Philosophy audiobooks

Outgrowing God

By: Richard Dawkins

Narrated by: Richard Dawkins

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t.

Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. 

Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain they must have had a designer. Learning about evolution... Read more

Beauty

By: Roger Scruton

Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object—either in... Read more

The Rebel

By: Albert Camus

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the “essential dimensions” of human nature, manifested in man’s timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established... Read more

Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

Narrated by: Ryan Holiday

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal Bestseller

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist... Read more

The End is Always Near

By: Dan Carlin

Narrated by: Dan Carlin

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apocalyptic moments from the past as a way to frame the challenges of the future.Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? No... Read more

The 40 Day Fire

By: Jason C. Johnson Sr.

Narrated by: Jason C. Johnson Sr.

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The 40 Day Fire The 40 Day Fire is a 40-day journey intended to light a fire underneath you! From time to time, all of us need a little push. This book will sometimes cause you to laugh and at other times will lovingly give you a kick in the pants to help you to stay on course. The author's intention: help you to burn away everything in your... Read more

Philosophy and Real Politics

By: Raymond Geuss

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from... Read more

Primates and Philosophers

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality.In this provocative audiobook, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim... Read more

Reason and Rationality

By: Jon Elster

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view... Read more

Why Not Socialism?

By: G. A. Cohen

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise audiobook, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for... Read more

Evolución de la Consciencia

By: Nurya Reig

Narrated by: Lustra

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Es un libro acerca de la evolución de la Nueva Consciencia Colectiva, contada con horma de historia.Se sitúa en el siglo XXII, año 2.148, narrada por una adolescente, la cual descubre el diario de un antepasado de su familia del año 2.012, que cuenta cómo fue la transición de la humanidad de la era de Piscis a la era de Acuario y cómo fue el... Read more

We Kill Because We Can

By: Laurie Calhoun

Narrated by: Laurie Calhoun

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"Last resort has become first resort. Courage has become cowardice. Black ops have become standard operating procedure. An intelligence agency is now a killing machine. Self defense has become naked aggression. Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt has become possible future potential for guilt. Voices of dissent have been irrevocably silenced.... Read more

Psychotherapy East and West

By: Alan Watts

Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and Yoga.

He examines the problem of humans in a... Read more

Why Nationalism

By: Yael Tamir

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Juliet Stevenson reveals why nationalism is a permanent political force—and how it can be harnessed once again for liberal ends Around the world today, nationalism is back—and it's often deeply troubling. Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic, racist, and xenophobic purposes,... Read more

Spiritual Atheist

By: Nick Seneca Jankel

Narrated by: Jonathan Waters

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

For the millions who want to find peace, love, and purpose without religion, Cambridge-educated scientist, wisdom teacher, and leadership expert Nick Jankel sets out a radical new philosophy that reunites cutting-edge science with timeless wisdom to help us make better life choices, build better businesses, and transform our life, love, and... Read more

Wish I Were Here

By: Mark Kingwell

Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline you have been waiting for. Offering a timely... Read more

The Queer Art of Failure

By: Jack Halberstam

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives—to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives. Halberstam... Read more

The History of Philosophy

By: A. C. Grayling

Narrated by: Neil Gardner

Length: 28 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

“A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.” —The New York Times Book Review

The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world’s most eminent thinkers
 
The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents.... Read more

The Soul of Care

By: Arthur Kleinman

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world.

When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with... Read more

How to Be an Epicurean

By: Catherine Wilson

Narrated by: Ana Clements

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer
Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to eat, drink, and be merry. In How to Be an Epicurean, philosopher Catherine Wilson shows that Epicureanism isn't an excuse for having a good time:... Read more

The Power of Cute

By: Simon May

Narrated by: Anthony Head

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by acclaimed British actor Anthony Head explores cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressions Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed... Read more

The Heretic's Handbook

By: Jonathan Black

Narrated by: Simon Mattacks

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In a universe where mind has power over matter—in a world where conventional, common-sense wisdom cannot help us achieve our highest desires or escape our deepest fears—we need to look to the wisdom of the ancients.In The Heretic’s Handbook, the internationally bestselling author of The Secret History of the World has collected and codified... Read more

The Consolation of Philosophy

By: Boethius

Narrated by: Peter Wickham

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Charged with treason under Theodoric the Great in sixth-century Rome, Boethius served one year’s imprisonment, awaiting trial and eventual execution. During this time, he wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, which would go on to be one of the most popular philosophical works of all time, contributing much to medieval thought and influencing the... Read more

After a Good Man Cheats: How to Rebuild Trust & Intimacy With Your Wife

By: Caroline Madden

Narrated by: Cathi Colas

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

You knew that if your wife found out about your affair she’d be upset, but nothing prepared you for how devastated she would be. She has so many questions about your affair. So. Many. Questions. You do your best to answer her, but then she asks the same questions again and again. She doesn't know what she wants, and her volatility exhausts and... Read more