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Appendix to Meditations: The Correspondence of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto | Audiobook with Text

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“Farewell, dearest and most beloved master, whom I miss, I may say, more than Rome itself.” - Marcus Aurelius, to Fronto Before he was the philosopher-emperor, Marcus Aurelius was a student who wrote letters — warm, playful, homesick, utterly unguarded — to his beloved rhetoric teacher, Marcus Cornelius Fronto. This short correspondence is the appendix George Long attached to his classic translation of the Meditations: the private Marcus behind the public philosophy.

Topics: The Correspondence of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto · Preface: Who Fronto Was & the Herodes Affair · Aurelius: Pleading for Restraint at Herodes' Trial · Fronto Agrees, With Reservations · Aurelius: "Argue the Case, Not Your Feelings" · Credit to Both Men

The Aims of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text

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"You have sought a clear discourse on the refutation of philosophers — yet one must first understand their aims." — Al-Ghazali, The Aims of the Philosophers Before Al-Ghazali demolished the philosophers, he explained them — so faithfully that medieval Europe translated this book and mistook "Algazel" for a philosopher himself.

Topics: The Aims of the Philosophers – Al-Ghazali · Preface · Section One: Logic — Preface and Introduction · First Art: The Indication of Words · Second Art: General Meanings and Their Sections · Third Art: Composition of Words and Propositions

The Sophist and The Statesman by Plato | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text and Illustrations

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"He who says that falsehood exists has the audacity to assert the being of not-being." — Plato, The Sophist Two late dialogues, one double portrait: the fraud and the true ruler. In The Sophist, a mysterious Stranger from Elea hunts the sophist through definition after definition — and to catch him must commit philosophy's most famous act of rebellion, proving against Parmenides that not-being, in a sense, is.

Topics: The Sophist and The Statesman — by Plato · Part One: The Sophist · Part Two: The Statesman

His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes | Complete Audiobook with Text

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"There's an east wind coming, Watson." — Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow Eight of the darkest, strangest cases in the canon — ending on the eve of the First World War, with Holmes coming out of retirement for one final service to England.

Topics: His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge · Part 1: The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles · Part 2: The Tiger of San Pedro · The Adventure of the Cardboard Box · The Adventure of the Red Circle

Lysis by Plato | Complete (Human-read) Audiobook with Text and Illustrations

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"Which is the friend — he who loves, or he who is loved?" — Plato, Lysis THE CHILLBOOKS EXPERIENCE Original Narration: Mark Cassidy's warm, unhurried delivery fits the friendliest of Plato's dialogues. Full Text On Screen: Follow Jowett's translation word-for-word — ideal for study and close reading. Original Illustrations: Artwork by Marwa El-Sayed, created for this production. No Background Music: Zero distractions — the conversation carries itself.

Topics: Lysis, or Friendship — by Plato · Some Questions Relating to Friendship · Lysis, or Friendship (Complete Dialogue)

The Beginning of Guidance by Al-Ghazali | Complete (Human-read) Audiobook with Text

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"If your intention in seeking knowledge is guidance, then rejoice; for the angels spread their wings for you as you walk." — Al-Ghazali, The Beginning of Guidance Where does the spiritual path actually begin? With the next hour of your day.

Topics: The Beginning of Guidance by Al-Ghazali · Preface · First Section: On Avoiding Sins · Etiquettes of the Eye · Etiquettes of the Ear · Etiquettes of the Tongue

Laches by Plato | Complete (Human-read) Audiobook with Text and Illustrations

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"I should say that courage is a sort of endurance of the soul." — Laches Two of Athens' most decorated generals are asked a simple question — what is courage? — and cannot answer it.

Topics: Laches, or Courage — by Plato · Laches, or Courage (Complete Dialogue)

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text and Illustrations

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"All hope abandon, ye who enter in!" — Dante, Inferno III One man walks through Hell, climbs Purgatory, and rises through Paradise — and comes back to tell it in verse. The Divine Comedy is the summit of world poetry, presented here complete: all 100 cantos, nearly 12 hours, in Longfellow's classic translation, with the full text on screen and Gustave Doré's legendary engravings appearing exactly where they belong in the journey. Narrated by Mark Cassidy.

