Philosophy audiobooks

Философия свободы

By: Николай Бердяев

Narrated by: Станислав Федосов

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Николай Бердяев [1874 – 1948] – виднейший представитель русской религиозной философии XX столетия. Свобода – центральная проблема философского творчества Бердяева, единственная сила, способная победить абсурд и иррациональность бытия и истории. «Философия свободы» – новаторское и провидческое произведение, в котором выражено противостояние... Read more

How to Be

By: Adam Nicolson

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In How to Be, Adam Nicolson takes us on a glorious, immersive journey. Grounded in the belief that places give access to minds, however distant and strange, this book reintroduces us to our earliest thinkers through the lands they inhabited. To know the mental occupations of Homer or Heraclitus, one must visit their cities, sail their seas, and... Read more

Stoic Foundations

By: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca & Epictetus

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 13 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An essential guide to the core texts of Stoic philosophy, featuring a new introduction from Massimo Pigliucci, author of How To Be A Stoic

Stoicism is a philosophy, a worldview, and a transformational practice. Throughout the centuries everyone from kings and presidents to Silicone Valley entrepreneurs have drawn inspiration and wisdom from... Read more

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

By: John Locke

Narrated by: Adetomiwa Edun

Length: 28 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Adetomiwa Edun, best known for his TV roles in Merlin and Bates Motel and his role in the football video games FIFA. He has also appeared in Lucifer, Legends, and Death in Paradise, Elementary and as Mr Brocks in the Doctor Who Christmas Special in 2016.

In An Essay Concerning Human... Read more

The Ideas That Make Us

By: Bettany Hughes

Narrated by: Bettany Hughes

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Bettany Hughes reveals the surprising and invigorating history of civilisation's most influential ideas

'Eloquent and engaging... don't miss' Radio Times

In this compelling 'archaeology of philosophy', award-winning historian Bettany Hughes takes 25 single-word ideas from Ancient Greek culture and traces their development.... Read more

Isis Unveiled Volume 1

By: Helena Blavatsky

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 29 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

THE work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with Eastern adepts and study of their science. It is offered to such as are willing to accept truth wherever it may be found, and to defend it, even looking popular prejudice straight in the face. It is an attempt to aid the student to detect the vital... Read more

Isis Unveiled Volume 2

By: Helena Blavatsky

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 29 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

An analysis of religious beliefs in general, this volume is in particular directed against theological Christianity, the chief opponent of free thought. It contains not one word against the pure teachings of Jesus, but unsparingly denounces their debasement into pernicious ecclesiastical systems that are ruinous to man's faith in his immortality... Read more

The Secret Doctrine Volume 3

By: Helena Blavatsky

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 22 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Secret Doctrine Volumes I and II are the magnum opus of H.P. Blavatsky, founder of theosophy and enigmatic teacher of the Secret Wisdom. Volume III is her collected writings and thoughts after her death. Some of the writings are contributed to Annie Besant and others so the book remains as controversial as thought provoking. Read more

The Secret Doctrine Volume Two

By: Helena Blavatsky

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 35 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888 written by Helena Blavatsky. The first volume is named Cosmogenesis, the second Anthropogenesis. It was an influential example of the revival of interest in esoteric and occult ideas in the modern age, in particular because... Read more

History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations Volume 1

By: William Howitt

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 18 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in 1863, is a staggering feat: Extending his work across almost a thousand pages, William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in order to identify a common link between them. Howitt (1792-1879), a well-known writer in... Read more

The Human Perspective - Lessons from Genesis

By: Amitai Rosengart

Narrated by: Amitai Rosengart

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

 “The Human Aspect - Lessons from Genesis” offers an enriching new exploration of ancient narratives, providing a fresh and captivating interpretation of the Bible's foundational stories from a non-religious angle. By embracing a new analysis method, this book undercover new and fundamental lessons and reinforce the importance of myths and their... Read more

