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Olympiodorus the Younger (ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΔΩΡΟΣ Ο ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΣ) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Justinian's Decree of 529 closed Plato's Academy in Athens and other Pagan schools but Olympiodorus avoided persecution in part because the Alexandrian School was less involved in politics. At his death the School passed into the hands of Christian Aristotelians. (Adapted from Wikipedia) Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the...
Topic: Plato Olympiodorus
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May 20, 2016
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May 20, 2016
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Apuleius
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Apuleius on the Doctrines of Plato is also known as On Plato and his Doctrine (Latin: De Dogmate Platonis ). Apuleius lived in the 2nd Century AD and shared an inheritance of nearly 2,000,000 sesterces with his brother. He was once accused of using magic to seduce a wealthy widow. His most well known novel is the Metamorphoses which is also known as The Golden Ass . De Dogmate Platonis is divided into three parts: Book I: On Natural Philosophy Book II: On Moral Philosophy Book III: On the...
Topic: Plato Apuleius Philosophy Logic Ethics
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May 19, 2016
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May 19, 2016
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Hesychius of Miletus
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The Life of Plato was written by Hesychius of Miletus who lived in Constantinople and flourished during the reign of Saint Justinian the Great. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of The Life of Plato by Hesychius of Miletus. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: Femme nue au chien by Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. The online text...
Topic: Plato Hesychius Miletus
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Apr 30, 2016
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Apr 30, 2016
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Albinus
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The Introduction of Albinus to the Dialogues of Plato was written in the 2nd Century CE by Albinus (ΑΛΒΙΝΟΣ) the teacher of Galen (ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΓΑΛΗΝΟΣ). Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of The Introduction of Albinus to the Dialogues of Plato by Albinus. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Cover design by Geoffrey...
Topic: Philosophy Greek Plato Albinus
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Apr 24, 2016
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Apr 24, 2016
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Alcinous
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The Introduction of Alcinous to the Doctrines of Plato which is also known as The Handbook of Platonism (ΕΠΙΤΟΜΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ ΔΟΓΜΑΤΩΝ) is attributed to the Middle Platonist philosopher Alcinous (ΑΛΚΙΝΟΥΣ) who lived around the 2nd century CE. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of The Introduction of Alcinous to the Doctrines of Plato by Alcinous. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened...
Topic: Philosophy Greek Plato Alcinous
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Mar 10, 2016
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Mar 10, 2016
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The Treatise of Timaeus the Locrian on the Soul of the World and Nature (Ancient Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΣΙΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΩ ΚΑΙ ΨΥΧΑΣ; Latin: Timaeus Locrus) may not have been written by Plato. The Pythagorean philosopher Timaeus describes the creation of the world by God and the Demiurge using the eternal forms as guides and matter composed of Platonic solids. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Timaeus Locrus by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read...
Topics: Plato, Timaeus, Philosophy, Phythagorean, Platonic Solids
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Feb 29, 2016
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Feb 29, 2016
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Plato
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Definitions (Greek: ΟΡΟΙ; Latin: DEFINITIONES) may not have been written by Plato. The text provides what some consider to be occasionally flawed definitions for 186 philosophical terms including wisdom, justice, fortitude, temperance, knowledge, soul and God. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Definitions by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: The Great Dragon and the Woman...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Definitions, Dictionary, Definitiones
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Feb 27, 2016
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Feb 27, 2016
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Plato
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Demodocus (ΔΗΜΟΔΟΚΟΣ) my not have been written by Plato. The author asks the following questions: If citizens are competent to vote correctly then why do they need advisors? If either a complainant or defendant is lying then why is it beneficial to hear the party who is lying instead of just hearing the truthful person? If someone refuses to lend money when asked then who is at fault? Is it a mistake to give credence to a stranger? Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Democracy, Courts, Accused, Boards, Voting
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Feb 23, 2016
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Feb 23, 2016
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Plato
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Sisyphus (ΣΙΣΥΦΟΣ) is also known as Upon Taking Counsel and may not have been written by Plato. In this short dialogue Socrates asks Sisyphus: Can a person who knows nothing about a subject consult about that subject? 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Sisyphus by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: Susannah and the Elders by Guido Reni, 1620-5. On display at The National...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek
