Philosophy audiobooks

SURVIVE

By: Jerry Pannone

Narrated by: Jerry Pannone

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

We’re coming to understand that life in this world is that of an extended family, not just from a human perspective, but from all manner and forms of sentient organisms. The purpose of Survive is not to enumerate the processes of every kind of life up the evolutionary tree, from bacteria to humans, but to look for the common denominators on that... Read more

Yin Mysticism

By: Brynja Magnusson

Narrated by: Brynja Magnusson

Length: 13 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Yin, a paradoxical, still, dark, chaotic, and unknowable principal. The oft forgotten counterpart to Yang, Yin is among the most mystical topics yet also the most difficult to describe. It has so many taboo, confusing, and paradoxical aspects. Yet, in its darkness lies the source of action, success, and meaning. Hidden in Yin life phases,... Read more

Activating the Common Good

By: Peter Block

Narrated by: Alex Christiansen

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful, inspiring, and achievable vision of a society based on cooperation and community instead of competition and commodification.

This book counters the dominant and destructive story that we are polarized, violent, selfish, and destined to consume everything in sight. That is not who we are.

The challenge, Peter Block says, is that we are... Read more

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

Narrated by: Ian Dunt

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED TO READ BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE ON 4 JULY.

Why do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others miserably fail? What is a 'special adviser' and how did they take over British political life? And why is the House of Lords more functional than most people think?

Most of us have a sense that our political... Read more

The Little Book of Humanism

By: Alice Roberts & Andrew Copson

Narrated by: Karen Cass & Oliver Hembrough

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

We all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to religion. But there has been another way to learn how to live well - the humanist way - and in today's more secular world, it is more relevant than ever.

In THE LITTLE BOOK OF HUMANISM, Alice Roberts... Read more

Prajna

By: Mira Manek

Narrated by: Mira Manek

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Beautifully simple age-old rituals for modern-day living that will enhance your wellbeing, and give you back your zest for life.

Prajña is the Sanskrit word for wisdom.

Ayurveda is one of the world's oldest healing systems, rooted in the principle of a mind-body-spirit connection. Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit words 'ayur' and 'veda',... Read more

How To Be Happy All The Time

By: Tim Dowling

Narrated by: Tim Dowling

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

We all obsess about worrying less, but worrying can actually be good for you. Similarly we strive to be proactive and fast - but aren't there hidden benefits to procrastinating? The last thing a parent is meant to do is neglect their offspring, but children do amazing things when you just leave them alone. And at work we spend hours frantically... Read more

Nearly There...

By: Zoë Beaty

Narrated by: Zoë Beaty

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

We all obsess about worrying less, but worrying can actually be good for you. Similarly we strive to be proactive and fast - but aren't there hidden benefits to procrastinating? The last thing a parent is meant to do is neglect their offspring, but children do amazing things when you just leave them alone. And at work we spend hours frantically... Read more

A Brief Guide to Smart Thinking

By: James M. Russell

Narrated by: Roger Davis

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Each book is summarised to convey a brief idea of what each one has to offer the interested reader, while a 'Speed Read' for each book delivers a quick sense of what each book is like to read and a highly compressed summary of the main points of the book in question. The titles covered include thought-provoking classics on psychology,... Read more

The Sophrology Method

By: Florence Parot

Narrated by: Elisabeth Hopper & Liz Murphy

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Feeling stressed, anxious or burnt-out?

Sophrology is a transformative healthcare philosophy that is designed to help people achieve a calm, alert mind in a relaxed body. Inspired by Eastern philosophies and classical relaxation techniques, Sophrology will help you to become consciously, actively aware of yourself, how you feel, what you want and... Read more

Smoke & Mirrors

By: Gemma Milne

Narrated by: Gemma Milne

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

'Stop following the news until you've read Gemma Milne's persuasive analysis of the hype and bullshit that distort our understanding of emerging science. As she shows, the starting point to grasping the genuine opportunities of AI, life sciences and climate tech is a healthy dose of critical thinking'
David Rowan, founding editor of WIRED UK and... Read more

Beyond Bad

By: Chris Paley

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

'Brilliantly unillusioned thinking... It could hardly be more necessary in these all-too-moralistic times' - James Marriott, THE TIMES

'There is a serious challenge here to received ways of thinking for the lay public and professional moral philosophers alike.' John P Burgess, John N Woodhull Professor of Philosophy, Princeton... Read more

Enough

By: Dr Cassandra Coburn

Narrated by: Jess Nesling

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

We produce and eat unhealthy food, killing ourselves and the planet in the process. Food production systems are the single biggest cause of environmental change to the planet. And the food we are producing is killing us - more than a quarter of the world's population is overweight or obese, and deaths from stroke, heart attack, cancer, diabetes... Read more

