Philosophy audiobooks

Shine

By: Shannah Kennedy & Lyndall Mitchell

Narrated by: Shannah Kennedy & Lyndall Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in a world of time famine, stuffocation and addiction to entertainment rather than education. So it’s time to eliminate some of the noise and distraction and get back to the basic essentials. It’s time to start living on purpose again. From The Essentialists comes Shine: a short and stylish guide to 20 simple life skills that will help... Read more

Conscientiousness

By: Tyler Bordan

Narrated by: Thomas Cassidy

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you applying the power of being conscientious in your life? If you want more out of life, or if you want to be more productive, it’s worth it to learn how to become more conscientious. Conscientiousness has been misunderstood in the past, but now we have a clear comprehension of what it can mean. Learn how to be smarter, faster, and more... Read more

Conservatism

By: Roger Scruton

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

A brief, magisterial audiobook introduction to the conservative tradition by one of Britain’s leading intellectuals.

In Conservatism, Roger Scruton offers listeners an invitation into the world of political philosophy by explaining the history and evolution of the conservative movement over... Read more

This Is It

By: Alan Watts

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This inspiring audiobook contains six revolutionary essays exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life—and the need for them to coexist within each of us.

With essays on “cosmic consciousness” (including Alan Watts’ account of his own ventures into this inward realm); the paradoxes of self-consciousness; LSD and... Read more

Developing our “Superpower” of Connecting with Others

By: Jonathan Robinson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In life we all basically want the same things. We want care, understanding, empathy, and appreciation. One avenue that will take us there is to become master communicators. Most of us have had little to no training in how best to communicate in ways that foster deep trust and intimacy. So, we might ask the question: Is there hope for us to... Read more

Ecce Homo

By: Friedrich Nietzche

Narrated by: Dag Jeanneret

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Ecce homo est une autobiographie à la fois parodique et philosophique de Friedrich Nietzsche. C'est aussi le dernier ouvrage original, avant la période de démence de ses dernières années de vie. Ecce Homo, malgré sa brièveté, est l'un des livres les plus importants pour comprendre la pensée nietzschéenne dans son originalité. Au cours de ces... Read more

The Most Good You Can Do

By: Peter Singer

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Peter Singer's books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a new movement in which his own ideas have played a crucial role: effective altruism. Effective altruism is built upon the simple but profound idea that living a fully ethical life involves doing the... Read more

Get Lost

By: Stephen Prothero

Narrated by: TBD

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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Warum wir auf Philosophie nicht verzichten können

By: Karl Jaspers & Ernst Bloch

Narrated by: Karl Jaspers & Ernst Bloch

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

1 | Karl Jaspers: Wahrheit und Wissenschaft Sendung: 23.10.1960, SWF Die moderne Wissenschaft entfaltet sich im Abendland. Ihr Erkenntnisgang ist methodisch und kritisch, denn auch ihre Verfahren sind immer wieder einer Prüfung zu unterziehen. Sie ist sich nicht nur ihres Wissens, sondern auch ihrer Unwissenheit gewiss. Wissenschaftliche... Read more

Bewusstsein, das letzte Rätsel der Philosophie

By: Thomas Metzinger

Narrated by: Thomas Metzinger

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

1 | Thomas Metzinger, Was ist das Bewusstsein? (1) Sendung: 21.10.2007, SWR2, Redaktion: Ralf Caspary Bewusstsein? Die Schwierigkeit dieses Begriffs erschließt sich erst, wenn man nicht bei den Inhalten desselben stehen bleibt. Wenn wir von unserem Bewusstsein sprechen, ist etwas Selbstreflexives miteinbegriffen, nicht nur, was gedacht... Read more

Die Seele der Tiere - Abridged

By: Konrad Lorenz & Adolf Portmann

Narrated by: Konrad Lorenz & Adolf Portmann

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1 | Konrad Lorenz: Moralanaloges Verhalten geselliger Tiere Sendung: 16.10.1955, SWF Bei Tieren in geselligen Verbänden sind Verhaltensweisen etabliert, die reflektorisch Aggression hemmen und ihrer Funktion nach dem moralischen Verhalten analog sind. Tieren kann jedoch kein Grundcharakter zugeschrieben werden, - der Fuchs als raubgierig und... Read more

Wenn die Gewalt erscheint - Abridged

By: Peter Sloterdijk & Gunnar Heinsohn

Narrated by: Peter Sloterdijk & Gunnar Heinsohn

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1 | Peter Sloterdijk: Wenn die Gewalt erscheint – Versuch über die Explosivität der Bilder Sendung: 26.12.1994 Urszenen der Gewalt finden sich bereits in der griechischen Mythologie. Der blutige Streit zwischen Thyestes und Atreus findet seinen Höhepunkt, als letzterer dem Bruder die eigenen Kinder zum Mahl vorsetzt. Als er erkennt, was ihm... Read more

Die große Gereiztheit - zivilisiert streiten - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Marie-Luisa Frick & Bernhard Pörksen

Narrated by: Marie-Luisa Frick, Bernhard Pörksen & Svenja Fl...

