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Former President of Harvard University Charles W. Eliot wrote in his introduction to the Harvard Classics, "In my opinion, a five-foot shelf would hold books enough to give a liberal education to any one who would read them with devotion, even if he could spare but fifteen minutes a day for reading." Here you are, you can easily listen to his entire 15-minutes-a-day study guide while commuting to and from work (most of us spend far more than 15 minutes a day commuting each day), doing mundane work in the office, washing dishes at home, or doing most of the things day in and day out. It is so easy, so entertaining, and so educational that they can be listened to again and again, until they permeate into our own thinking and into our characters. Perhaps, in one year's time, you will become someone you barely recognize, all for the better. Who knows?
-- Rich E Book
Episodes
Dec 21, 2021
Dec 21, 2021
Dec 21, 2021
28 min
"Madam Bubble," or this vain world, presented both herself and her purse to the wayfarer. Repulsed and scorned, yet she serenely flaunts her bribes enticingly before his bewildered eyes. (Volume 15, Harvard Classics)
John Bunyan made leader of Non-Conformist congregation, Dec. 21, 1671.
Dec 20, 2021
Dec 20, 2021
Dec 20, 2021
27 min
All phases of life were pictured by Herodotus in his history. Like a modern newspaper reporter, he combines weird stories, scandals, and battle accounts with descriptions of places, persons, and sights about town. (Volume 33, Harvard Classics)
Dec 19, 2021
Dec 19, 2021
10 min
Introductory note on Samson Agonistes by John Milton (Volume 4, Harvard Classics)
Dec 19, 2021
Dec 19, 2021
48 min
The mighty Samson was blinded while a captive of the Philistines. He sought revenge - a revenge devastating and costly. Milton, himself a giant of intellect, blind and imprisoned, wrote of this sightless giant of other days. (Volume 4, Harvard Classics)
Milton released from prison, Dec. 19, 1660.
Dec 18, 2021
Dec 18, 2021
Dec 18, 2021
16 min
Every schoolboy asks: "What's the use of learning Latin?" John Locke, one of the greatest educators of all time, maintains that Latin is absolutely essential to a well-bred gentleman, and explains why. (Volume 37, Harvard Classics)
Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2021
23 min
The mother of St. Augustine prayed unceasingly for her son's conversion. The most touching, most soul-revealing writing St. Augustine did is in the description of his mother's death. (Volume 7, Harvard Classics)