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Title: What Is a Law of Logic?

Subtitle: A Dialogue

Author: J.-M. Kuczynski

Narrator: Samuel Unger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-21-16

Publisher: PHILOSOPHYPEDIA

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

In this fictitious dialogue, it is made clear what a law of logic is and why the laws of classical logic are true.

Members Reviews:

A perfect book, but a bit advanced for most

What did you love best about What Is a Law of Logic??

He says what a law of logic is; he really nails it, exposing all of ambiguities and nuances to which my midwit college profs were (I now see) quite blind. The difference between Kuczynski and the average college prof is the difference between a professional tennis player and a bad country club instructor.

What other book might you compare What Is a Law of Logic? to and why?

something by plato, probably, maybe the Parmenides, because of the combination of rigor and honesty.

Which scene was your favorite?

It was one scene.

If you could give What Is a Law of Logic? a new subtitle, what would it be?

Case Closed

Any additional comments?

I liked the narrator. Good sound quality. It's good that the author outsourced production on this one.

a hard book

If you could sum up What Is a Law of Logic? in three words, what would they be?

very, very smart

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

the way that cogent answers to foundational questions were developed through an organic dialogue

What about Samuel Ungers performance did you like?

the clarity, the steady and slow pace

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

it made me think, made me see things

Any additional comments?

it's a little bit high level for most people

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Titre: Le prince

Auteur: Nicolas Machiavel

Narrateur: Michel Galabru

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 2 hrs and 27 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 07-21-16

Éditeur: Éditions Thélème

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Résumé de l'éditeur:

C'est pour entrer en grâce auprès des Médicis, que Machiavel écrit en 1513 Le prince, traité politique où il est question de l'art de prendre possession du pouvoir et de le maintenir. Bien que les références utilisées par l'auteur remontent à Platon et Plutarque, l'action politique n'est jamais subordonnée à la morale, et la seule exigence réside dans la pérennité du souverain sur son trône. Pour cela, la paix et la guerre sont toutes deux nécessaires, aussi bien que la justice et l'iniquité, la crainte des sujets et l'adoration du gouvernement.

© Domaine public (P)2011 Éditions Thélème

Avis des membres:

Five Stars

good

Great Description of Power Management

I am very surprised to see little has changed in 500 years in the way governors should behave in order to attain and maintain power. I am also amazed to see how the tactics and recommendations made by Machiavelli in The Prince are nowadays applied and followed in corporations, companies and organizations

I like it.

Everything is OK !The book is really well presented, I like it...

Four Stars

good

Five Stars

Im happy with Book was amazingly done the material and dimensions was exacts was gift to my mum and she was so happy

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Title: Analytic Truth vs. Formal Truth: A Dialogue

Author: J.-M. Kuczynski

Narrator: Norma Jean Gradsky

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-16

Publisher: PHILOSOPHYPEDIA

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

It is made clear what analytic truth is and how it differs from formal truth. Some important theorems about incompleteness are stated both comprehensibly and accurately.

Members Reviews:

fabulous narration, a lovely book

If you could sum up Analytic Truth vs. Formal Truth: A Dialogue in three words, what would they be?

I bought this book because Kuczynski is such a great author, but I really like the narrator!

What other book might you compare Analytic Truth vs. Formal Truth: A Dialogue to and why?

Is mathematics the syntax of language, by kurt godel, or may be semantics and necessary truth, by Arthur pap

Which character as performed by Norma Jean Gradsky was your favorite?

not applicable

Whats the most interesting tidbit youve picked up from this book?

that formal truth is only one kind of analytic truth

Any additional comments?

The author is very erudite.

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Title: Isn't This Fun

Subtitle: Investigating the Serious Business of Enjoying Ourselves

Author: Michael Foley

Narrator: John O'Mahony

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Michael Foley wants to understand why he doesn't appear to be experiencing as much fun as everyone else. So, with characteristic wit and humour, he sets out to understand what fun really means, examining its heritage, its cultural significance and the various activities we associate with fun.

He investigates pursuits such as dancing, sex, holidays, sport, gaming and comedy and concludes that fun is not easy, simple and fixed, as many seem to believe, but elusive, complex and constantly changing. In fact fun is a profoundly serious business - a range of new group rituals evolving in response to cultural developments, often motivated as much by spirituality as hedonism. Also, while fun is a modern phenomenon, it turns out to have re-created many of the elements of early ritual.

His findings will invigorate you with insights, make you laugh at life and quite possibly help you to understand why the post-postmodern is actually the pre-premodern.

Michael Foley was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but has lived most of his adult life in London, working for 23 years as a lecturer in information technology at the University of Westminster before retiring in 2007 to concentrate on full-time writing. He has published critically acclaimed poetry, novels and nonfiction, including New and Selected Poems (Blackstaff Press, 2011). His first nonfiction book, The Age of Absurdity (Simon & Schuster, 2010), was a best seller and has been translated into seven languages.

Members Reviews:

Rich, funny, interesting.

It's not often an author is so thought provoking, effortlessly eloquent and funny at the same time. A future classic and one that I will revisit as there are so many great quotes that resonate. "Examine anything and you illuminate everything ". Loved it.

Not quite ''The Age of Absurdity''

What did you like best about this story?

Foley's skill to approach very ordinary experiences and values from a very different angle, leading the reader to re-think some basic issues of modern Western life.

What does John O'Mahony bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

Well read. The reader's voice expresses the nuances of the contents, making it easy and enjoyable to listen to the book.

