Beauty Philosophy
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Saving Beauty
- By: Byung-Chul Han, Daniel Steuer - Translator - translator
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in...
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Saving Beauty
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 29-05-2026
- Language: English
- Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in...
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This Beauty
- A Philosophy of Being Alive
- By: Nick Riggle
- Narrated by: Nick Riggle
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Philosopher Nick Riggle explores the beauty of being alive by investigating the things we say to inspire ourselves and each other: seize the day, treat yourself, you only live once. These clichés are at best vague, at worst stupid. They imply that you should do something wild with your life because your life is precious, a little like saying you should go swimming with your grandfather’s watch because it is irreplaceable.
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This Beauty
- A Philosophy of Being Alive
- Narrated by: Nick Riggle
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 06-12-2022
- Language: English
- An acclaimed philosopher and new father argues that engaging with beauty can make life worth living You didn’t choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditions—this delicate and difficult life. Yet when you consider that your existence is fleeting, an inspired sense of urgency...
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$18.81 or free with 30-day trial
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