Philosophy audiobooks

The 40 Day Fire

By: Jason C. Johnson Sr.

Narrated by: Jason C. Johnson Sr.

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The 40 Day Fire The 40 Day Fire is a 40-day journey intended to light a fire underneath you! From time to time, all of us need a little push. This book will sometimes cause you to laugh and at other times will lovingly give you a kick in the pants to help you to stay on course. The author's intention: help you to burn away everything in your... Read more

The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People

By: Mel Collins

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you often told to stop taking things to heart or to toughen up? Do you have a lot of empathy for others? Overanalyse things and get 'stuck in your own head'? Or become easily overwhelmed and frequently need to withdraw? If the answer is YES, you are probably a Highly Sensitive Person and this Handbook will be your survival guide! One in... Read more

Mensch! Wer wir sind und was uns rettet

By: Christoph Quarch

Narrated by: Christoph Quarch

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Sechs Vorträge von Dr. Christoph Quarch, die den Fragen nachgehen: Wer ist der Mensch? Was zeichnet ihn aus? Was unterscheidet ihn von Maschinen? Welche Qualitäten hat das Menschsein? Was rettet den Menschen? Was bleibt vom Menschen? 1. Vortrag: Erkenne dich selbst! Warum wir nicht umhinkönnen, uns ein Bild von uns zu machen Unsere Kultur... Read more

Aristotle's Way

By: Edith Hall

Narrated by: Sian Thomas

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives

Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle,... Read more

Ojai 1949 Fourteen Public Talks - Volume 11 - Abridged

By: J.Krishnamurti

Narrated by: J.Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Why do we seek a method or technique? - 21 August 1949 • The problems of life do not demand a method, because they are so vital and alive that if we approach with a method we totally misunderstand and don't adequately meet that problem. • Where there is efficiency there is ruthlessness. • The means and the end are not separate. • Reality or God... Read more

Ojai 1949 Fourteen Public Talks - Volume 6 - Abridged

By: J.Krishnamurti

Narrated by: J.Krishnamurti

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What is true religion? - 31 July 1949 Is religion a matter of sensation? Religion is not ceremony, dogma nor the continuation of tenets or beliefsinculcated from childhood. Belief in God does not make you a religious person. Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom. Q: Will you please carefully explain what is true meditation? Read more

Transcendentalist Essays: Nature, Self Reliance, Walking, and Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau & Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Christopher Preece

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of famous transcendentalist essays from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Nature, Self Reliance, Walking, and Civil Disobedience.In Nature, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God,... Read more

The Rebel

By: Albert Camus

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the “essential dimensions” of human nature, manifested in man’s timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established... Read more

The 5th Phenomenon

By: Robert A. Revel

Narrated by: Andrew Tell

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Awareness: The most profound, intimate and collective experience human beings share turns out to be an absolute mystery. As universal a state as consciousness is to every person, it currently carries no agreed upon definition beyond its observable characteristics.The 5thPhenomenon:  Presents consciousness as a legitimate phenomenon for... Read more

The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The essays in The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics have a rather special place in Schopenhauer's work, both being written as entries to Scandinavian philosophy competitions, one in Norway and one in Sweden.

'Essay on the Freedom of the Will' was Schopenhauer's response to the question posed by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences in 1839:... Read more

The Morning Mind

By: Dr. Robert Carter III & Kirti Salwe Carter, MBB...

Narrated by: Wayne Campbell

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Unleash positive thinking and productive imagination, and flip negative thoughts and behaviors into a lifetime to improve every aspect of your life—each morning, one day at a time.Bad habits. Bad feelings. Bad mornings that turn into regrettable days. Banish them all with simple brain hacks that flip negative thoughts and behaviors into... Read more

The Philosophy Book

By: DK

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 16 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An essential introduction to the history, concepts, and thinking behind philosophy that demystifies what can often be daunting subject matter, laid out in DK's signature style.Are the ideas of René Descartes, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes still relevant today? The Philosophy Book unpacks the writings and ideas of more than... Read more

The Spirit of Zen

By: Sam van Schaik

Narrated by: Fred Stella

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

An engaging introduction to Zen Buddhism, featuring a new English translation of one of the earliest Zen textsLeading Buddhist scholar Sam van Schaik explores the history and essence of Zen, based on a new translation of one of the earliest surviving collections of teachings by Zen masters. These teachings, titled The Masters and Students of the... Read more

The Finite and Infinite Games

By: James Carse

Narrated by: James Carse

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“There are at least two kinds of games,” states James Carse as he begins this extraordinary book. “One could be called finite; the other infinite.”

