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Conversations of Socrates

by Xenophon ...

Narrated by James Gillies ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon’s portrait is the only one other than Plato’s to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views.In ... Read more

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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon’s portrait is the only one other than Plato’s to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views.In
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The Haunted Present

Adorno, Sontag, Foucault, Feyerabend, and the Ends of Philosophy

by Wolfram Eilenberger ...

Narrated by Frits Zernike ...

Unabridged

14 hours

A wildly original narrative of philosophy in crisis, The Haunted Present traces the dreams and struggles of Theodor Adorno, Susan Sontag, Michel Foucault, and Paul K. Feyerabend, to reveal the true fault lines of our world todayIt is the winter 1949: Theodor W. Adorno returns from the USA to Frankfurt, a city devastated by bombing; Paul K. Feyerabend arrives back in Vienna, disabled and suffering ... Read more

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A wildly original narrative of philosophy in crisis, The Haunted Present traces the dreams and struggles of Theodor Adorno, Susan Sontag, Michel Foucault, and Paul K. Feyerabend, to reveal the true fault lines of our world todayIt is the winter 1949: Theodor W. Adorno returns from the USA to Frankfurt, a city devastated by bombing; Paul K. Feyerabend arrives back in Vienna, disabled and suffering
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The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas

by Peter Kreeft ...

Narrated by Peter Kreeft ...

Unabridged

7 hours 36 min

An enthusiastic admirer of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, professor and philosopher Peter Kreeft details the rational thought and precise literary talent that established Aquinas as the foremost thinker of his time-and as the most important philosopher for the almost two thousand years between Aristotle and Descartes. A landmark of philosophical achievement, Aquinas's Summa Theologica has given ... Read more

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An enthusiastic admirer of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, professor and philosopher Peter Kreeft details the rational thought and precise literary talent that established Aquinas as the foremost thinker of his time-and as the most important philosopher for the almost two thousand years between Aristotle and Descartes. A landmark of philosophical achievement, Aquinas's Summa Theologica has given
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Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

How William James Can Save Your Life

by John Kaag ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

4 hours 50 min

From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William JamesIn 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated suicide during an existential crisis as a young man a ... Read more

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From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William JamesIn 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated suicide during an existential crisis as a young man a
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100 quotes by Baruch Spinoza

by Baruch Spinoza, Baruch Spinoza ...

Narrated by Paul Spera ...

Unabridged

25 min

Baruch Spinoza has been called the Prince of Philosophers; Hegel said of him that the alternative was: either Spinoza, or no philosophy at all. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy: he had the courage to ... Read more

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Baruch Spinoza has been called the Prince of Philosophers; Hegel said of him that the alternative was: either Spinoza, or no philosophy at all. By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment and modern biblical criticism, including modern conceptions of the self and the universe, he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy: he had the courage to
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Neville Goddard - Das Gebet - Die Kunst des Glaubens (Prayer - The Art Of Believing 1945)

Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme nach Neville Goddard

by Fabio Mantegna, Fabio Mantegna, audioparadies ...

Narrated by Konrad Lindemann ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Neville Goddard: Alle 14 original Bücher auf Deutsch
Unabridged

56 min

Neville Goddard (Deutsch): Das Gebet - Die Kunst des Glaubens - Originaltitel: Prayer - The Art Of Believing - aus dem Jahre 1945. Das 5. Buch von Neville Goddard über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme. Das Gebet - Die Kunst des Glaubens ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Prayer - The Art Of Believing aus dem Jahre 1945. Es ist das 5. Buch über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme ... Read more

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Neville Goddard (Deutsch): Das Gebet - Die Kunst des Glaubens - Originaltitel: Prayer - The Art Of Believing - aus dem Jahre 1945. Das 5. Buch von Neville Goddard über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme. Das Gebet - Die Kunst des Glaubens ist die deutsche Übersetzung von Prayer - The Art Of Believing aus dem Jahre 1945. Es ist das 5. Buch über das Manifestieren mit dem Gesetz der Annahme
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Dossiê Nietzsche

by Daniel Rodrigues Aurélio ...

Narrated by Helio Vaccari ...

Unabridged

2 hours 33 min

Este é um retrato, insuficiente, como tudo só pode ser ao se falar de Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, o filósofo do ódio e da beleza e da Arte por excelência. Sua insuficiência não repousa no fato de este retrato ter sido pintado em poucas linhas já que volumes inteiros não conseguiram, até hoje, desvendar todas as facetas do pensamento e da intuição do homem que conseguia amar o Belo, os pré ... Read more

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Este é um retrato, insuficiente, como tudo só pode ser ao se falar de Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, o filósofo do ódio e da beleza e da Arte por excelência. Sua insuficiência não repousa no fato de este retrato ter sido pintado em poucas linhas já que volumes inteiros não conseguiram, até hoje, desvendar todas as facetas do pensamento e da intuição do homem que conseguia amar o Belo, os pré
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Ayn Rand and the World She Made

by Anne C. Heller ...

