67 Results for : cynics
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Epicurus of Samos: His Philosophy and Life: All the Principal Source Texts , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 380min
Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BCE) was the founder of the philosophical system to which he gave his name: Epicureanism. It is a label that is often misused and misunderstood today, with ‘a life of pleasure’ as the key aim misinterpreted as a life of indulgence. In fact, the philosophy of Epicurus demonstrated also by his life, was anything but! He established a school in Athens called The Garden, underpinned by his system of ethics.He promoted, by his own example, a simple, ordered, calm and reflective life.A life of true pleasure, he proposed, is only possible when unharnessed desire for wealth, position, luxury and power has been dissolved and instead steady living and friendship are the watchwords. It is against this background that the understanding and acceptance of the vicissitudes of life, and the inevitability of death, are the rules by which to live. This was in contrast to Platonism on the one hand and the Cynics on the other. The second major facet of Epicurus’ philosophy was his physics, in which he adopted and furthered the theory of atomism introduced by Democritus (460-370 BCE): there was no ‘first mover’, no creation myth, no afterlife. Atoms underpinned all existence. Epicurus was a prodigious author, producing many books - yet very few survive. Diogenes Laertius, the third-century Greek biographer, in his sizeable Lives of Eminent Philosophers, devotes Book X, the final book, to Epicurus. In it he gives an account of the life of the philosopher and including three letters from Epicurus to friends, to Herodotus, Pythocles and Menoeceus. The biography concludes with the concise The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus. Then there are various fragments which have come down to us: The Vatican Sayings (a collection found in the Vatican Library, originally compiled in the 14th century and rediscovered in the 19th century); Epicurean Fragments collected in the 19th century from many classical autho ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Gillies, Jonathan Booth. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dhrm/000270/bk_dhrm_000270_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Empath: Best Way to Emotional, Psychological and Spiritual Healing in Few Steps in 7 Days or Less! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
If you want to embrace your empathy and effortlessly convert it into your inner strength and don’t want to feel weak in your life ever again, keep reading. In this audiobook, I will help you understand how strong you really are and how to face the world with your head held high. As empaths are constantly “credited” with having weak personalities by the media, trolls, and cynics alike, I feel that it’s up to you to prove those people wrong by showing them how you own the world you live in. Also, medical studies show that empathy fosters resilience, trust, personal growth, and many more qualities. There are several topics that can help you find the right footing in this turbulent and indifferent world, such as:What can you really know about your power that 98.34 percent of the society doesn’tDon’t’ focus solely on your empathy, learn how to become a strong personHow introverted empaths are truly crafty and wise in their choicesHow to block rogue and negative energies from entering you, your home, and from other peopleAnd how to listen for your spiritual calling by observing the signs around you and interpreting your dreams.Simple ways to feel and ground your energy despite being a beginnerLearn about the real difference between a highly sensitive person and an empathDon’t be afraid of narcissists and energy vampires and learn how to erect your boundaries when you’re around people who make you feel uncomfortableMystical deities that embody and empower those of us who use the cosmic energy as a giftIf you’re still not sure about this audiobook, consider the following:Belonging to the two point sixty-six percent of the overall population is a gift, not a curseDon’t be afraid of leveraging the power and talent you have been blessed with and become a better, more confident version of yourself right awayAfter listening to thi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Cassie Day. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/146590/bk_acx0_146590_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives, Hörbuch, Digital, 362min
In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall in to which seventy-one stars are carved - each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. At the base of this wall lies "The Book of Honor," in which the names of these agents are inscribed, or at least thirty-five of them. Beside the dates of the other thirty-six, there are no names. The identity of these "nameless stars" has been one of the CIA's most closely guarded secrets for the fifty-three years of the agency's existence. Even family members are told little - in some cases, the agency has denied the fact that the deceased were covert operatives at all. But what the CIA keeps secret in the name of national security is often merely an effort to hide that which would embarrass the agency itself - even at the cost of denying peace of mind for the families and honor due the "nameless stars." In an extraordinary job of investigative reporting, Ted Gup has uncovered the identities, and the stories, of the men and women who died anonymously in the service of their country. In researching The Book of Honor, Gup interviewed over four hundred current and former covert CIA officers, immersed himself in archival records, death certificates, casualty lists from terrorist attacks, State Department and Defense Department personnel lists, cemetery records, obituaries, and tens of thousands of pages of personal letters and diaries. In telling the agents' stories, Gup shows them to be complex, vibrant, and heroic individuals - nothing like the suave super spies of popular fiction or the amoral cynics of conspiracy buffs. The accounts of their lives - and deaths - are powerful and deeply moving, and in bringing them at long last to light, Gup manages to render an unprecedented history of covert operations at the CIA. Listen to Ted Gup on C-SPAN's Booknotes (8/27/00). Language: English. Narrator: Frank Muller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bant/000336/bk_bant_000336_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bedtime Stories for Kids: Book 2: Unicorns and Delicious Fairy Tales for Little Girls to Help Children Fall Asleep. More Mindfulness for Cynics and Meditation Stories for Deep Sleep Every Night , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 196min
