Philosophy audiobooks
Philosophie für Anfänger
By: Timo Kaschner
Narrated by: Colin Wende
Length: 1 hour 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Philosophie für Anfänger: Einführung in die Philosophie – Geschichte und Bedeutung, philosophische Grundrichtungen und MethodenÜber den Sinn des Lebens und des MenschenInteressierst Du Dich für Philosophie?Kennst Du die großen philosophischen Denker und welche Philosophien sie vertreten?Weißt Du, worin sich die verschiedenen philosophischen... Read more
View audiobookWhy Grow Up?
By: Susan Neiman
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Our culture is obsessed with youth—and why not? What's the appeal of growing old, of gaining responsibilities and giving up on dreams, of steadily trading possibility for experience?
The philosopher Susan Neiman argues that the absence of appealing models of maturity is not an accident: by describing life as a downhill process, we prepare young... Read more
Living a Life of Harmony
By: Darren Cockburn
Narrated by: Darren Cockburn
Length: 7 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
7 simple yet powerful guidelines provide a compass for navigating life harmoniously, cultivating a peaceful mind, and spreading kindness
• Offers 7 guidelines for living a life of harmony and peace based on existing guidance from Buddhism, Yoga, and other great teachings, integrated and updated for the modern world
• Explains how to implement... Read more
Offences Against Oneself and An Open Letter
By: Jeremy Bentham & Károly Mária Kertbeny
Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
Length: 4 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The criminalisation of homosexuality over centuries has been one of the shocking injustices of European history - it existed from the middle ages and before and well into the 20th century. The death penalty (hanging or burning) was a commonplace feature in legal systems. These two remarkable texts - one from England in the 18th century and one... Read more
View audiobookLa Citadelle des neiges
By: Matthieu Ricard
Narrated by: Matthieu Ricard
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Matthieu Ricard est né en 1946 à Paris. Il voyage en Inde pour la première fois en 1967, où il rencontre des maîtres spirituels tibétains. Il décide de s'établir dans l'Himalaya ou il est devenu moine et vit depuis 1972 , étudiant et pratiquant le bouddhisme. Réside actuellement au monastère de Shéchèn au Népal. Il est l'interprète français du... Read more
View audiobookMein Therapeut heißt Wahnsinn
By: Stephan Fölske
Narrated by: Anja Klukas
Length: 3 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Ein kleiner Einblick in den Versuch mit den eigenen Störungen, Emotionen und Sichtweisen umzugehen. Dies ist noch gepaart mit ein humorvollen Elementen und Selbstkritik, aber auch Selbstreflektion. Begleite mich in ein wirklich wirres Abenteuer im Umgang mit meinen Brüdern Narzissmus, Angst, Sachlichkeit und natürlich Dummheit. Ich bin ein... Read more
View audiobookFraming - Wie Sprache unser Denken bestimmt - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Elisabeth Wehling
Narrated by: Elisabeth Wehling & Gert Scobel
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Es kommt nicht nur darauf an, was man sagt - sondern insbesondere auch darauf, wie man es verpackt. Diese Einsicht der Neurolinguistik gilt gleichermaßen für den Alltag wie für Wissenschaft, Politik oder Wirtschaft. Das Fatale ist, dass die Verpackung - das Framing einer Mitteilung - nachweislich nicht nur das Denken beeinflusst, sondern auch... Read more
View audiobookMindfulness in the Marketplace
By: Marc Lesser
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Mindfulness is not about holding the busy world at bay, it’s to cultivate a more alive, responsive, effective and warm-hearted way of being within the world as it already exists and within a life you already live. This deep dialogue explores how to find composure right in the midst of the storm and ways to integrate mindfulness into our daily life. Read more
View audiobookAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
By: Jeremy Bentham
Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
Length: 17 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), the English philosopher, writer on law and political radical, was an extraordinary individual. His preserved body can still be seen seated in a case in the South Cloisters of University College, London - what he called an auto-icon. His most important legacy, however, is the ‘principle of utility' - the greatest... Read more
View audiobookWoher kommt Zuversicht? - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Hartmut Rosa & Ulrich Schnabel
Narrated by: Hartmut Rosa, Ulrich Schnabel & Susanne Fritz
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Es gibt Menschen, die sich permanent am Abgrund wähnen. Für andere hingegen geht es immer bergauf. Selbst in schwersten Krisenzeiten verlieren sie die Hoffnung nicht, glauben an Heil und Besserung. Das Wort für diese Haltung lautet: Zuversicht. Wer zuversichtlich auf sein Leben blickt, sieht die Möglichkeiten, das Offene, die Gelegenheit, die... Read more
View audiobookThe Enchiridion of Epictetus
By: Epictetus
Narrated by: Jack Nolan
Length: 1 hour 1 minute
Abridged: No
The Enchiridion or Handbook of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian, a 2nd-century disciple of the Greek philosopher Epictetus.
