Philosophy audiobooks

Three Plays

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Robin Field

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Published together for the first time are three of Ayn Rand’s compelling stage plays. The courtroom drama Night of January 16th, a 1935 Broadway success famous for leaving the verdict to the audience, is presented here in its definitive, final revised text—a superb dramatization of Rand’s vision of human strengths and weaknesses. Also included... Read more

Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Stephen Van Doren

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This is one of the most important works written by Nietzsche and represents his attempt to sum up his philosophy. The great nineteenth-century philosopher refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in this work, a fascinating examination of human values and morality. It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus... Read more

Ayn Rand Answers

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand turned to nonfiction writing and occasional lecturing. Her aim was to bring her philosophy to a wider audience and to apply it to current cultural and political issues. The taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed added not only an eloquent new dimension to Ayn... Read more

Ecce Homo

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Stephen Van Doren

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his... Read more

On the Social Contract

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrated by: Erik Sandvold

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

“Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains.” Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s influential 1762 work, On the Social Contract, a milestone of political science and essential reading for students of history, philosophy, and social science. A progressive work, it inspired worldwide political reforms, most notably the American and French... Read more

Overcoming the Power of Difficult and Dangerous People

By: Shirley Hancen

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Men are not disturbed by things that happen, but by their opinions of the things that happen. Epictetus Blessed is the man who fi nds wisdom, the man who gains understanding for she (wisdom) is more profi table than silver or gold. She (wisdom) is more precious than rubies – nothing you desire can compare with her – her ways are pleasant... Read more

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

By: Alain de Botton

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

We spend most of our waking lives at work—in occupations most often chosen by our inexperienced younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our jobs mean to us. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully exploring what other people wake up to do... Read more

The Doors of Perception

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Rudolph Schirmer

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this classic comes from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it... Read more

The Age of Speed

By: Vince Poscente

Narrated by: Sean Mangan

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

For everyone feeling trampled by the speed of life and business, author Vince Poscente reveals how to get ahead of the rush once and for all in The Age of Speed. Unravelling the notion that in today's world we need to slow down, Poscente illustrates why harnessing the power of speed is the ultimate solution for those seeking less stress, less... Read more

The Noticer

By: Andy Andrews

Narrated by: Andy Andrews

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Traveler’s Gift comes a story of common wisdom based on the remarkable true story of “Jones,” a mysterious old man who has a knack for showing up in people's lives at just the right time, providing priceless lessons about love, life, and the importance of perspective.Orange Beach, Alabama, is a... Read more

Aristoteles - Abridged

By: Aristoteles

Narrated by: Andreas Dietrich

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aristoteles, einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen, lebte von 384 - 322 v. Chr. Er war Schüler Platons und Lehrer Alexanders des Großen. Für seinen Sohn Nikomachos schrieb er einen Leitfaden zum rechten Leben, der als "Nikomachische Ethik" eins der Hauptwerke der philosophischen Ethik wurde. Im Abschnitt über die menschlichen Gemeinschaften... Read more

Glanz und Elend der Geisteswissenschaften - Abridged

By: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Narrated by: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Geisteswissenschaften haben es schwer mit ihren wissenschaftlichen Nachbarn und mit sich selbst. Der Mythos von den zwei Kulturen, der naturwissenschaftlichen und der geisteswissenschaftlichen Kultur, macht sie zu Nachzüglern des wissenschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Fortschritts. Dabei geht es in den Geisteswissenschaften um die... Read more

Wem gehört das Sterben? - Abridged

By: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Narrated by: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Es gibt Dinge, die sich auch in einer verwissenschaftlichen Welt dem wissenschaftlichen Zugriff entziehen. Dazu gehört auch das Sterben. Der Vortrag geht Fragen der Endlichkeit und unterschiedlichen Gestalten des Lebens, zu denen auch das Alter gehört, nach und befasst sich mit dem, was dem Menschen verfügbar, und dem, was dem Menschen... Read more