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Feb 21, 2016
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Feb 21, 2016
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Plato
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On Justice (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ; Latin: De Justo) may not have been written by Plato. In this five page dialogue Socrates asks his friend if the unjust choose to be wicked or are bad though ignorance. 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On Justice by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1510. The online text can be found...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Justice, Virtue, Ethics
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Feb 19, 2016
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Feb 19, 2016
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Plato
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On Virtue ( ΠΕΡΙ ΑΡΕΤΗΣ) may not have been written by Plato. Socrates asks his friend the following questions: If virtue can be taught why were eminent Greeks of the past unable to teach their own children to be good? If virtue is a natural characteristic why aren't there specialists who can identify which children will grow up to become good? Socrates and his friend conclude that virtue must be a divine gift to the individual for the benefit of the state. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Virtue, God
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Feb 17, 2016
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Feb 17, 2016
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Plato
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Axiochus (ΑΞΙΟΧΟΣ) may not have been written by Plato. Socrates presents various arguments to the gravely ill Axiochus for why he should not fear death. The first is that the dead experience nothing because they do not exist and so by definition can not suffer from death. When this argument fails Socrates discusses the immortality of the soul, predestination, the final judgement, the joys of the afterlife for the good and the sufferings of the damned. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Death, Mortality, Heaven, Hades
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Feb 9, 2016
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Feb 9, 2016
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Plato
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Epinomis (ΕΠΙΝΟΜΙΣ) may not have been written by Plato. The text praises mathematics and astronomy as the purest forms of religious expression by arguing that God implanted mathematical tendencies in humans and that the stars are subject to divine influence. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Epinomis by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: Versailles, Maison Close, Petit...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Astronomy, Math, Phythagorean
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Jan 26, 2016
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Jan 26, 2016
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Plato
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The thirteen Epistles (Greek: ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ; Latin: EPISTOLAE) may or many not have been written by Plato. If genuine these letters provide a glimpse into the personal life of Plato including his financial concerns and political involvement with the tyrant Dionysius II. Coded language and hidden messages appear to have been used in the letters making parts difficult to understand. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Epistles by Plato. Translated by...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Epistles, Letters, Greek, Dionysius, Dion, Syracuse, Politics, Code
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Dec 13, 2015
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Plato
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Clitopho is the Latin title for the shortest book attributed to Plato. The dialogue is also known as Clitophon or Cleitophon (ΚΛΕΙΤΟΦΩΝ). Plato may or may not have been the author. Clitopho complains that Socrates is good at exhorting people to justice but not able to make them just. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Clitopho by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image:...
Topic: Plato Philosophy Greek Socrates Clitophon Cleitophon Justice
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Dec 7, 2015
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Dec 7, 2015
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Plato
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Minos (ΜΙΝΩΣ) may not have been written by Plato. Socrates and a friend discuss whether laws are established by convention or discovered. (27:47) Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Minos by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: Portrait of Barbara Kressin by Netherlandish Master, active Germany, 1544. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is...
Topic: Plato Philosophy Law Socrates Greek Ethics Crete Minos
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Nov 30, 2015
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Nov 30, 2015
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Plato
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Hipparchus (Ancient Greek: ΙΠΠΑΡΧΟΣ) may not have been written by Plato. The dialogue discusses greed and whether iniquitous profits are really beneficial to the recipient. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Hipparchus by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: The Ransom by John Everett Millais (English, 1829-1896). Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Cover design by...
Topics: Plato, Ethics, Greed, Morality, Philosophy
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Nov 16, 2015
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Nov 16, 2015
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Plato
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Rival Lovers (Ancient Greek: ΕΡΑΣΤΑΙ or ΑΝΤΕΡΑΣΤΑΙ Latin: AMATORES) which is also known as The Rivals may not have been written by Plato. Socrates, an athlete and an advocate of liberal education discuss whether philosophers are useful to society and reach some uncertain conclusions. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Rival Lovers by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig....
