Anton Tchekhov: and other essays: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Anton Tchekhov: and other essays, credited to Lev Shestov, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Anton Tchekhov: and other essays by Lev Shestov. (Translated by Samuel S. Koteliansky; John Middleton Murry.) Read in English by Wervyn; Nigel Franklin; C.P. Lepage; Craig Campbell; zgorelick This book was called Nachala i Kontzy when first published in 1908 in Russian and has been titled Anton Tchekhov and other essays as well as Penultimate Words in English when published in 1916. Lev Shestov, like Soren Kierkegaard before him, liked to ask questions. He asks if its possible to disentangle the hidden meaning of Tchekhov's works. If Dostoevsky is doomed eternally to be 'on the eve'. What if every possibility should have been exhausted, and endless repetition should begin? He discusses writers and philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Ibsen, Dostoevsky, Kant, and the ancient Greek philosophers in this book. Shestov has been called a Christian philosopher who philosophized with all his being. (by Craig Campbell)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Anton Tchekhov: and other essays
• Author credits: Lev Shestov
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 6:15:13

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction by John Middleton Murry — 14:10
2. 01 - Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 1 — 20:20
3. 02 - Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 2 — 36:31
4. 03 - Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 3 — 16:59
5. 04 - Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 4 — 30:33
6. 05 - The Gift Of Prophecy — 32:30
7. 06 - Penultimate Words Part 1 De omnibus dubitandum Etc. — 23:22
8. 07 - Penultimate Words Part 2 The Force of Argument Etc. — 22:51
9. 08 - Penultimate Words Part 3 What is Philosophy? Etc. — 38:11
10. 09 - Penultimate Words Part 4 What is Truth? Etc. — 26:18
11. 10 - Penultimate Words Part 5 I and Thou — 6:20
12. 11 - The Theory of Knowledge Part 1 The Theory of Knowledge as Apologetics Etc. — 21:42
13. 12 - The Theory of Knowledge Part 2 Truths, Proven and Unproven Etc. — 24:12
14. 13 - The Theory of Knowledge Part 3 Experiment and Proof Etc. — 23:09
15. 14 - The Theory of Knowledge Part 4 Science and Metaphysics Etc. — 26:21
16. 15 - The Theory of Knowledge Part 5 The First and the Last — 11:43

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