DescriptionOne day, 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find two notes in her mailbox, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that t…
DescriptionWhen Sir Francis Bacon, Susan B. Anthony, Emiliano Zapata, and Socrates discuss civil disobedience, the scientific method, and a range of other issues, you know you must be in the capable hands of Steve Allen, the genius behind this acclaimed PBS series. In this sixth volume, Allen serves as moderator to the ultimate talk show, where the conversations are destined for conflict. James Booth performs the role of Bacon, Alexander Scourby is Socrates, Julio Mendina plays Zapata, and Jayne Meadows is Anthony, the single-minded advocate for women's suffrage - a position that puts her at odds with the other guests.
DescriptionPlato recorded the final days of his mentor, Socrates, who was tried and condemned in Athens in 399 B.C. on trumped-up charges of being a heretic and corrupter of the young. This collection comprises 4 books: Euthyphro, in which Socrates engages Euthyphro in a debate on the steps of the courthouse where he is to stand trial, The Apology, in which Socrates argues on his own behalf, Crito, in which Socrates's friends and supporters visit him in prison and urge him to recant, and Phaedo, in which there is a debate on the destination of the soul, and, eventually, the philosopher's end.
DescriptionYour boss calls you Machiavellian. Is this a good thing? You need the facts. Fast. With this audio program, you can become an Instant Genius? on the subject of Philosophy in about an hour. Is there a God? Do you really exist? What can we actually know? You'll learn about Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Kant, Hume, Nietzsche, Sartre, and others who have pondered the answers to the big questions.
DescriptionIn this landmark new study of Western thought, 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…
