Reader(s): Keeble, Jonathan
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0136
Barcode: 9781843797395
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States and Canada
Release Date: 10/2013

RUSSELL, B.: History of Western Philosophy (A) (Unabridged)

Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy serves as the perfect introduction to its subject.

Charting philosophy’s course from the pre-Socratics up to the early twentieth century, Russell relates each philosopher and school to their respective historical and cultural contexts, providing erudite commentary throughout his invaluable survey.

This engaging and comprehensive work has done much to educate and inform generations of general readers; it is written in accessible and elegantly crafted prose and allows for an easy grasp of complex ideas.

Tracklist

Disc 1
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1 Preface 04:48
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2 Introduction 10:34
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3 The barbarian invasion… 10:50
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4 The Catholic Church was derived… 09:57
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5 Book I, Part I, Chapter I: The Rise of Greek Civilization 10:26
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6 The Cretans worshipped a goddess… 10:10
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7 The Homeric poems… 09:49
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8 There was, however, in ancient Greece… 12:49
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Disc 2
1 The well-spring of which the soul… 12:55
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2 Chapter II: The Milesian School 13:25
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3 Chapter III: Pythagoras 11:48
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4 It is interesting to observe… 11:55
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5 Chapter IV: Heraclitus 08:51
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6 From what survives of his writings… 09:00
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7 The metaphysics of Heraclitus… 09:29
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8 Chapter V: Parmenides 01:39
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Disc 3
1 The doctrine of Parmenides… 11:40
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2 Chapter VI: Empedocles 13:49
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3 Chapter VII: Athens in Relation to Culture 09:12
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4 Chapter VIII: Anaxagoras 06:19
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5 Chapter IX: The Atomists 08:42
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6 In regard to both questions alike… 08:31
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7 The modern physicist… 08:18
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8 Chapter X: Protagoras 12:29
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Disc 4
1 To some extent… 08:16
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2 Part II, Chapter XI: Socrates 10:30
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3 The oracle of Delphi… 09:51
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4 The Apology gives a clear picture… 11:48
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5 Chapter XII: The Influence of Sparta 09:16
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6 Sparta aroused among the other Greeks… 07:57
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7 The myth of Sparta… 10:18
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8 Chapter XIII: The Sources of Plato's Opinions 08:57
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9 Chapter XIV: Plato's Utopia 01:16
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Disc 5
1 We now come to the intellectual aspect of the religion… 10:21
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2 Since no one knows who his parents are… 09:39
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3 A Utopia, if seriously intended… 09:52
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4 Chapter XV: The Theory of Ideas 07:42
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5 In the last book of The Republic… 10:06
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6 This leads up to the famous simile… 09:49
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7 I do not think that Plato's logical objections… 09:56
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8 Chapter XVI: Plato's Theory of Immortality 10:35
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Disc 6
1 This, however, is a digression… 09:37
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2 The contention that all knowledge… 10:28
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3 Chapter XVII: Plato's Cosmogony 08:43
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4 This leads to a somewhat curious theory… 07:43
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5 Chapter XVIII: Knowledge and Perception in Plato 08:58
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6 We now reach Plato's final argument… 10:18
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7 The complete answer as regards propositions… 09:00
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8 Chapter XIX: Aristotle's Metaphysics 12:58
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Disc 7
1 The true ground of the distinction… 10:19
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2 Aristotle's theology is interesting… 14:02
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3 Chapter XX: Aristotle's Ethics 10:55
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4 Whatever may be thought of the magnanimous man… 10:35
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5 Aristotle again shows his good sense… 11:15
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6 Chapter XXI: Aristotle's Politics 10:05
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7 Plato's Utopia is criticised by Aristotle… 12:19
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Disc 8
1 This leads to the question… 07:20
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2 Chapter XXII: Aristotle's Logic 11:10
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3 3. Overestimation of deduction. 09:55
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4 Chapter XXIII: Aristotle's Physics 13:58
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5 Chapter XXIV: Early Greek Mathematics and Astronomy 13:06
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6 Pythagoras, in all probability.… 12:21
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7 Part III, Chapter XXV: The Hellenistic World 11:24
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Disc 9
1 In the second century B.C… 08:45
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2 There was widespread social discontent… 09:00
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3 Chapter XXVI: Cynics and Sceptics 10:29
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4 It is interesting to observe… 09:53
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5 In the middle of this sceptical period… 10:42
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6 Chapter XXVII: The Epicureans 10:35
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7 Epicurus disagrees with some of his hedonist… 10:15
