Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055


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Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the
readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's
"Preparation for a Christian Life" and Jung's "The Hymn of Creation," and an
exploration of Hegel's psychology; Arts and the Avant-garde: critiques of Kreymborg by
Lola Ridge and of Pablo Picasso by Marius de Zayas, the rationale behind "1001
Afternoons in Chicago" by Ben Hecht, and notes on the 15th century inventors of
moveable type; Science: "Voyager I Encounters Saturn" by NASA and microscopic
investigation of protozoa; Equal Rights: comments by Charles Sumner and Lucy
Parsons; Evocations of the Seasons: January days in New England and Monarch
butterflies overwintering in Bolinas, California; as well as praise for American cheese, and an essay by Henry Ford, expounding "What I Learned About Business."

Georg Hegel's Psychology was translated by Granville Stanley Hall
Gustav Jung's The Hymn of Creation was translated by Beatrice M Hinkle (4 hr 8 min)

Capítulos

Capturing the Smallest Animal in the World 5:48 Leído por Availle
Discovery of Printing 7:59 Leído por Phil Schempf
Equal Rights in the Lecture-Room 5:08 Leído por Craig Campbell
Georg Hegel's Psychology 28:09 Leído por Craig Campbell
Hymn of Creation 18:34 Leído por Craig Campbell
Preparation for a Christian Life I 16:54 Leído por Sue Anderson
January Days 7:17 Leído por Nemo
Kreymborg's Marionettes 13:45 Leído por VfkaBT
Letter to Tramps 6:28 Leído por P. J. Taylor
Native American Cheeses 25:59 Leído por BettyB
Pablo Picasso 13:20 Leído por Sue Anderson
Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn 54:34 Leído por VfkaBT
Waterfront Fancies, from A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago 7:52 Leído por VfkaBT
What I Learned About Business 26:54 Leído por Robert Robinson
Winter Butterflies in Bolinas 9:26 Leído por Sue Anderson