Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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07/25/22

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Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Nature is a short essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson published anonymously in 1836. It is in this essay that the foundation of transcendentalism is put forth, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Recent advances in zoology, botany, and geology confirmed Emerson's intuitions about the intricate relationships of Nature at large. The publication of Nature is usually taken to be the watershed moment at which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement.

Henry David Thoreau had read 'Nature' as a senior at Harvard College and took it to heart. It eventually became an essential influence for Thoreau's later writings, including his seminal Walden.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:04:25) Chapter 1

(00:13:49) Chapter 2

(00:17:25) Chapter 3

(00:30:46) Chapter 4

(00:47:59) Chapter 5

(01:08:37) Chapter 6

(01:31:05) Chapter 7

(01:37:23) Chapter 8

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Essays - First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

July 25, 2022

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517m

Essays - First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essays - First Series is a landmark collection of nine essays that distills the restless energy of American Transcendentalism into clear, provocative meditations on how to live. Speaking as both philosopher and practical moralist, Emerson challenges listeners to trust their own judgment, resist the pressure to conform, and cultivate a life guided by inner principle rather than public approval. Across essays such as Self-Reliance, Compensation, Circles, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, and History, he ranges from the intimate to the cosmic, moving easily between everyday choices and the deepest questions of spirit, nature, and character. His central conflict is not a plot-driven struggle but a continual contest between the independent mind and the forces that tame it: habit, fear, social fashion, and secondhand belief. By turns aphoristic, lyrical, and argumentative, Emerson invites you to reexamine work, relationships, morality, and ambition as parts of a larger quest for authenticity. This is a book for anyone who wants bracing ideas, memorable language, and a renewed sense that a single person can think and act with original power.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:55:19) Chapter 02

(02:03:15) Chapter 03

(02:55:01) Chapter 04

(03:47:59) Chapter 05

(04:17:57) Chapter 06

(04:58:28) Chapter 07

(05:28:48) Chapter 08

(05:58:49) Chapter 09

(06:45:27) Chapter 10

(07:18:47) Chapter 11

(07:53:08) Chapter 12

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Kathleen by Christopher Morley ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

July 25, 2022

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122m

Kathleen by Christopher Morley audiobook.

Genre: comedy

Eight Oxford undergraduates who call themselves the Scorpions pride themselves on wit, argument, and a talent for turning ordinary life into literature. When a stray letter from a young woman named Kathleen to a mysterious 'Joe' falls into their hands, it becomes the perfect spark for their next club challenge: write a serial story using real names and real places, and make it convincing enough to feel true. But the game quickly outgrows the page. As each Scorpion adds chapters and embellishments, Kathleen turns from a signature into a vivid, irresistible idea - and soon the boys cannot resist the next, more reckless step: to track down the real girl behind the letter.What begins as a literary prank becomes a comic pursuit through London rooms, bookshops, boarding houses, and social corners where an invented heroine might actually exist. Rivalries flare, loyalties wobble, and the line between authorship and obsession blurs as the Scorpions compete to be the first to find Kathleen - and to control the story she is supposed to belong to. Wry, brisk, and affectionate, Christopher Morley turns youthful bravado, friendship, and romantic imagination into a sparkling chase.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:40:13) Chapter 2

(01:18:02) Chapter 3

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