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8 Epicurus has no interest… 08:55
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Disc 10
1 The age of Epicurus was a weary age… 02:13
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2 Chapter XXVIII: Stoicism 09:55
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3 To a modern mind, it's difficult to feel enthusaistic… 09:26
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4 Posidonius (ca. 135 – ca. 51 B.C.) was a Syrian Greek… 11:11
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5 Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines… 12:02
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6 The contradiction between free will and determinism… 10:59
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7 Chapter XXIX: The Roman Empire in Relation to Culture 11:32
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8 This result was averted by two energetic men. 11:02
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Disc 11
1 The Hellenizing of Rome… 08:22
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2 3. The unification of government and culture. 07:08
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3 Chapter XXX: Plotinus 10:12
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4 The respect of Plotinus for Plato is very great. 10:15
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5 His objections to gnosticism are of two sorts. 08:29
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6 'To ask why the soul has created the Kosmos…' 09:27
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7 Book II: Catholic Philosophy Introduction 07:42
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8 The thirteenth-century synthesis… 08:51
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9 Part I, Chapter I: The Religious Development of the Jews 08:41
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Disc 12
1 Ezekiel is equally shocked… 10:17
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2 The history of this period is told… 12:32
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3 There are, however, important exceptions… 10:41
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4 Chapter II: Christianity During the First Four Centuries 09:46
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5 Origen's longest work is a book entitled… 08:42
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6 Miracles certainly played a very large part… 08:37
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7 Chapter III: Three Doctors of the Church 09:29
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8 The bishop was, at first… 09:16
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Disc 13
1 St. Jerome was a man of many quarrels. 08:08
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2 Of St. Augustine I shall speak, in this chapter… 09:46
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3 The time came when he and his mother… 09:49
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4 Chapter IV: St. Augustines Philosophy and Theology 10:41
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5 Next comes the question of pious virgins… 10:50
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6 Ever since the Fall… 15:10
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7 Chapter V: The Fifth and Sixth Centuries 13:41
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Disc 14
1 One does not find a similar outlook… 09:00
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2 Chapter VI: St. Benedict and Gregory the Great 10:37
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3 Like other hermits, Benedict suffered… 10:17
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4 Gregory's letters are extraordinarily interesting… 13:03
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5 Part II, Chapter VII: The Papacy in the Dark Age 12:13
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6 The foundation of the Holy Roman Empire… 10:30
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7 The business of the Patriarch Ignatius… 12:23
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Disc 15
1 Chapter VIII: John the Scot 08:14
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2 John's next work was a translation from the Greek… 09:44
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3 Chapter IX: Ecclesiastical Reform in the Eleventh Century 11:02
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4 During the eleventh century various other orders… 11:02
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5 In Gregory's time began the great dispute… 11:14
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6 Chapter X: Mohammedan Culture and Philosophy 12:21
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7 The Nestorians, through whom, at first… 13:23
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8 Chapter XI: The Twelfth Century 02:28
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Disc 16
1 We must not be deceived by this literary archaism. 11:40
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2 The Crusades 08:45
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3 Abelard's most famous book… 10:19
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4 Chapter XII: The Thirteenth Century 09:59
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5 During the few years of peace… 09:01
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6 The only other popular heresy… 10:07
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7 Chapter XIII: St. Thomas Aquinas 09:59
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8 To return to the Summa contra Gentiles… 09:03
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Disc 17
1 The Third Book is largely concerned… 12:51
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2 Chapter XIV: Franciscan Schoolmen 08:44
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3 Duns Scotus (ca. 1270–13-8)… 12:42
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4 Occam's political works are written… 12:58
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5 Chapter XV: The Eclipse of the Papacy 09:55
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6 Boniface the VIII was an Italian… 10:39
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7 The Council of Constance had healed the schism… 09:40
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Disc 18
1 Book III, Part I, Chapter I: General Characteristics 11:11
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2 Chapter II: The Italian Renaissance 11:50
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3 The southern extremity of Italy… 12:04
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4 Chapter III: Machiavelli 10:32
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5 The Prince is very explicit in repudiating… 11:41
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6 Chapter IV: Erasmus and More 11:33
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7 Erasmus, on his second visit to England… 10:39
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Disc 19
1 Everybody - men and women alike… 07:36
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2 Chapter V: The Reformation and Counter-Reformation 07:16
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3 Chapter VI: The Rise of Science 10:42
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4 Copernicus was not in a position… 10:42
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5 Galileo also studied projectiles… 11:49
