Philosophy audiobooks

Whiskey and Philosophy

By: Fritz Allhoff & Marcus P. Adams

Narrated by: Ryan Desrosiers

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Everyone becomes a philosopher with a drink in hand, but Whiskey and Philosophy takes this natural pairing to a new level. From the first reference to Scotch in 1494 in the records of King James IV of Scotland to Hillary Clinton tossing back that famous shot of Crown Royal during the 2008 campaign, this spirited book captures the history of... Read more

The World as I See It

By: Albert Einstein

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

In the aftermath of the First World War, Albert Einstein wrote about his hopes for the League of Nations, his feelings as a German citizen among the growing anti-Semitism and nationalism of his country, and his myriad opinions about the current affairs of his day. In addition to these political perspectives, The World as I See It reveals the... Read more

The Conquest of Happiness

By: Bertrand Russell

Narrated by: Chris Lutkin

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

This metaphysical self-help classic instills happiness within and urges individuals to pursue a content life without sin, boredom, or contempt. Written decades ago with post-war depression in mind, this text has transcended time and continues to give applicable advice for modern-day individuals. Read more

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

By: Bertrand Russell

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself—questions about man’s place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and sexual ethics. He brings to his... Read more

The American Scholar

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Phil Paonessa

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. Emerson argues that American culture, still heavily influenced by Europe, could build a new, distinctly American cultural identity. Emerson uses Transcendentalist and Romantic points of view to explain a true American... Read more

The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Mysticism

By: Renuka Singh & The Dalai Lama XIV

Narrated by: Matthew McFetridge

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Mysticism is popularly understood as becoming one with God or the Absolute. In this inspirational book, the Dalai Lama's thoughts on the nature and meaning of mysticism, how we can live lives infused with mystical experience, and how mysticism can result in both personal and social change are revealed. The book consists of four sections-an... Read more

Heroism

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Phil Paonessa

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Building on and enriching ideas set forth in Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that true heroism is self-confidence and persistency in the face of corrosive pressures to conform to society. Read more

Common Sense

By: Thomas Paine

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1775, the American colonies were a hotbed of political discord. Many of the British policies, specifically taxes, had caused American colonial leaders to consider the unthinkable: declaring independence from the British Empire and its King George. One such leader, Thomas Paine, wrote Common Sense: a pamphlet that explained the advantages of... Read more

Compensation

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Phil Paonessa

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Emerson's discourse on the laws of compensation, takes on the notion that one who has money must be wicked and those who do not must be good, among other topics. It appeared in his book Essays, first published in 1841. Read more

O Manual de Epicteto

By: Epicteto, Aldo Dinucci & Flávio Arriano

Narrated by: Fernando Lauletta

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

O Manual de Epicteto, também conhecido por Encheirídion, é um curto guia com conselhos éticos estoicos compilado por Flávio Arriano, aluno de Epicteto. Encheirídion — termo grego que significa “punhal” ou livro portátil, manual — consiste em um conjunto de aforismos que o filósofo deve ter sempre à mão, para ajudá-lo a enfrentar e vencer as... Read more

Life Is Short

By: Dean Rickles

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Why life's shortness—more than anything else—is what makes it meaningful



Death might seem to render pointless all our attempts to create a meaningful life. Doesn't meaning require transcending death through an afterlife or in some other way? On the contrary, Dean Rickles argues, life without death would be like playing tennis without a net. Only... Read more

The Art of Transforming the Mind

By: B. Alan Wallace

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Tibetan Buddhist practice isn't just sitting in silent meditation, it's developing fresh attitudes that align our minds with reality. Includes three new translations of Atisha's source material.



In this book, B. Alan Wallace explains a fundamental type of mental training that is designed to shift our attitudes so that our minds become pure... Read more

Ugly Freedoms

By: Elisabeth R. Anker

Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

In Ugly Freedoms Elisabeth R. Anker reckons with the complex legacy of freedom offered by liberal American democracy, outlining how the emphasis of individual liberty has always been entangled with white supremacy, settler colonialism, climate destruction, economic exploitation, and patriarchy. These "ugly freedoms" legitimate the right to... Read more

Buying Buddha, Selling Rumi

By: Sophia Rose Arjana

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From jewelry to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions—especially those of the East—are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as “new age” or “spiritual,” they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world, the “mystical” and “exotic” East promising a path to... Read more

On the Shoulders of Giants

By: Umberto Eco & Alastair McEwen

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In Umberto Eco’s first novel, The Name of the Rose, Nicholas of Morimondo laments, “We no longer have the learning of the ancients, the age of giants is past!” To which the protagonist, William of Baskerville, replies: “We are dwarfs, but dwarfs who stand on the shoulders of those giants, and small though we are, we sometimes manage to see... Read more

The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected, Second Edition

By: Marcelo Gleiser

Narrated by: Thom Rivera

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicistMarcelo Gleiser has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As a world-famous theoretical physicist with hundreds of scientific articles and several books of popular science to his credit, he felt it... Read more

Apocalipse de Marcos

By: Caleb Deassis

Narrated by: Luis Costa

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

O Apocalipse de Marcos é um livro cristão escrito no antigo estilo de literatura apocalíptica projetado para ser lido como um pequeno livro narrativo que se encontraria na Bíblia, como Jó, Rute ou Ester. O Narrador John Mark apresenta uma releitura linear da metanarrativa bíblica, citando e aludindo frequentemente ao texto bíblico. Começando... Read more

Apocalypse of Mark

By: Caleb Deassis

Narrated by: Taylor Tutt

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Apocalypse of Mark is a Christian book written in the ancient style of apocalyptic literature designed to read like a short narrative book one would find in the Bible, like Job, Ruth, or Esther. Narrator John Mark presents a linear retelling of the Biblical meta-narrative, heavily quoting from and alluding to the Biblical text. Beginning... Read more

Why One Way?

By: John F. MacArthur

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A concise guide to understanding how and why the ancient Christian faith makes sense for today and a blueprint for communicating truth to a "truthless" and cynical generation.The book is centered around 6 key principles: objectivity, rationality, veracity, authority, incompatibility and integrity. In the ultimate apologetic, John MacArthur... Read more

Paper Belt on Fire

By: Michael Gibson

Narrated by: Alex Boyles

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Paper Belt on Fire is the unlikely account of how two outsiders with no experience in finance―a charter school principal and defrocked philosopher―start a venture capital fund to short the higher education bubble. Against the contempt of the education establishment, they discover, mentor, and back the leading lights in the next generation of... Read more

La vida privada y pública de Sócrates

By: Rene Kraus

Narrated by: Victor Bedoya

Length: 19 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Publicada en 1940 y considerada una obra maestra, La vida privada y pública de Sócrates consagró a René Kraus como biógrafo de excepción. No es tarea fácil sumergir al lector moderno en la Atenas clásica desde la primera página y hacerle revivir, con impresionante realismo, los gloriosos días de la era de Pericles y los años dramáticos de las... Read more

How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog

By: Anthony McGowan

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after Monty has yet another dramatic confrontation with the local Rottweiler, Anthony McGowan realizes it’s high time he and Monty had a chat about what makes him a good or a bad dog. Taking his lead from Monty’s... Read more

Circles

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Phil Paonessa

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essay reflects on the vast array of circles one may find throughout nature, and what is suggested by these circles in philosophical terms. In the opening line of the essay Emerson states The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout... Read more

Friendship

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Phil Paonessa

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Emerson's treatise on the nature of friendship. The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. Read more