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Titel: Die Kunst, kein Egoist zu sein

Autor:: Richard David Precht

Erzähler: Richard David Precht, Caroline Mart

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10-14-10

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 3 Stimmen

Kategorien: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Das Hörbuch stellt keine Forderung auf, wie der Mensch zu sein hat. Es untersucht - quer zu unseren etablierten Weltbildern - die Frage, wie wir uns in unserem täglichen Leben tatsächlich verhalten und warum wir so sind, wie wir sind: Egoisten und Altruisten, selbstsüchtig und selbstlos, rivalisierend und kooperativ, nachtragend und verzeihend, kurzsichtig und verantwortungsbewusst. Je besser und unbestechlicher wir unsere wahre Natur erkennen, desto gezielter können wir unsere Gesellschaft verändern und verbessern. Ein Hörbuch, das uns dazu bringt, uns selbst mit neuen Augen zu sehen!

Redaktionelle Rezensionen:

Richard David Precht präsentiert zusammen mit Caroline Mart in diesem Hörbuch Ideen und Anregungen darüber, warum es so schwierig ist, ein guter Mensch zu sein und was das eigentlich bedeutet: ein guter Mensch. Dabei erfährt der Hörer viel Neues und erhält Anregungen, sein eigenes Leben einmal gegen den Strich zu denken.

Das Hörbuch präsentiert viele Erkenntnisse aus Psychologie und Philosophie verständlich und sehr unterhaltsam. Precht spricht sein eigenes Hörbuch mit angenehmer Stimme und einer wohl dosierten Prise Humor. Auch Caroline Mart eignet sich als Sprecherin hervorragend. Der warme Ton ihrer Stimme und die ausgesuchte Betonung machen das Hören zu einer Freude. Auch die Musik auf dem Hörbuch ist sehr gut gewählt und unterteilt die 6 Stunden und 23 Minuten in erbauliche Häppchen.

Fazit: Der erste Schritt zum Besserwerden!

Audible wünscht gute Unterhaltung!

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Tolle und konstruktive Denkansätze für ein neues miteinander. Danke Herr Precht

Sachlich und trotz allem visionäre Ansichten zum neuen Denken und verantwortlichen Handeln innerhalb unserer Gesellschaft, möglich und inspirierend geschrieben. Od

Five Stars

Das Buch ist total klasse...the book is totally excellent

Precht's Kunst kein Egoist zu sein.

Das Buch ist sehr viel mehr als man unter dem Titel vermutet. Precht befasst sich mit den aktuelsten, den dringensten Problemen unserer heutigen Gesellschaft - von jeder Sichtweise her. Seine Kenntnis der Fachliteratur zur Bio-Psychologie, Hirnforschung, Oekonomie, Anthropologie und naturlich der Philosophie sind erstaunlich. Ich halte das Buch fuer eines, moeglicherweise das wichtigste Buch unserer Generation und kann es nur jedermann dringend empfehlen. Schlagen Sie irgendeine Seite auf und lesen Sie wenigstens 3 - 4 Seiten und sie werden es schwer finden es aus der Hand zu legen. Nicht nur Kritik an unseren heutigen Einstellungen und Politik, auch Ideen zu ihrer Gesundung und Wiederherstellung des eigentlichen Menschseins finden Sie hier. Und Humor hat er auch!

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Titre: Contre-histoire de la philosophie 14.2 : Nietzsche

Auteur: Michel Onfray

Narrateur: Michel Onfray

Format: Original Recording

Durée: 5 hrs and 9 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 09-14-10

Éditeur: Frémeaux & Associés

Evaluation: 4.5 sur 5 sur 3 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Résumé de l'éditeur:

6 cours de philosophie sur Nietzsche

"L'écriture de l'histoire de la philosophie occidentale n'est pas neutre : une Grèce prétendument fondatrice à l'exclusion des pensées qui la précèdent dans le temps, une domination idéaliste, notamment platonicienne, une tradition qui poursuit ce parti-pris avec le spiritualisme chrétien et l'idéal allemand - l'historiographie dominante est nettement platonicienne. Or, on peut proposer une contre-histoire de la philosophie qui se soucie d'un autre lignage : matérialiste, hédoniste, nominaliste, athée, sensualiste, empirique, etc. Et s'y inscrire avec le souci d'une pensée systématique."

