Philosophy audiobooks

Uncovering Happiness

By: Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

In seven simple steps, Uncovering Happiness uses cutting-edge mindfulness and self-compassion techniques along with innovations in neuroscience to release natural antidepressants in the brain. Dr. Goldstein shows you how to take back control of your mind, your mood, and your life.

Most of us believe when we’re depressed that our situation is... Read more

The Moral Epistles

By: Seneca the Younger

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 23 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Towards the end of his life, Seneca the Younger (c4 BCE-65 CE) began a correspondence with a friend in Sicily, later collected under the title The Moral Epistles.

In these 124 letters, Seneca expresses, in a wise, steady and calm manner, the philosophy by which he lived - derived essentially from the Stoics. The letters deal with a variety of... Read more

Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness

By: Loch Kelly, M.Div, LCSW

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Loch Kelly uses the metaphor of computer software when talking about an awareness-based way of living and operating. He says, “It’s not a matter of just having these momentary meditation states of freedom and peace of mind. You can actually live from non-conceptual awareness based on an open-hearted sense of being rather than feeling your only... Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 1

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers John Perry and Ken Taylor invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.Fun,... Read more

The Antichrist, Ecce Homo

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Christopher Oxford

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Antichrist and Ecce Homo were two of the last works written by Friedrich Nietzsche just before his mental collapse in 1889. Though both written in 1888, they are very different in content and style.

In The Antichrist, Nietzsche expands on his view that the submissive nature of Christianity undermined Western society, depressing and sapping... Read more

Whatever You Choose to Be

By: Ann Romney

Narrated by: Ann Romney & Tom Taylorson

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

For today’s twenty-somethings, the possibilities and opportunities are exhilarating, limitless, and sometimes confusing, with no clear-cut paths for the major life choices one must make after college graduation. In this new gift book, inspired by a commencement speech she gave in 2014, former first lady of Massachusetts Ann Romney puts forth... Read more

Spark Joy

By: Marie Kondo

Narrated by: Sumalee Montano

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has revolutionized homes—and lives—across the world. Now, Kondo presents an illustrated guide to her acclaimed KonMari Method, with step-by-step folding illustrations for everything from shirts to socks, plus drawings of perfectly organized drawers and closets. She... Read more

The Nature Of Consciousness

By: Christian de Quincey, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this provocative dialogue Christian de Quincey describes the difference between consciousness and energy as “Consciousness knows, energy flows.” Energy and matter can be quantified but consciousness is non-physical and doesn’t exist in space or time. Consciousness knows objects but it is not itself an object. When asked if consciousness... Read more

100 quotes by Soren Kierkgaard: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Soren Kierkgaard

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The water bottle is a short story in the " The Eight Strokes of the Clock " collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. Their main character: Arsène Lupin, the beloved gentleman thief, one of the most famous characters of the detective genre. All eight stories are independent but brought together by a leading thread. Posing as Prince... Read more

100 quotes by Gautama Buddha: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Gautama Buddha

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and one of the greatest European explorers who ever lived. He fought all his life against slavery, and is remembered as a national hero for opening up the interior of the so-called "Dark Continent"; his expeditions had a tremendous influence on the colonization of Africa and the relation between... Read more

100 quotes by Marcus Aurelius: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Lady with the hatchet is a short story in the " The Eight Strokes of the Clock " collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. Their main character: Arsène Lupin, the beloved gentleman thief, one of the most famous characters of the detective genre. All eight stories are independent but brought together by a leading thread. Posing as... Read more

100 quotes by Epictetus: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Epictetus

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The Tell-Tale Film is a short story in the " The Eight Strokes of the Clock " collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. Their main character: Arsène Lupin, the beloved gentleman thief, one of the most famous characters of the detective genre. All eight stories are independent but brought together by a leading thread. Posing as Prince... Read more

100 quotes by Francis Bacon: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Francis Bacon

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Thérèse and Germaine is a short story in the " The Eight Strokes of the Clock " collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. Their main character: Arsène Lupin, the beloved gentleman thief, one of the most famous characters of the detective genre. All eight stories are independent but brought together by a leading thread. Posing as... Read more

100 quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Jonathan Waite

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Mungo Park was an explorer of the real kind. In 1795, only aged 24, he left Gambia for the uncharted interior of Africa, in a journey that would be filled with tragedy, heroism, and adventure. Park was the first European to ever reach the river Niger and the legendary city of Timbuctoo, thus resolving, once and for all, a century-old geographic... Read more

100 quotes by Henry David Thoreau: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jonathan Waite

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Extraordinary adventures of Arsène Lupin include one of the earliest forms of crossover, with the parodic "Sherlock Holmes arrives too late". This short story is a delightful confrontation between two legendary characters: Arsène Lupin, the most famous thief in the world of literature, daring, bold and elegant, and Sherlock Holmes, the... Read more

100 quotes by Immanuel Kant: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Emmanuel Kant

Narrated by: Jonathan Waite

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a wild series of adventures widely acclaimed as "universally read" and highly influential. After a shipwreck, an Englishman discovers new, strange lands, and learns of the customs and governments of their inhabitants. This is an opportunity both for absurd humor and political satire, and the story of... Read more

100 quotes by Niccholo Macchiavelli, from "The Prince"

By: Nicolas Machiavel

Narrated by: Jonathan Waite

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Oscar Wilde is remembered as one of the wittiest minds ever, thanks to his provocative style and humor. In the 1890s, he was one of London's most popular playwrights; his masterpieces are The Importance of Being Earnest and the dark and fantastical Picture of Dorian Gray. His writings entwine themes of beauty, decadence and duplicity, which made... Read more

100 quotes by Confucius: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Confucius

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Sun Tzu was a revered Chinese general, strategist, and philosopher. He is credited with one of the most influential military treatises ever written, The Art of War. Countless leaders have drawn inspiration from this work, from Mao Zedong to General Douglas MacArthur. It is so powerful and straightforward that it is still influencing many domains... Read more

100 quotes by Montaigne: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Michel de Montaigne

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the greatest military figures ever. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution, after which he kept on soaring higher and higher until he was crowned Emperor of the French. He then moved on to gain control of the whole of continental Europe, before the ultimate defeat of 1815. Today, his campaigns are... Read more

100 quotes by Rousseau: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the story of Mary Prince, who was sold into slavery at the age of 12 for £38 sterling. It is the first account of the life of a black woman ever to be published in the United Kingdom, and it was published at a time when slavery was still legal in the British Colonies. The history of Mary Prince is firsthand testimony of the brutalities... Read more

100 quotes by Voltaire: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The French Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen is one of the most fundamental documents in the history of democracy. A representative product of the philosophy of the Enlightenment, it holds the rights of man to be universal, without distinction of race or religion, introducing the idea that human rights are a feature of human... Read more

100 quotes by Socrates: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Socrates

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

It is as great an offence against a child to starve his mind as to starve his body. The Astorg Audiobook collection means to bring together the fairy tales, stories, myths and legends which have fed the children of many generations in the years when the imagination is awakening and craving stimulus and material to work upon. We have selected for... Read more

100 quotes by Plato: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Plato

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, or more simply Don Quixote, is one of the most influential works of literature from a Spanish author. It is one of the earliest canonical novels, and is regularly cited as the best work of fiction ever published. A nameless hidalgo read so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and... Read more

150 quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche: Great philosophers & their inspiring thoughts

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

One Thousand and One Nights, also known as the Arabian Nights, is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. The beautiful Sheherazade, threatened with death, manages to postpone the fatal day by telling one marvellous story every night. The stories themselves are folk tales, fairy tales and... Read more