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Streit und Auseinandersetzung gehören nicht nur wesentlich zur Philosophie - sie sind auch zentrales Merkmal wissenschaftlicher Forschung und demokratischer Verfassungen. Was aber, wenn Streit zur bloßen Streiterei, Auseinandersetzung zur Schlägerei und Argumentation zur Wiederholung von Phrasen wird? Dann wird es höchste Zeit, sich im Dienst... Read more

Was sind und wer braucht eigentlich: Werte? - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Markus Gabriel & Andreas Urs Sommer

Narrated by: Markus Gabriel, Andreas Urs Sommer & Wolfram Ei...

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Wo sollen es Werte nicht alles richten: in der Schule, auf dem Fußballplatz, in Unternehmen, in Europa - am besten auf der ganzen Welt. Der Begriff des Werts dominiert den moralischen Diskurs und nicht zuletzt politische Sonntagsreden. Doch was sind Werte eigentlich? Wie viele davon gibt es? Und vor allem: Wem verdanken sie ihre angenommene... Read more

Mindfulness for Beginners

By: Stephanie White

Narrated by: Kip Ferguson

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The true path to enlightenment and inner peace begins with mindfulness. With all the distractions and temptations in the world nowadays, it becomes ever-so-ever important to be aware of our environment, and to do so in a significant, controlled, balanced way. Many have found and tapped into the power of mindfulness, a spiritual mindset and... Read more

Das Universum und ich. Der Mensch im All - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Sibylle Anderl & Gerhard Thiele

Narrated by: Sibylle Anderl, Gerhard Thiele & Jürgen Wiebicke

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Schade, dass wir Menschen nicht mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit reisen können. Sonst wären wir in einer Sekunde auf dem Mond, in acht Minuten bei der Sonne, aber erst in 30.000 Jahren im Zentrum unserer Milchstraße. Winzig ist der Ausschnitt, den wir von der Erde aus beobachten können. Diese Weite regt zum Zweifeln an: Was macht uns also so sicher,... Read more

A Theologico-Political Treatise/A Political Treatise

By: Baruch Spinoza

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 16 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Though it first aroused anger and controversy rather than admiration and acceptance, A Theologico-Political Treatise was a landmark in the analysis of theology (with particular reference to the Bible and its Jewish and Christian interpretations) and its relationship to philosophy and politics. Spinoza's scholarly analysis, based on careful... Read more

From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing

By: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Ronald S. Miller

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 11 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Over two decades ago, beloved and respected rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi felt an uneasiness. He was growing older, and fears about death and infirmity were haunting him. So he decided to embark on mission to get to the bottom of his fears. Through a series of events that included a vision quest in a secluded cabin and studying with Sufi... Read more

Dark Star Rising

By: Gary Lachman

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Within the concentric circles of Trump's regime lies an unseen culture of occultists, power-seekers, and mind-magicians whose influence is on the rise. In this unparalleled account, historian Gary Lachman examines the influence of occult and esoteric philosophy on the unexpected rise of the alt-right.Did positive thinking and mental science help... Read more

The Infidel and the Professor

By: Dennis C. Rasmussen

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thought



David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was... Read more

Know Thyself

By: Ingrid Rossellini

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018

A lively and timely introduction to the roots of self-understanding--who we are and how we should act--in the cultures of ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Middle Ages and the Renaissance

     "Know thyself"--this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient Greece, specifically in Delphi,... Read more

Immanuel Kant

By: Ferdinand Jives

Narrated by: Alasdair Cunningham

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Listen to a handy synopsis, overview, and background of Immanuel Kant and his philosophical teachings. Immanuel Kant was born in the 18th century in Prussia. So actually, he wasn’t originally from Germany. Nonetheless, he set the stage for German philosophy in the following century. According to Kant, philosophy is the result of human reasoning.... Read more

Erasmus

By: Ferdinand Jives

Narrated by: Alasdair Cunningham

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A Renaissance theologist who brought new light to Dutch changes during the Protestant wars against Spain. He stood for humanism, children’s rights, and theological ideologies that he wasn’t afraid to spread across the Dutch nation, which was going through some dramatic transformations at that time. His political and theological ideas should not... Read more

On Color

By: David Scott Kastan

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Our lives are saturated by color. We live in a world of colors, and color marks our psychological and social existence. But for all color’s ubiquity, we don’t know much about it. Authors David Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing offer a fresh and imaginative exploration of one of the most intriguing and least-understood aspects of everyday... Read more