The Princess of Babylon

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Health & Fitness, Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Tonight, we’ll read the story "The Princess of Babylon", taken from "The Strange Storybook" by Mrs. Lang, published in 1913. The story is taken from a lesser known philosophical tale by Voltaire, written in 1768. The story focuses on Amazan, a handsome, unknown shepherd, and Formosanta, the Princess of Babylon, whose love and jealousy drive them to travel the world. Through their travels they encounter the basic values of the Enlightenment. — read by 'V' — pt. 2 air date: May 11, 2020 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/snoozecast) Listen Ad-Free on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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1:23.0	Tonight, we'll read the story, The Princess of Babylon,
1:28.0	taken from the Strange Story Book by Mrs. Lang, published in 1913.
1:35.8	The story is taken from a lesser known philosophical tale by Voltaire, written in 1768. The story focuses on Amazon, a handsome unknown
1:49.7	shepherd and Formosanta, the Princess of Babylon, whose love and jealousy drive them to travel the world.
2:00.0	Through their travels, they encounter the basic values of the Enlightenment. Let's get cozy.
2:15.0	get cozy.
2:18.0	close your eyes.
2:27.0	Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now, take a few deep breaths.
2:37.0	The Princess of Babylon, Belis, King of Babylon, thought himself the greatest man in all the
2:52.2	earth for his subjects. the greatest man in all the earth.
2:54.0	For his subjects were continually telling him so,
2:57.0	and he had no difficulty in believing them.
3:00.0	It was very absurd, of course, but there is this to be said in his excuse.
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