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6 In the remainder of this chapter… 10:47
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7 Chapter VII: Francis Bacon 12:58
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8 Chapter VIII: Hobbes's Leviathan 07:15
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Disc 20
1 We will now consider the doctrines of the Leviathan… 11:35
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2 Throughout the Leviathan, Hobbes never considers… 14:32
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3 Chapter IX: Descartes 10:37
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4 This part of his theory was abandoned… 10:00
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5 Having now secured a firm foundation… 11:32
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6 Chapter X: Spinoza 10:09
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7 I come now to Spinoza's theory of the emotions. 09:40
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Disc 21
1 'Love towards God' we are told… 15:02
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2 Chapter XI: Leibnitz 10:42
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3 In contrasting himself with Spinoza… 10:56
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4 The argument from the pre-established harmony… 10:13
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5 Leibnitz based his philosophy… 11:36
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6 Chapter XII: Philosophical Liberalism 10:37
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7 A new movement. which has gradually developed… 10:26
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Disc 22
1 Chapter XIII: Locke's Theory of Knowledge 10:40
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2 What Locke means by 'reason'… 09:17
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3 Chapter VI of Book III… 07:00
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4 Locke's ethical doctrines are interesting… 10:47
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5 Chapter XIV: Locke's Political Philosophy 15:44
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6 B. The State of Nature 16:19
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7 C. The Social Contract 08:32
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Disc 23
1 The question of taxation… 03:32
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2 D. Property 09:35
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3 E. Checks and Balances 09:24
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4 Chapter XV: Locke's Influence 08:29
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5 The difference in method is connected… 08:55
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6 Chapter XVI: Berkeley 10:27
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7 Let us now make a critical analysis… 10:32
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8 But we must now ask ourselves what we mean… 12:19
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9 Chapter XVII: Hume 05:21
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1 There is a section (Book I, part i, section vii)… 09:56
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2 In the Cartesian Philosophy… 09:44
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3 I do not wish, at the moment, to discuss induction… 08:18
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4 The ultimate outcome of Hume's investigation… 10:15
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5 Part II, Chapter XVIII: The Romantic Movement 11:45
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6 The beginnings of Romanticism in England… 13:44
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7 Chapter XIX: Rousseau 15:47
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1 We come now to the most fruitful period… 10:12
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2 Apart from the fictitious character… 10:13
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3 Rousseau has not that profound respect… 09:34
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4 Chapter XX: Kant A. German Idealism in General 07:54
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5 B. Outline of Kant's Philosophy 11:52
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6 A large part of The Critique of Pure Reason… 11:05
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7 C. Kant's Theory of Space and Time 08:35
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8 The second metaphysical argument maintains… 09:19
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Disc 26
1 Chapter XXI: Currents of Thought in the Nineteenth Century 10:00
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2 Condorcet (1743–94) has opinions… 10:09
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3 Darwin himself was a liberal… 09:27
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4 Chapter XXII: Hegel 10:53
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5 Knowledge as a whole has its triadic movement. 11:13
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6 German history is divided by Hegel… 11:51
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7 Such is Hegel's doctrine of the State… 11:53
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8 Chapter XXIII: Byron 04:02
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Disc 27
1 It is obvious that an aristocrat does not become… 14:02
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2 Chapter XXIV: Schopenhauer 09:01
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3 All this is very sad… 09:28
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4 Chapter XXV: Nietzsche 11:20
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5 Two applications of his ethic deserve notice… 12:47
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6 It remains to consider the main ethical problem… 13:01
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7 Chapter XXVI: The Utilitarians 08:43
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1 It was through the influence of James Mill… 15:37
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2 Chapter XXVIII: Karl Marx 12:27
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3 On the other hand, when we come to the detail… 11:44
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4 Chapter XXVII: Bergson 10:22
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5 'The intellect', Bergson says… 09:30
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6 We must now return to the subject of instinct… 09:16
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7 I shall begin with the theory of space… 09:19
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1 Apart from the question of number… 07:03
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2 Chapter XXIX: William James 10:38
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3 The ethic that would result… 11:41
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4 Chapter XXX: John Dewey 14:15
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5 Let us now try to find the supplement… 12:08
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6 Chapter XXXI: The Philosophy of Logical Analysis 11:27
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7 From all this it seems to follow… 10:36
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