Michel Onfray

La Contre-histoire de la Philosophie de Michel Onfray s'apparente à un catalogue raisonné de l'histoire de la pensée. Mais un catalogue dans sa version orale et improvisée qui permet par la verve et l'authenticité d'une transmission incarnée de démocratiser le savoir de la Philosophie occidentale.

L'intervenant

, philosophe et écrivain français, né à Argentan le premier janvier 1959, commença par enseigner la philosophie à une classe de terminale du lycée technique de Caen. En 2002, il démissionna de l'Education Nationale afin de créer l'Université Populaire de Caen. Il y enseigne depuis la "contre-histoire de la philosophie" ici présentée. Michel Onfray souhaite formuler une théorie de l'hédonisme au travers de ses ouvrages, et se propose de réconcilier l'homme et son corps. Pour lui, la philosophie est un art de vivre qui permet à l'homme de se débarrasser de ses illusions.

(p) 2009 Radio France - Frémeaux & Associés - Grasset - Université populaire de Caen

© 2010 Michel Onfray - Groupe Frémeaux Colombini - France Culture

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Title: The Modern Scholar: Philosophy of Mind

Author: Andrew Pessin

Narrator: Andrew Pessin

Format: Original Recording

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-10

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 86 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

The nature of the mind lies at the heart of the eternal human quest for understanding. What does it mean to think? What is the relation between mind and body, and where do we draw the line between physical and mental? With an enthusiastic and scholarly approach, Professor Andrew Pessin of Connecticut College addresses these and other questions, including a studied look at beliefs, consciousness, groundbreaking thought experiments, and whether or not computers can ever truly think.

Members Reviews:

Definitely "mind" expanding!

This is an excellent introduction to a subject that many people consider too arcane or esoteric to even consider. If that is you, then re-consider! Professor Pessin is an engaging narrator, and takes the listener on a thought-provoking tour of our inner life, tackling such fascinating subjects as mind-body dualism, qualia, and the mysteries of consciousness. I can't recommend it highly enough!!

Clear and Well Balanced

The issues in philosophy of mind are some of the most challenging and important to our understanding of ourselves as human beings that one can imagine. Are our minds illusions, our thoughts determined? Do we have free will? Prof. Pessin's lectures present the issues and principal voices in this field with clarity. He aims to let the great variety of points of view be understood on their own terms. He carefully provides the listener with resources for grasping both the excitement of the field and the difficult choices to be made.

Good overview

Any additional comments?

Only thing I want to complain about is the lack of idealism but it does cover good amount of ground.

Good introductory course

Well structured, well performed, an overall interesting listen. Could have been a bit longer, but offered a taste of the fundamentals of the discipline nonetheless.

Enjoyable and easy to follow.

I thought these lectures presented the main theories of consciousness in a way that made sense. It was a logical series of arguments that I could follow and I felt I got a lot from it.

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Title: The Meditations

Author: Marcus Aurelius

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-26-10

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

"Live each day as if it were your last." Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations offers a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe.

Ranging from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the nature of moral virtue, human rationality, divine providence, and Marcus's own emotions. But while The Meditations was composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, in developing his beliefs Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection of extended meditations and short aphorisms that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers, and readers throughout the centuries.

Members Reviews:

Needs a different translation

This book deserves one of the more modern translations. One that does not use thee and thou and other antiquated grammar/syntax.

Please produce and I will buy the new version.

Make really think

It's tell us it's all in our mind how we Judge or observe things. Love is just a In our mind or hate. Do not wast time on hate or stimulation.

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Title: The Alpha Male Guide

Subtitle: Philosophy for Studs

Author: Paul Beck

Narrator: Alec Sand

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-15-10

Publisher: Trout Lake Media

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 61 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

History's greatest men and minds - Epicurus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Sun Tzu, Seneca, Beaudelaire, Sir Francis Bacon, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and Winston Churchill chime in during this lighthearted look at etiquette, health, fitness, culture, the arts, sports, the good life, wine, women and song.

Members Reviews:

waste of money and time

as the title says

waste of money and time

too bad that I can't returned it

This is not the voice of an Alpha Male

What disappointed you about The Alpha Male Guide?

I

What didnt you like about Alec Sands performance?

The voice of the narrator was so bothering. It was like a rollercoaster. At the beginning of a sentence you barely hear anything and at the end the voice almost destroys your ear-drum. Was he trying to emulate the voice of an alpha male? If so, it is a big fail! This is not the voice of an alpha male but of a bully. James Bond has the voice of an alpha male: clear, calm and confident voice.