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Ethics, Utility
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Nov 12, 2015
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Nov 12, 2015
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Plato
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Theages (Ancient Greek: ΘΕΑΓΗΣ) may not have been written by Plato. The dialogue discusses who the proper teacher is for young Theages to learn the skills of a tyrant. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Theages by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover: David with the Head of Goliath by Guido Cagnacci (Italian, 1601-1663) about 1645-1650. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Cover...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Education, Tyrant
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Nov 5, 2015
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Nov 5, 2015
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Plato
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Hippias Major (Ancient Greek: ΙΠΠΙΑΣ ΜΕΙΖΩΝ) may not have been written by Plato. The dialogue discusses what true beauty is and includes a maiden, gold and a porridge spoon as possible instances. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Hippias Major by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover Image: The Eternal Feminine (L'Éternel Féminin) c.1877 by Paul Cézanne (French, 1839 -...
Topics: Philosophy, Plato, Beauty
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Nov 4, 2015
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Nov 4, 2015
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Plato
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Second Alcibiades by Plato. Translated by George Burges. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listened by David Craig. Cover: Cutting from an Antiphonal c. 1465. Attributed to Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate (Italian, active about 1460 - 1480). Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. Second Alcibiades (Ancient Greek: ΑΛΚΙΒΙΑΔΗΣ Β) is also known as On...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Ethics, Morality, Prayer, God, Gods
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Sep 20, 2015
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Sep 20, 2015
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Tusculan Disputations by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Translated by Charles Duke Yonge. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listening by Dave Craig. Cover: Slave Market in Rome by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Alternate Cover: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), 1833. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. Tusculan Disputations (Latin: TUSCULANARUM DISPUTATIONUM) is divided into five...
Topics: Philosophy, Latin, Cicero, Roman, Stoic, Epicurean, God, Virtue, Morality
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Mar 20, 2015
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Mar 20, 2015
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Cicero
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On Duties by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Translated by Walter Miller. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof Listener: Felipe Vogel. Cover: Phryne Revealed Before the Areopagus by Jean-Léon Gérôme, c.1861. On Duties (Latin: DE OFFICIIS) discusses virtue, expediency and apparent conflicts between the two. St. Ambrose, St. Jerome and other Doctors of the Roman Catholic Church considered it to be legitimate for study....
Topic: Philosophy Morality God Latin Roman Ethics Cicero Stoic Duty Expediency Epicurean
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Feb 11, 2015
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Feb 11, 2015
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Cicero
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On the Ends of Good and Evil (Latin: DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM) discusses Skeptic, Epicurean, Stoic, Peripatetic and Academic views on the good life. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On the Ends of Good and Evil by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Translated by Harris Rackham. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Phil Chenevert. Proof-Listeners: Isaac Barrow, Millicent, TimoleonWash and FVOGEL. Cover Image: A Young Girl Defending...
Topic: Philosophy Cicero Ethics Skeptic Academic Stoic Peripatetic Epicurean
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Oct 29, 2014
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Oct 29, 2014
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Aristotle
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox audiobook recording of Prior Analytics by Aristotle. Translated by Octavius Freire Owen. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: TriciaG. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: Before the Bath by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1900. Prior Analytics (Ancient Greek: ΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΑ ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑ; Latin: ANALYTICA PRIORA) is one of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon...
Topics: Philosophy, Logic, Greek, Aristotle
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Oct 25, 2014
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Aristotle
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Topics by Aristotle. Translated by Octavius Freire Owen. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Bart de Leeuw. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: Thirst by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1886. Topics (Greek: ΤΟΠΙΚΑ Latin: TOPICA) is the fifth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). Topics...
Topics: Philosophy, Greek, Aristotle, Logic, Rhetoric
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Oct 24, 2014
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Translated by C.K. Ogden. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: TriciaG. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Carl Manchester. CD Insert: Janette Brown. Cover: Japanese Toilet by Kusakabe Kimbei c.1870s - 1890s. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian...
