Philosophy audiobooks

Humour

By: Terry Eagleton

Narrated by: Roger Clark

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humor and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponents.



Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humor and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering... Read more

Simply Descartes

By: Kurt Smith

Narrated by: Esmée Cook

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

René Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine, France, on March 31, 1596. He attended a Jesuit college and studied law for two years, but he soon gave up formal academics to immerse himself in “the great book of the world.” In 1618, he joined the army, where he became interested in military engineering and expanded his knowledge of physics and... Read more

Stephen Hawking's Theories on Universe

By: IntroBooks

Narrated by: IntroBooks

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

More than a few greatest hits of the physicists right from the singularities of the gravitational collapses, to the revolutionary quantum theory related to gravity, were astounding accomplishments of a sole man, who is renowned to the entire world today, as Stephen Hawking. That was not alone, though. There is much more to know about his... Read more

Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader

By: Marc Lesser

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Today's leaders are grappling with the pace and complexity of change, the challenge of supporting healthy collaboration and alignment among teams, and the resulting stress and burnout. The practice of mindful leadership may be one of the most important competencies in business today if leaders are to move beyond fear, anxiety, nagging... Read more

A Thousand Small Sanities

By: Adam Gopnik

Narrated by: Adam Gopnik

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A stirring defense of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time from an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author.
Not since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left. The crisis of democracy in our era has produced a crisis of faith in liberal institutions... Read more

America, Compromised

By: Lawrence Lessig

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"There is not a single American awake to the world who is comfortable with the way things are." So begins Lawrence Lessig's sweeping indictment of contemporary American institutions and the corruption that besets them. We can all see it—from the selling of Congress to special interests to the corporate capture of the academy. Something is wrong.... Read more

A Handbook for New Stoics

By: Massimo Pigliucci & Gregory Lopez

Narrated by: Rupert Farley

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A pragmatic philosophy more popular than ever—here are fifty-two ancient lessons to help you overcome adversity and find tranquility in the modern world.An ancient belief system made new, Stoicism teaches us how to accept the things we cannot change and how to live a good life. It helps us improve our outlook, increase our well-being, and thrive... Read more

The Prince

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Narrated by: Kevin Theis

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. Although The Prince was written as if it were a traditional work in the mirrors for princes style, it is generally agreed that it was... Read more

Exploring the Realm of Synchronicity

By: Sky Nelson-Isaacs

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Nelson-Isaacs tells us that synchronicity is defined as a meaningful coincidence that is personal and that it is nature’s language for communicating directly with us. He writes: “As you develop your personal sense of the meaning of events in your life, you enter into a cosmic dance with the divine that is totally unique to you.” Read more

La Divina Comedia

By: Dante Alighieri

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 16 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

AMA Audiolibros presenta la Narración del Audiolibro en Español (acento Castellano) de "La Divina Comedia" de Dante Alighieri en la voz de nuestro narrador Artur Mas a partir de la traducción en verso de Bartolomé Mitre. La Divina Comedia está considerada como una de las obras maestras de la literatura italiana y mundial. Está compuesta por más... Read more

El Arte de Ser Feliz

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

AMA Audiolibros presenta la Narración en Español (acento Castellano) a cargo de Artur Mas de: El arte de ser feliz, explicado en 50 reglas para la vida. Este es el título de una serie de artículos que escribió el filósofo alemán Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), recopilados y posteriormente publicados. A diferencia de "El arte de tener razón",... Read more

Ödipus oder Das zweite Orakel

By: Peter Sloterdijk

Narrated by: Peter Sloterdijk

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Es ist schon ein Wagnis, Sophokles' Ödipus, der in seiner Rezeptionsgeschichte zu einem Monstrum an Polyvalenz, an Vieldeutigkeit geworden ist, neu zu lesen! Peter Sloterdijk, einer der großen Rhetoriker der Gegenwart, liest und kommentiert abwechselnd - ausgehend von der These, daß die Philosophie die Fortführung der Tragödie mit anderen... Read more