Was ist der Mensch? - Abridged

By: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Narrated by: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der Mensch ist sich selbst noch immer das rätselhafteste Wesen. Daran ändern auch die Fortschritte der Wissenschaften vom Menschen nichts. Es kommt darauf an, jenseits einer Absolutsetzung entweder biologischer Erklärungen (Biologismus) oder kultureller Erklärungen (Kulturalismus), die sich auf das Leben und die Gesetze, unter die das Leben... Read more

Grenzen des Wissens und der Wissenschaft - Abridged

By: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Narrated by: Jürgen Mittelstraß

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Grenzen des Wissens sind sowohl für den Alltagsverstand als auch für die Wissenschaft etwas Vertrautes; sie machen die Erfahrung der Endlichkeit aus. In der Wissenschaft können sie aber auch Ausdruck von etwas Vollständigem oder Vollkommenen sein die Wissenschaft weiß (irgendwann) alles und kommt deshalb zu einem Ende. Im Gegensatz dazu steht... Read more

Dis papa, l'amour c'est quoi - Abridged

By: Jacques Salomé

Narrated by: Jacques Salomé

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mon propos s'adresse essentiellement à des femmes et à des hommes qui souhaiteraient, dans leurs réponses ou leurs tentatives d'exploration du vaste sujet de l'amour, ne pas leurrer leurs enfants, ou veiller à ne pas entretenir des mythologies et des fables, des songes et des mensonges, autour de ce qui est peut-être la plus belle aventure... Read more

Feel First/Think Later, Finding Your Way to Emotional Freedom

By: Raphael Cushnir

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Are there places in your life where you feel blocked? Is your career or your relationship not what you thought it would be? Are you still struggling with an addiction to smoking or food? Raphael Cushnir believes that whenever we struggle, or whenever we feel unable to accomplish the things that matter to us, there’s an emotion waiting to be... Read more

The Natural Mind - Waking Up

By: Alan Orr

Narrated by: Alan Orr

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Imagine if just by reading one book you could transform your thinking, open your mind to new possibilities and embark on a mind adventure on a voyage of self discovery that will not only benefit you, your loved ones, friends and family but has the power to benefit humanity. This is that book.
The journey of personal deconstruction is not an easy... Read more

The Virtue of Selfishness

By: Ayn Rand & Nathaniel Branden

Narrated by: C. M. Hébert

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The provocative title of Ayn Rand’s The Virtue of Selfishness introduces an equally provocative thesis about ethics. Traditional ethics has always been suspicious of self-interest, praising acts that are selfless in intent and calling acts that are motivated by self-interest amoral or immoral. Ayn Rand’s view is exactly the opposite.This... Read more

The Architecture of Happiness

By: Alain de Botton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

The Architecture of Happiness is a dazzling journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that... Read more

The Second Book of the Tao

By: Stephen Mitchell

Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell

Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"A twenty-first-century form of ancient wisdom . . . Mitchell's flights, his paradoxes, his wonderful riffs are brilliant and liberating." -Pico Iyer

The most widely translated book in world literature after the Bible, Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living. Following the phenomenal success of... Read more

Looking Deeply At Our Relationship With Money

By: Vicki Robin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

You've worked hard all these years, believing you were working to support yourself, your family, your future. But in reality, Vicki Robin tells us, the current economic crisis makes it clear that most of us have been working to support the economic system-a system that is now in a downward spiral. Read more

Finding a Deeper Satisfaction in Our Work, Relationships, and Ourselves

By: David Whyte

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Did you know you are currently in at least two, and possibly three marriages? In addition to your relationship with your significant other, you have equally profound relationships with yourself and with your work. When you examine these three areas of your life through the discerning eye of poet David Whyte, you'll find a wealth of opportunity... Read more

La mente en la materia

By: Fred Alan Wolf

Narrated by: Francisco Rivela

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Los antiguos alquimistas intentaron encontrar el sentido del Universo buscando descubrir la conexion entre la mente y la materia. Algunos cientificos contemporaneos, en particular en el campo de la fisica cuantica, siguen el mismo camino. En esta reciente contribucion al estudio de la conciencia, el fisico Fred AlanWolf revela lo que el denomina... Read more