Topics: Philosophy, Logic, Wittgenstein
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Oct 23, 2014
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Oct 23, 2014
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Aristotle
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Rhetoric by Aristotle. Translated by Thomas Taylor. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: TriciaG. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Leni. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield by Thomas Gainsborough c.1778. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Rhetoric (Ancient Greek: ΡΗΤΟΡΙΚΗ Latin: Ars Rhetorica) consists of three books. Topics discussed include...
Topics: Aristotle, Rhetoric, Greek, Philosophy
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Oct 23, 2014
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle. Translated by Thomas Taylor. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: TriciaG. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Hari. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: The Bather by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1879. Nicomachean Ethics (Ancient Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΕΙΩΝ; Latin: Ethica Nicomachea; Alternate Latin: De Moribus ad Nicomachum) discusses topics including pleasure,...
Topics: Aristotle, Philosophy, Ethics, Greek, God, Virtue, Friendship, Morality, Good
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Oct 22, 2014
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Categories by Aristotle. Translated by Octavius Freire Owen. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carl Manchester. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Marcel Coenders. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: A Little Coaxing by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1890. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. Categories (Ancient Greek: ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑΙ; Latin: CATEGORIAE) is the first of...
Topics: Aristotle, Logic, Greek, Philosophy
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Aristotle
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of On Interpretation by Aristotle. Translated by Octavius Freire Owen. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Diana Majlinger. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Betty M. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: The Little Shepherdess by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. On Interpretation (Ancient Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑΣ; Latin: DE INTERPRETATIONE) is the second of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are...
Topics: Aristotle, Logic, Philosophy, Greek
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Oct 16, 2014
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Oct 16, 2014
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Aristotle
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Posterior Analytics by Aristotle. Translated by Octavius Freire Owen. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Availle. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: Au Bord du Ruisseau by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1875. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. Posterior Analytics (Ancient Greek: ΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΑ ΥΣΤΕΡΑ Latin ANALYTICA POSTERIORA)...
Topic: Aristotle Greek Philosophy Logic
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Aug 30, 2014
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Aug 30, 2014
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Aristotle
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Economics by Aristotle. Translated by Edward Seymour Forster. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: TriciaG. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Gail Timmerman Vaughan. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: Allegory of Fortune by Salvator Rosa, c.1659. Recording, CD Insert and Thumb Image are all in the public domain. Economics (Ancient Greek: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ; Latin: OECONOMICA) may not have been written by...
Topics: Philosophy, Greek, Aristotle, Economics
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Plato
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Cratylus by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ann Boulais. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Rapunzelina. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), 1864. Cratylus (ΚΡΑΤΥΛΟΣ) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which can only be correctly applied to the object named and may have...
Topics: Philosophy, Plato, Greek, Linguistics, God
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Jul 15, 2014
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Philebus by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ann Boulais. Dedicated Proof-Listener: SamR. CD Insert: Anne. Cover: Mariana by Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901), c. 1858. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Philebus (ΦΙΛΗΒΟΣ) discusses topics including pleasure, wisdom, the soul and God. The indulgent life of an oyster is contrasted with the...
Topics: Plato, Socrates, Philosophy, Greek, Pleasure, Wisdom, God
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May 5, 2014
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May 5, 2014
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Plato
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Eryxias by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ann Boulais. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Rapunzelina. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone at Seven Years of Age by Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789), c.1756. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Eryxias (ΕΡΥΞΙΑΣ) may not have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ)....
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Economics, Apocraphal
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May 5, 2014
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May 5, 2014
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Menexenus (ΜΕΝΕΞΕΝΟΣ) is thought to have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ). The dialogue consists of Socrates (ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ) recounting a funeral oration he claims to have learned from the female philosopher Aspasia (ΑΣΠΑΣΙΑ) who may have been wealthy, a courtesan or both. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 and downsampled 24-bit 192 kHz FLAC versions of the LibriVox recording of Menexenus by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Aspasia, Greek, Funeral
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Mar 20, 2014
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Euthydemus (ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΣ) and Dionysodorus the sophists discuss the meaning of words with Socrates. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Euthydemus by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ann Boulais. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Micky. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: Perseus and Andromeda by Sir Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), 1891. The online text can be found...
