Geoffrey Edwards

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Plato (Πλάτων) - Philebus

Philebus (ΦΙΛΗΒΟΣ) discusses pleasure, wisdom, soul and God. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)

Geoffrey Edwards 2 hours 36 minutes

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Ancient

470

Plato (Πλάτων) - Statesman

Statesman (Ancient Greek: Πολιτικός) discusses God's role in maintaining the universe and describes the statesman as a good shepherd who promotes intermarriage between the orderly and courageous. (Summary by Geoffrey...

Geoffrey Edwards 2 hours 33 minutes

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Ancient

537

Plato (Πλάτων) - Sophist

Sophist (Ancient Greek: Σοφιστής) discusses being and not-being while drawing a distinction between the philosopher and the sophist. — Summary by Geoffrey Edwards

Geoffrey Edwards 2 hours 39 minutes

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Ancient

448

Plato (Πλάτων) - Theaetetus

Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος) 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 persuade....

Geoffrey Edwards 3 hours 31 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

655

Plato (Πλάτων) - Parmenides

Parmenides (Ancient Greek: ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ) recounts a meeting between Socrates, Zeno and Parmenides. Topics discussed include universals, plurality and the One. — Summary by Geoffrey Edwards

Geoffrey Edwards 2 hours 13 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

584

Aristotle - Magna Moralia

Magna Moralia (Ancient Greek: ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ, English: Great Ethics) discusses topics including friendship, virtue, happiness and God. It is disputed whether Aristotle wrote Magna Moralia. This author concludes that...

Geoffrey Edwards 3 hours 32 minutes

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Ancient

529

Aristotle - Eudemian Ethics

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...

Geoffrey Edwards 4 hours 7 minutes

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Law

418

Aristotle - Constitution of Athens

The Constitution of Athens (Greek: Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία) was written by Aristotle or his student. The text was lost until discovered in the late 19th century in Egypt. Topics discussed include Solon's legislative reforms...

Geoffrey Edwards 2 hours 45 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

543

Aristotle - Physics

Physics (Greek: Φυσικὴ ἀκρόασις; Latin: Physica, or Physicae Auscultationes) discusses concepts including: substance, accident, the infinite, causation, motion, time and the Prime Mover. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)

Geoffrey Edwards 9 hours 39 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Marcus Tullius Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods

De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination, and characteristics...

Geoffrey Edwards 6 hours 39 minutes

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*Non-fiction

471

Aristotle - Topics

The Topics is is the fifth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon («Instrument»). The Topics constitutes Aristotle's treatise on the art of dialectic—the invention and discovery...

Geoffrey Edwards 7 hours 21 minutes

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Aristotle - Posterior Analytics

Posterior Analytics is the fourth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon («Instrument»). Posterior Analytics deals with demonstration, definition, and scientific knowledge....

Geoffrey Edwards 4 hours 22 minutes

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New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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