Philosophy audiobooks

The Transformative Power Of Bliss

By: Sean Meshorer

Narrated by: T. Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Sean Meshorer says, "Bliss is that abiding feeling deep within ourselves whose hallmarks are things like inner peace, contentment, unconditional love, and joy. It is something that is entirely inside ourselves. Whereas happiness is more of an external phenomenon and is often fleeting . . . Bliss requires no mediation whatsoever. Read more

Magic

By: Robert Ralley

Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The mysterious art of magic has been a source of wonderment since before the time of Christ. Ranging from the supernatural practices of ‘black’ magic to demonstrations of dazzling illusion, magic has been called on to conjure the evil eye, burn villages to the ground, and slice women in half. From the astrology of the three wise men to David... Read more

Nietzsche

By: Associate Professor Robert Wicks

Narrated by: Richard Aspel

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply divisive figure, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) remains an enigma to this day. Infamous for his startling assertion that ‘God is dead’, he is often misrepresented and many have sought to discredit his work. In this illuminating account of Nietzsche's life and work, Robert Wicks skilfully navigates the controversy that continues to... Read more

Medieval Philosophy

By: Sharon M. Kaye

Narrated by: Paul English

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do good things happen to bad people? Can we prove whether God exists? What is the difference between right and wrong? Medieval philosophers were centrally concerned with such questions: questions which are as relevant today as a thousand years ago when the likes of Anselm and Aquinas sought to resolve them. In this fast-paced, enlightening... Read more

Marx

By: Andrew Collier

Narrated by: Richard Aspel

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Although one of the most influential thinkers of the last millennium, Karl Marx was relatively unheralded during most of his lifetime. Famous for predicting the inevitable demise of capitalism, it was only after his death that his clarion call reached a wide audience: “Workers of the world unite - you have nothing to lose but your chains.”... Read more

What Money Can't Buy

By: Michael J. Sandel

Narrated by: Michael J. Sandel

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society.

Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we put a price on human life to decide how much pollution to allow? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate... Read more

Aristotle for Everybody

By: Mortimer J. Adler

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“Almost all of the philosophical truths that I have come to know and understand I have learned from Aristotle,” says Mortimer J. Adler. This easy-to-listen-to exposition of Aristotle’s thoughts about nature, human actions, and the conduct of life confirms convictions that most of us hold, though we may not be fully aware of them. This is because... Read more

The Confessions

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 30 hours

Abridged: No

Dr. Johnson may have been correct in saying that "Rousseau was a very bad man," but none can argue that his ideas are among the most influential in all of world history. It was Rousseau, the father of the romantic movement, who was responsible for introducing at least two modern day thoughts that pervade academia: (1) free expression of the... Read more

Treatise on Law

By: Saint Thomas Aquinas

Narrated by: Robin Lawson

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Saint Thomas Aquinas, an Italian philosopher and Dominican friar who lived during the thirteenth century, was the greatest of the medieval theologians. His writings harmonized faith and reason, which resulted in a Christian form of rationalism.This treatise comprises questions 90–97 of the Summa Theologica, in which St. Thomas presents a... Read more

Le manuel d'Épictète

By: Epictete

Narrated by: Mathurin Voltz

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Le Manuel d'Épictète expose les principes philosophiques qui mènent au stoïcisme, doctrine qui permet de mener une vie heureuse et juste. Ce texte court est un résumé de l'enseignement d'Epictète écrit par un de ses élèves, où sont donnés, de manière logique et illustrée d'exemples quotidiens, les idées fondamentales qui permettent un accès à la... Read more

Living Into Our Greater Potential

By: Thomas Huebl

Narrated by: T. Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Huebl describes two competencies that can improve the art of living. The first one is silence so we may know ourselves more intimately. The second one is movement: voluntarily letting go of the old version of ourselves and moving with the ever changing flow of life. This leads to a highly innovative and creative life. Read more

Ein Plädoyer fürs Loben, Hymnen und Preisen - lit.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht & Joseph Vogl

Narrated by: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht & Joseph Vogl

