Philosophy audiobooks

Dark Nights of the Soul

By: Thomas Moore

Narrated by: Thomas Moore

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Every human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the difference.

Our lives are filled with emotional tunnels: the loss of a loved one or end of a relationship, aging and illness, career disappointments or just an ongoing sense of... Read more

Cosmocracy: Democracy for The Cosmos

By: Henryk Skolimowski

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Eco-philosopher Henryk Skolimowski suggests how answers to the big questions of life may be discovered within: "A new light that illumines our minds about the unity of the entire humankind." His theology of light looks ahead to our biological and spiritual evolution into beings that can subsist on light alone. Read more

Parenthood by Proxy - Abridged

By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Narrated by: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Parenthood by Proxy is a passionate and provocative summation of the perils of parenting and a road map to safety for America's families.Never one to shy away from tough truths, Dr. Laura marshals compelling evidence for the widespread neglect of America's children and condemns the numerous rationalizations to excuse it. Parents, special... Read more

The Essential Questions

By: Christopher Phillips

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2001, Phillips released the book Socrates' Café and started a movement that shares its title, spawning gatherings where, like the sages of old, modern-day thinkers - citizens like you and me - gather in dialogue to make sense of the choices we make as individuals and as a society. Now, he shares the insights he's gleaned from participating in... Read more

The Death of Right and Wrong

By: Tammy Bruce

Narrated by: Tammy Bruce

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

If you believe children should be seduced into warped sexual behavior by the Gay Elite, if you think confessed murderers should be set free by defense attorneys who know how to wield the race card, if you feel promiscuous gay men should be empowered to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, don’t read this book.

But if you’ve always... Read more

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea - Abridged

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: Olympia Dukakis

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece.
The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated;... Read more

A Book of Five Rings - Abridged

By: Miyamoto Musashi

Narrated by: Stanley Ralph Ross

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The classic book of strategy A Book of Five Rings is now available on CD.

Miyamoto Musashi was renowned in his own time as an invincible warrior, a master artisan, an author, and philosopher. Today, his philosophy is still revered by the Japanese and used as a guide for daily decision-making—and business strategy. He wrote A Book of Five Rings... Read more

The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Abridged

By: Joseph Campbell

Narrated by: Ralph Blum

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Joseph Cambell transformed forever the way we view mythology, as he wove traditional wisdom together with the modern struggle for identity and spiritual depth. This adaptation of his all-time bestseller gives new life to his brilliant poetic vision. The Adventure of the Hero, part one, describes the universal image of the hero and shows that... Read more

Creating True Peace - Abridged

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Creating True Peace is both a profound work of spiritual guidance and a practical blueprint for peaceful inner change and global change. It is Thich Nhat Hanh's answer to our deep-rooted crisis of violence and our feelings of helplessness, victimization, and fear.

As a world-renowned writer, scholar, spiritual leader, and Zen Buddhist monk,... Read more

Exploring The Dark Night Of The Soul

By: Marabai Starr

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Starr gets personal, diving deep into her own journey, sharing her pain and passion of the dark night of the soul, and the refuge she found in exploring the wisdom of these ancient texts. “The dark night of the soul is about the spiritual value of suffering and the stripping away of everything we have ever believed and relied upon.” Starr shares... Read more

The Death of Right and Wrong - Abridged

By: Tammy Bruce

Narrated by: Tammy Bruce

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

If you believe children should be seduced into warped sexual behavior by the Gay Elite, if you think confessed murderers should be set free by defense attorneys who know how to wield the race card, if you feel promiscuous gay men should be empowered to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, don’t read this book.

But if you’ve always... Read more

Sailing the Wine Dark Sea

By: Thomas Cahill

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore “the hinges of history,” Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.

In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek... Read more

The Path to Enlightenment - Abridged

By: Dalai Lama

Narrated by: Ken McLeod

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this extensive lesson, Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, beautifully elucidates the meaning of the path to enlightenment.

His discourse arises from the Third Dalai Lama's brilliant and powerful work, Essence of Refined Gold, a classic text that summarizes the meaning of all Buddha's teachings. The subject of Essence is the Lam Rim, a... Read more

The Tao of Physics - Abridged

By: Fritjof Capra

Narrated by: Michael McConnohie

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science, but man needs both." —Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.
Their paths to the truth could not be more different—but the amazing thing is that, in their own ways, the mystics and the scientists are discovering the same truths about our world. In non-technical language, with no complex... Read more

Discours sur la servitude volontaire

By: Étienne de La Boétie

Narrated by: Denis Podalydes

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Étienne de la Boétie écrit le Discours sur la servitude volontaire en 1549 alors qu'il n'a que 18 ans. Si la question est politique, l'auteur ne se contente pas de critiquer les régimes tyranniques, il questionne aussi l'agent politique, celui qui est gouverné : comment peut-il se faire que « tant d'hommes, tant de bourgs, tant de villes, tant... Read more

The Matrix and Philosophy - Abridged

By: William Irwin

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, Rick Adamson & Jennifer Jay Myers

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and... Read more

Walking the Indigenous Way in Contemporary Times

By: Leslie Gray

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How do you find balance and inner peace in a world rocked by instability? In the telling of her story, shamanic psychologist Leslie Gray speaks to the importance of learning from our past, and takes us on a journey to an indigenous world, where the earth is honored and people live together in peace on the great turtle island. Read more

How to Practice

By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Narrated by: Jeffrey Hopkins

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

As human beings, we all share the desire for happiness and meaning in our lives. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. In this very special book, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, Nobel Prize winner, and bestselling author helps readers embark upon the path to... Read more

Rediscovering America's Founding Principles

By: Jacob Needleman

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

American democracy has existed for more than two hundred years, surviving challenges, betrayals, bashing, bloody wars, and the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001.Here Jacob Needleman explores the sacred meaning of America. Read more

Christ

By: Jack Miles

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promise–God’s ancient covenant with Israel–and of its strange, unlooked-for fulfillment. For, having abandoned his chosen people to... Read more

The Infinite Field Of Possibilities: Viewing Change Through A Kaleidoscope

By: Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Eastern philosophy tells us that the only constant in life is change. We move into our day feeling secure about the future, then suddenly we are faced with a catastrophe. A new world is born and our lives are forever altered. In these times of transition what do we do? How do we move beyond fear and anger to live heartfully in the field of... Read more

The Soul Of America

By: Jacob Needleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Jacob Needleman, internationally acclaimed author and philosopher, takes us on a journey back to the beginning of America and re-tells the story of America in a way that inspires and invites us to explore the lives of our forefathers and the sacred dimension of their founding principles. Read more

The Glance

By: Jalaluddin Rumi & Coleman Barks

Narrated by: Coleman Barks & Various

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the great icons of mysticism, by the Persian poet who has captured today’s spiritual audience—now in a first-ever English translation by his premier interpreter. In an intriguing and deeply personal introduction to the exquisitely packaged The Glance, Coleman Barks interprets this love that transcends time, gender, sex, and age. This... Read more

Thinking Together: A Socratic Dialogue

By: Christopher Phillips

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1996, Phillips started on a journey across America introducing his love of questions, using the Socratic method, to anyone who was interested.  In creating his first Socrates Café, he created an atmosphere of free exchange and energetic thinking, reviving the pleasures of examining one's most cherished beliefs. Read more