The Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self
By: Leo Damrosch
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
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2. Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
By: None , Suzanne M. Desan
4.26
Format: 24 pages, Audible Audio
The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after N… read more
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3. Exploring Metaphysics
By: None , David Kyle Johnson
4.00
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 11 hours and 24 minutes What comes to mind when you hear the word “metaphysics”? Forget th… read more
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4. The History of the Bible: The Making of the New Testament Canon
By: Bart D. Ehrman
4.10
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
What different kinds of books are in the New Testament? When, how, and why were they written? And w… read more
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5. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world's philosop… read more
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6. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.04
Format: None pages,
Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works--and … read more
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7. Redefining Reality:The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
By: Steven Gimbel
3.66
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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8. Freedom: The Philosophy of Liberation
By: Dennis Dalton
3.51
Format: None pages,
Course Lecture Titles 1. Freedom in the Ancient World 2. The Advent of Freedom in the Modern World … read more
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9. The Shawl
By: Cynthia Ozick
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Depicting both the horrors of the Holocaust and the lifetime of emptiness that pursues a survivor, … read more
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10. Waverley
By: Walter Scott
4.12
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
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12. Emperors of Rome
By: Garrett G. Fagan
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Audible Audio
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13. American Religious History
By: Patrick N. Allitt
3.68
Format: 528 pages, Audio CD
Join historian Patrick N. Allitt in exploring the story of religious life in America from the first… read more
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14. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
By: Anthony Everitt
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more
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15. A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
By: Ellis Peters
4.39
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael... A Morbid Taste for… read more
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16. The Road to Serfdom
By: Friedrich A. Hayek
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road … read more
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17. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
18. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.21
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
Una suggestiva indagine dei meccanismi profondi che regolano la nostra esistenza, le decisioni che … read more
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"Reasoning can take you wherever you want to go."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
"Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
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"Science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you."-Jonathan Haidt, Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
19. The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
By: Lawrence E. Cahoone
4.32
Format: 137 pages, Unknown Binding
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20. Quest for Meaning: Values, Ethics, and the Modern Experience
By: Robert H. Kane
3.93
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
What are true human values? What is worthy of our highest honor and love? What purposes should orde… read more
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21. The Enlightenment Invention of the Modern Self
By: Leo Damrosch
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22. Books that Matter: The City of God
By: Charles T. Mathewes
4.03
Format: 24 pages, Audible Audio
Augustine of Hippo's masterpiece The City of God is one of the greatest books ever written, yet its… read more
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"Augustine [of Hippo] knew the power and the danger of idolatry and celebrity. And he knew the danger of both was first to permit the idolater to offload the duty of thinking onto their idol. And seco…"-Charles T. Mathewes, Books that Matter: The City of God
23. Renaissance: The Transformation of the West
By: Jennifer McNabb
4.03
Format: 27 pages, Audible Audio
26 hours and 35 minutes While it's easy to get caught up - and, rightfully so - in the art of th… read more
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24. Why Evil Exists
By: Charles T. Mathewes
4.09
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Presents historical, religious and philosophical explanations for the existence of evil. read more
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25. The Mongol Empire
By: Craig G. Benjamin
3.89
Format: 345 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length 11 hours and 34 minutes The Mongol Empire was the largest empire the world has… read more
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26. The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
By: Ellis Peters
4.16
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
October 1139. A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael… read more
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"I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians."-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
27. The World of J.R.R. Tolkien
By: Dimitra Fimi
4.14
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Though there has been some contention over the title, J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded by many as the fat… read more
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28. The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas
By: Lawrence E. Cahoone
4.38
Format: 19 pages, Audible Audio
Publisher's Summary Without even realizing it, we all use the fruits of political philosophy. Fr… read more
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29. The Medieval Legacy (The Great Courses)
By: Carol Symes
3.93
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Though it ended five centuries ago, the medieval era continues to reverberate through our world in … read more
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30. Medieval Europe: Crisis and Renewal
By: Teofilo F. Ruiz
3.77
Format: None pages, Audio CD
The Middle Ages harshly tested human perseverance, imagination, and survival. Living conditions wer… read more
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