Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034

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The Issue Between Idealism and Immediate Empiricism

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William Randolph Hearst and journalism; the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, John Dewey and others; General William T. Sherman's voyage to San Francisco; the metric system, and the future of the machine age. (Summary by Sue Anderson) Bjornson's "Beyond Human Power" and Kierkegaard's "What Says the Fire Marshal?" were both translated by Lee Milton HollanderThe translators of Philemon's "The Highest Good" and Lessing's "On Love of Truth" are unknown.


Listen next episodes of Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034:
A Very Short Life of Kierkegaard , A Voyage to San Francisco , An Open Letter to Professor Dewey Concerning Immediate Empiricism , John Adams' Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797 , Lord Kelvin on the Metric System , On Love of Truth , Philemon's The Highest Good , The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism , The Unknown Soldier , What Says the Fire Marshal?