Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051 - Audiolibro Gratis

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051 - Audiolibro Gratis

Autor(es): Various,

Idioma: English
Género(s): No ficción

1 / 17Against the Epicureans and Academics

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17 Capítulo(s)
  • 1. Against the Epicureans and Academics
  • 2. Apocolocyntosis (or: The Pumpkinification of Claudius)
  • 3. The Circular Snare
  • 4. The Community Masque as a Substitute for War
  • 5. The Cylindrical Silo
  • 6. Did We Eat One Another?
  • 7. Excerpt from Theodicy
  • 8. The Fate of Sir John Franklin
  • 9. The Nature of the Human Mind
  • 10. A Noble Life-Work After Fifty-Seven: Sophia B. Packard
  • 11. The Official Account of the Death of Archbishop Seghers
  • 12. The Place of Science in a Liberal Education
  • 13. Preface to The Robbers (1781)
  • 14. The Story of a Daughter's Love
  • 15. Torre Abbey
  • 16. Way Down East
  • 17. The Wright Brothers and Their Problem

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Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spinoza, and Epictetus; science and invention--the Wright brothers, Leibniz, arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, spider webs, and cylindrical silos; plays and cinema--Lillian Gish and Friedrich Schiller; satire--selections from Ambrose Bierce, Robert Benchley, and Seneca; biographies--Aaron Burr, and Sophia Packard of Spellman College; the murder of Archbishop Charles Seghers in Alaska in 1886; and a history of Torre Abbey in England. Summary by Sue Anderson

Against the Epicurean and Academics was translated by T. W. Rolleston.

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