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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
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Jun 14, 2021
Jun 14, 2021
Jun 14, 2021
35 min
Socrates unceasingly strove for beauty, truth, and perfection. Sentenced to death on a false charge, he refused to escape from the death cell, even when opportunity was offered. (Volume 2, Harvard Classics)
Jun 13, 2021
Jun 13, 2021
Jun 13, 2021
25 min
Athenians gave Aristides the title of "The Just." Later they wanted to banish him. One voter wanted Aristides banished merely because he was weary of hearing him called "The Just." (Volume 12, Harvard Classics)
Jun 12, 2021
Jun 12, 2021
Jun 12, 2021
27 min
Two armies of ancient India were about to engage in a momentous battle. Arjuna, heroic leader of the Pandu hosts, foreseeing great slaughter, hesitates. He implores the divine Vishnu to intervene. The conversation of the warrior and the god is a gem of Hindu literature. (Volume 45, Harvard Classics)
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021
25 min
To commemorate his marriage to the beautiful Elizabeth, Spenser wrote one of the most enchanting nuptial hymns. (Volume 40, Harvard Classics)
Edmund Spenser married Elizabeth Boyle, June 11, 1594.
Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021
26 min
King Œdipus of Thebes as a babe was abandoned on Mount Cithæron to die. Years after he was thought dead he returns to Thebes and unknowingly slays his father, marries his mother – and thus fulfills the word of the oracle. (Volume 8, Harvard Classics)