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

19 hours 37 min

Ayn Rand is best known as the author of two phenomenally best-selling ideological novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over twelve million copies in the United States alone. Through them, she built a cult following in the late 1950s and became the guiding light of Libertarianism and of White House economic policy in the 1960s and ‘70s. Her defenses of radical individualism ... Read more

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Ayn Rand is best known as the author of two phenomenally best-selling ideological novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over twelve million copies in the United States alone. Through them, she built a cult following in the late 1950s and became the guiding light of Libertarianism and of White House economic policy in the 1960s and ‘70s. Her defenses of radical individualism
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Confessions, The

A gripping journey from worldly vice to divine grace. This profound Autobiography / Theology classic reveals the turbulent heart of a sinner who became a saint.

by Augustine of Hippo ...

Narrated by Michael Craig ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

"Our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee." Witness the ultimate transformation of a soul laid bare before God and history.Long before he was revered as a saint, Augustine was a man consumed by worldly passions, intellectual vanity, and profound inner turmoil. In The Confessions, we are transported to the bustling streets of 4th-century Carthage, a "cauldron of unholy loves," where a ... Read more

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"Our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee." Witness the ultimate transformation of a soul laid bare before God and history.Long before he was revered as a saint, Augustine was a man consumed by worldly passions, intellectual vanity, and profound inner turmoil. In The Confessions, we are transported to the bustling streets of 4th-century Carthage, a "cauldron of unholy loves," where a
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The Age of Genius

The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind

by Professor A. C. Grayling ...

Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

Unabridged

13 hours 56 min

Bloomsbury presents The Age of Genius by A. C. Grayling, read by Gordon GriffinWhat happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earlier, could stand ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Age of Genius by A. C. Grayling, read by Gordon GriffinWhat happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earlier, could stand
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Демосфен и Цицерон. Сравнительные жизнеописания.

by Plutarh ...

Narrated by Dmitry Kreminsky ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

Знаменитый историк и философ Плутарх дает сопоставительное описание двух выдающихся ораторов: грека Демосфена и римлянина Цицерона. Будучи природным моралистом, Плутарх не только дает живое описание жизни каждого из них, но самым строгим образом предлагает оценить и сопоставить достоинства этих ораторов наряду с их пороками. ... Read more

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Знаменитый историк и философ Плутарх дает сопоставительное описание двух выдающихся ораторов: грека Демосфена и римлянина Цицерона. Будучи природным моралистом, Плутарх не только дает живое описание жизни каждого из них, но самым строгим образом предлагает оценить и сопоставить достоинства этих ораторов наряду с их пороками.
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How To Be Good

What Socrates Can Teach Us About the Art of Living Well

by Massimo Pigliucci ...

Narrated by Alan Carlson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 53 min

What Socrates's greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people?Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same? And can we get the leaders of our society to care that humanity prospers, not just economically, but also spiritually? These questions have been asked for over two millennia and ... Read more

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What Socrates's greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people?Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same? And can we get the leaders of our society to care that humanity prospers, not just economically, but also spiritually? These questions have been asked for over two millennia and
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The Mystery of Life

You Are the Light, and That's Indestructible Truth

by Jakub Tencl ...

Narrated by Avegail Colegado Bottoff ...

Unabridged

1 hour 44 min

"The Mystery of Life" is a profound journey through 12 chapters, highlighting Jakub's personal experiences and spiritual growth. To achieve a state of "happiness," often referred to as "inexhaustible bliss," one must embark on the path of self-realization. This journey leads to a deeper understanding of our place in the universal scheme of things. At this pivotal moment, we recognize the decisive ... Read more

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"The Mystery of Life" is a profound journey through 12 chapters, highlighting Jakub's personal experiences and spiritual growth. To achieve a state of "happiness," often referred to as "inexhaustible bliss," one must embark on the path of self-realization. This journey leads to a deeper understanding of our place in the universal scheme of things. At this pivotal moment, we recognize the decisive
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El guerrillero invisible

by Walter J.Broderick, Walter J.Broderick ...

Narrated by David Cely Benavides ...

Unabridged

15 hours 26 min

A mediados de la década de los sesenta, tres jóvenes sacerdotes españoles, inconformes con el régimen franquista, sintieron que en España «no había nada que hacer». Optaron por unirse a los movimientos revolucionarios en América Latina. Trabajaron en parroquias de Bogotá y Cartagena hasta que fueron deportados por sus actividades subversivas. Entonces regresaron clandestinamente a Colombia para ... Read more

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A mediados de la década de los sesenta, tres jóvenes sacerdotes españoles, inconformes con el régimen franquista, sintieron que en España «no había nada que hacer». Optaron por unirse a los movimientos revolucionarios en América Latina. Trabajaron en parroquias de Bogotá y Cartagena hasta que fueron deportados por sus actividades subversivas. Entonces regresaron clandestinamente a Colombia para
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Marcus Aurelius

A Life from Beginning to End

by Hourly History ...

