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Books of All Time tackles classic literature in chronological order. Each month, host Rose Judson summarizes a classic work of literature in one episode and then dives into the story behind it in the second episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rose Judson hosts Books of All Time, a history show with 52 episodes published.
For our 50th episode, we return to Ancient Greece and to philosophy with The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle (384-322 BCE). Intended as a guide to the good life for ancient Athenian elites, the Ethics has some advice to
In this second part of our investigation into the Tao Te Ching, we cover some of the many, many, many shapes its teachings have been bent into over the last 2,500 years—from the inspiration for an alchemy-and-sex cult th
Ever seen or doodled a yin-yang symbol? Does the proverb "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" ring a bell? You've brushed up against the Tao Te Ching , one of the most influential works of Ancient
Our second episode on The Book of Job looks at three reactions to the work. William Blake's illustrations for The Book of Job (1780—1823), which were produced in several media for various patrons Franz Kafka's The Trial
Why do good people suffer? That's one of the key questions animating The Book of Job, one of the Hebrew Bible's three books of wisdom literature. In this episode, we walk through the story of a man who is plunged into de
In our second episode on the Mahabharata , the great Indian epic from c. 300 BCE, we dive into what is perhaps the most famous section of it: the 700 verses that make up the Bhagavad Gita. We discuss the main points of t
Eight times longer than the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, the Mahabharata has a little of everything: philosophy, spirituality, myths, romances, geography, a heroic polycule, and one transgender warrior who knows how t
In our second episode on the Ramayana, which began to be written down in Sanskrit c. 350 BCE, we dive deeper into the theme of dharma . We explore some of the many different meanings of this term and trace the developmen
It's time for some good old-fashioned epic action with our first episode on the Ramayana , one of the great Sanskrit-language epics from India. Composed as a written work from about 350 BCE onward (but probably much earl
We come to the end of our three-episode exploration of Plato’s Republic, the seminal work of political philosophy composed mostly around 380 BCE . This episode covers pre-Socratic philosophy, the life of Socrates, and a
In this episode, we continue our three-part, supersized exploration of Plato's Republic. Having defined morality and the ideal society in the first half of the book, we now move on to the pure philosophy part, which feat
It's philosophy time, friends. Join us for the first of three episodes about the ancient Greek philosopher Plato's book The Republic , the most influential work of philosophical literature ever written by a single author
Aaaaaand we're back. Aristophanes, the comedian of ancient Athens, has a reputation for getting into hot water for his jibes about the demagogue Cleon (which landed him in hot water, legally) and his portrayal the philos
Produced in 405 BCE, just months before Athens' disastrous loss of the Peloponnesian War, Aristophanes' Frogs is a play about how important — and ridiculous — great art can be. Featuring a poetic battle royale between th
Euripides's plays, including The Trojan Women , include a great many complex and sympathetic female characters. In this episode, we use Euripides's interest in women as a jumping-off point to look at the real lives of wo
Our Greek Theatre summer continues with the last of the great tragedians, Euripides (c. 480–406 BCE). While less successful than Aeschylus and Sophocles when it came to winning prizes at the Athenian Dionysia, Euripides
Since 1900 or so, anyone trying to engage with Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex has had Sigmund Freud breathing over their shoulders. This episode looks at how Freud, inspired by (and slightly obsessed with) Sophocles' play,
Sophocles (496 - 406 BCE) is considered the greatest of the great tragedians of Athens. In this episode, we take a look at his charmed life and at the play which, more than any other, has come to define his legacy: Oedip
In our second episode on Sun-Tzu's The Art of War , we dive into the cultural movement that introduced it to the west: the first Jesuit mission to China. From 1552 until 1773, the missionary priests of the Society of Jes
"Know your enemy, know yourself, and victory is never in doubt, not in a hundred battles." So wrote the legendary Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu sometime in the 6th or possibly 5th or possibly 4th century BCE. While
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Books of All Time is hosted by Rose Judson. The show is categorised under history (arts) and has published 52 episodes.
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