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ThoughtAudio PDF Transcript: TA0058_WhatisEnlightenment_ImmanuelKant.pdf The WIKIPEDIA link below provides a more detailed analysis of the essay, although the listener will appreciate how many of the issues defined by Kant are still relevant in today’s world. What is important for the modern listener in this essay is how Kant outlines those things that discourage enlightenment as well as those things that can enhance it on a personal and social level. Yet in 1784, when the essay was written, the concept of Enlightenment was an emerging idea and still a vague notion to most people. The concepts of personal freedom, liberty and the ability to think for one-self have become a personal choice and fundamental to our everyday lives. In the modern era, we take the concept of Enlightenment for granted. _ The Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? #Passpartout the starving artist endings ending free#Posted in: Free Audiobook TA0087: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow His Irish experiences form a basis for his writings and his short story collection is said to be a penetrating analysis of the stagnation and paralysis of Dublin Society. James Joyce is an Irish author best known for his epic novel Ulysses, as well as his collection of short stories titled Dubliners. ![]() ThoughtAudio PDF Transcript: TA0091_TheDead_JamesJoyce.pdf Listen as James Joyce weaves harsh realities back into this story, as is characteristic with other stories in this series, Dubliners. Near the end of the party Gabriel sees his wife, Gretta, in a new and expanded way at the same moment when she is reminiscing on a song being sung at the party. The main character in this short story is Gabriel Conroy and the entire short story takes place during his attendance at a holiday party, annually thrown by his aunts. Posted in: Free Audiobook TA0091: The Dead This American poet and writer is best known for his tales of mystery, horror and sheer terror, at least for the Victorian Age of the mid-1800s, which was his early audience. ThoughtAudio PDF Transcript: TA0096_PitandPendulum_EdgarAllanPoe Poe brings a real sense of fear during an intense episode of this single prisoner. His torture involved being thrown into a pit, being drugged and strapped to a table where a large pendulum blade is slowly lowered directly over his awaiting body. The Inquisition was originally intended to ensure the belief and practices of those who converted from Judaism and Islam, but the methods used for those who were judged to be heretics was torture. Toledo, Spain is located just south of Madrid and was the center of the Spanish Inquisition. This short story is about a man who is brought in front of the Spanish Inquisition and judgment passed upon him to suffer the horrors of the Pit in Toledo. Posted in: Free Audiobook TA0096: The Pit and the Pendulum This CD set contains two short stories from his book Tales of the Jazz Age, which reflect the era and lifestyle of which Fitzgerald was accustomed. Although he led a wild and luxurious lifestyle, Fitzgerald was known more for his prominent works of literature, which have gained a permanent place among the American classics. ![]() ![]() The 1920’s, also known as the Jazz Age, were wild times, and Francis Scott Fitzgerald was its king. ThoughtAudio PDF Transcript: TA0097_OffshorePirate_FScottFitzgerald This short story is from the book “Flappers & Philosophers” Ardita is unwilling to surrender the vessel so they take her to sea with them and that is where the rest of the story unfolds. But while he is gone, the boat is overtaken by a band of pirates. She refuses to leave the yacht they are on to go to town with him and meet someone who he believes is a better match for her. Ardita, independent and stubborn, is set on marrying a young man who her uncle believes does not have the highest character values. This short story begins on a yacht anchored off the Florida coast where a young woman, Ardita, and her Uncle are engaged in a heated discussion about her dating decisions. ![]()
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