Philosophy audiobooks

Discovering the Philosopher in You

By: Colin McGinn

Narrated by: Colin McGinn

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone has their own inner philosopher-a voice within that asks, oh so insistently, philosophical questions. Everyone wants to know what the ultimate nature of the world is, what the self is, whether we have free will, how our minds relate to our bodies, whether we can really know anything, where ethical truth comes from, what the meaning of... Read more

Ethics: A History of Moral Thought

By: Peter Kreeft

Narrated by: Peter Kreeft

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This course addresses some of the eternal questions that man has grappled with since the beginning of time. What is good? What is bad? Why is justice important? Why is it better to be good and just than it is to be bad and unjust? Most human beings have the faculty to discern between right and wrong, good and bad behavior, and to make judgments... Read more

Ideas That Shaped Mankind

By: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Narrated by: Felipe Arnesto

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Ideas That Shaped Mankind flows from internationally respected historian Felipe FernAndez-Armesto's views on the notion that man's capacity to produce ideas in itself brings about sweeping changes in the world. This ability, seen most profoundly in individual, startling moments of genius-or equally startling moments of chance-is what separates... Read more

Buddhism for Busy People

By: David Michie

Narrated by: Nicholas Bell

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it take to be happy? We've all asked ourselves this question at some point, but few of us have found the path to lasting fulfilment. David Michie thought he had achieved his life's goals - the high level job, the expensive city apartment, the luxury car, great holidays - but a small voice was telling him he wasn't really happy. A... Read more

Buddha's Teachings

By: Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai

Narrated by: Jonathan Reese

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Like all great religions, Buddhism teaches the importance of spiritual, or holy, values. This religion teaches that if a person has a pure mind, everything he does will be pure and decent, and that if he has a pure heart, all happiness will come to him.



First published in 1925, Buddha's Teachings was originally edited by Japanese scholars of... Read more

Fresh Air: Faith, Reason and Doubt

By: Terry Gross

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Insightful and thought-provoking conversations exploring religion—and atheism—from diverse spiritual, cultural and political perspectives, as heard on the Peabody Award-winning radio show Fresh Air with Terry Gross.



One of the most popular programs on public radio, Fresh Air is carried by over 500 stations and in Europe on the World Radio... Read more

Zen and Now

By: Mark Richardson

Narrated by: Buck Schirner

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his eleven-year-old son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that would become the inspiration for Pirsig’s book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a powerful blend of personal narrative and philosophical investigation that has inspired generations. Among the millions of readers to fall under the... Read more

The Presence of a Timeless Light Within

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Finley shows us how to dissect those moments when we meet that inner wall of resistance that tells us we’re not good enough, will never be happy enough, and don't deserve a life free from struggle. Learn how to say no to that tyrant inside your mind so that you're no longer driven by your will, but guided by the deepest wisdom of your... Read more

Gandhis Evangelium der Gewaltlosigkeit (Ahimsa) - Abridged

By: Ram A. Mall

Narrated by: Ram A. Mall

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gandhis Evangelium der Gewaltlosigkeit als Hörbuch einer Philiosophie-Vorlesung mit Prof. Dr. Ram A. Mall: WAS IST GEWALTLOSIGKEIT (AHIMSA)? Gewaltlosigkeit ist weder ein Dogma noch eine bloße Ideologie, auch nicht eine reine Utopie, sondern ein allumfassendes Ideal der Minimierung der Gewalt auf allen Ebenen des menschlichen Verhaltens.... Read more

Philosophie: Zur Theorie und Praxis der Toleranz - Abridged

By: Ram A. Mall

Narrated by: Ram A. Mall

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zur Theorie und Praxis der Toleranz - Philosophie mit Prof. Dr. Ram A. Mall: WAS IST TOLERANZ HEUTE IM WELTKULTURELLEN, WELTPHILOSOPHISCHEN, WELTPOLITISCHEN UND WELTRELIGIÖSEN KONTEXT? Toleranz ist eine Tugend, die das eine Wahre, Gute und Schöne in vielen Gestalten zulässt. IST TOLERANZ GRENZENLOS ODER GIBT ES GRENZEN DER TOLERANZ?... Read more

The Way of the World

By: Ron Suskind

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault-line countries of South Asia to the sands of Guantánamo,... Read more

The Seekers - Abridged

By: Daniel J. Boorstin

Narrated by: Denis deBoisblanc

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
From the author of The Discoverers and The Creators, an incomparable history of man's essential questions: "Who are we?" and "Why are we here?" Read more

What Is Art?

