Length8h 28m
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Excerpt: "Confucius - From Famous Men of Ancient Times by S. G. Goodrich.... This greatest of Chinese philosophers was born in the petty kingdom of Lu, now the province of Shantung, in the year 549 B. C.-the same year that Cyrus became king of the Medes and Persians. The Chinese, in their embellishments of his history, tell us that his birth was attended with heavenly music, filling the air; that two dragons were seen winding over the roof; that five old men appeared at the door, and after consulting together, suddenly vanished; and that a unicorn brought to his mother a tablet in his mouth. It is also related that when he was born, five characters were seen on his breast, declaring him to be "the maker of a rule for settling the world." These and other marvels are a part of the established biography of the philosopher, as received by the Chinese...."
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length8 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
15APELLES.
2PREFACE
16DIOGENES.
3MOHAMMED.
17PLATO.
4BELISARIUS.
18SOCRATES.
5ATTILA, KING OF THE HUNS
19ALCIBIADES.
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6NERO.
20DEMOCRITUS.
7LUCIUS ANNÆUS SENECA.
21PERICLES.
8VIRGIL.
22ARISTIDES.
9CICERO.
23ÆSOP.
10CAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR.
24SOLON.
11HANNIBAL.
25LYCURGUS.
12ALEXANDER, KING OF MACEDON.
26HOMER.
13ARISTOTLE.
27CONFUCIUS.
14DEMOSTHENES.
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