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Catalog date:
2023-07-03
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Wikipedia - William Henry Smith

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Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil

William Henry Smith (1808 - 1872)

In which an English country gentlemen records his and his friends' conversational observations on misery and happiness, leaning ultimately on faith and God. Readable and gentle in presentation, with by-the-by observations on the sexes, animals, comfort, and so on. (Summary by Czandra)

Genre(s): Philosophy, Religion

Language: English

Keyword(s): philosophy (940), religion (728), psychology (119), ethics (52)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Introduction part 1 czandra
 00:19:45
Play 02 Introduction part 2 czandra
 00:23:01
Play 03 Introduction part 3 czandra
 00:20:39
Play 04 Exposition chapter 1: Pain and Painful Emotion Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:10:34
Play 05 Chapter 2: Too much evil Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:15:38
Play 06 Chapter 3: Moral evil Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:17:23
Play 07 Chapter 4: Remedial evils Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:15:59
Play 08 Chapter 5: The irremediable Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:14:39
Play 09 Conversation 1: Inequality of happiness Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:27:19
Play 10 Conversation 2 : Crime and its punishment Mike W
 00:20:43
Play 11 Conversation 3: The Rainbow czandra
 00:32:08
Play 12 Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and Division; part 1 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:24:46
Play 13 Conversation 4: The development of Human Society Inseparable from Contest and Division; part 2 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:29:19
Play 14 Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 1 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:22:53
Play 15 Conversation 5: Explanatory hints on several topics, part 2 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:29:40
Play 16 Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 1 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:23:40
Play 17 Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 2 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:24:20
Play 18 Conversation 6: The whole is one, part 3 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:24:02