Sophia

By: Jürgen G. H. Hoppmann

Narrated by: Sophia Lernwerkstatt

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Die interaktive Philosophie-Ausstellung lädt Sie ein, auf spielerische Weise die Ideen von bedeutenden Philosophen aller Epochen sowie verschiedene philosophische Erlebnisräume kennenzulernen. In Form von einzigartigen künstlerischen Objekten, die zum Anschauen, Nachdenken und Ausprobieren auffordern. Bilder und Angebote der im Mai 2016 im neuen... Read more

Der integrale Mensch

By: Maik Hosang

Narrated by: Jürgen G. H. Hoppmann

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit dem als Titel und Paradigma gewählten Begriff des "Integralen Menschen" knüpft Hosang neben Bahro an visionäre Vordenker wie Fichte, Marx, Aurobindo, Gebser u.a. an. Die zentrale These geht davon aus, dass es für ein würde-, sinn- und freudvolles Überleben der Spezies Mensch vor allem darauf ankommt, die Denken und Handeln lähmenden... Read more

San Manuel Bueno, Mártir

By: Miguel de Unamuno

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

San Manuel Bueno, mártir, es uno de los trabajos más destacados de Unamuno, publicada en 1931, poco antes de su fallecimiento y es considerada como su testamento espiritual. Esta novela corta es una de las obras maestras de la literatura española. La historia de "San Manuel Bueno, mártir" se desarrolla en la aldea de Valverde de Lucerna, situada... Read more

Lectures on Ancient Philosophy

By: Manly P Hall

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 18 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Complete in itself, this volume originated as a commentary and expansion of Manly P. Hall's masterpiece of symbolic philosophy, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Manly P. Hall expands on the philosophical, metaphysical, and cosmological themes introduced in his classic work, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.... 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 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 Tao Te Ching 101

By: Matthew Barnes

Narrated by: Kara Jackman

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WITH THE TAO TE CHING, SIMPLIFIED!Learn to work with the principles of the universe instead of against them.Imagine having an “instruction manual for life”; one that could simultaneously enhance both the everyday practical aspects of your existence as well as the spiritual. What would your life look like then? How would it... Read more

The Hedgehog Diaries

By: Sarah Sands

Narrated by: Sarah Sands

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"If you buy one book this year make sure it's this one... Enchanting."
Daily Mail

"This charming book weaves hedgehogs into our hearts, our lives and our national identity."
John Witherow

A few days after her elderly father is admitted to hospital, Sarah Sands and her grandson find a poorly hedgehog in the garden. They name her Peggy, and her fate... Read more

Mysticism and Logic

By: Bertrand Russell

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Mysticism and Logic. The first essay, which gives its title to the volume, endeavors to define the respective spheres of logic and mysticism. Bertrand Russell describes this and the four essays that follow as "entirely popular". They are concerned with "The Place of Science in a Liberal Education", "A Free Man's Worship", and "The Study of... Read more

The Secret Doctrine Volume 1 - Cosmogenesis

By: Helena Blavatsky

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 34 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The Secret Doctrine Volume 1 Cosmogenesis. The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky’s magnum opus. The first volume is named Cosmogenesis, the second Anthropogenesis. It was an influential example of the revival of interest in esoteric and... Read more

The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic

By: Eliphas Levi

Narrated by: Henry Schrader

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic was first published in 1854. This work establishes the concepts behind symbols like the tetragram and pentagram, the significance of Hebrew letters and numbers, and the relationship between science, occultism, and formal religion. Levi was the first to document the meaning of the points of the pentagram. He... Read more

You Can't Go Back

By: John Hartzell

Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

You have to do it everyday
And I know it will be hard, some
days it may feel even impossible
But you have to believe in your
Self and I promise you'll never
Experience setbacks from the
Hands of believing in yourself -- Just get it done Read more

Rich Instinct

By: Alex Cespedes

Narrated by: Alex Cespedes

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This world is built on lies. Cunning lies can start wars, swindle fortunes, or sway elections. So your status in life depends on how well you maneuver around deception.The rich take in the world differently than the masses do, and it gives them an edge. Since they gather better information, they're able to make better decisions.If you currently... Read more