A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell Audiobook

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  Mria
  November 28th, 2020
  

  

  Nice! Thank you!!!

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  Aranya99
  November 28th, 2020
  

  

  Thank you for this brilliant upload !

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  illodiini
  November 28th, 2020
  

  

  I’m happy to have this, but it’ll be a cold day in Hell when I’ll finish it. Then again, having wrote that…

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  Aranya99
  November 28th, 2020
  

  Hey, someone please suggest some of the important books based on Eastern Philosophy that needs to be read .

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  cabbagedoll
  November 28th, 2020
  

  

  Oh, my college Intro to Philosophy textbook! lol

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  caesar963
  November 28th, 2020
  

  

  We were recommended it too. It’s a venerable classic, at this stage. We were also advised that his coverage of some philosophers & eras waxed and waned in substance, depending on his interest.

  @Aranya - Some good places to start might be the lecture series covering Confucius; and another Eastern intellectual tradition. A fascinating area.

  https://classicaudio.org/audio-books/the-great-courses-books-that-matter-the-analects-of-confucius-robert-andre-lafleur-phd/

  https://classicaudio.org/audio-books/great-minds-of-eastern-intellectual-tradition-ttc/

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  marcodiluce
  November 28th, 2020
  

  A rather strange grouping of themes. Not how the book had been conceived and written!

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  caesar963
  November 28th, 2020
  

  @Aranya - Also, not sure if Gurdjieff is your thing, but Haru has uploaded many books on Eastern spirituality: https://classicaudio.org/audio-books/in-search-of-the-miraculous-the-classic-exploration-of-eastern-psychological-thinking-and-philosophy-p-d-ouspensky/

  https://classicaudio.org/audio-books/how-the-world-thinks-a-global-history-of-philosophy-julian-baggini/

  I was looking for Kevin Burns book: Eastern Philosophy - but no sign of it here as yet.

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  pryderi
  November 28th, 2020
  

  

  A book I have never yet tired of (but who reads it through, it was made for dipping into). From the splendid irrelevance of the Greeks (Russell is particularly good on Aristotle’s Physics) to the utter pointlessness of the scholastics.
  And it was so wise of Russell to leave out that pompous old fool Kierkegaard.

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  ehead
  November 28th, 2020
  

  @Aranya99,

  The Great Courses has a series on Eastern Thought.

  There is also a podcast series called Philosophy Without Any Gaps which includes Islamic and Indian. Don’t think they cover east Asian though.

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  caesar963
  November 28th, 2020
  

  …er, cheerfully wrong on all that, oddly enough. However, philosophy can be a forbidding area. Greek science, like all science - like our science, was superseded. But their theories on politics, metaphysics, poetics, epistemology, logic, ethics, rhetoric, aesthetics, music? No, not so much. Utterly seminal, in point of fact. Always worth exploring.

  Russell’s coverage of medieval philosophy is patchy & not incisive in character (philosophy professors advised us not to rely on his treatment of this area, in particular). He had no appreciation for Islamic contributions to philosophy. No consideration of crucial figures like Maimonides (the great Jewish thinker), Avicenna and Averroes. “Arabic philosophy is not important as original thought.” Such blanket assertions had the dubious virtue of saving authorial & editorial time.

  However, Russell did honestly admit his own significant bias. Wittgenstein - a great admirer, friend & colleague of his - used to say that Russell’s books should be bound in two covers, those dealing with mathematical philosophy in blue, and every student of philosophy should read them, while those dealing with popular subjects should be bound in red and no one should be allowed to read them. A tad harsh.

  Kierkegaard (regarded as the “Daddy of existentialism”) wasn’t as known in the English speaking world in the early 1940s as he was in France and Germany. It was only at this time that many of his works were finally translated into English (Either/Or was trans. in 1944 for inst).

  Russell included Kierkegaard in his later history of philosophy book, entitled Wisdom of the West.

  It’s a grand old sweep, all the same.

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  Aranya99
  November 29th, 2020
  

  @caesar963 & @ehead

  Thanks for the suggestions . I’ll definitely look into it .

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  caesar963
  November 29th, 2020
  

  @Aranya - Enjoy your voyage of discovery - there’s a wealth of information out there.
  I forgot to suggest Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain, being, as it is, a superlative spiritual marriage of eastern & western thought. https://classicaudio.org/audio-books/the-seven-storey-mountain-thomas-merton/

  (Thanks also to ehead for the podcast recommendation. I’ll check that out myself. “Philosophy Without Any Gaps” while still having gaps, is an offbeat concept. Like Doctors Without Borders - but with borders.)

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  RPM7
  November 30th, 2020
  

  

  Thank you for this!

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  pesosij182
  December 8th, 2020
  

  

  Thanks!

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell
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  Kencko
  May 2nd, 2021
  

  sad, no seeds

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  muker
  February 2nd, 2025
  

  

  Thanks a lot!

  A History of Western Philosophy (1945) - Bertrand Russell

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