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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
Jul 9, 2021
Jul 9, 2021
Jul 9, 2021
33 min
"What is Truth?" asked Pilate. For an answer Bacon discourses not on human nature as it should be, but as it is. These shrewd observations on making a life and a living admit occasional departures from truth. (Volume 3, Harvard Classics)
Bacon becomes Privy Councilor, July 9, 1616.
Jul 8, 2021
Jul 8, 2021
7 min
Introductory note on Percy Bysshe Shelley (The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature)
Jul 8, 2021
Jul 8, 2021
10 min
When the monstrous Cenci forced his daughter Beatrice into a horrible situation, she revolted and boldly struck for freedom. Shelley tells her pitiful story in one of his best works. (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)
Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned, July 8, 1822.
Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021
2 min
Introductory note on Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)
Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021
29 min
The painted lips of the eighteenth century ladies and gallants vied with one another in whispering scathing gossip, in gleefully furthering the destruction of a good name. Sheridan depicts this gay world with a brilliant spicy pen. (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)
Sheridan buried in Westminster Abbey, July 7, 1816.
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 2021
Jul 6, 2021
18 min
When Europe was suffering from evil rulers, heavy taxes, and despair, Sir Thomas More dreamed of a happy land where an intelligently managed state perfected happiness. (Volume 36, Harvard Classics)
Sir Thomas More executed, July 6, 1535.
Jul 5, 2021
Jul 5, 2021
4 min
Introductory note on The Thousand and One Nights (Volume 16, Harvard Classics)
Jul 5, 2021
Jul 5, 2021
33 min
Here is another of those fanciful Oriental stories that proclaims the democracy of Eastern despotism. A tailor might talk with a king and receive either a death sentence or the office of Grand Vizier as a reward. (Volume 16, Harvard Classics)