By: Leo Tolstoy

Narrated by: Geoffrey Blaisdell

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

What Is Art? is the result of fifteen years’ reflection on the nature and purpose of art.Tolstoy claims that all good art is related to the authentic life of the broader community and that the aesthetic value of a work of art is not independent of its moral content. The book is noteworthy not only for its famous iconoclasm and compelling attacks... Read more

As Luck Would Have It

By: Joshua Piven

Narrated by: J. P. Guimont

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Once upon a time, there was a swimming-pool repairman who only had a hundred-dollar bill to pay for a hot dog, requested the change in lottery tickets, and subsequently won $180 million. Strange, but ultimately true. In this insightful, thoroughly entertaining book, countless similar case studies of "as luck would have it …" are presented,... Read more

The Romantic Manifesto

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of... Read more

Mein Lieblingsphilosoph - Abridged

By: Christian Schlesiger

Narrated by: Gerald Drews & Christian Schlesiger

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sokrates - Platon - Augustinus - Descartes - Kant - Hegel - Schopenhauer - Kierkegaard - Nietzsche - Heidegger - Sartre - Popper - Sloterdijk ... Eine kleine Zeitreise durch die Geschichte der abendländischen Philosophie. Von den Vorsokratikern bis zur Dekonstruktion stellt die Autorin bedeutende Philosophen und maßgebliche Strömungen... Read more

Schopenhauer für Anfänger - Abridged

By: Susanne Möbuß

Narrated by: Martin Umbach

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Arthur Schopenhauers Hauptwerk "Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung" zählt zu den wirkungsmächtigsten philosophischen Schriften des 19. Jahrhunderts. Dies gilt nicht nur für den Bereich der Philosophie, sondern auch für Literatur und Kunst, für Psychologie und Anthropologie bis hin zur Sozialforschung. Das vorliegende Hörbuch bietet sich als... Read more

The Drunkard's Walk

By: Leonard Mlodinow

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In this irreverent and illuminating audiobook, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in... Read more

The City of God

By: Aurelius Augustinus

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 47 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Written between AD 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, a book vital to understanding modern Western society. Augustine originally intended it to be an apology for Christianity against the accusation that the Church was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire. Indeed,... Read more

Wiser in Battle - Abridged

By: Ricardo S. Sanchez

Narrated by: Ricardo S. Sanchez

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Amidst all of the criticisms of America's war in Iraq, one essential voice has remained silent . . . until now. In his groundbreaking new memoir, Wiser in Battle, LTG (Ret) Ricardo S. Sanchez, former Commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq, reports back from the front lines of the global War on Terror to provide a comprehensive and chilling... Read more

The Revolution

By: Ron Paul

Narrated by: Bob Craig

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

This Much Is True: You Have Been Lied To.

The government is expanding. Taxes are increasing. More senseless wars are being planned. Inflation is ballooning. Our basic freedoms are disappearing.
The Founding Fathers didn't want any of this. In fact, they said so quite clearly in the Constitution of the United States of America.... Read more

Liberal Fascism

By: Jonah Goldberg

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 15 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fascists," "Brownshirts," "jackbooted stormtroopers"—such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?

Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective... Read more

The Republic: Book VII

By: Plato

Narrated by: Adrian Cronauer

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"Behold! Human beings living in an underground den. Like ourselves, they see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave." With that statement, Plato - one of the greatest thinkers in the history of mankind - introduces one of his of most important philosophical constructs: the... Read more

Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1831, a Frenchman named Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in New York convinced that the democratic spirit America had embraced would eventually spread across Europe. Democracy in America, a treatise on democratic government written from his fresh perspective as an outsider, is now a classic document of political history. Read more