Philosophy audiobooks
The Law
By: Frédéric Bastiat
Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed.America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe... Read more
View audiobookAssholes
By: Aaron James
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.
What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no... Read more
Wie wollen wir leben? - Abridged
By: Peter Bieri
Narrated by: Peter Bieri
Length: 2 hours 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
Wir sind Wesen, die sich fragen können, wer sie sind und wie sie leben möchten. Wir haben die Fähigkeit, uns im Laufe eines Lebens in unserem Tun und Erleben immer besser zu verstehen. Dieses Verstehen hilft uns, Einfluß auf unsere Innenwelt zu nehmen und der selbstbestimmte Autor unseres Lebens zu werden. Read more
View audiobookCrossing The Murky Moral Terrain Of Ethics
By: Mark Matousek
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Are we moving toward a more ethical future? Here Matousek discusses universal human ethics He points out that ethics may be a minefield of opposing ideologies, special interest and temperamental proclivities. The good news is that humans are hardwired to care for one another, have a sense of justice and fairness, and share a sense of group... Read more
View audiobookThe Dimensional Structure of Consciousness
By: Samuel Avery
Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare
Length: 4 hours
Abridged: No
Written for both the layman and the professional scientist, The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness opens an astounding world and points out that further progress of science depends upon a transcendence of the material world.
Samuel Avery opens a ‘Pandora’s box’… and presents a ‘through the looking glass’ glimpse of the structure of... Read more
The Problems With Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
Narrated by: James Langton
Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The Problems of Philosophy' discusses Bertrand Russell's views on philosophy and the problems that arise in the field. Russell's views focus on knowledge rather than the metaphysical realm of philosophy. 'The Problems with Philosophy' revolves around the central question that Russell asks in his opening line of Chapter 1 - Is there any... Read more
View audiobookFirst Principles & Natural Law Part II
By: Hadley Arkes
Narrated by: Hadley Arkes
Length: 4 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in today's world, as evidenced in everything from Supreme Court decisions to... Read more
View audiobookTranscendence of the Western Mind
By: Samuel Avery
Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
What is consciousness? This audiobook presents an understanding of life that transcends matter. More importantly, it transcends the difference between what you are and what I am. Despite its reliance on what is known through Western Science, it is a transcendence of the Western understanding of reality. It does not begin with a world and then... Read more
View audiobookL'invisible qui guérit
By: Gérard Gervais
Narrated by: Gérard Gervais
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
« L’invisible qui guérit » est un saut dans la médecine quantique, médecine du futur où il n’est plus question de médication chimique, mais de guérison autonome dont nous sommes tous capables. Ce CD offre la possibilité de se libérer du stress, de l’anxiété, de l’insomnie, de la dépression et autres malaises générateurs de maladie, en permettant... Read more
View audiobookScience Set Free
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Daniel Drasin
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
British biologist Rupert Sheldrake asks questions that most scientists haven't thought of or have been discouraged from asking. He is best known for his morphic field theory, which explores aspects of reality that are unexplained in terms of current physics. In this talk, he proposes setting science free from its most constricting dogmas and... Read more
View audiobookThe Problem of Pain
By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: James Simmons
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Why Must We Suffer?“If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?” And what about the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis... Read more
View audiobookRe-Creating the World
By: Michael Meade
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Even though it may seem like the end of things, Meade reminds us there are always beginnings embedded in the endings. He takes us on a mythological journey that tips the world towards renewal and says, “Why not find our own thread even in the midst of uncertainty and pain and learn how to weave and create?” Read more
View audiobookWhat’s Wrong with the World
By: G. K. Chesterton
Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
In this important book, G.K. Chesterton offers a remarkably perceptive analysis of social and moral issues, even more relevant today than in his own time. With a light, humorous tone but a deadly serious philosophy, he comments on errors in education, on feminism vs. true womanhood, on the importance of the child, and other issues, using... Read more
View audiobookZen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance®
By: Robert M. Pirsig & Peter Flannery
Narrated by: James Purefoy & Full Cast
Length: 1 hour 40 minutes
Abridged: No
An odyssey into life’s challenging questions during an unforgettable summer motorcycle trip
Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance became an instant bestseller upon its publication in 1974. A powerful examination of how we live, as well as a... Read more
El Arte de la Guerra
By: Sun Tzu
Narrated by: Gary Dikeos
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes
Abridged: No
El Arte de la Guerra es el mejor libro de estrategia de todos los tiempos. Inspiró a Napoleón, Maquiavelo, Mao Tse Tung, y muchas más figuras históricas. Este libro de dos mil quinientos años de antigüedad es uno de los más importantes textos clásicos Chinos, en el que, a pesar del tiempo transcurrido, ninguna de sus máximas ha quedado... Read more
View audiobookTaking Back Our Democracy
By: Steve Bhaerman
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Bhaerman discloses the current political landscape and how to move beyond our polarized positions. He believes it’s not about bringing opposites together in their differences, but jumping over those differences and gathering the virtues and values that 95% of Americans have in common. Read more
View audiobookPaul
By: Morna D. Hooker
Narrated by: Paul English
Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
The Apostle Paul has shaped the course of Christian ethics for centuries and is widely regarded as the most influential theologian in the Christian tradition. In this authoritative introduction, Morna D. Hooker offers a female perspective on a figure usually portrayed as a conservative misogynist. Looking behind the epistles to reconstruct the... Read more
View audiobookPhilosophy of Mind
By: Edward Feser
Narrated by: Andrea Powell
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
In this lively and entertaining introduction to the philosophy of mind, Edward Feser explores the questions central to the discipline, and relates them not only to the human brain and its capacity for thought, but also to the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence. This in-depth primer is an account of all the most important and... Read more
View audiobookPhilosophy of Science
By: Geoffrey Gorham
Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The world hasn’t met with destruction on any of the long list of predicted doomsday dates, but the possibility may have got you thinking: has science created more problems than it has solved? What is the point of science at all? Geoffrey Gorham considers these questions and explores the social and ethical implications of science by linking them... Read more
View audiobookHow to Think Seriously about the Planet
By: Roger Scruton
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Length: 10 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the overexploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution. In How to Think Seriously about the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects... Read more
View audiobookPhilosophy of Religion
By: Charles Taliaferro
Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Isaac Asimov said that "whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse." Such quandaries are the bread and butter of philosophy of religion. Questioning why evil exists, whether God could create a stone he couldn’t lift, and if the wonder of life suggests a Creator, this fascinating branch of philosophy is... Read more
View audiobookFirst Principles & Natural Law Part I
By: Hadley Arkes
Narrated by: Hadley Arkes
Length: 4 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In this course of lectures, Professor Hadley Arkes seeks to recall the classic connection between law and morality. Law works by replacing personal choice and private judgment with a public rule enforced on everyone, which raises the question of whether there are in fact rights grounded in the very nature of human beings. Seeking the principles... Read more
View audiobookThe Platonic Tradition
By: Peter Kreeft
Narrated by: Peter Kreeft
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
This engaging course of lectures begins by providing a detailed and accurate overview of Plato's philosophy and it's central idea - the idea of a transcendent reality that has popularly become known as the theory of the Forms. Professor Kreeft then takes us on a concise journey through Western Philosophical history to show how that central idea... Read more
View audiobookTrue Transformation Is An Inside Job
By: Isha Judd
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
We are often trapped in the matrix of our intellect telling ourselves that we are victims of circumstances: it’s the economy, it’s my upbringing, it’s my job, my co-workers. Judd says, “[T]his moment is the only moment you can change and this moment defines your future moments. So when I focus on praise, love, gratitude, and giving . . . you... Read more
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