Brain Free Itself From All Self-Delusion?

If We Had No Belief What Would Happen to Us?

La resistència íntima

Ideals And Ambition

Dream of a funny man

How is One to Be Aware?

What Are the Results of the Establishment of Secular Humanism?

The Torture Trial of George W. Bush

To Have or To Be?

In onze tijd