How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time)

By: Ed Winters

Narrated by: Ed Winters

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Challenge their beliefs; change the world

If you are a vegan, you’ll know all too well how provocative it can be – you never know when you’ll be challenged or how. But being able to face down and rebut arguments against veganism is hugely important. Not just because many of the arguments lack substance, but because every... Read more

The Light of Asia

By: Christopher Harding

Narrated by: Christopher Harding

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

From the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part in outrageous tales of monsters and giants, of silk and spices trans-shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the 20th century much of Asia may have come under... Read more

A filosofia explica grandes questões da humanidadae (Integral)

By: Clóvis de Barros Filho & Júlio Pompeu

Narrated by: Clóvis de Barros Filho

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Engana-se quem pensa que, para falar das questões fundamentais da existência, é preciso recorrer a reflexões herméticas ou embrenhadas de academicismos. O homem é livre? Deus existe? O que é um comportamento ético? Para os autores deste audiolivro, estas e outras perguntas fazem parte do nosso dia a dia e podem ser respondidas com uma filosofia... Read more

Zen und das Glück, im Garten zu arbeiten (Ungekürzt)

By: Miki Sakamoto

Narrated by: Chris Nonnast

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Die meditative Kraft des Gärtnerns In Gartenbüchern wird hauptsächlich über Pflanzen geschrieben. Wie man Erträge erzielt, wie man Blumen zum Blühen bringt und den Garten zum Kunstwerk macht. Salat und Tomaten, Rosen und Chrysanthemen kommen bei Miki Sakamotos zwar auch vor - in ihrem von buddhistischer Weisheit durchdrungenen Buch wird der... Read more

De la brièveté de la vie - Ubi sunt ? (Adaptation)

By: SENEQUE

Narrated by: François LOZET

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Au-delà des costumes, des orgies, des jeux du cirque, du jeu des clientèles - dont on peut entendre les formes équivalentes dans nos sociétés - le propos de Sénèque sur la brièveté de la vie reste brûlant : quel peut être le bon emploi de notre temps avant la mort ? Il n'y a rien de funèbre dans son propos, délibérément tourné vers le temps sans... Read more

Le Discours de la servitude volontaire - Ubi sunt? (2) (Adaptation)

By: Etienne de la Boétie

Narrated by: François Lozet

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Rédigé par Etienne de la Boétie alors qu'il n'était qu'adolescent, vers 1548-1549, le Discours de la servitude volontaire n'est pas seulement un texte de jeunesse, mais un texte éternellement jeune. Pamphlet insolent et ironique contre les systèmes de gouvernements monarchiques ou autoritaires, s'appuyant sur les exemples de l'Antiquité grecque... Read more

Der Prophet

By: Khalil Gibran

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

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Der Appell des Dalai Lama an die Welt - Ethik ist wichtiger als Religion (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Franz Alt & Dalai Lama

Narrated by: Ralf Bauer & Bodo Primus

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In seinem Appell an die Welt entwirft der Dalai Lama eine neue säkulare Ethik als Basis für ein friedliches Jahrhundert. Nicht Religionen werden die Antwort geben, sondern die Verwurzelung des Menschen in einer Unterschiede überwindenden Ethik. Ein herausfordernder wie mutmachender Text eines bescheidenen wie bedeutenden Mannes unserer Zeit. Read more

When Things Don't Go Your Way

By: Haemin Sunim

Narrated by: Lee Osorio

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

"In When Things Don’t Go Your Way, Haemin Sunim offers readers a warm and reassuring path through the most challenging moments of our lives. By sharing his hard-won wisdom, he guides us from hardship to self-discovery, helping us to stay centered and feel whole." -Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to... Read more

We Are Free to Change the World

By: Lyndsey Stonebridge

Narrated by: Cosima Shaw

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A timely guide on how to live—and think—through the challenges of our century drawn from the life and thought of political theorist Hannah Arendt, one of the twentieth century’s foremost opponents of totalitarianism

“We are free to change the world and to start something new in it.”—Hannah Arendt

The violent unease of today’s world would have been... Read more

Les 42 points d'enseignements proférés par Bouddha

By: Joseph Gabet & Évariste Huc

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

En ce tems-là, Bouddah, le suprême des êtres, ayant révélé ses enseignements, ils se propagèrent de la manière suivante. Cinq hommes du rang des initiés, parvenus par le dépouillement de leurs passions à une paix profonde et inaltérable, passaient leurs jours dans une sublime contemplation  dans le dessein de dompter la troupe des démons. Comme... Read more