Chirag Patel has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator. The most-rated is The Cloud of Unknowing.
The Construct's Childhood (2048-2059)
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The story of the first posthuman, and the unbearable weight of expectation. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too!Listen to The Construct's Childhood and experience the compelling world of science fiction.
©2020 Chirag Patel (P)2020 Chirag Patel
People
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One thing that no one tells you about being a writer is just how much business stuff you have to learn. In retrospect, it makes sense. Modern corporations provide the equivalent of patronage, allowing artists of all stripes to practice their craft with stuff that’s both limited and challenging. Inevitably, what people will pay for producing is stuff directly relevant to their interests, and so over the years I’ve produced a lot of documents over time about management, law, and politics. Some were explanations and guides, some were for courses I took; all were at once fascinating and difficult to engage with properly. Chapters include: What Is English Law, and Who Chooses Its Shape? How the Criminal Justice System Works and How It Could Be Improved Theories of Crime Causation The Moral and Economic Implications Involved in the Occupy Wall Street Movement Legal & Ethical Errata Can Competency Be Measured? Management Styles The Impact of the Digital Revolution on Consumer Behavior Anti-Communism and Anti-Nazism in Warner Brothers’ Productions How-to Guides and Short Articles Q&A on People, Life, Philosophy, Theology, and More
©2016 Chirag Patel (P)2019 Chirag Patel
Humanism
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What is humanism? For a long time, I thought I knew. I was wrong, though. I thought it was a branch of philosophy that had been born in the Renaissance and had become the foundation for the Enlightenment and everything that came afterward. Looking back, I see that that was horribly Eurocentric. Of course, I learned about it growing up in England, so of course I would be told it was European. The real truth is hugely more sophisticated and ancient. Once I began to realise just how much verified contact between cultures there had been over the millennia and how much of what I was told was humanism was a remnant of an older belief system, I knew something closer to the truth. This is the story of a history and tradition as long and complex as any major religion and far older than most. It has traced a conceptual path around Eurasia, holding onto remnants of each place. Today, part of humanism is the spiritual path trod in India, the ethics born in Confucianist China, and the legal system that came forth in medieval Islam. Secular humanism has hidden much of this history from us. In insisting that humanism is a science-based, post-Enlightenment European project, it has left us without the core spiritual and social components that humanism's rich history has left us. This audiobook aims to redress the balance by exploring humanism's path from China, through India, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and finally, Europe.
©2018 Chirag Patel (P)2018 Chirag Patel
The Guide to Writing
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For a few years, I ran a student support service at a university. Over that time, I discovered that most students were tripping up for easily avoidable reasons, and came in with the same problems each time. Contained herein are solutions for the most common student difficulties, being: 1. Preparation 1.1 How should I prepare to write my essay? How much time should I leave? 1.2 General tips 2. The Question 2.1 What am I being asked to do? Shouldn’t I just read everything I can and then start? 2.2 What is the difference between a claim and an argument? What counts as evidence? 2.3 What does the question mean? 2.4 What does critically analyse mean? 2.5 What’s the difference between objective and subjective? Why does it matter? 2.6 What resources will I need? 2.7 Why is it important to define my terms, and how should I do it? 3. Structure 3.1 How do I structure my essay? 3.2 How long should paragraphs be? 3.3 What is a topic sentence? 3.4 What makes a good introduction? 3.5 How do I write my conclusion? 3.6 What does a completed essay structure look like? 4. Language & Style 4.1 How do I sound academic? Just using the words and phrases without understanding them is getting me in trouble 4.2 How do I avoid using or showing my opinion? 4.3 What language can’t I use? 4.4 How do I make my writing formal and impersonal? 4.5 How do I link paragraphs together? 5. Reading 5.1 How should I read? I don’t understand what these people are saying 5.2 Why shouldn’t I read every word? 5.3 What kinds of reading are there? 5.4 How and why should I take notes? 6. Referencing 6.1 Why can’t I use just anything I find on the internet? How do I know what's okay? 6.2 Why do I keep losing marks for referencing? 6.3 How do I reference? 6.4 How do I avoid accidental plagiarism, or being accused of plagiarism? 7. Exams 7.1 How should I prepare before the exam? 7.2 How should I manage my time? ....and more
©2019 Chirag Patel (P)2019 Chirag Patel
The Cloud of Unknowing
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In the middle ages, Christianity shared much with Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies. Listen on to learn how Christian mystics came to the same conclusions as those from very different faiths. This edition has been adapted from the 1923 version into modern English to make the ideas more accessible to today's listener. The Cloud of Unknowing distills a complex mystical epistemology and discipline into engagingly understandable prose. A work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century, The Cloud of Unknowing is a work of Christian mysticism written in Middle English in the latter half of the 14th century. It is a spiritual guide, which focuses on using contemplative prayer to know God by abandoning consideration of God's particular activities and attributes, and having the courage to surrender your mind and ego to the realm of "unknowing", at which point one may begin to glimpse the nature of God. The book counsels the young student to seek God, not through knowledge and intellect, but through intense contemplation, motivated by love, and stripped of all thought. This is brought about by putting all thoughts and desires under a "cloud of forgetting," and thereby piercing God's cloud of unknowing with a "dart of longing love" from the heart.
©2020 Chirag Patel (P)2020 Chirag Patel