Topics: Plato, Greek, Philosophy, Sophist, Rhetoric
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Mar 14, 2014
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of De Anima by Aristotle. Translated by R. D. Hicks. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging and Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: The Abduction of Proserpine by Alessandro Allori (1535-1607), c. 1570. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. On the Soul (Ancient Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΨΥΧΗΣ Latin: De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things....
Topics: Philosophy, Greek, Aristotle, Soul, Mind
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Sophistical Elenchi by Aristotle. Translated by W.A. Pickard-Cambridge. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Bart de Leeuw. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: The Broken Pitcher by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1891. On Sophistical Refutations (Latin: De Sophisticis Elenchis; Ancient Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΣΟΦΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΕΛΕΓΧΩΝ) also known as Sophistical...
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Metaphysics by Aristotle. Translated by John M'Mahon. Read by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging and Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Cover: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by Guido Reni c.1630. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Metaphysics (Ancient Greek: ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ; Latin: METAPHYSICA; English: After the Physics) discusses topics including substance, accident,...
Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy, Aristotle, Greek, God
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Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV version of the LibriVox recording of Parva Naturalia by Aristotle. Translated by William Alexander Hammond. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Janette Brown. Cover: Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez de Silva y Velázquez, c.1651. Parva Naturalia is a collection of shorter books by Aristotle: 1 - On Sensation and the Sensible 2 - On Memory and Recollection 3 - On Sleeping and Waking 4 - On Dreams 5 - On...
Topics: Philosophy, Aristotle, Greek, Nature
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Uncompressed WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On the Heavens by Aristotle. Translated by John Leofric Stocks. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: J. M. Smallheer. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Janette Brown. Cover: Regina Angelorum (The Virgin with Angels) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1900. On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle...
Topics: Aristotle, Philosophy, Greek, Astronomy, God
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On Generation and Corruption (Ancient Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΓΕΝΕΣΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΘΟΡΑΣ; Latin: DE GENERATIONE ET CORRUPTIONE) discusses causation, alteration, matter, the elements and being. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On Generation and Corruption by Aristotle. Translated by Harold Joachim. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Rapunzelina. CD Insert: Janette Brown. Cover: Witches' Sabbath...
Topics: Aristotle, Philosophy, Causation, Metaphysics
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Laches (ΛΑΧΗΣ) discusses examples of courage including weapons masters, soldiers who stand firm in battle, ferocious animals and the wise person who endures evils. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) Uncompressed 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Laches by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ann Boulais. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Rapunzelina. CD Insert: Annise. Cover Image: The Sacrifice of Polyxena c. 1734...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Courage, Wisdom
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Laws by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carolin Kaiser. Dedicated Proof-Listener: SopranoHarmony. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: Lot and his Daughters by Orazio Gentileschi c.1622. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Laws (Ancient Greek: ΝΟΜΟΙ) is Plato's final dialogue written after his attempt to advise the tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse. The...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Law, God
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Uncompressed 32-bit (float) 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Charmides by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging and Dedicated Proof-Listener: Ann Boulais. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: In the Tepidarium by John William Godward (1861-1922) 1913. Charmides (ΧΑΡΜΙΔΗΣ) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato which discusses the virtue of temperance. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) The online text can be found...
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Topics: Philosophy, Plato, Virtue, Temperance, Good, Evil
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Lysis (ΛΥΣΙΣ) discusses friendship and love between the good and bad. Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen named his villa on the Italian island of Capri after this Socratic dialogue. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) Uncompressed 32-bit (float) 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Lysis by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carolin Kaiser. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Kathrine Engan. CD Insert: Mary Kay. Cover: Denise...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Love, Friendship, Good, Evil
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Statesman by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Ann Boulais. Proof Listener: Rapunzelina. Cover: Eighty and Eighteen by John William Godward 1898. Statesman (Ancient Greek: ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΣ Latin: POLITICUS) discusses God's role in maintaining the Universe and describes the statesman as a good shepherd who promotes intermarriage between the orderly and courageous....