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Deutsche Intellektuelle haben sich so leidenschaftlich darauf verpflichtet, "kritisch" zu sein, dass man sich manchmal versucht fühlt, das Wort mit zwei "t" zu schreiben. So ist mit der rhetorischen Tradition des Lobs auch die Preisrede verloren gegangen. Ist es an der Zeit, diesen Verlust auszugleichen? Wie können die verschwundenen Traditionen... Read more

Le prince

By: Nicolas Machiavel

Narrated by: Michel Galabru

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

C'est pour entrer en grâce auprès des Médicis, que Machiavel écrit en 1513 Le Prince, traité politique où il est question de l'art de prendre possession du pouvoir et de le maintenir. Bien que les références utilisées par l'auteur remontent à Platon et Plutarque, l'action politique n'est jamais subordonnée à la morale, et la seule exigence... Read more

Existentialism

By: Thomas E. Wartenberg

Narrated by: Miranda Nation

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Existentialism pervades modern culture, yet if you ask most people what it means, they won’t be able to tell you. In this lively and topical introduction, Wartenberg reveals a vibrant mode of philosophical inquiry that addresses concerns at the heart of the existence of every human being. He uses classic films, novels and plays to present the... Read more

Choosing Happiness

By: Stephanie Dowrick

Narrated by: Carmen Warrington

Length: 15 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The message of this book is very simple – you can be happier. You can also be a source of happiness, encouragement and support for other people. Understanding that your happiness largely depends on your outlook on life, your inner values and resilience, and on the way you regard and treat other people, you can take charge of your large and small... Read more

Descartes

By: Harry M Bracken

Narrated by: Richard Aspel

Length: 5 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The father of modern philosophy, Descartes is still one of the most widely discussed philosophers today. Putting rationalism above all else, he sought to base all knowledge of the world on a single idea: ‘I think, therefore I am’. This introduction expertly summarises his thoughts on the dualism of mind and body, his proofs for God’s existence... Read more

Epistemology

By: Robert M. Martin

Narrated by: Richard Aspel

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Without knowledge, scientific enquiry is meaningless and we can’t analyse the world around us. But what exactly is knowledge and how do we obtain it? Should we trust our senses? When is belief knowledge? Presuming no prior experience of philosophy, Robert M. Martin covers everything in the... Read more

Islamic Philosophy

By: Majid Fakhry

Narrated by: Raad Rawi

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the introduction of Greek Philosophy into the Muslim world in the eighth century, right through to modern times, Majid Fakhry charts the evolution and interaction of philosophy, theology, and mysticism in the Islamic context. Highlighting key individuals, movements, concepts and writings, Fakhry also explores the conflicts and... Read more

Critical Thinking

By: Sharon M. Kaye

Narrated by: Andrea Powell

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Critical thinking shows people how to analyse arguments, speeches, and newspaper articles to see which faults the authors are making in their reasoning. It looks at the structure of language to demonstrate rules by which you can identify good analytical thinking and helps people to formulate clear defensible arguments themselves. With real life... Read more

Daoism

By: James Miller

Narrated by: Keith Brockett

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T’ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a timeline of Daoist history and a full glossary, Daoism will prove invaluable not only to students, but also to general listeners who wish to learn more... Read more

The Enlightenment

By: Kieron O'Hara

Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The Enlightenment has been nothing if not divisive, being blamed for bloody disasters – Auschwitz, the gulags, Islamic terrorism – as well as being heralded as the harbinger of reason and equality. To this day historians disagree over when it was, where it was, and what it was (or whether it still is). Kieron O’Hara deftly traverses these... Read more

Humanism

By: Peter Cave

Narrated by: Andrea Powell

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Does goodness require God? Do we need eternity for meaningful lives? Should we believe in God without evidence? With historical adherents as various as Mark Twain, Einstein, Freud, Philip Pullman and Frank Zappa, humanism’s central quest is to live with meaning with no need for the supernatural. Showing how humanists make sense of the world... Read more

Logically Fallacious: The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies (Academic Edition)

By: Bo Bennett, PhD

Narrated by: Bo Bennett, PhD

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the... Read more

The Question of God

By: Armand M. Nicholi

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Question of God, renowned psychiatrist and educator Armand Nicholi presents a fascinating comparison of the beliefs of Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis.For all the variety of specific religious beliefs, there are fundamentally only two kinds of people: believers and nonbelievers. In the twentieth century, no spokesman was more prominent for... Read more