1001 Thoughts: part of Philosophy

People die, nations are born and fall, but ideas live on. Reality, that we can take philosophy classes, psychology, religion, humanities, sociology or politics, seems absurd to many. They argue that the whole point of education is to get a job and that to get a job you need practical skills or a certain set of easily applied knowledge. From the point of view of these goals, the study of the "big ideas" of the humanities or social sciences is strange at best and meaningless at worst.
When you listen to the audiobook 1001 Thoughts, that changed our thinking, one of the most important things, that you'll realize, it's, how fundamentally wrong all those who judges education by that alone, how many jobs it creates. After just a few minutes of listening it will become clear to you, that discoveries, inventions and knowledge, that have profoundly affected our lives, arose not only from technological, scientific and engineering branches of the intellectual landscape, but equally from the humanities and social sciences. After all, the technical field flourishes only if it is firmly established in the broader context of the big ideas that make its development possible.
A rich history of fundamental ideas, that can be found in this audiobook, Moreover, it reveals one important truth-- that what makes life meaningful, is not simply found in education, that prepares a person, to excel in computer programming, in advertising, in bioengineering or business. We can only give meaning and purpose to our lives through the engagement of big ideas that allow us to take our own position on fundamental issues and defend it.
Listening to this audiobook will enrich your way of life and how you choose to present yourself to the world far more than a postgraduate degree in business, law or accounting. After all, the reasons for pursuing these and other fields should be supported by thinking deeply about issues of the type mentioned.
Ideas can be sorted and categorized in many ways. In the interest of clarity and economy, each entry in this audiobook always falls into one of these categories: philosophies, religion, psychology, science and technology (including mathematical ideas and inventions), Politics and society (including education, law and economics) and art and architecture (including music and literature). In the description of each idea you will find a description of it, exactly what it means, a narrative about its origin (what person or culture is behind its creation), Quote, that contains or describes, and a brief explanation of it, why this idea is so important. For better clarity, all entries are listed alphabetically for each category separately.
You'll notice, that a lot of the titles of the ideas in this audiobook feel more like inventions, mechanism, facility, I'll do it, or even as a process, an activity or system. These ideas would be hard to separate from the uses mentioned, but the authors of this audiobook do not want to simply describe what any invention, process or system does. Instead, it seeks to present the ideas behind these inventions that led to the processes that served as catalysts for change in the system.
There are many big ideas in this audiobook that can offer us a conceptual underpinning for what may lie ahead. However, Bentham already knew that a great idea was worth promoting and also trying out in the real world. As you will discover when you listen to this MP3 audiobook, a great idea worth criticizing, praise, but it's up to you, to decide, what attitude you take towards these ideas. But there's another reason why the passwords in this audiobook deserve your attention - it's an intellectual challenge, and therefore something that's really fun to think about.