Candide, or The Optimist by Voltaire ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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07/31/22

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Candide, or The Optimist by Voltaire audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Candide, ou l’Optimisme, (“Candide, or Optimism”) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire never openly admitted to having written the controversial Candide; the work is signed with a pseudonym: “Monsieur le docteur Ralph”, literally “Mister Doctor Ralph.”Sardonic in outlook, it follows the naïve protagonist Candide from his first exposure to the precept that “all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds,” and on through a series of adventures that dramatically disprove that precept even as the protagonist clings to it.The novel satirizes naïve interpretations of the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz and is a showcase of the horrors of the 18th century world. In Candide, Leibniz is represented by the philosopher Pangloss, the tutor of the title character. Despite a series of misfortunes and misadventures, which include being present at the Lisbon Earthquake, Pangloss continually asserts that “Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles” (“All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds”). The novel ends with Candide finally rejecting the optimism espoused by Pangloss, saying, “Il faut cultiver notre jardin” (“It is necessary to cultivate our garden”).

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:08:05) Chapter 01

(00:14:17) Chapter 02

(00:20:08) Chapter 03

(00:25:48) Chapter 04

(00:34:11) Chapter 05

(00:40:47) Chapter 06

(00:44:16) Chapter 07

(00:49:18) Chapter 08

(00:56:25) Chapter 09

(01:00:39) Chapter 10

(01:05:37) Chapter 11

(01:14:23) Chapter 12

(01:24:13) Chapter 13

(01:29:56) Chapter 14

(01:38:05) Chapter 15

(01:43:21) Chapter 16

(01:51:50) Chapter 17

(02:00:27) Chapter 18

(02:13:49) Chapter 19

(02:25:38) Chapter 20

(02:31:48) Chapter 21

(02:36:10) Chapter 22

(02:59:38) Chapter 23

(03:03:11) Chapter 24

(03:14:12) Chapter 25

(03:27:18) Chapter 26

(03:35:24) Chapter 27

(03:44:05) Chapter 28

(03:50:41) Chapter 29

(03:53:48) Chapter 30

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The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

July 31, 2022

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710m

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible. Published in three parts in 1794, 1795, and 1807, it was a bestseller in America, where it caused a short-lived deistic revival. British audiences, however, fearing increased political radicalism as a result of the French revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as a divinely-inspired text. Yet, The Age of Reason is not atheistic: it promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-God.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:16) Chapter 02

(00:19:17) Chapter 03

(00:28:43) Chapter 04

(00:39:41) Chapter 05

(00:51:41) Chapter 06

(01:01:39) Chapter 07

(01:13:13) Chapter 08

(01:26:18) Chapter 09

(01:34:49) Chapter 10

(01:47:04) Chapter 11

(01:59:55) Chapter 12

(02:13:15) Chapter 13

(02:26:08) Chapter 14

(02:39:44) Chapter 15

(02:49:01) Chapter 16

(02:58:57) Chapter 17

(03:10:54) Chapter 18

(03:26:03) Chapter 19

(03:40:28) Chapter 20

(03:56:10) Chapter 21

(04:18:13) Chapter 22

(04:30:59) Chapter 23

(04:52:17) Chapter 24

(05:06:11) Chapter 25

(05:21:35) Chapter 26

(05:39:19) Chapter 27

(05:53:02) Chapter 28

(06:10:10) Chapter 29

(06:27:21) Chapter 30

(06:44:41) Chapter 31

(07:01:07) Chapter 32

(07:17:05) Chapter 33

(07:33:23) Chapter 34

(07:42:30) Chapter 35

(08:00:19) Chapter 36

(08:20:02) Chapter 37

(08:28:45) Chapter 38

(08:51:16) Chapter 39

(09:15:37) Chapter 40

(09:35:17) Chapter 41

(09:54:45) Chapter 42

(10:13:46) Chapter 43

(10:28:14) Chapter 44

(10:43:15) Chapter 45

(11:06:21) Chapter 46

(11:26:44) Chapter 47

(11:31:54) Chapter 48

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The Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Wattles ~ Full Audiobook [self help]

July 31, 2022

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169m

The Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Wattles audiobook.

Genre: self help

If you are seeking better health and ways to stay well...This book is for you! Wallace D. Wattles was an American author and a pioneer success new thought movement writer. His most famous work and first book is a book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explains how to get rich. Additionally, In the Science of Getting Well, Wattles suggests the reader to think and ACT in a Certain Way. As with his first book, Wattles explains in simple concepts the keys to Getting Well. With faith and discipline, Wattles suggests you can stay well. Says Wattles “for those who want health, and who want a practical guide and handbook, not a philosophical treatise. It is an instructor in the use of the universal Principle of Life, and my effort has been to explain the way in so plain and simple a fashion that the reader, though he may have given no previous study to New Thought or metaphysics, may readily follow it to perfect health”

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:05:02) Chapter 01

(00:13:33) Chapter 02

(00:25:48) Chapter 03

(00:34:18) Chapter 04

(00:46:59) Chapter 05

(00:56:38) Chapter 06

(01:05:53) Chapter 07

(01:15:15) Chapter 08

(01:21:37) Chapter 09