If your wish for your little girl is to make her sleep like a princess and carve out more time for yourself without neglecting her, then keep reading...This audiobook aims to help parents delegate a part of their work, that is, to read fairy tales to their daughters every night. In fact, we know how hard the parent's job is. Plus, if we come back late in the evening, we barely have time for ourselves.Wouldn't it be easier to keep our princesses busy and be able to make them sleep soundly without having to stay there and read them stories until they fall asleep?Moreover, what if we have lively girls who do not want to sleep? How hard is that?The goal of this audiobook is to help our girls sleep soundly through fairy tales of unicorns and fairy-tale worlds, using the power of meditation stories to calm our girls and increase their mindfulness and deep sleep.What are the benefits of this audiobook? Your princess will increase her inner calm and mindfulness, thanks to 20 stories of meditation contained in fairy tales.You'll get 10 fairy tales for little girls specific for deep sleep.You'll get female-oriented plots that are easy to understand and long enough to put her to sleep.You'll find empathic and detailed plots that will make your princesses fantasize and dream!These stories are suitable for little girls all the way up to adolescent ages.You will have more time for yourself as a parent.Your little girl will sleep deeply, and therefore, your sleep will also increase.Bedtime Stories for Kids: Book 2 is suitable for all those little girls who do not have continuous sleep and who need to be more independent. It is suitable for all parents who would like their daughter to sleep more and, at the same time, be able to relax themselves during the evening hours.Would you like to know more? Buy now to find out about Bedtime Stories for Kids: ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Erika Merri. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/218117/bk_acx0_218117_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Case Jack to the Inside Straight: A Detective Flood Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 21min
Detective Flood is back, and this time he’s looking into the remarkable (and recent) success of Chuckie Sheedz at the poker table. In a private game, thousands change hands, and one of those high rollers want’s him to make sure there’s nothing funny about the card game. The stakes are high (sorry about that) and Flood’s going to make sure nobody gets a raw deal (sorry about that one, too.) Go all in (we better stop apologizing now) with the brilliant sleuth as he uncovers the secrets of the high rollers.This short story has mature content including violence and mature language. Adults should use discretion when deciding if it is appropriate for children in their care.Here is a preview:“You trying to say something?” Now we had a real scowl. “Then say it.”“I’m not saying. I’m thinking.”Sheedz’s square body relaxed in his chair. He reached for his coffee. “You just keep it that way.”Getting nowhere, I imagined I needed a consult. I had seen Sheedz, wife, and three kids leaving the Salton First Congregationalist Sunday service. I found Reverend Little at his desk in the rectory. I admired the man for facing the task of all today’s religious - fighting like Custer against the circling tribes of Godless cynics and social engineers. We’d shared frank conversations about all of that. I knew I could ask him for a character reference for Chuckie Sheedz.He took off his wire-rimmed reading glasses and tried to straighten his eternally drooping bow tie. “Do people still say salt of the earth,” he asked.“You just did,” I said.He started in with enthusiasm. When he was through I had a picture of a rock solid family man with an unassailable business reputation - impeccably honest with just a soupcon of arrogance to make him human. Lately he had been donating generously to the church. Poker profits for sure, I thought. When the reverend said goodbye, it was to a baffled man. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Casey Bassett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/155640/bk_acx0_155640_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Worry Workbook for Kids: Stop Worrying Kids , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 228min
An annual health survey conducted by the United Nations found that 10 percent of all people worldwide suffered from some type of anxiety disorder. Cynics are moving a step further. According to them, polls in developing countries are rarely accurate, and statistics tell only a part of the real story, even in a nation like the USA. Either people are unaware or unwilling to talk about their mental condition. Either way, it means that the number of people participated may be much higher than the figures show.It is fair that depression can only get worse in any shape, whether suppressed or untreated and leave the sufferer in a state of utter helplessness. Anxiety can be defined in many ways because it encompasses many disorders that cause a state of nervousness, worry, and fear that can ultimately affect the way of life of a person. And healing is neither painful nor costly.The National Institute of Mental Health, USA, has concluded that anxiety begins at 12 years of age on average. This would imply that anxiety affects most people in their childhood years in all its forms. The reasons are not difficult to guess. Conditions at home can have significant influence over the development years on how depression affects you and your ability to handle it. When children spend their time with a parent who is predisposed to anxiety, they are likely to adopt the same patterns of behavior.It's sad, but anxiety, depression, and panic attacks do affect children. Since kids may not understand what they feel, their experience becomes difficult for them to relate. Since the problem is actual, it can make the life of a child unhappy and lonely through unnecessary fear and concern. Children with anxiety and panic attacks will probably feel that something is wrong with them. This can lead to more severe health problems in combination with excessive stress.Because doctors themselves are uncertain about the causes, it may not always be possible to protect child ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kira Bowey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/191368/bk_acx0_191368_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Valentine's Day: Her Valentine Blind Date / How to Get Over Your Ex / Redeeming Dr Riccardi / Valentine Bride / A Match Made by Cupid / Once Upon a Valentine / Romance for Cynics
Valentine's Day: Her Valentine Blind Date / How to Get Over Your Ex / Redeeming Dr Riccardi / Valentine Bride / A Match Made by Cupid / Once Upon a Valentine / Romance for Cynics: ab 4.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Anecdotes of the Cynics
Anecdotes of the Cynics: ab 2.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr
Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr - Affirmations for Cynics: ab 9.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Zenobia
Zenobia - The Curious Book of Business: A Tale of Triumph Over Yes-Men Cynics Hedgers and Other Corporate Killjoys: ab 19.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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