Philosophy audiobooks

A Defence of Skeletons

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Sarah Bacaller

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do humans have a horror of skeletons? Is this aversion justified? What does it signify?Such are the animating questions of this essay by G. K. Chesterton, who acts as a witty defendant for humanity’s hidden form:“Without claiming for the human skeleton a wholly conventional beauty,” he writes, “we may assert that he is certainly not uglier... Read more

Queer Phenomenology

By: Sara Ahmed

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In this groundbreaking work, Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use. Focusing on the “orientation” aspect of “sexual orientation” and the “orient” in “orientalism,” Ahmed examines what it means for bodies to be situated in space and time. Bodies take shape as they move through the world directing... Read more

Los Caminos de la Felicidad

By: James Allen

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"Los Caminos de la Felicidad" es una obra escrita por James Allen en 1908 que aborda la naturaleza de la felicidad y ofrece consejos prácticos sobre cómo alcanzarla en la vida cotidiana. Argumenta que la felicidad no es simplemente el resultado de circunstancias externas, sino que es el producto de una actitud mental y emocional positiva,... Read more

Into the Unknown

By: Kelsey Johnson

Narrated by: Kelsey Johnson

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions—about the universe’s origins, destiny, and fundamental nature—and how it contends with the limits of our knowledge
 
Humans have learned a lot about the world around us and the universe beyond. We have had powerful insights and... Read more

The Obstacle is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary Edition

By: Ryan Holiday

Narrated by: Ryan Holiday

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An updated and expanded edition of the book that launched a global phenomenon, The Obstacle Is the Way presents an infinitely elastic formula for turning our toughest trials into our greatest triumphs.

Since bestselling author Ryan Holiday introduced Stoicism to the world with The Obstacle Is the Way in 2014, this simple but powerful philosophy... Read more

A Defence of Baby-Worship

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Sarah Bacaller

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“The fascination of children lies in this: that with each of them all things are remade, and the universe is put again upon its trial.”With G. K. C.’s characteristic wit, he explores in this essay the virtues of baby-worship, as adults are invited to see the world anew through the eyes of children. Furthermore, argues G. K. C., an appreciation... Read more

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Anna Isaksen

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into Henry David Thoreau's profound essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, where he argues passionately for the right of the individual to oppose governmental injustice. Originally penned in 1849, Thoreau's insights remain as vital and relevant today, influencing civil rights leaders from Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr.Thoreau... Read more

A FILOSOFIA CONTA SUA HISTÓRIA - Abridged

By: Miguel Bevaurd & Safia del Carvalhos

Narrated by: Pedro Célestet

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este livro mergulha você no coração do mais brilhante pensamento filosófico, desde a Antiguidade até os dias atuais, oferecendo-lhe uma visão geral cativante e enriquecedora.Por meio de uma narrativa fluida e acessível, você explorará as questões existenciais colocadas por pensadores como Platão, Aristóteles, Descartes, Kant e Nietzsche. Você... Read more

The Teaching of the Heart: Volume II — The Illumination of the Heart: Leaves of the Garden of M.

By: Zinovya Dushkova

Narrated by: John Sackville

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Let The Illumination of the Heart touch every person, who took this book in his hands, and highlight the most secret corners of his life. Reading and listening to its text will help you focus on what is most valuable to you, because this book contains priceless Gifts presented by the Great Mentors of Mankind, who studied the Human Race for many... Read more

The Classic of Filial Piety

By: Ivan Chen (translator)

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

For over two thousand years, this books has been the foundation of Chinese family life.

Based on a series of conversations with Confucius, and supplemented by a series of story examples by an Emperor in the 11th Century, it is essential to understanding the nature and order of Chinese society. It speaks of how one should behave towards a senior... Read more

Zen Buddhism And Its Relation To Art

By: Arthur Waley

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A great primer on the history of Japanese art as it evolved under the Buddhist (and later Zen) movements embedding in Japan's culture. Written by the first great populariser of Chinese and Japanese cultural artefacts, including translating a great number of Chinese poems and literary works.
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Unusual Topics & Interesting Reviews

By: Chirag Patel

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

If you're struggling with how to demystify the world, check out this guide. With answers about everything from AI and mental health, to living through hard times and discussions of philosophy, theology and spirituality, it contains a wealth of interesting facts, ideas and opinions.
Also includes a section on marijuana-related questions, and... Read more

