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"Songez à tout ce qu'il faudrait savoir pour expliquer à Descartes ou à Napoléon ressuscités notre système actuel d'existence, pour lui faire comprendre comment nous pouvons arriver à vivre dans des conditions si étranges, dans un milieu qu'il trouverait certainement assez effrayant, et même hostile. Cet embarras est la mesure du changement intervenu." Paul Valéry écrivit en effet ce texte dans une époque qui vivait de grands changements, au sein d'une société bouleversée par la guerre.

This audiobook contains a combination of meditative, narrative, and lyrical poetry expressed in a raw yet sophisticated manner, filled with colorful colloquial soliloquies conveying creative confessions through self-observation. It embodies aspects of life that people can relate to...It’s a front row seat into areas of life that some are familiar with and appreciate while others can experience the thrill of urban culture without risking anything other than enjoying one hell of a ride.

In this little audiobook will be found a few hints on the art of service which I have gathered from my elders and from my own experience. I am still trying to follow these hints, sometimes successfully, more often unsuccessfully; but I feel that they are all true, and I am thankful to be permitted to share them with others who - like myself - are learning how to serve.

Stoicism is an active philosophy. That means that it is not enough to know its doctrines; one must also live them and develop habits that expand on and complete their ideas in practice. Practice, therefore, is also the focus of this audiobook, as well as the development of the listener's inner and outer lives, that they may follow their own path and discover what it means to “live life in accordance with nature”. You will discover Stoicism and how to apply it.

Did you know that Stoicism can help you improve your lifestyle and boost your productivity? This is an eye-opening guide on how to harness the power of a 2,000-year-old ancient Hellenic philosophy and help yourself or others achieve unparalleled success. This is an audiobook on Stoicism.

This audiobook is about my ever expanding, developing, and changing views on what I believe to be consciousness and its construct, reality. Now more than ever, I believe people need to define who they are and why they are here in this reality. The notion of a soul, or an eternal life, or what comes next are questions on everyone's mind. This is an ever-present friend or foe as we see fit. I believe consciousness and brain are the keys to this mystery, as well as to our universe.

This audiobook discusses the history and foundation of Stoicism in detail. It also explores the three main disciplines of Stoicism as well as the modern-day gurus of Stoicism. To understand and practice Stoicism is to also understand and internalize the history of this philosophical school and to know the foundations of it. Where we are right now and who we are as a people is because of the history we have behind us. To truly become a Stoic, you must understand the great Stoics of ancient philosophy.

On a tenebrous winter morning in Denver, Colorado, Leo Jenkins felt the weight of the world crushing him. Leo has a decision to make - maintain a comfortable position in a career he's no longer passionate about - or take a massive leap of faith. Giving up everything he's ever known, Jenkins sells his business, purges every possession that won't fit into a single backpack, and sets off into the world in pursuit of answers.

Depending on your perspective, the criminal justice systems of Western civilization are either broken or operating precisely as intended. Either way, the jury is no longer out. Our institutions must be wholly reimagined. The philosophical foundations of thought need to be brought into the 21st century.

The Enchiridion and Discourses is a compilation of Epictetus's philosophical teachings. Although Epictetus spent much of his life as a slave, he believed that all people were free to control their emotional well-being and live in harmony with their circumstance and those around them. His works are a guide for applying philosophy to day-to-day living. Although many of the great philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, promoted grand ideas, they never approached the subject of integrating those ideas into everyday life.

Did you know that those born on November 1st common years are not only people for whom results of processes (rather than processes themselves) are important, but also (especially in their youth) they don't listen to anyone & therefore are capable of such extreme things, that other people's hair stands up? For example, they can become punks with green hair, pierce all body parts, and eat almost trash?

Geldmangel? Liebeskummer? Frustriert? Ihnen kann geholfen werden. An sechs typischen Krisen aus dem täglichen Leben führt Alain de Botton geistreich und amüsant vor, wie jedermann Trost, Rat und Ansporn in der Philosophie findet. In essayistischen Porträts geht er auf eine Reise durch 2400 Jahre abendländische Philosophiegeschichte und zeigt anhand der Leben und Werke von Sokrates, Epikur, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer und Nietzsche wie ein etwas anderer - nämlich philosophischer - Blick auf die Welt das Leben erträglicher machen kann.

First published in 1849, this essay argues that individuals have rights and duties in relation to their government. Motivated by his disgust over both slavery and the Mexican-American War, Thoreau argued that individuals must not permit nor enable their government to act against their own consciences. This version of "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.

Le texte qui suit fut rédigé en 1913, dans un contexte social et culturel marqué notamment par l'industrialisation de la France, l'émergence du modèle capitaliste en Occident et les changements profonds qu'implique le basculement d'un modèle de société vers un autre. Et c'est justement de la critique d'un système de représentation dont il est ici question, de la remise en cause d'une idéologie naissante qui place désormais l'argent au sommet des valeurs.

Back in August 2006 I visited Goa, India. A trip that affected my outlook on life, views on my country, and my attitude towards others of all backgrounds. In 2015, I finally decided to put down in writing all the experiences encountered on my journey, not least my admiration for India, it's people, and it's culture.

Il n'est pas anodin que les grandes figures sociologiques du XXe siècle, Durkheim, Mauss, Lévi-Strauss ou Bourdieu, aient été formées initialement à la philosophie. D'abord timidement, puis farouchement, la sociologie, ou encore l'anthropologie et l'ethnographie, prennent au cours du siècle leur indépendance face à la paternité philosophique pour créer la nouvelle dénomination des sciences sociales.

This book features many of Gulen's ideas that have guided this extraordinary venture since its inception. They have inspired millions of ordinary people to do what they normally might never consider doing: helping people they don't know for the sole purpose of earning the pleasure of God by helping a fellow human being.

Dans une généalogie des évènements qui inscrit les faits dans une chaîne de causalités, Michel Onfray dresse un parallèle entre l'attaque de la rédaction de Charlie Hebdo, le 7 janvier 2015, et celles des Twin Towers, le 11 septembre 2001. Parallèle d'autant plus pertinent qu'il est prémonitoire des attentats de novembre 2015 et de mars 2016 à Bruxelles.

This story was written in 2010 with some writing experience.

Every day many people will try to change your mind, but they won't reason with you. Instead you'll be nudged, anchored, incentivised and manipulated in barely noticeable ways. It's a profound shift in the way we interact with one another. Philosopher James Garvey explores the hidden story of persuasion and the men and women in the business of changing our minds.