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, God, Greek, Politics, Law, Ethics, Courage, Temperance
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On the Laws by Cicero. Translated by Charles Duke Yonge. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Carolin Kaiser. Proof Listener: Kajo. Cover: Draped Model by Jean-Louis-Marie-Eugène Durieu (1800-1874) possibly with Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), c.1854. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. On the Laws (Latin: DE LEGIBUS) is a philosophical dialogue between: Cicero's friend Titus Pomponius Atticus; Cicero's...
Topics: Philosophy, Ethics, Law, Cicero, Roman, Latin
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On the Nature of the Gods (Latin: De Natura Deorum) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination and characteristics of God. Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of On the Nature of the Gods by Cicero. Translated by Charles Duke Yonge. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Carolin Kaiser. Proof Listener: Kajo. CD Insert: Janette Brown. Cover...
Topics: Philosophy, Ethics, Morality, Virtue, Religion, Soul, Reason, Law, Justice, Courage, Temperance,...
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Sophist by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Bart de Leeuw. Proof Listener: Rapunzelina. Cover: Andromeda by Edward Poynter 1869. Sophist (Ancient Greek: Σοφιστής) discusses being and not-being while drawing a distinction between the philosopher and the sophist. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards) The text can be found here:...
Topics: Philosophy, Plato, Being
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Theaetetus by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: J.M. Smallheer. Proof Listener: Lucretia B. Cover: The Studio by Honoré Daumier (1808 - 1879), c. 1870. Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: ΘΕΑΙΤΗΤΟΣ) discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind to a piece of wax and is critical of lawyers who seek only to...
Topics: Philosophy, Plato, Greek, Epistemology
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Parmenides by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Bart de Leeuw. Proof Listener: Abe Nemon. CD Insert: Annise: Cover Image: Cotton-Mill Worker, North Carolina by Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940) 1908. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. Parmenides (Ancient Greek: ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ) recounts a meeting between...
Topics: Plato, Philosophy, Greek, Parmenides, Zeno, Socrates
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 (24-bit 192 kHz FLAC) version of the LibriVox recording of Magna Moralia by Aristotle. Translated by St. George William Joseph Stock. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Proof listened by Larry Wilson. Meta-Coordinated by Bart de Leeuw. Cover: The Wave by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1896. Magna Moralia (Ancient Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ English: Great Ethics) discusses topics including friendship, virtue, happiness and God. It is disputed whether...
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Topics: Philosophy, Good, Justice, Equity, Virtue, Morality, Friendship, Courage, Wisdom, Temperance, God,...
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Uncompressed 32-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the Librivox recording of Eudemian Ethics by Aristotle. Translated by J. Solomon. Read by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: TriciaG. Proof Listener: Bala. Cover: After the Bath by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1875. Eudemian Ethics (Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΕΥΔΗΜΙΩΝ Latin: ETHICA EUDEMIA) discusses topics including virtue, friendship, happiness and God. It is believed to have been written before Nicomachean Ethics and to be named after Eudemus...
Topics: Ethics, Virtue, Morality, Good, God, Religion, Justice, Friendship, Aristotle, Greek, Philosophy
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox recording of Physics by Aristotle. Translated by Thomas Taylor. Read by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carolin Kaiser. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Kajo. CD Insert: Janette Brown. Cover Image: Portrait of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth by Peter Lely c.1674. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. Cover design by Geoffrey Edwards is in the public domain. Physics (Greek: Φυσικὴ ἀκρόασις; Latin:...
Topics: Philosophy, Aristotle, Physics, Greek, Metaphysics, Causation, Substance, Accident
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Uncompressed 24-bit 192 kHz WAV64 version of the LibriVox audiobook recording of the Constitution of Athens by Aristotle. Translated by Frederic G. Kenyon. Read by Geoffrey Edwards. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Patti Cunningham. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: MaryAnn. CD Insert: Annise. Cover: Triumph of the Marine Venus by Sebastiano Ricci c. 1713. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum. The Constitution of Athens (Greek: Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία) was written by Aristotle or his student....
Topics: Aristotle, Philosophy, Greek, Law, Constitution, Librivox
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