The Greek View of Life by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

The Greek View of Life by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In The Greek View of Life, classicist Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson offers a lucid, wide-ranging portrait of how the ancient Greeks understood the world and their place within it. Rather than a chronicle of battles and rulers, this book asks a deeper question: what kind of life did Greek culture imagine was worth living? Dickinson guides listeners through the Greeks' attitudes toward nature and the divine, the demands of the city-state, the meaning of freedom and citizenship, and the competing claims of pleasure, duty, and self-control. Along the way, he draws on Greek literature, philosophy, and art to reveal a civilization that prized clarity of thought, balance, and measure, yet never ignored the shadow of suffering and limitation. Written with an eye for comparison, the book invites modern readers to test their own assumptions against a society that helped shape Western ideas of reason, beauty, politics, and education. The result is both an introduction to Greek ideals and a reflective meditation on what culture can teach us about character, community, and the art of living.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:04:33) Chapter 02

(00:20:15) Chapter 03

(00:24:26) Chapter 04

(00:32:59) Chapter 05

(00:47:59) Chapter 06

(00:55:44) Chapter 07

(01:02:49) Chapter 08

(01:10:41) Chapter 09

(01:20:07) Chapter 10

(01:33:08) Chapter 11

(01:52:45) Chapter 12

(02:06:07) Chapter 13

(02:19:19) Chapter 14

(02:28:04) Chapter 15

(02:43:07) Chapter 16

(02:52:57) Chapter 17

(03:03:25) Chapter 18

(03:07:51) Chapter 19

(03:17:17) Chapter 20

(03:22:41) Chapter 21

(03:38:50) Chapter 22

(03:47:14) Chapter 23

(03:51:51) Chapter 24

(04:05:43) Chapter 25

(04:28:23) Chapter 26

(04:49:51) Chapter 27

(05:27:35) Chapter 28

(05:42:16) Chapter 29

(05:52:35) Chapter 30

(05:57:53) Chapter 31

(06:04:11) Chapter 32

(06:08:48) Chapter 33

(06:17:04) Chapter 34

(06:38:54) Chapter 35

(06:45:20) Chapter 36

(07:12:07) Chapter 37

(07:39:12) Chapter 38

(07:47:38) Chapter 39

(08:01:45) Chapter 40

(08:16:57) Chapter 41

(08:33:47) Chapter 42

(08:42:42) Chapter 43

(08:51:57) Chapter 44

(09:03:32) Chapter 45

(09:16:16) Chapter 46

(09:36:15) Chapter 47

(09:45:42) Chapter 48

(10:03:54) Chapter 49

(10:27:26) Chapter 50

(10:33:47) Chapter 51

(10:36:49) Chapter 52

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