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Western Philosophy in Simple German [German Edition]
Learn German the Fun Way with Topics that Matter [Topics that Matter]
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Sarah Jesse
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Olly Richards
About this listen
For low- to high-intermediate learners
Improve your German and expand your vocabulary with topics that matter.
When it comes to mastering a foreign language, learning around your interests makes all the difference. But finding books designed for language learners can be hard! This book fixes that. For the first time, you’ll learn to improve your German while learning about the main concepts and key figures of Western philosophy.
“I love Olly’s work—and you will too!” (Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers)
Told through short, manageable chapters in intermediate German, you’ll become confident in the words, phrases and expressions you need to speak about the topics you care about.
Written in a conversational, easy-to-follow format that makes the concepts easy to understand, Western Philosophy in Simple German explores the main traditions of Western philosophers from Aristotle to Descartes, and from Kant to Nietzsche.
But that’s not all! Philosophy has many real-life uses, and this book explores the way in which you can implement them in your life while improving your vocabulary, comprehension and fluency in German.
Here’s what you’ll get:
- 25 chapters written in conversation format, so you can learn about Western philosophy without the struggle of reading an academic text.
- Helpful chapter summaries at the end of each chapter to help you understand the text.
- Chapters that are carefully written to be accessible for intermediate learners (CEFR B1-B2), so you can read purposively, at your level.
- Word lists with English definitions in every chapter, so you can get instant translations of any difficult words. This means you can focus on enjoying the history rather than wasting time in a dictionary.(Kindle and Paperback only).
Created by Olly Richards, language teacher and author, Western Philosophy in Simple German gives you an experience in real German that you won’t find anywhere else. You’ll be better prepared for using German in the real world, speak with more confidence, and take a giant leap towards fluency in German!
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Please note: This audiobook is in German.
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- Just chilling!
- 02-10-24
How much was actually understandable
I like the part in the beginning that outlines the way to listen and read. Don’t have any real dislike for
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- ALISTAIR C SUMMERS
- 01-18-24
Dialogues for one
The dialogie format makes sense to explore philosophy. Plato would have approved. And you get quite a good basic overview of western thinkers. But the audio has one narrator trying to do different voices for each character (the Professor gets a Father Christmas ‘yo-ho-ho’ voice). It doesn’t work well.
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- Olivia
- 07-03-24
Probably better as a book
I thought the content was interesting, but the fact that all different characters are voiced by the same person really put me off. The voice actor did what they could to make different voices but I didn't find the voices natural or convincing and many are so similar that I often was confused as to who was now speaking. I struggled to keep listening solely for that reason.
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