Narrated by Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr ...

Series series Roman Emperors
Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

Have you ever heard of Marcus Aurelius? It wouldn’t come as much of a surprise if you haven’t. While names like Nero, Caligula, Hadrian, and Constantine grab all the attention with their exploits, Marcus Aurelius tends to sit more in the historical background of the Roman Empire. In many ways, he is a lesser known emperor even though his written works have stood the test of time. Marcus, a ... Read more

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Have you ever heard of Marcus Aurelius? It wouldn’t come as much of a surprise if you haven’t. While names like Nero, Caligula, Hadrian, and Constantine grab all the attention with their exploits, Marcus Aurelius tends to sit more in the historical background of the Roman Empire. In many ways, he is a lesser known emperor even though his written works have stood the test of time. Marcus, a
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Autobiographical Reflections

by Eric Voegelin ...

Narrated by Bernard Mayes ...

Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed ... Read more

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This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed
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Aristotle

The First Teacher

by Philip Freeman ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

The first modern biography of Aristotle―student of Plato, tutor to Alexander, and architect of ideas still studied around the worldAristotle stands among the most brilliant and influential figures in history, the inventor of almost every subject studied in universities today, from biology to political science to literary criticism to logic. Yet until now his life has remained a mystery.In this ... Read more

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The first modern biography of Aristotle―student of Plato, tutor to Alexander, and architect of ideas still studied around the worldAristotle stands among the most brilliant and influential figures in history, the inventor of almost every subject studied in universities today, from biology to political science to literary criticism to logic. Yet until now his life has remained a mystery.In this
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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes

by Anthony Gottlieb ...

Narrated by Anthony Gottlieb ...

Series series The Jewish Lives Series
Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth centuryAccording to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a “battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In ... Read more

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The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth centuryAccording to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a “battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In
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Hannah Arendt

A Life of the Mind

by Thomas Meyer ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

Unabridged

17 hours 30 min

The definitive, long-awaited, and revelatory intellectual biography of Hannah Arendt, one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth centuryDrawing on newly discovered archival materials and previously overlooked documents—from both Germany, where Hannah Arendt was born to a Jewish family in 1906, and the United States, where she was a citizen from 1950—Thomas Meyer tells the story of an ... Read more

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The definitive, long-awaited, and revelatory intellectual biography of Hannah Arendt, one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth centuryDrawing on newly discovered archival materials and previously overlooked documents—from both Germany, where Hannah Arendt was born to a Jewish family in 1906, and the United States, where she was a citizen from 1950—Thomas Meyer tells the story of an
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Great Philosophers, The

From Socrates to Foucault

by Jeremy Stangroom, James Garvey ...

Narrated by Stephen Crossley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

Philosophy has been underway for more than 2,000 years. The Great Philosophers traces the biggest and most influential thoughts in philosophy's long stride through history, beginning with the ancient Greeks and early Romans, the first philosophical thinkers in the West, to whom much is owed.How their concerns became the concerns of those who followed is clearly laid out, as is the way their ... Read more

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Philosophy has been underway for more than 2,000 years. The Great Philosophers traces the biggest and most influential thoughts in philosophy's long stride through history, beginning with the ancient Greeks and early Romans, the first philosophical thinkers in the West, to whom much is owed.How their concerns became the concerns of those who followed is clearly laid out, as is the way their
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Wittgenstein

A Very Short Introduction

by A. C. Grayling ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A. C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general listener by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences ... Read more

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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A. C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general listener by explaining the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences
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Habermas

A Very Short Introduction

by Gordon Finlayson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

This book gives a clear overview of the philosophical work of Jürgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union.Gordon Finlayson provides listeners with a clear overview of Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using ... Read more

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This book gives a clear overview of the philosophical work of Jürgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union.Gordon Finlayson provides listeners with a clear overview of Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using
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The Infidel and the Professor

David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

by Dennis C. Rasmussen ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy, and is now ... Read more

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The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy, and is now
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Karl Marx

Philosophy and Revolution

by Shlomo Avineri ...

Narrated by Roger Clark ...

Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

Karl Marx (1818–1883)—philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor—was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a ... Read more

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Karl Marx (1818–1883)—philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor—was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a
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Conversations of Socrates

The Haunted Present

The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

100 quotes by Baruch Spinoza

Neville Goddard - Das Gebet - Die Kunst des Glaubens (Prayer - The Art Of Believing 1945)

Dossiê Nietzsche

Ayn Rand and the World She Made

Confessions, The

The Age of Genius

Демосфен и Цицерон. Сравнительные жизнеописания.

How To Be Good

The Mystery of Life

El guerrillero invisible

Marcus Aurelius

Autobiographical Reflections

Aristotle

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Hannah Arendt

Great Philosophers, The

Wittgenstein

Habermas

The Infidel and the Professor

Karl Marx