Philosophy audiobooks

An Introduction to Metaphysics

By: Henri Bergson

Narrated by: Albert A. Anderson

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The basic principles that Bergson articulates, especially his way of thinking about reality as a dynamic process and his view of human beings as creative and evolving, should be helpful to anyone who seeks to go beyond simply dealing with the practical demands of daily life and consider the nature of things. Of special importance is Bergson's... 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

Plato's Greater Hippias

By: Platon

Narrated by: William Sigalis & Ray Childs

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of making beautiful speeches. On a rare visit to Athens, he meets Socrates who questions him about the nature of his art. Socrates is especially curious about how Hippias would define beauty. They agree that "beauty makes all beautiful things beautiful," but when... Read more

The Third Harmony

By: Michael N Nagler

Narrated by: Michael N. Nagler & Pramila Jayapal

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In the latest fruit of a brilliant career, Michael Nagler argues that nonviolence-not just as a tactic but as a way of being-is the only way to unite deeply divided people and enable progressive movements and leaders of all stripes to fulfil their promise and potential.

That the world needs to take a substantially new direction, and quickly, is... Read more

The Third Harmony

By: Michael N Nagler , Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael N. Nagler

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In the latest fruit of a brilliant career, Michael Nagler argues that nonviolence—not just as a tactic but as a way of being—is the only way to unite deeply divided people and enable progressive movements and leaders of all stripes to fulfil their promise and potential.

So many of the problems that beset us—war, poverty, isolation, and the... Read more

La Tabla Esmeralda

By: Hermes Trismegisto

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

La Tabla de Esmeralda es un texto breve, de carácter críptico, atribuido al mítico Hermes Trismegisto, cuyo propósito es revelar el secreto de la sustancia primordial y sus transmutaciones.En la Tabla de Esmeralda está condensado todo el arte de la Gran Obra, objetivo principal de la alquimia. La alquimia es el arte del perfeccionamiento y la... Read more

Lives of the Buddha with Sarah Shaw

By: Sarah Shaw

Narrated by: Sarah Shaw

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

DescriptionIn this ten part lecture series Sarah Shaw explores several stories from the Jatakas, stories of the previous lives of the Gautama Buddha both in human and animal form. The stories are entertaining and allegorical. Sarah connects these tales from 4th and 5th century B.C.E. with their relevance for our lives today. Session 1: Sarah... Read more

100% Me: Mentally

By: Speak Audibly

Narrated by: Mike Wilson

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

How do we live positively in a world where negativity sells? How do we control our own thoughts when we're programmed by the media? How do we believe in ourselves when the world tells us we aren't good enough? With all of these unanswered questions, how do we speak light into the darkness?
In this book we learn how to crush these mental blocks.... Read more

تنهيدة

By: يوسف الدموكي

Narrated by: حنان عقاب

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"على السرير حيث أغمض عينيّ لأراني من الأعلى من سحابة في السماء الأولى ، فأجد طفلًا يجري منذ سنوات و المسافات تخدعه كأن الأرض من تحته هي التي تجري أما هو فواقف مكانه رغم أن قدميه تتحركان. أرى طفلًا أحب فحلم أو أحب لأنه حلم ثم استيقظ ففوجئ بالكابوس أراه طفلًا من الداخل و إن كانت تقاسيم وجهه تحكي عن شبابه ..طفلًا ما زال منذ سنوات طويلة ينتظر وراء... Read more

غسيل الدماغ علم التحكم بالتفكير

By: كاثلين تيلر

Narrated by: تيماء علالي

Length: 15 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

منذ بدء استخدام كلمة غسيل الدماغ brainwashing بعد الحرب الكورية، أصبح هذا المصطلح جزءًا من الثقافة الشعبية، وصار موضوعًا للتندر والعناوين المثيرة، ومع ذلك لاتزال الطبيعة الحقيقية لهذه الظاهرة الشريرة غير مفهومة حتى الآن. في كتاب غسيل الدماغ Brainwashing تكشف المؤلفة كاثلين تيلر العلم الكامن وراء هذه الممارسة، حيث جمعت آخر ما توصلت إليه البحوث... Read more

Onkarachi Rekha Jana

By: Manjushree Gokhale

Narrated by: Rujuta Deshmukh

Length: 16 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

स्त्री आणि शूद्र असूनही युगप्रवर्तक अभंग रचना करणाऱ्या संत जनाबाई यांची जीवन यात्रा Read more

How Does Intuition Work?

