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The Resource Books that have made history : books that can change your life, J. Rufus Fears

Books that have made history : books that can change your life, J. Rufus Fears

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Professor Fears presents his choices from some of the most essential writings in history, ranging in time from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the 20th century, and in locale from Mesopotamia and China to Europe and America. He focuses on intellectual history and ethics, taking underlying ideas of each great work and revealing how these ideas can be put to use in a moral and ethical life
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eng
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18 audio discs
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  • Compact discs
  • In three containers (26 cm)
Contents
  • Lecture 1. Bonhoeffer, "Letters and papers from prison" -- lecture 2. Homer, "Iliad" -- lecture 3. Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations" -- lecture 4. Bhagavad Gita -- lecture 5. Book of Exodus -- lecture 6. Gospel of Mark -- lecture 7. Koran -- lecture 8. Gilgamesh -- lecture 9. Beowulf -- lecture 10. Book of Job -- lecture 11. Aeschylus, "Oresteia" -- lecture 12. Euripides, "Bacchae."
  • Lecture 13. Plato, "Phaedo" -- lecture 14. Dante, "The Divine comedy" -- lecture 15. Shakespeare, "Othello, the Moor of Venice" -- lecture 16. Aeschylus, "Prometheus bound" -- lecture 17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, "The Gulag archipelago" -- lecture 18. Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" -- lecture 19. George Orwell, "1984" -- lecture 20. Vergil, "Aeneid" -- lecture 21. Pericles, "Oration" ; Lincoln, "Gettysburg address" -- lecture 22. Remarque, "All quiet on the western front" -- lecture 23. Confucius, "The Analects" -- lecture 24. Machiavelli, "The prince."
  • Lecture 25. Plato, "Republic" -- lecture 26. John Stuart Mill, "On liberty" -- lecture 27. Sir Thomas Malory, "Morte d'Arthur" -- lecture 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 1" -- lecture 29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 2" -- lecture 30. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden" -- lecture 31. Gibbon, "Decline and fall of the Roman Empire" -- lecture 32. Lord Acton, "The history of freedom" -- lecture 33. Cicero, "On moral duties (De officiis)" -- lecture 34. Gandhi, "An autobiography" -- lecture 35. Churchill, "My early life; Painting as a pastime; WWII" -- lecture 36. Lessons from the great books
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9781598030242
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Books that have made history : books that can change your life
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Books that have made history
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books that can change your life
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J. Rufus Fears
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Books that can change your life
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eng
Summary
Professor Fears presents his choices from some of the most essential writings in history, ranging in time from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the 20th century, and in locale from Mesopotamia and China to Europe and America. He focuses on intellectual history and ethics, taking underlying ideas of each great work and revealing how these ideas can be put to use in a moral and ethical life
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1945-2012
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Fears, J. Rufus
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Lecturer, Professor J. Rufus Fears
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J. Rufus Fears, University of Oklahoma
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Great courses
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  • Best books
  • Books and reading
  • Meilleurs ouvrages
  • Livres et lecture
  • Best books
  • Books and reading
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Books that have made history : books that can change your life, J. Rufus Fears
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Publication
Note
  • Compact discs
  • In three containers (26 cm)
Accompanying material
3 course guidebooks (22 cm).
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
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audio disc
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  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Lecture 1. Bonhoeffer, "Letters and papers from prison" -- lecture 2. Homer, "Iliad" -- lecture 3. Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations" -- lecture 4. Bhagavad Gita -- lecture 5. Book of Exodus -- lecture 6. Gospel of Mark -- lecture 7. Koran -- lecture 8. Gilgamesh -- lecture 9. Beowulf -- lecture 10. Book of Job -- lecture 11. Aeschylus, "Oresteia" -- lecture 12. Euripides, "Bacchae."
  • Lecture 13. Plato, "Phaedo" -- lecture 14. Dante, "The Divine comedy" -- lecture 15. Shakespeare, "Othello, the Moor of Venice" -- lecture 16. Aeschylus, "Prometheus bound" -- lecture 17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, "The Gulag archipelago" -- lecture 18. Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" -- lecture 19. George Orwell, "1984" -- lecture 20. Vergil, "Aeneid" -- lecture 21. Pericles, "Oration" ; Lincoln, "Gettysburg address" -- lecture 22. Remarque, "All quiet on the western front" -- lecture 23. Confucius, "The Analects" -- lecture 24. Machiavelli, "The prince."
  • Lecture 25. Plato, "Republic" -- lecture 26. John Stuart Mill, "On liberty" -- lecture 27. Sir Thomas Malory, "Morte d'Arthur" -- lecture 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 1" -- lecture 29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 2" -- lecture 30. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden" -- lecture 31. Gibbon, "Decline and fall of the Roman Empire" -- lecture 32. Lord Acton, "The history of freedom" -- lecture 33. Cicero, "On moral duties (De officiis)" -- lecture 34. Gandhi, "An autobiography" -- lecture 35. Churchill, "My early life; Painting as a pastime; WWII" -- lecture 36. Lessons from the great books
Control code
61099091
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
18 audio discs
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not applicable
Isbn
9781598030242
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Lccn
2006573931
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audio
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rdamedia
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  • s
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digital
Publisher number
4600
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digital recording
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sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
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(OCoLC)61099091
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not applicable
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not applicable
Label
Books that have made history : books that can change your life, J. Rufus Fears
Publication
Note
  • Compact discs
  • In three containers (26 cm)
Accompanying material
3 course guidebooks (22 cm).
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Lecture 1. Bonhoeffer, "Letters and papers from prison" -- lecture 2. Homer, "Iliad" -- lecture 3. Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations" -- lecture 4. Bhagavad Gita -- lecture 5. Book of Exodus -- lecture 6. Gospel of Mark -- lecture 7. Koran -- lecture 8. Gilgamesh -- lecture 9. Beowulf -- lecture 10. Book of Job -- lecture 11. Aeschylus, "Oresteia" -- lecture 12. Euripides, "Bacchae."
  • Lecture 13. Plato, "Phaedo" -- lecture 14. Dante, "The Divine comedy" -- lecture 15. Shakespeare, "Othello, the Moor of Venice" -- lecture 16. Aeschylus, "Prometheus bound" -- lecture 17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, "The Gulag archipelago" -- lecture 18. Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" -- lecture 19. George Orwell, "1984" -- lecture 20. Vergil, "Aeneid" -- lecture 21. Pericles, "Oration" ; Lincoln, "Gettysburg address" -- lecture 22. Remarque, "All quiet on the western front" -- lecture 23. Confucius, "The Analects" -- lecture 24. Machiavelli, "The prince."
  • Lecture 25. Plato, "Republic" -- lecture 26. John Stuart Mill, "On liberty" -- lecture 27. Sir Thomas Malory, "Morte d'Arthur" -- lecture 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 1" -- lecture 29. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Faust, part 2" -- lecture 30. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden" -- lecture 31. Gibbon, "Decline and fall of the Roman Empire" -- lecture 32. Lord Acton, "The history of freedom" -- lecture 33. Cicero, "On moral duties (De officiis)" -- lecture 34. Gandhi, "An autobiography" -- lecture 35. Churchill, "My early life; Painting as a pastime; WWII" -- lecture 36. Lessons from the great books
Control code
61099091
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
18 audio discs
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781598030242
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Lccn
2006573931
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
4600
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)61099091
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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