Classical Moralists
Benjamin Rand
102 chapters · 34 h 17 min · English
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Political Science · Short non-fiction
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The book is virtually a history of ethics, based not upon the ordinary description of systems, but upon selections from the original sources and upon translations of the authors themselves. It is sought, so far as is practicable, to present by means of the case method the most distinctive and constructive features in the ethical systems of the successive moralists. The evolution of ethical thought is thereby revealed, stripped of its controversial material, from Socrates to Martineau. Such a work, it is hoped, will prove indispensable as a text-book of required reading, alike for the historical and for the systematic study of ethics in the universities. - Summary by Preface
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1 Preface 13 min 2 Socrates (469 to 399 B. C.) Part 1 15 min 3 Socrates (469 to 399 B. C.) Part 2 23 min 4 Socrates (469 to 399 B. C.) Part 3 14 min 5 Plato (427 to 347 B. C.) Part 1 6 min 6 Plato (427 to 347 B. C.) Part 2 42 min 7 Plato (427 to 347 B. C.) Part 3 18 min 8 Aristotle (384 to 324 B. C.) Title 1 min 9 Aristotle (384 to 324 B. C.) Part 1 16 min 10 Aristotle (384 to 324 B. C.) Part 2 20 min 11 Aristotle (384 to 324 B. C.) Part 3 21 min 12 Aristotle (384 to 324 B. C.) Part 4 15 min 13 Aristotle (384 to 324 B. C.) Part 5 16 min 14 Zeno (356 to 264 B. C.) Part 1 26 min 15 Zeno (356 to 264 B. C.) Part 2 27 min 16 Epicurus (341 to 270) Part 1 28 min 17 Epicurus (341 to 270 B. C.) Part 2 15 min 18 Titus Lucretius Carus (95 to 51 B. C.) 24 min 19 Epictetus (60 A. D.: ?) Part 1 19 min 20 Epictetus (60 A. D.: ?) Part 2 12 min 21 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 to 180) Part 1 17 min 22 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 to 180) Part 2 29 min 23 Plotinus (205 to 270) Part 1 22 min 24 Plotinus (205 to 270) Part 2 16 min 25 Saint Augustine (354 to 430) 26 min 26 Peter Abelard (1079 to 1142) 14 min 27 Thomas Aquinas (1225 to 1274) Part 1 22 min 28 Thomas Aquinas (1225 to 1274) Part 2 18 min 29 Hugo Grotius (1583 to 1645) 17 min 30 Thomas Hobbes (1588 to 1679) Part 1 21 min 31 Thomas Hobbes (1588 to 1679) Part 2 20 min 32 Ralph Cudworth (1617 to 1688) Part 1 19 min 33 Ralph Cudworth (1617 to 1688) Part 2 13 min 34 Henry More (1614 to 1687) 12 min 35 Richard Cumberland (1631 to 1718) 24 min 36 Baruch De Spinoza (1632 to 1677) Part 1 21 min 37 Baruch De Spinoza (1632 to 1677) Part 2 19 min 38 Baruch De Spinoza (1632 to 1677) Part 3 19 min 39 Baruch De Spinoza (1632 to 1677) Part 4 25 min 40 Nicolas Malebranche (1638 to 1715) 22 min 41 John Locke (1632 to 1704) Part 1 12 min 42 John Locke (1632 to 1704) Part 2 24 min 43 Samuel Clarke (1675 to 1729) 28 min 44 Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 to 1713) Part 1 29 min 45 Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 to 1713) Part 2 29 min 46 Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 to 1713) Part 3 14 min 47 Bernard De Mandeville (1670 to 1733) 17 min 48 William Wollaston (1660 to 1724) Part 1 23 min 49 William Wollaston (1660 to 1724) Part 2 10 min 50 Joseph Butler (1692 to 1752) Part 1 22 min 51 Joseph Butler (1692 to 1752) Part 2 23 min 52 Joseph Butler (1692 to 1752) Part 3 13 min 53 Francis Hutcheson (1694 to 1747) Part 1 15 min 54 Francis Hutcheson (1694 to 1747) Part 2 26 min 55 Francis Hutcheson (1694 to 1747) Part 3 20 min 56 David Hartley (1705 to 1757) 23 min 57 David Hume (1711 to 1776) Part 1 14 min 58 David Hume (1711 to 1776) Part 2 22 min 59 Adam Smith (1723 to 1790) Part 1 24 min 60 Adam Smith (1723 to 1790) Part 2 15 min 61 Adam Smith (1723 to 1790) Part 3 24 min 62 Adam Smith (1723 to 1790) Part 4 20 min 63 Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715 to 1771) 19 min 64 William Paley (1743 to 1805) 9 min 65 Jeremy Bentham (1748 to 1832) Part 1 31 min 66 Jeremy Bentham (1748 to 1832) Part 2 20 min 67 Jeremy Bentham (1748 to 1832) Part 3 20 min 68 Richard Price (1723 to 1791) Part 1 20 min 69 Richard Price (1723 to 1791) Part 2 9 min 70 Thomas Reid (1710 to 1796) Part 1 16 min 71 Thomas Reid (1710 to 1796) Part 2 22 min 72 Immanuel Kant (1724 to 1804) Part 1 16 min 73 Immanuel Kant (1724 to 1804) Part 2 43 min 74 Immanuel Kant (1724 to 1804) Part 3 19 min 75 Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 to 1814) Part 1 14 min 76 Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 to 1814) Part 2 20 min 77 Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 to 1814) Part 3 18 min 78 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 to 1831) Part 1 21 min 79 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 to 1831) Part 2 12 min 80 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 to 1831) Part 3 28 min 81 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 to 1860) Part 1 27 min 82 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 to 1860) Part 2 7 min 83 Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798 to 1854) Part 1 24 min 84 Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798 to 1854) Part 2 12 min 85 Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798 to 1854) Part 3 18 min 86 John Stuart Mill (1806 to 1873) Part 1 37 min 87 John Stuart Mill (1806 to 1873) Part 2 26 min 88 John Stuart Mill (1806 to 1873) Part 3 22 min 89 Herbert Spencer (1820 to 1903) Part 1 30 min 90 Herbert Spencer (1820 to 1903) Part 2 25 min 91 Herbert Spencer (1820 to 1903) Part 3 16 min 92 Henry Sidgwick (1838 to 1900) Part 1 18 min 93 Henry Sidgwick (1838 to 1900) Part 2 24 min 94 Francis Herbert Bradley (1846: ) Part 1 19 min 95 Francis Herbert Bradley (1846: ) Part 2 26 min 96 Francis Herbert Bradley (1846: ) Part 3 15 min 97 Thomas Hill Green (1836 to 1882) Part 1 20 min 98 Thomas Hill Green (1836 to 1882) Part 2 18 min 99 Thomas Hill Green (1836 to 1882) Part 3 17 min 100 James Martineau (1805 to 1900) Part 1 23 min 101 James Martineau (1805 to 1900) Part 2 32 min 102 James Martineau (1805 to 1900) Part 3 30 min
