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36 Revolutionary Figures of History
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Narrated by:
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Allen C. Guelzo
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Bob Brier
About this listen
Alexander the Great, Jesus, Darwin, and Churchill are just a few of the many politicians, religious leaders, scientists, philosophers, authors, inventors, and generals who transformed our world in ways that still resonate today. Now, with this unique collection of 36 lectures from our extensive course catalog, meet the remarkable people without whom the world would never be the same.
You'll examine the world that was dramatically reformed by a particular individual, or plunge into a defining moment in an individual's life, or learn how an individual went on to influence some of history's other great revolutionaries. Most importantly: you'll come away with a thorough understanding of why history is so indebted-for better or, in some instances, for worse-to these 36 epic figures, including Socrates, Queen Victoria, Abraham Lincoln, and Mohandas Gandhi. You'll also encounter figures that you may not have considered to be so revolutionary.
It takes a great professor to help you understand what makes a single person change the world. To that end, we've assembled individual lectures from some of our most highly rated and beloved professors and instructors. Drawn from a range of academic fields (including military history, science, literature, religious studies, and philosophy), each professor lends his or her expert knowledge and teaching skills to making this an authoritative learning experience.
Countless adventures await you with this carefully crafted look at titanic historical figures. If you have a friend who is new to The Great Courses, this collection makes for an accessible and rewarding first step into lifelong learning.
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- Ed berns
- 06-03-18
Surprisingly interesting
Didn't expect anything different being a compilation of lectures but I hadn't listened to over half of them and the others were a good review from previous lectures
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- Elisabeth Kendall
- 31-08-24
A bit too random (& only 3 women)
The 36 characters are interesting enough, but seem selected more for how easily they could be fished out of other "Great Courses" than by any objective criteria. I'm no ardent revisionist, but the inclusion of only 3 women (and none at all until lecture 28) is a bit odd. Oh, and if I had to choose the world's 3 most revolutionary women, they would not be Margaret Thatcher, Queen Victoria and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Since there's no pdf and the chapters are not named, here's a table of contents which I hope is helpful.
1. King Narma
2. Confucius
3. Socrates
4. Hippocrates
5. Artaxerxes II
6. Alexander the Great
7. Virgil
8. Caesar
9. Emperor Augustus
10. Jesus
11. Emperor Constantine
12. Muhammad
13. William the Conqueror
14. Thomas Aquinas
15. Geoffrey Chaucer
16. Martin Luther
17. Copernicus
18. Galileo
19. Roger Williams
20. Sir Isaac Newton
21. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
22. Thomas Paine
23. Samuel Slater
24. Emmanuel Kant
25. Napoleon
26. Karl Marx
27. Charles Darwin
28. Harriet Beecher Stowe
29. Abraham Lincoln
30. Queen Victoria
31. Albert Einstein
32. Adolf Hitler
33. Winston Churchill
34. Gandhi
35. Mao Zedong
36. Margaret Thatcher
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- M K.
- 04-09-19
Nice to listen to in parts...
All very interesting though short.. Short is actually good for those who enjoy a taste of the 'shop's or those who just like tidbits for general knowledge...
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- I.Khan
- 05-03-24
I wish they had named the chapters
Great listen but they shud have named the chapters headings for easy access. It wud have made it much easier to navigate
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- mr
- 06-12-14
Good
Good overview, introduced me into a few new interesting charachters. It does lean heavily towards scientists, which whilst it makes, I had not anticipated.
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- Gerry Lynch
- 20-08-24
A little bits and pieces.
Light in content, but interesting. A little bit too much bits and pieces for my liking. An overall narrator to segway the individual lectures may have been helpful.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-04-24
A poorly cobbled together compilation.
Nothing but a badly constructed set of lectures that fail to fit the theme of the course.
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