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Tracy Tupman

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Intuition is a phenomenon that offers people the ability to know something instinctively without adopting analytical thought, striking a balance between human mind's conscious and unconscious components, as well as between intuition and intent. Human disconcert is founded on centuries of social bias with the notion of focusing on intuition. In... Read more

The Birth and Death of Meaning

By: Ernest Becker

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The Birth and Death of Meaning uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do. Read more

Self-Reliance

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Kevin Thies

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Self-Reliance is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most... Read more

Dharma Wheels

By: Daniel Mintie

Narrated by: Daniel Mintie

Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Dharma Wheels is an examination of human happiness through the triple lenses of Zen Buddhism, cognitive-behavioral therapy [CBT] and the art of motorcycling. Each lens resolves particular details of one and the same picture - the great process of human living and dying. Zen addresses first questions of life’s meaning and death’s certainty. CBT... Read more

ماذا حدث للثقافة في مصر

By: جلال أمين

Narrated by: بلال الجميلي

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"ماذا حدث للثقافة في مصر" هو آخر كتب جلال أمين عن الثقافة والتي كانت همه الشاغل طوال حياته، ويقول فيه: "من اللافت للنظر أن الفترة من 1914-1945 من تاريخ الثقافة المصرية لم تشهد فقط قفزة جبارة في الكتابة الأدبية والتاريخية، بل وفي مختلف أنواع الفنون: المسرح، والسينما، والموسيقى، والغناء، والنحت. كما نلاحظ أنه في كل هذه الفروع، جمع المثقفون... Read more

Die metaphysische Sprache der ägyptischen Hieroglyphen

By: Moustafa Gadalla

Narrated by: Erika Bálint

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Wissenschaftliche / metaphysische Realitäten der bildliche Darstellungen (Hieroglyphen) als das ultimative Medium für das menschliche Bewusstsein, verarbeiten und interpretieren die Bedeutung solcher Bilder pflegen Das ins Deutsche übersetzte Buch behandelt die ägyptischen Hieroglyphen und ihre metaphysische Bildsprache - die Sprache des... Read more

High Weirdness

By: Erik Davis

Narrated by: Erik Davis

Length: 20 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson.

A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose... Read more

Sick Souls, Healthy Minds

By: John Kaag

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the celebrated author of American Philosophy: A Love Story and Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the life-affirming philosophy of William JamesIn 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated... Read more

Empath: How to Thrive in Life as a Highly Sensitive - Meditation Techniques to Clear Your Energy, Shield Your Body and Overcome Fears

By: Amy White & Ryan James

Narrated by: Elizabeth Jamo

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Empaths are beautiful human beings who have heightened senses. They are highly sensitive and attuned to other people’s emotions.
Empaths also have the ability to read other people’s minds, which makes them excellent at spotting lies. They are also kind and they typically put other people’s needs before their own.
Being an empath is a wonderful... Read more

The Anatomy of Melancholy

By: Robert Burton

Narrated by: Peter Wickham

Length: 56 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Anatomy of Melancholy is one of the most remarkable books ever written. First published in 1621, and hardly ever out of print since, it is a huge, varied, idiosyncratic, entertaining and learned survey of the experience of melancholy, seen from just about every possible angle that could be imagined. Its subtitle explains much: The Anatomy of... Read more

Courting the Wild Twin

By: Martin Shaw

Narrated by: Martin Shaw

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Master mythologist Martin Shaw uses timeless story-wisdom to examine our broken relationship with the world There is an old legend that says we each have a wild, curious twin that was thrown out the window the night we were born, taking much of our vitality with them. If there was something we were meant to do with our few, brief years on... Read more

Philosophers

By: DK

Narrated by: Kris Dyer

Length: 18 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves, and their pioneering ideas.

Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs, and the relationships and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced... Read more

Discurso del Método

By: René Descartes

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

El Discurso del método, cuyo título completo es Discurso del método para conducir bien la propia razón y buscar la verdad en las ciencias es la principal obra escrita por René Descartes y una obra fundamental de la filosofía occidental con implicaciones para el desarrollo de la filosofía y de la ciencia. Se publicó de forma anónima en Leiden... Read more