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Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism
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Do you make your own choices or have circumstances beyond your control already decided your destiny? For thousands of years, this very question has intrigued and perplexed philosophers, scientists, and everyone who thinks deliberately about how they choose to live and act. The answer to this age-old riddle is universally relevant to our lives. The implications of our views on it can affect everything from small choices we make every day to our perspective on criminal justice and capital punishment. From the Stoics to Boethius, from Kant to Hume, from Sartre to contemporary philosophers, great minds have puzzled over this debate for centuries. [Read more…]

Lao Tzu – Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation (trans by Roger Ames and David L Hall) (2003) – Audiobook [95 MP3s]
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Composed more than 2,000 years ago, the Dao de jing (Tao Te Ching) set forth an alternative vision of reality in a world torn apart by violence and betrayal. Second only to the Bible, this timeless classic is one of the world’s most revered inspirational books. Daoism offers a comprehensive view of experience grounded in a full understanding of the wonders hidden in the ordinary. Now in this luminous new translation, Chinese scholars Ames and Hall bring the timeless wisdom of the Dao de jing into our contemporary world.
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Great Philosophical Debates Free Will and Determinism

Lao Tzu – Dao De Jing A Philosophical Translation (trans by Roger Ames and David L Hall) (2003) – Audiobook [95 MP3s]