Topics: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri · Inferno - Canto I · Canto II · Canto III · Canto IV · Canto V

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle | Complete Audiobook with Text and Illustrations

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"Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" A cursed family, a dead baronet, and something waiting out on the moor. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most famous detective novel ever written — Sherlock Holmes's greatest case, and the book that resurrected him in the public's eyes after his plunge at the Reichenbach Falls.

Topics: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Chapter 1: Mr. Sherlock Holmes · Chapter 2: The Curse of the Baskervilles · Chapter 3: The Problem · Chapter 4: Sir Henry Baskerville · Chapter 6: Baskerville Hall

The Ethics of Earning a Living by Al-Ghazali | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text

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"Trade is a test of a man's religion and piety." — Al-Ghazali, The Ethics of Earning a Living THE CHILLBOOKS EXPERIENCE Original Narration: Mark Cassidy's clear, steady delivery keeps Ghazali's legal precision and moral urgency in balance. Original Translation: A new English translation by the LWR Project — produced for this edition and exclusive to Chillbooks. Full Text On Screen: Follow every ruling, story, and hadith word-for-word.

Topics: The Ethics of Earning a Living – Al-Ghazali · Chapter One: On the Merit of Earning and Encouragement Towards It · The First Contract: Sale · The First Pillar: The Contracting Parties · The Second Pillar: Concerning the Subject Matter of the Contract · The Third Pillar: The Wording of the Contract

Crito by Plato | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text

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"No man should either do evil, or return evil for evil, or betray the right." — Socrates, Crito The day before his execution, Socrates's oldest friend arrives with a plan and an argument: escape is possible, the money is ready, the friends are waiting. All that's needed is Socrates's agreement.

Topics: Crito by Plato · Crito, by Plato (Complete Dialogue)

The Odyssey by Homer (With Greek Names) | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text & Illustrations

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"Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy." — Homer, The Odyssey Twenty years away from home. A war that ended in victory and a journey that never seemed to end. The Odyssey is the oldest adventure story in Western literature and still the best — a man trying to get home, and everything in the world conspiring to stop him.

Topics: The Odyssey by Homer · Book 1: Athena Visits Telemachus · Book 2: Telemachus Prepares for His Journey · Book 3: At Pylos with Nestor · Book 4: Menelaus and Helen · Book 5: Odysseus and Calypso

Confessions: The Rescuer from Error by Al-Ghazali | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text

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"The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them, but rather the one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them." — Al-Ghazali, The Rescuer from Error

Topics: Confessions: The Rescuer from Error – Al-Ghazali · The Subterfuges of the Sophists · The Different Kinds of Seekers after Truth · The Aim of Scholastic Theology and Its Results · (1) The Materialists · (2) The Naturalists

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The Art of War by Sun Tzu | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text and Illustrations

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"Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War The complete, human-read audiobook of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, in Lionel Giles' classic translation, with the full text on screen and original chapter illustrations by Sage Royce.

Topics: The Art of War — Sun Tzu · Chapter 1: Laying Plans · Chapter 2: Waging War · Chapter 3: Attack by Stratagem · Chapter 4: Tactical Dispositions · Chapter 5: Energy

A Compendium on the Soul by Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) | Complete (Human-Read) Audiobook with Text

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"Whoso knoweth himself, knoweth his Lord." — Avicenna, A Compendium on the Soul The complete, human-read audiobook of A Compendium on the Soul by Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) — in Edward Abbott van Dyck's translation — with the full text on screen throughout.

Topics: A Compendium on the Soul — Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) · Chillbooks' Foreword · SECTION FIRST — To Establish the Existence of the Spiritual Faculties · Sub-Section A: The Three Classes (Vegetable, Animal, Rational) · Sub-Section B: The Definition of the Soul at Large · SECTION THIRD — The Soul Does Not Originate from a Combination of Elements