Any additional comments?

If the contents would have been great, I could forgive the voice, but it was not. Most of the advices in this book are very superficial and will not lead you to a better life

Not What I was Expecting, but Entertaining

I love the narrator, I thought he was witty and funny in his performance.

The advice was nothing new; I was expecting some old timey wisdom from the age of those philosophers, which is probably what it was, but I was expecting it to be more aged, I guess.

Performance was great.

Hardcore

Very well narrated! Great wisdom it was worth it.

He brought both his balls on the in your face tough love advice and slapped you in the face with the language

I will live by this from now on !! Best book

Would you listen to The Alpha Male Guide again? Why?

Yes so much useful tips on how to live

What other book might you compare The Alpha Male Guide to and why?

Bible

Which scene was your favorite?

All of it

Any additional comments?

Very good book the reading is great I just love it

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Title: Existentialism

Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Thomas Flynn

Narrator: Jay Snyder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 60 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Flynn sets the philosophy of existentialism in context, from the early phenomenologists, to its rise in the 40s and 50s, and the connections with National Socialism, Communism, and Feminism. He identifies the original definition of "existentialism", which tends to be obscured by misappropriation, and highlights how the philosophy is still relevant in our world today.

Members Reviews:

more of a summary and less of an introduction!

it is better to choose another book if you are new to existentialism. but once you have grasped the concepts, this book could serve as a quick reminder of who said what .

Disappointed

I don't like to write a review for a book unless its positive, but I was a little bitter over wasting a credit on this. I am very eager to learn more about the subject of existentialism, but this book is way WAY too academic and snooty sounding. I felt like the author was writing to hear how intelligent he sounds. If you don't mind that, then this may hold a lot of information for you. Me, I couldn't get past the style. It was hard to get through the introduction let alone the major text. Three tries. I gave up and will have to look elsewhere for text/audio on existentialism.

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Title: Ayn Rand Answers

Subtitle: The Best of Her Q & A

Author: Ayn Rand

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 92 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Here, Rand presents her provocative ideas in a personable question-and-answer session from which one can gain new insights and a fuller appreciation of her thought and a sense of what she was like as a person.

Members Reviews:

Excellent, but dense

There is a lot of great information that you wouldn't normally find in much of Ayn Rand's books. However, it does get hard to listen to since it's a constant Q&A format

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Title: The Meaning of Life

Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Terry Eagleton

Narrator: Jay Snyder

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

Eagleton first examines how centuries of thinkers and writers - from Marx and Schopenhauer to Shakespeare, Sartre, and Beckett - have responded to the ultimate question of meaning. He suggests, however, that it is only in modern times that the question has become problematic.

But instead of tackling it head-on, many of us cope with the feelings of meaninglessness in our lives by filling them with everything from football to sex, Kabbala, Scientology, "New Age softheadedness" or fundamentalism. On the other hand, Eagleton notes, many educated people believe that life is an evolutionary accident that has no intrinsic meaning. If our lives have meaning, it is something with which we manage to invest them, not something with which they come ready made.

Eagleton probes this view of meaning as a kind of private enterprise, and concludes that it fails to holds up. He argues instead that the meaning of life is not a solution to a problem, but a matter of living in a certain way. It is not metaphysical but ethical. It is not something separate from life, but what makes it worth living - that is, a certain quality, depth, abundance and intensity of life.

Here then is a brilliant discussion of the problem of meaning by a leading thinker, who writes with a light and often irreverent touch, but with a very serious end in mind.

Members Reviews:

Philosophizing beyond Nihilism or Fundamentalism

Eagletons exploration of the meaning of life takes the listener on a meandering and fascinating path through intellectual culture, focusing mostly on 20th-century philosophy. Like the best of Eagletons literary theory and criticism, this audiobook shifts between profound, thought-provoking claims and humorous phrasings and analogies that keeps things lively. Likewise, the themes of the discussion are familiar from other works of his: he banks many of his best shots off the backboard of postmodern thought, rejecting its relativistic pluralism and its privatization of values. Hes particularly interested in the role that language plays in meaning and the implications of the possibility that life is meaningless. Listeners with some background in modern thought, and an interest to learn more, will find this recording worthwhile. The reader is well matched to the material.