Carse explores these questions with stunning elegance, teasing out of his distinctions a universe of observation and insight, noting where and why and how we play, finitely and infinitely. He surveys... Read more

Science Fictioin and The Esoteric

By: Colin Wilson

Narrated by: Colin Wilson

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English writer, philosopher and novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism" or "phenomenological existentialism", and maintained his life work was "that of a philosopher, and his purpose to create a new and... Read more

Addiction to Perfection

By: Marion Woodman

Narrated by: Marion Woodman

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Through case studies, dreams, and myths, a Jungian analyst explores the hidden causes of compulsion in the lives of men and women. At the root of eating disorders, substance abuse, and other addictive and compulsive behaviors, Woodman sees a hunger for spiritual fulfillment. The need to experience a sacred connection to an energy greater than... Read more

An Evening with Marion Woodman and Robert Bly on The Maiden King

By: Marion Woodman & Robert Bly

Narrated by: Marion Woodman

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A Course in Miracles says that this world and every aspect of it got started when the Son of God remembered not to laugh.What we failed to laugh at is the joke which is ourselves. Now, however, you can have a true experience of metaphysical mirth --you might even, yourself, achieve -- "full realization. Read more

What Kind of Society Nurtures the Soul?

By: James Hillman

Narrated by: James Hillman

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

James Hillman studied with the great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in the 1950s and later became the first director of studies at the Jung Institute in Zurich. After returning to the United States in 1980, he taught at Yale, Syracuse and the universities of Chicago and Dallas.

They come from the environment, the cities, the economy, the racism.... Read more

We Kill Because We Can

By: Laurie Calhoun

Narrated by: Laurie Calhoun

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"Last resort has become first resort. Courage has become cowardice. Black ops have become standard operating procedure. An intelligence agency is now a killing machine. Self defense has become naked aggression. Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt has become possible future potential for guilt. Voices of dissent have been irrevocably silenced.... Read more

ماذا يعني هذا كله

By: توماس نيجل

Narrated by: عمار الحاج يحيى

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

إذا كنت من محبي علم الفلسفة وتسعى لمعرفة الكثير من المعلومات عنه فهذا الكتاب سيكون رفيق دربك حيث يتربع على غلافه عنوانٌ فرعي هو "مقدمة قصيرة جدًا إلى الفلسفة" لكنّك ستتفاجىء بأنَّ هذه المقدمة القصيرة جدًا تُضاهي جميع الكتب التي تتحدّث عن الفلسفة بأسلوبها البسيط والعميق في الوقت ذاته. هذا الكتاب هو مقدمةٌ مباشرة لتسعة مشاكل فلسفية شائعة يشرح كلَّ... Read more

Meditations/Discourse on the Method

By: René Descartes

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Plagued with doubt and uncertainty in sensory knowledge, Descartes is struck with the idea that everything he knows is false. He considers the possibility that he has been deceived by an ‘evil demon’ and is left with nothing to lean on, until he arrives at the phrase ‘cogito ergo sum’ (‘I think, therefore I am’). Clinging to this, he proceeds to... Read more

Evolución de la Consciencia

By: Nurya Reig

Narrated by: Lustra

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Es un libro acerca de la evolución de la Nueva Consciencia Colectiva, contada con horma de historia.Se sitúa en el siglo XXII, año 2.148, narrada por una adolescente, la cual descubre el diario de un antepasado de su familia del año 2.012, que cuenta cómo fue la transición de la humanidad de la era de Piscis a la era de Acuario y cómo fue el... Read more

The Practicing Stoic

By: Ward Farnsworth

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is clear and concise. The result is a set of philosophy lessons for... Read more

Why We Need Religion

By: Stephen T. Asma

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 11 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Asma argues that, like art, religion has direct access to our emotional lives in ways that science does not. Yes, science can give us emotional feelings of wonder and the sublime—we can feel the sacred depths of nature—but there are many forms of human suffering and vulnerability that are beyond the reach of help from science. Different... Read more