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Life of Reason volume 1

Name: Life of Reason volume 1
Author: George Santayana

George Santayana

Read by Fredrik Karlsson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introduction (all volumes), part 1 (13:04)
Introduction (all volumes), part 2 (16:16)
Introduction (all volumes), part 3 (16:34)
Introduction (all volumes), part 4 (17:13)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 1 (12:05)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 1: The Birth of Reason, part 2 (12:41)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 1 (15:51)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 2: First Steps and First Fluctuations, part 2 (14:27)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 1 (20:02)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 3: The Discovery of Natural Objects, part 2 (20:31)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 1 (21:55)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 2 (19:12)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 3 (15:45)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 4: On Some Critics of this Discovery, part 4 (15:23)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 1 (17:15)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 5: Nature Unified and Mind Discerned, part 2 (21:48)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 1 (14:36)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 2 (17:34)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 6: Discovery of Fellow-minds, part 3 (15:36)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 1 (14:00)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 2 (18:12)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 7: Concretions in Discourse and Existence, part 3 (16:32)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 1 (20:40)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 8: On the Relative Value of Things and Ideas, part 2 (20:57)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 1 (16:50)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 2 (17:58)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 3 (14:37)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 9: How Thought is Practical, part 4 (15:29)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 1 (19:52)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 10: The Measure of Values in Reflection, part 2 (21:16)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 1 (10:00)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 11: Some Abstract Conditions of the Ideal, part 2 (15:42)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 1 (16:02)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 2 (16:02)
Volume I: Reason in Common Sense. Chapter 12: Flux and Constancy in Human Nature, part 3 (16:45)