Meaning and Skepticism

This short and well written book achieves it's goal. Terry Eagleton produced a clear and well balanced essay about the meaning of life, familiarizing the reader with the different concepts, even with the ones that reject the question. The philosophy's and theology's insights are considered and related with the main question. The reader can grasp the most important facets of the problem, considering the challenges posed by this enterprise. This short introduction makes it happen!

You do the hokey, cokey and.....

After encountering Terry Eagletons literary criticism through the various bookshelves of Modernism and his commentary on most of the central characters of English literature and following his more recent employment law case study and well-deserved spat with Martin Amis in the press, it was great to be able to sit down to a one volume history of everything according to Terry Eagleton.

The meaning of life, we learn is intrinsically bound up with what it is to be Terry Eagleton. All of the main pointers can be picked up from the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, T.S.

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Title: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

Author: Alain De Botton

Narrator: David Colacci

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 51 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people wake up to do each day - and night - to make the frenzied contemporary world function.

With a philosophical eye and his signature combination of wit and wisdom, Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around a deliberately eclectic range of occupations, from rocket science to biscuit manufacture, accountancy to art - in search of what makes jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying.

Along the way, he tries to answer some of the most urgent questions we can ask about work: Why do we do it? What makes it pleasurable? What is its meaning? And why do we daily exhaust not only ourselves but also the planet?

Characteristically lucid, clever, and inventive, de Botton's "song for occupations" is a celebration and exploration of an aspect of life that is all too often ignored and a book that shines a revealing light on the essential meaning of work in our lives.

Critic Reviews:

"De Botton's sprightly mix of reportage and rumination expands beyond the workplace to investigate the broader meaning of life." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

The private work life of a biscuit brand manager

Now I know why I'm mostly bored by the celebrated personalities of film, music and art, much less TV culture, but am inexplicably fascinated by what's found in gargantuan container ships, the private work life of a biscuit brand manager, the origins of the pylons that stretch power lines across our urban and rural landscapes, and on down the list of obscure objects and professions that Alain de Botton contemplates in this essay collection. The reason I get bored -- and I imagine others -- is that celebrity culture sucks way more attention than it merits. As this writer-philosopher demonstrates, our civilization creates and transacts and consumes many splendid things that don't happen to make into a museum or get digitized for posterity, but they and the work required to bring them to life have consequences -- both corrupting our souls and giving life meaning. De Botton's style can be dense and his arguments spiral, but this book is studded with humorous accounts and consistently entertains.

As a riposte to the preceding reviewer, I've also been listening to Audible audiobooks for 10 years and this is the first time that I remember giving five stars.

Good, but not my favorite

I love this author, but wasn't wild about this book. He presents some interesting perspectives but without some of the flare I have come to expect. Maybe it was the narrator (not his usual guy) while not bad, also nothing special. Worth the credits... just not awesome.

Interesting, but sterile

Botton is eloquent to the point of mastery, but fails to grip the audience by highlighting the human element of the 21st century workforce. Exploring the underrated corners of the global economy, we are treated to interesting anecdotes, but no central thesis.

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Title: The Machiavellians

Subtitle: Defenders of Freedom

Author: James Burnham

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-07-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 33 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

Publisher's Summary:

This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States. The book devotes a long section to Machiavelli himself as well as to such modern Machiavellians as Gaetano Mosca, Georges Sorel, Robert Michels and Vilfredo Pareto. Burnham contends that the writings of these men hold the key both to the truth about politics and to the preservation of political liberty.

©1943 James Burnham; (P)1998 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"Burnham is the greatest political analyst of our century and this is his best book." (National Review, 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century)

Members Reviews:

Fine intro to an authentic science of politics

The "Machiavellian" writers Burnham discusses span a rather diverse spectrum of views. What they have in common is an objective, scientific approach to politics that avoids allowing wishful thinking, or ideas about what ought to be, to impede their discernment of the way things actually are.

I disagreed with Burnham's tendency to dismiss religious ideas as inherently irrationalist. Also, his attempt at clarification in response to Machiavelli's reputation ignores the fact that Machiavelli did, after all, offer some amoral advice, not just non-moral analysis. While some of Burnhams predictions proved correct only in the short run, his method contains within itself the the capacity for self-correction, which is part of the whole point of the book.

This book remains invaluable for all who seek to develop a scientific understanding of politics, regardless of their philosophical persuasion.

Serious political science

The narration could drone, but the content was excellent. Many sections worth re-listening to and bookmarking. Filled with political myth busting and strategies and structures for preserving liberty in the real world.