David Hume and his Influence on Philosophy and Theology by James Orr ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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07/26/23

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David Hume and his Influence on Philosophy and Theology by James Orr audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

David Hume justly takes rank as the most distinguished member of that brilliant circle of literary men whose names gave such a lustre to the second half of the eighteenth century in Scotland. His speculations were the most profound, and, with the possible exception of Adam Smith in a particular department, his influence was the widest and most deeply felt, of any. But even his warmest friends could scarcely have predicted the influence he was destined to exercise, or the important results that were to spring from his thoughts. It required time to clear away the mists that had gathered round his name, and to place him in his true light in the eyes of posterity. At a century and a half’s distance, we are in a better position to take an impartial survey of his work and its effects. The result must be, that, however we may judge of Hume in particular respects, we cannot deny to him a right to the title of a great and independent thinker. It is indicated in the text that the point of view from which Hume’s philosophy is mainly regarded is that of an experiment to explain knowledge, and generally the intellectual and moral outfit of man, without the assumption of a rational nature in man.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:21) Chapter 02

(00:57:31) Chapter 03

(01:37:05) Chapter 04

(02:32:29) Chapter 05

(03:02:45) Chapter 06

(03:29:52) Chapter 07

(04:16:43) Chapter 08

(04:52:27) Chapter 09

(05:45:11) Chapter 10

(06:33:18) Chapter 11

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Lesley Castle by Jane Austen ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

July 26, 2023

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Lesley Castle by Jane Austen audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Lesley Castle, a young Jane Austen turns the fashionable epistolary novel inside out, using a chain of sharp, intimate letters to expose the vanity, jealousy, and performative sensibility of polite society. The correspondence begins between Margaret Lesley, secluded with her sister Matilda at their family's old estate, and her longtime friend Charlotte Lutterell, who writes from a whirl of social obligations and family drama. As weddings are planned and disrupted, new alliances form, and reputations wobble on the edge of scandal, each letter becomes both confession and competition: the writers insist on their own virtue and feeling even as their words betray self-interest, hunger for attention, and a comic lack of self-knowledge. The arrival of a new Lady Lesley at the castle shifts the household's balance, while Charlotte's circle in Bristol and London adds fresh fuel for gossip, matchmaking, and moral posturing. By letting multiple voices contradict and expose one another, Austen builds a witty portrait of people who narrate themselves as heroes of a grand romance, when they are often the authors of their own absurdity. The work is unfinished, but its satirical spark is unmistakable.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:07:34) Chapter 02

(00:16:53) Chapter 03

(00:24:44) Chapter 04

(00:33:14) Chapter 05

(00:36:08) Chapter 06

(00:46:34) Chapter 07

(00:56:31) Chapter 08

(01:00:38) Chapter 09

(01:05:03) Chapter 10

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The Untempered Wind by Joanna E. Wood ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

July 27, 2023

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714m

The Untempered Wind by Joanna E. Wood audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in a small Canadian village in the late 19th century, The Untempered Wind follows Myron Holder, a young woman forced to move through daily life under a cloud of scandal: she is a mother, but not a wife. With her child to protect and few allies to trust, Myron faces the relentless scrutiny of neighbors who measure virtue with quick tongues and hard rules. As spring stirs the town awake, Myron is pushed into a quiet battle for dignity, work, and a future that feels increasingly out of reach, especially when judgment comes not only from the streets but from within her own household. Joanna E. Wood paints village life in sharp, realistic detail, revealing how kindness and cruelty can sit side by side in ordinary routines, and how reputations can become cages. While Myron struggles against shame that is not entirely her own, she must decide what self-respect means in a world determined to define her by a single fact. At once intimate and socially observant, this is a story about endurance, moral hypocrisy, and the high cost of compassion withheld.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:10:45) Chapter 02

(00:29:59) Chapter 03

(00:48:57) Chapter 04

(01:13:49) Chapter 05

(01:53:54) Chapter 06

(02:16:49) Chapter 07

(02:40:10) Chapter 08

(03:17:28) Chapter 09

(03:37:32) Chapter 10

(04:03:18) Chapter 11

(04:43:12) Chapter 12

(05:16:32) Chapter 13

(05:54:30) Chapter 14

(06:40:44) Chapter 15

(07:20:21) Chapter 16

(07:57:43) Chapter 17

(08:34:13) Chapter 18

(09:01:09) Chapter 19

(09:23:49) Chapter 20

(09:57:47) Chapter 21

(10:30:28) Chapter 22

(10:57:45) Chapter 23

(11:27:19) Chapter 24

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