El Libro Egipcio de los Muertos

By: Anónimo

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

El Libro Egipcio de los muertos es el nombre moderno de un texto funerario del Antiguo Egipto que se utilizó desde el comienzo del Imperio nuevo hacia el 1550 a. C. hasta el 50 a. C.1​ El nombre egipcio original es traducido por los egiptólogos como "Libro de la salida al día". El texto consiste en una serie de conjuros mágicos destinados a... Read more

Kinds of Minds

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Daniel Dennett leads the reader on a fascinating journey of inquiry, exploring such intriguing possibilities as: Can any of us really know what is going on in someone else's mind? What distinguishes the human mind from the minds of animals, especially those capable of... Read more

La vida también se piensa

By: Miquel Seguró

Narrated by: Caridad Rodríguez Santiago

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

¡Así que tú te dedicas a la filosofía! Con esta afirmación comienza este itinerario filosófico personal que Miquel Seguró convierte en una original invitación a la filosofía. A partir de siete tópicos contrafilosóficos ("la filosofía no sirve para nada"; "para qué pensar tanto si al final todos morimos"; "la ciencia lo acabará explicando... Read more

Clear Bright Future

By: Paul Mason

Narrated by: Finlay Robertson

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Clear Bright Future by Paul Mason, read by Finlay Robertson.

Our world order is under pressure as never before. From new authoritarian regimes in the US, Turkey and Russia, to the imminent break-up of the European Union and a social media awash with intolerance, things look set to fall apart just as... Read more

Instructions for Spiritual Living

By: Paul Brunton

Narrated by: Micah Hanks

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Answers to the questions that arise on the spiritual path

• Includes specially selected writings from the huge literary archive of Paul Brunton

• Explains the different stages of meditation and the obstacles likely to arise for each, offering guidance for achieving advanced states of meditation to deepen one’s inner life

• Challenges the need... Read more

Wish I Were Here

By: Mark Kingwell

Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline you have been waiting for. Offering a timely... Read more

Buddhism

By: Joan Duncan Oliver

Narrated by: Joan Duncan Oliver & Juanita Rockwell

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

A modern guide to the teachings of Buddhism.

Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha’s Life, Teachings, and Practices is an indispensable guide to a 2,600-year-old wisdom tradition that has transformed the lives of millions across centuries and around the world. Readers will learn how... Read more

Le manuel d'Épictète

By: Épictète

Narrated by: Grégoire Orowitz

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Compilé par Arrien, cet ouvrage résume la doctrine du philosophe stoïcien Épictète. Avec ceux de Sénèque et Marc Aurèle, ce manuel est l'un des principaux textes de la doctrine stoïcienne. Nous y apprenons par exemple que le chemin vers le bonheur dépend de notre capacité à ne pas se soucier de ce qui ne dépend pas de nous.À l'inverse, il... Read more

Mastering Logical Fallacies

By: Michael Withey

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Your argument is valid and you know it; yet once again you find yourself leaving a debate feeling defeated and embarrassed. The matter is only made worse when you realize that your defeat came at the hands of someone's abuse of logic—and that with the right skills you could have won the argument.



The ability to recognize logical fallacies when... Read more

Selections from Parerga and Paralipomena

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Volume 2 of Parerga and Paralipomena has a very different character from Volume 1.

There are, in total, 31 Essays, 24 of which are presented here. The range of topics is very varied, opening with 'On Philosophy and Its Method' and including 'On Pantheism', 'On Ethics', 'On Jurisprudence', 'On Men of Learning', 'On Thinking for Oneself', 'On... Read more

Vices of the Mind

By: Quassim Cassam

Narrated by: Matthew Waterson

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Epistemic vices are character traits, attitudes, or thinking styles that prevent us from gaining, keeping, or sharing knowledge. In this book, Quassim Cassam gives an account of the nature and importance of these vices, which include closed-mindedness, intellectual arrogance, wishful thinking, and prejudice. In providing the first extensive... Read more

Selections from Parerga and Paralipomena

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: David Rintoul & Leighton Pugh

Length: 15 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The two sizeable volumes of Parerga and Paralipomena hold a special place in the output of Arthur Schopenhauer.

Parerga means 'supplementary to a main work', and Paralipomena suggests a further supplement, but these two books were anything but a casual addition to his major opus, The World as Will and Idea. For a start, it was the publication of... Read more