The work consists of fifty-three short chapters typically consisting of a paragraph or two. It was compiled some time in the early 2nd-century. The 6th-century philosopher Simplicius, in... Read more
Der Aufstieg der Intoleranz - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Thomas Bauer
Narrated by: Thomas Bauer & Martin Stankowski
Length: 1 hour 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Was haben der Verlust von Apfelsorten, das Auftreten von Politiker*innen in Talkshows, der Aufstieg des Fundamentalismus und die Relevanzblasen im Kunst- und Musikmarkt miteinander gemeinsam? Sie alle sind Teil eines kulturbestimmenden Megatrends, den der Islamwissenschaftler Thomas Bauer in seinem Buch unter den Titel einer "Vereindeutigung der... Read more
View audiobookThe Gaia Hypothesis
By: Elissa Rubenstein
Narrated by: Fran Gregory
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The book, The Gaia Hypothesis, is a fascinating eye-opener into the natural philosophy and law guiding our planet yesterday, today, and always. Read more
View audiobookÜber Gefühle sprechen - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Gunter Gebauer & Manfred Holodynski
Narrated by: Gunter Gebauer, Manfred Holodynski & Barbara Bl...
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Freude, Ärger, Trauer, Scham - Emotionen und Stimmungen sind allgegenwärtig. Zu unserem Ich gehört eine doppelte Rolle: Wir erleben Emotionen, und wir beobachten sie zugleich. Manchmal sind sie uns vertraut, manchmal gänzlich fremd. Wir erfahren sie als Geschehnisse, die wir zunächst nicht in der Hand haben. Sie stoßen uns zu. Häufig ist es... Read more
View audiobookBad féministe
By: Roxane Gay
Narrated by: Clotilde Seille
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Derrière ce titre ironique, Roxane Gay développe une réflexion révolutionnaire et bienvenue sur l'état actuel du féminisme. Lassée des prises de position parfois trop clivantes de certaines organisations féministes, elle rappelle que la défense de l'égalité des sexes ne dispense pas d'assumer ses contradictions. On peut aimer la télé-réalité, se... Read more
View audiobookAlan Turing - Visionär, Genie, Jahrhundertdenker - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Klaus Mainzer
Narrated by: Klaus Mainzer & Gert Scobel
Length: 1 hour 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Sein Test zur Beurteilung, ob man es mit einem Menschen oder einem Computer zu tun hat, wurde als Turing-Test weltberühmt. Er diskutierte mit dem Philosophen Ludwig Wittgenstein erbittert über Mathematik. Er entwickelte die Grundlagen der heutigen Computerwelt, war Logiker, Informatiker und Kryptologe, knackte den Code der Nazis und ihrer... Read more
View audiobookDie Himmelsscheibe von Nebra - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)
By: Harald Meller
Narrated by: Harald Meller & Gert Scobel
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Die ägyptische Hochkultur wird weltweit bewundert, auch nach mehr als 4000 Jahren. Europa scheint zu dieser Zeit vor allem eines zu sein: ein unbeschriebenes Nichts, nur eine Sumpflandschaft voller Bären und tumber Nachfahren der Neandertaler. Seit dem spektakulären Fund der Himmelsscheibe von Nebra und der abenteuerlichen Entschlüsselung ihrer... Read more
View audiobookCommon Sense
By: Thomas Paine
Narrated by: Jeff Moon
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January... Read more
View audiobookThe Death of Politics
By: Peter Wehner
Narrated by: Charles Constant
Length: 6 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late.“Any nation that elects Donald Trump to be its president has a... Read more
View audiobookConscious
By: Annaka Harris
Narrated by: Annaka Harris
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
2020 Audie Finalist As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience.What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of... Read more
View audiobookUnmasked
By: L. Brent Bozell
Narrated by: Phil Paonessa
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Lecturer, syndicated columnist, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, bestselling author, publisher, and activist L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative movement today. As the founder and president of the Media Research Center, Mr. Bozell runs the largest media... Read more
View audiobookBeing Claimed by a Myth
By: Martin Shaw
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Here we climb the attic steps and kneel before an old trunk, lift the lid and allow ancient tales to rush out and pierce our hearts and souls with their wisdom. Our guide in this quest is Martin Shaw who invites us to look at folktales not as therapy, not as giving advice but as tributaries that lead us to the bigger river of essential truths... Read more
View audiobookWhy We Should Go Vegan
By: Magnus Vinding
Narrated by: Kevin Theis
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Should we go vegan? The unambiguous conclusion of this short book is "yes". This conclusion is reached through a broad examination of the consequences of our not being vegan - both in relation to human health, environmental pollution, the risk of the spread of diseases, and in relation to the beings we exploit and kill. On all these levels the... Read more
View audiobookRights of Man
By: Thomas Paine
Narrated by: Matt Addis
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality. Using the French Revolution and its ideals as an example, he demonstrates his belief that any government must put the inherent rights of its citizens above all else, especially... Read more
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