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Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy

Gelesen von Gary Gilberd

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Before the beginning of World War II, during the time of the Modernist movement in philosophy, George Santayana wrote these five descriptive essays. He examined John Locke’s sensationalism, British Idealism, the “Theory of Relativity”, Freud’s psychology, and Julien Benda’s preachment on the relations between God and the world. (Summary written by Gary) (2 hr 56 min)

Chapters

Essay #1 Locke and the Frontiers of Common Sense pt. 1

37:02

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Essay #1 Locke and the Frontiers of Common Sense pt. 2

35:11

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Essay #2 Fifty Years of British Idealism

32:57

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Essay #3 Revolutions in Science

22:07

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Essay #4 A Long Way Round to Nirvana

21:59

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Essay #5 The Prestige of the Infinite

27:05

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Great read by Mr Gilberd! He has the author's ironic tone down pat. Thanks.