BookRats
BookRats
BookRats Podcast
We are BookRats, a podcast about the great works from some pretty average people. We believe these books have enormous value AND we believe anyone can read them. We love talking about these books and want to share the electric excitement of a good conversation.
5 - Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics (Book I)
In this episode, Caroline, Alex, and Steven explore one of the foundation texts in the field of ethical philosophy, and try to uncover what Aristotle defines as happiness.
Feb 6, 2020
1 hr
4 - St. Augustine: Confessions (Books I - VI)
In this episode, Caroline, Alex, and Steven discuss the Confessions, an autobiographical work, detailing St. Augustine's sinful youth and his eventual conversion to Christianity. New episodes every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month!
Jan 16, 2020
1 hr 21 min
3 - Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
In this episode, Caroline, Alex, and Steven discuss the Tao Te Ching, a fundamental text in both the philosophy and religion of Taoism.
Jan 6, 2020
1 hr 9 min
2 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Discourse on Inequality
In this episode, Caroline, Alex, and Steven discuss Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, an essay about inequality which introduces the idea of "savage man," or man without society.
Jan 6, 2020
1 hr 24 min
1 - Blaise Pascal: Pensées
In this episode, Caroline, Alex, and Steven discuss the Pensées, a collection of fragments concerning philosophy and Christian theology by seventeenth-century thinker and mathematician Blaise Pascal.
Jan 6, 2020
1 hr 11 min
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