The Author's Craft

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do we write? What does it mean to be a writer?
This book contains no useful tips on grammar, style, or plot. Instead, it focuses on the observation and perspective that is needed to be a good writer - on the fact that writing is an expression of the art of living. A lovely journey through a very Edwardian world.
Covers Writing novels and... Read more

The Diamond Sutra

By: Red Pine

Narrated by: Brian Arens

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripture—with insightful commentary and helpful historical context. Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts --in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired... Read more

Arthashastra, or, The Playbook of Material Gain

By: Chanakya

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Truly radical "Machiavellianism", in the popular sense of that word, is classically expressed in Indian literature in the Arthashastra of Kautilya (written long before the birth of Christ, ostensibly in the time of Chandragupta): compared to it, Machiavelli's The Prince is harmless.
— Max Weber, Politics as a Vocation (1919)
Chanakya's treatise,... Read more

The Art Of War

By: Lionel Giles & Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

There are many versions of this work in English, and it is included as a useful reflection once one has pondered Daoism’s key texts. The title is properly ‘'Sun Tzu's Military Method'. It was written at the time of the Dao and Zhuang Zi, several centuries before the Lieh Tzu. For fifteen hundred years, it was part of China’s canonical strategic... Read more

Mishkât Al-Anwar (The Niche For Lights)

By: Al- Ghazzali & WHT Gairdner

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic work of Sufi mystical thinking from 1100CE, available in audiobook for the first time. It is also known as A Niche of Lamps.
In the middle ages, Sufi scholars reconciled rationality and faith, both of which were ascendant in the empires of the time. This is one of the great philosophical and theological works from that period, and... Read more

Lieh Tzu

By: Lieh Tzu & Lionel Giles

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the four central works in Daoism. The Lie-Tzu, or Liezi, was originally thought to have been composed in the same period as the Dao and Zhuang Zi, around the 5th century BCE. However, it is now believed to have been compiled nearly a thousand years later, around 400 CE.
Lionel Giles, in fact, was one of the first to call out the Lieh Tzu’s... Read more

جلسة تحضير الأرواح - Abridged

By: طارق الزيات

Narrated by: محمد نصر الله

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

جلسة تحضير الأرواح كتاب شيق للدكتور طارق الزيات عن معتقد إشكالي بين الأديان والثقافات، حيث يعتقد محضرو الأرواح أن البشر يتكون من جسد ونفس وروح، ومع موت الإنسان يتوقف الجسد عن الحياة المادية إلا أن الروح تظل في الوجود لأنها محفوظة في النفس. ومن وجهة نظر محضرو الأرواح فإن الروح تتحرك بعد الوفاة عبر عدة مستويات خارج كوكب الأرض، وذلك يتراوح بين... Read more

Tremendous Trifles

By: GK Chesterton

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A wonderful and whimsical collection of short essays on everything from sketching on brown paper and building toy theatres to the nature of Englishness and faith.
"Tremendous Trifles contains simply some of the best essays Chesterton ever wrote. They originally appeared in the Daily News, which Chesterton contributed to from 1901 to 1913, and... Read more

Anxiety

By: Samir Chopra

Narrated by: Asa Siegel

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, anxiety is usually thought of as a pathology, the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders. But anxiety isn't always or only a medical condition. Indeed, many philosophers argue that anxiety is a normal, even essential, part of being human, and that coming to terms with this fact is potentially transformative. In... Read more

Zhuangzi | Chuang Tzu

By: Zhuang Zi & Chuang Tsu

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Chuang Tsu is one of the most important books in Chinese literature and philosophy. It is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism. Also titled Zhuangzi, it is a commentary and extension of the Dao de Jing/Tao Te Ching, in the same way that Mencius' Analects are an exploration of Confucius' thought. Written in around 300BCE during the... Read more

The One Self Teachings

By: Story Waters

Narrated by: Story Waters

Length: 17 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The One Self Teachings is a series of six masterclasses (3 sessions each) that delivers one of the best overviews of Story’s message with an in-depth view of reality, collective consciousness, and the human condition.
Class 1: Creating Humanity - Story starts with one of his most comprehensive overviews of the teachings.
Class 1: Part One -... Read more

Confusion

By: Dr. Marwa Magdy

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A story that tells about the journey of a man and a woman who was brought together by love, but the world separated them. Fear was the biggest obstacle that prevented each of them from confessing their feelings to the other. After years of separation, they finally decided to confess their love, but it was too late. Read more