History of Philosophy: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of Philosophy, credited to William Turner, 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 History of Philosophy by William Turner. Read in English by volunteer readers. The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the lives of philosophers, the inquiry into the mutual connection of schools and systems of thought, and the attempt to trace the course of philosophical progress. Topics covered include Ancient Philosophy (Babylon, China, India, Egypt, Greece and Rome) Christian Era Philosophy (St. Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockam) and Modern Philosophy (including Descartes, Spinoza, Kant and Hegel.) (Summary by Beth Thomas and the Introduction)

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of Philosophy
• Author credits: William Turner
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 65
• Listed recording duration: 27:18:39

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 65

1. 00 - Introduction — 8:02
2. 01 - Part 1, Ancient Philosophy: Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, China — 18:00
3. 02 - Ancient Philosophy: India, Persia — 35:12
4. 03 - Greek Philosophy: Introduction and Chapter 1: Earlier Ionian School — 23:17
5. 04 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 2: The Pythagorean School — 12:39
6. 05 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 3: The Eleatic School — 19:40
7. 06 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 4: Later Ionian Philosophers — 25:05
8. 07 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 5: The Atomists — 11:28
9. 08 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 6: The Sophists — 12:58
10. 09 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 7: Socrates — 20:55
11. 10 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 8: The Imperfectly Socratic Schools — 19:21
12. 11 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 9: Plato — 1:07:52
13. 12 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 10: The Platonic Schools — 7:48
14. 13 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 11: Aristotle, Part 1. — 43:03
15. 14 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 11: Aristotle, Part 2. — 43:55
16. 15 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 12: The Peripatetic School — 6:08
17. 16 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 13: The Stoics — 31:44
18. 17 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 14: The Epicureans — 19:02
19. 18 - Greek Philosophy: Chapters 15-17: The Skeptics, The Eclectics and The Scientific Movement — 11:32
20. 19 - Greek Philosophy: Chapter 18: The Philosophy of the Romans — 17:33
21. 20 - Greco-Oriental Philosophy: Chapter 19: Greco-Jewish Philosophy — 15:14
22. 21 - Greco-Oriental Philosophy: Chapter 20: Neo-Pythagoreanism and Neo-Platonism — 23:11
23. 22 - Part 2, Patristic Philosophy: Chapters 21 and 22: Heretical Systems, The Ante-Nicene Fathers — 15:35
24. 23 - Patristic Philosophy: Chapter 23: The Post-Nicene Fathers — 32:19

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