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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein

    Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    Series series Jewish Lives
    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

    $20.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dream of Reason

    A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    "His book...supplant[s] all others, even the immensely successful History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell."—A. C. GraylingAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Dream of Enlightenment

    The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    One of Slate’s 10 Best Books of the YearAnthony Gottlieb’s landmark The Dream of Reason and its sequel challenge Bertrand Russell’s classic as the definitive history of Western philosophy.Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Great Philosophers: Socrates

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.' So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of the man with best claims to be its founding father.Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His words lovingly recorded by his devoted disciple Plato, his doctrines ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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    The Dream of Reason, New Edition

    A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    Narrated by Anthony Gottlieb ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 11 min

    Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages.In The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers, questions much of conventional wisdom, and explains his findings with unbridled brilliance and clarity. From the pre-Socratic philosophers through the celebrated days of ... Read more

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    The Dream of Enlightenment

    The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    Narrated by Anthony Gottlieb ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 4 min

    The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau. ... Read more

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    The Dream of Enlightenment

    The Rise of Modern Philosophy

    by Anthony Gottlieb ...
    Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 39 min

    The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought.Western philosophy is now two-and-a-half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance, The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb documented the first burst, which came in the ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: eBook

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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

    $19.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Work and Labor in This New and Wild Land Are Very Hard

    by Gottlieb Mittelberger ...
    Narrated by Anthony N. Damian ...

    Unabridged

    9 min

    In this account, Gottlieb Mittelberger reveals the plight of poor German families who migrated to America in the 18th century. It was normal at the time for poor Europeans to fund their journey to the New World by agreeing to a period of indentured servitude. Yet what Mittleberger observed was more akin to slavery: workers were auctioned off upon arrival with no formal contract. This enlightening ... Read more

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    Lexington and Concord

    The Battle Heard Round the World

    by George C. Daughan ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 24 min

    George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the battle of Lexington and Concord will challenge the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. It was, Daughan argues, based as much on economics as on politics. When Benjamin Franklin wrote home about living conditions in Britain and Ireland, his countrymen were appalled. Could the Crown's motive be to reduce the prosperous ... Read more

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    Listening for America

    Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim

    by Rob Kapilow ...
    Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 44 min

    Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth-century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life through the songs and stories of eight of the ... Read more

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    Toscanini

    Musician of Conscience

    by Harvey Sachs ...
    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

    Unabridged

    40 hours 33 min

    During a sixty-eight year career, conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) was famed for his fierce dedication, photographic memory, explosive temper, and impassioned performances. At various times he dominated La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the NBC Symphony, and the Bayreuth, Salzburg, and Lucerne festivals. His reforms influenced generations of musicians, and his ... Read more

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