Philosophy audiobooks

Common Sense

By: Thomas Paine

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1775, the American colonies were a hotbed of political discord. Many of the British policies, specifically taxes, had caused American colonial leaders to consider the unthinkable: declaring independence from the British Empire and its King George. One such leader, Thomas Paine, wrote Common Sense: a pamphlet that explained the advantages of... Read more

A Neurosurgeon's Journey to the Afterlife

By: Eben Alexander

Narrated by: Eben Alexander

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Eben Alexander has been an academic neurosurgeon for over 25 years. In 2008, his remarkable near-death experience radically transformed his understanding of consciousness and the brain, indeed, of all existence.A Better Listen audio production. Read more

Awe And Wonder: Keys To Living A Passionate Life

By: Gregg Levoy

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This far-ranging dialogue is full of stories that will inspire and delight. Levoy speaks about a sense of wonder as being the active ingredient in a passionate life, and how even suffering and restlessness can be explored with curiosity. He tells us that wonder can offer us the adaptive benefit of free cognitive upgrades. You’ll be encouraged by... Read more

The Road to Character

By: David Brooks

Narrated by: Arthur Morey & David Brooks

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST
 
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column... Read more

The Character Of Thought

By: Laura Basha, Ph.D

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Laura Basha discusses how the power and quality of thought influences our ability to bring choice into process. She describes the three principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought and how they are connected: “The mind is formless but has energy…consciousness is the movement of the mind according to our level of understanding and is the... Read more

Let There Be Light

By: Stephen J. Hage

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Let There Be Light presents a simple, beautiful, and elegant view of the oneness of all life, subjective and objective. It demonstrates the unity of the physical world with conscious experience of the physical world. Consciousness is not inside space and time, space and time are within consciousness; they are a special structure of the... Read more

The World Beyond Your Head

By: Matthew B. Crawford

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant follow-up, The World Beyond Your Head, Crawford investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind.

We often complain about our... Read more

The Age of Louis XIV

By: Will Durant & Ariel Durant

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 36 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Age of Louis XIV is the biography of a period (1648–1715) that Spengler considered the apex of modern European civilization. "Some centuries hence," Frederick the Great correctly predicted to Voltaire, "they will translate the good authors of the age of Pericles and Augustus." Those authors are lovingly treated here: Pascal, Racine, and... Read more

Zen in the Martial Arts

By: Joe Hyams

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."—Samurai maximUnder the guidance of such celebrated masters as Ed Parker and the immortal Bruce Lee, Joe Hyams vividly recounts his more than twenty-five years of experience in the martial arts. In his illuminating story, Hyams reveals to listeners how the daily... Read more

Spiritual Bypassing - Abridged

By: Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D.

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A wonderfully significant and important book.”  —Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision
“A timely and penetrating analysis of spirituality’s shadow.” —Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without Beliefs
 
A spiritual teacher and integral psychotherapist offers a first-of-its-kind study on how we use—and abuse—spiritual beliefs and practices, revealing how to... Read more

The Allure of Gentleness

By: Dallas Willard

Narrated by: Alan Winter & Eileen Stevens

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The revered Christian author whose bestselling classics include The Divine Conspiracy and The Spirit of the Disciplines provides a new model for how we can present the Christian faith to others.When Christians share their faith, they often appeal to reason, logic, and the truth of doctrine. But these tactics often are not effective. A better... Read more

Matter And Consciousness: Shifting The Metaparadigm

By: Peter Russell, D.C.S.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell explains the difference between a paradigm and a metaparadigm and why consciousness cannot be explained within our current systems. He asserts that science is able to measure phenomena such as energy, time, and space, yet has not found a way to prove or measure consciousness. “These are all concepts in the mind…I am conscious I am having... Read more

The Age of Reason Begins

By: Will Durant & Ariel Durant

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 34 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant's renowned Story of Civilization chronicles the history of European civilization from 1558 to 1648.The Age of Reason Begins brings together a fascinating network of stories in the discussion of the bumpy road toward the Enlightenment. This is the age of great monarchs and greater artists—on the one... Read more

Weaving The Fabric Of The World With Our Stories

By: Rebecca Solnit

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Rebecca Solnit discusses how all of us are connected to one another as though we are threads woven into the fabric of the world. Storytelling is often our way of tracing these threads, starting with our personal stories and exploring outward. The effects of our stories can be subtle and powerful. Solnit explains how we make our stories and how... Read more

Discovering Your Creative Fire

By: Eric Maisel, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Roger Housden

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a creativity coach, Dr. Maisel talks about the lineage of our creativity. There is a point in our lives when we fall in love with something — a book, a painting, a piece of music, a film — and we long to be part of the lineage of that creation. This longing emboldens us to enter the path of our own creative spirit. However in the hubbub of... Read more

Letting Go Of Resistance: A Constant Rebirth

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Finley tells us that on a day to day basis our lives are a kind of “constant hopping from one identity to another.” He describes this as the location from which we are operating. He suggests we ask ourselves the question: Are we choosing the location of fear and anxiety, which supports knee-jerk reactions, or one of mindfulness and a tuning into... Read more

I Think You're Totally Wrong

By: David Shields & Caleb Powell

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross & Luis Moreno

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A debate, nearly to the death, about life and art, cocktails included. And a soon-to-be major motion picture from James Franco! Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (he' s a stay-at-home dad to three young girls), whereas his former professor David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he has... Read more

Speed Limits

By: Mark C. Taylor

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 14 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing together developments in religion, philosophy, art, technology, fashion, and finance, Mark C. Taylor presents an original and rich account of a great paradox of our times: how the very forces and technologies that were supposed to free us by saving time and labor now trap us in a race we can never win. The faster we go, the less time we... Read more

Why Mindfulness is Better than Chocolate

By: David Michie

Narrated by: David Michie

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Mindfulness practice can help you reduce stress, improve performance, manage pain and increase wellbeing. These are the reasons why elite athletes, performing artists and business leaders are taking up the practice, and why it is being introduced into the world's most successful companies, banks, business schools – even the US Army. David... Read more

Plato's Theaetetus

By: Plato

Narrated by: Albert A. Anderson

Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written circa 369 BC. Read more

100 Quotes for Meditation with Lao Tzu

By: Lao Tzu

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Victor Hugo is one of the best-known French writers, and is part of the greatest literary figures of all time. His poetry made him famous very early, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest lyric poets when he was only 20 years old. He was also a novelist and a dramatist, and furthered the cause of Romanticism, this exalted artistic... Read more

The Warrior Within

By: John Little

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

During his lifetime, legendary martial artist Bruce Lee formulated a complex personal philosophy—a synthesis of Eastern and Western ideals—that extolled the virtues of knowledge and total mastery of one's self. Most of his philosophical writings could be found only within the personal library of the Bruce Lee estate … until John Little was given... Read more

Die Flockenleserin

By: Mike Powelz

Narrated by: Caroline du Fresne

Length: 15 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Ein wunderschönes Luxushotel, in dem die Gäste sterben… Im Grunde ist ein Hospiz tatsächlich ein schönes Hotel - kein bisschen düster. Weiße Ärztekittel? Fehlanzeige. Haustiere? Erlaubt. Feste Besuchszeiten? Nein. Klavierkonzerte und Entertainment? Ja. Vorzeitig auschecken? Auch das kommt vor. Doch natürlich gibt es Unterschiede zu normalen... Read more

Fallen Leaves

By: Will Durant

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant—discovered thirty-two years after his death—is a message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in life or the council of a wise friend in navigating life's journey.From 1968 to 1978, Will Durant made four public allusions to the existence of... Read more