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Title: In the Centre Lies Virtue

Subtitle: A Short, No Nonsense Guide to Who You Are, Where You Came from and How to Be Happy

Author: Vincent Kennedy

Narrator: John Butcher

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-16

Publisher: Vincent Kennedy

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Ever wondered what life actually means? Ever sat alone and thought what the hell the point to life actually is? Why should I even continue my life? These thoughts, what at first may seem irrational, may not be as insane as you might think! This book is a fast-paced journey that is jam packed with details about our very beginnings up to our present day thinking. This information is to understand the true reality of existence and a real way of not only surviving, but living the life you want to live. The guide covers four major areas within our lives; life, faith, death and happiness. There are many references from great thinkers, philosophers, psychologists, authors, and scientists to demonstrate not only the beauty of our existence, but also why the existential question is the only important question. Not only this, but he learned the importance of virtuous living in having a contented life. This book is 10 books condensed into one to give anyone confused about reality, and human angst, a starting point in finding their answers.

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Titre: 100 citations de Blaise Pascal

Auteur: Blaise Pascal

Narrateur: Élodie Huber

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 27 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 05-20-16

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Evaluation: 3 sur 5 sur 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Mathématicien et philosophe, Blaise Pascal est un des plus grands esprits n'ayant jamais existé. Il publia un traité de géométrie projective à l'âge de 16 ans, avant d'inventer la machine à calculer pour aider son père dans ses travaux. On doit à Pascal des avancées importantes dans le domaine des sciences, de la méthode scientifique, du calcul des probabilités, et de la philosophie. Ses Pensées sont une œuvre majeure retrouvée sur des feuillets épars, et qui touchent de nombreux paradoxes : infini et néant, âme et matière, foi et raison... C'est là qu'on trouve le fameux pari de Pascal, celui qui a le pouvoir de changer toute une vie.

Ces 100 citations vous fourniront l'essentiel de sa pensée, entre formulations percutantes et fulgurances pleines de profondeur ; plongez dans l'œuvre d'un philosophe incontournable dans le plus pratique des formats.

© Domaine public (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir

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Titre: 100 citations de Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Auteur: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrateur: Patrick Blandin

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 25 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 05-20-16

Éditeur: Compagnie du Savoir

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Résumé de l'éditeur:

L'homme est naturellement bon ; c'est la société qui le pervertit. On doit cette idée fondamentale à Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosophe, initiateur du genre autobiographique avec les Confessions, penseur politique, écrivain romantique, et même compositeur d'opéra ; une figure majeure de l'âge des Lumières.

Ces 100 citations ont été sélectionnées parmi ses œuvres majeures, entre autres : le Discours sur l'Inégalité, un des fondements de la pensée politique et sociale moderne ; le Contrat social ; la Nouvelle Héloïse, roman précurseur du mouvement romantique ; Émile ou de l'Éducation ; les Confessions, une des autobiographies les plus franches jamais écrites, ainsi que d'autres moins connues.

© Domaine public (P)2016 Compagnie du Savoir

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Title: Despre minciuna

Author: Gabriel Liiceanu

Narrator: Gabriel Liiceanu

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-16

Publisher: Humanitas

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

"Mi-am propus sa va vorbesc despre minciuna, ceea ce înseamna despre un lucru pur omenesc: numai omul poate minti, pentru ca numai omul are parte de un "lucru" care poate sa exprime si care, exprimând, se poate misca în doua directii total opuse: adevarul si falsul intentionat. Acest "lucru" este limba. Voi vorbi despre minciuna nu în sensul ei "privat", ci în cel "public", asadar voi vorbi despre minciuna colectiva, în care unul sau mai multi îi mint pe multi care la rândul lor sunt fie mintiti, fie mint in corpore, traind împreuna cu cei care îi mint, într-un vast scenariu al minciunii." (Gabriel Liiceanu)

Please note: This audiobook is in Romanian.

©2006 Humanitas (P)2006 Humanitas

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Title: Concentration: Developing the Power

Author: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd.

Narrator: Phillip J Mather

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 04-15-16

Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Concentration is sometimes spoken of as the ability to direct one's thinking in whatever direction one wishes to. We all have a concentration span: this is the time we can concentrate on a specific task before our thoughts wander and our minds race from one thing to another.

To deal with such times, we need to learn and practice concentration skills. In learning these skills the aim is to extend our concentration span, bearing in mind that we have different spans for different tasks. The main barriers to concentrating are boredom, anxiety and day-dreaming. Therefore, to improve our concentration, we fist need to counteract these barriers. Our ability to do so depends on our own enthusiasm for the task. The power of concentration is an invaluable and lifelong asset in our lives.

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Title: Reality and the Arts

Subtitle: A Philosophical Guide

Author: Albert A. Anderson

Narrator: Ray Childs

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-16

Publisher: Agora, New Internet Technologies

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Art is the creative manifestation of essences. In order to understand the relation between art and reality, we need a philosophical guide. The best way to comprehend how the creative act of imagining enables the mind to seek reality is to employ the kind of dialectical thinking that Plato used in his dialogues. Beginning with the shadows on the wall of the cave in which each person dwells, that process gradually enables us to grasp the essences that are manifested in individual works of art.

Without a philosophical guide, we are likely to encounter only a blur of images in the visual arts, a cacophony of sounds in music, a whirl of activity in the theater, and chaos in the building of cities. It is too much to expect a set of final answers to any serious question about what is true, good, or beautiful. If we abandon the quest for reality, we settle for too little. Plato's dialectical approach offers a path between Scylla and Charybdis.

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