Philosophy audiobooks

The Egyptian Hieroglyph Metaphysical Language

By: Moustafa Gadalla

Narrated by: Susie Hennessy

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Scientific/metaphysical realities of pictorial images (Hieroglyphs) as the ultimate medium for the human consciousness that interpret, process and maintain the meanings of such images. This book covers the Egyptian Hieroglyph metaphysical language of images/pictures- the language of the mind/intellect/divine; the scientific/metaphysical... Read more

Stand Out of Our Light

By: James Williams

Narrated by: Christopher Ragland

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Former Google advertising executive, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. As information becomes ever more plentiful, the resource that is becoming more scarce... Read more

Be Angry

By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Noriyuki Ueda

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 3 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Simple and accessible wisdom from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on how to use compassionate anger for social transformationIn the real world, exploitation exists. In the real world, there is a huge and unjust gap between rich and poor. The question, from a Buddhist perspective, is how should we deal with inequality and social injustice? His... Read more

Heinrich von Kleist: Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden

By: Heinrich von Kleist

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Anmut entsteht nur bei völliger Abwesenheit von Bewusstsein, so die Idee, die Kleist im "Marionettentheater" etnwickelt. Und dass "die Idee beim Sprechen entsteht", ist der Kerngedanke des zweiten meisterhaften Aufsatzes des Autoren. 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

How We Think

By: John Dewey

Narrated by: Helen Smith

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

How We Think by John Dewey was published in 1910. From the preface: "Our schools are troubled with a multiplication of studies, each in turn having its own multiplication of materials and principles. Our teachers find their tasks made heavier in that they have come to deal with pupils individually and not merely in mass. Some clew of unity,... Read more

Thoughts Are Things

By: Prentice Mulford

Narrated by: Helen Smith

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Product text: Thoughts are Things (1889) is a philosophical work by Prentice Mulford. Content: The Material Mind Vs The Spiritual Mind Who Are Our Relations? Thought Currents One Way To Cultivate Courage Look Forward! God In The Trees, The Infinite Mind In Nature Some Laws Of Health And Beauty Museum And Menagerie Horrors The God In... Read more

Fay Wray and Robert Riskin

By: Victoria Riskin

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography)A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood’s most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood’s golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer.

Fay Wray was most famous as the woman—the blonde in a... 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

Die Verknüpfung von Physik und Philosophie

By: Werner Heisenberg

Narrated by: Werner Heisenberg

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Inhalt: 01 Aus meinem Leben Die Verknüpfung philosophischer und physikalischer Probleme 02 Was bedeutet "Verstehen" in der theoretischen Physik? 03 Kant - Demokrit - Plato 04 Die Physik der Elementarteilchen 05 Über die friedliche Nutzung der Atomenergie 06-08 Die Abstraktion in den modernen Naturwissenschaften 09-11 Hausmusik bei... Read more

Das Problem des Menschen

By: Ludwig Klages

Narrated by: Ludwig Klages

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Lebensphilosoph Ludwig Klages (1872-1956) gehört zu den leidenschaftlichsten und zugleich umstrittensten deutschen Denkern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als philosophische Prophetenfigur, als konservativer Revolutionär, als radikaler Vordenker der ökologischen Bewegung, aber auch als innovativer Psychologe, welcher der Charakterologie und... 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 endsAround 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

Just Giving

By: Rob Reich

Narrated by: Matthew Josdal

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society's benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn't the unassailable good we think it to be but might also undermine democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Big philanthropy... Read more

Lebenslinien der Subjektivität - Kybernetische Reflexionen

By: Gotthard Günther

Narrated by: Gotthard Günther & Heinz von Foerster

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mir geht es um den philosophischen Ort der Zahl." Der aus Schlesien stammende Philosoph Gotthard Günther (1900-1984) gilt als Begründer einer transklassischen, mehrwertigen Logik mit ihrer Anwendung auf die Computertheorie und die Probleme der technischen Reproduzierbarkeit von Bewußtseinsfunktionen. Seine generalisierte Stellenwerttheorie... Read more

Wem gehört die Geschichte?

By: Aleida Assmann, Jan Assmann, Thomas Knoefel & K...

Narrated by: Aleida Assmann & Jan Assmann

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Aleida und Jan Assmann, seit Jahrzehnten ein eingespieltes Team, sind als Literaturwissenschaftlerin und Ägyptologe der Erinnerungskultur auf der Spur: unseren Gedächtnissen, Inszenierungen von Geschichte, Mnemotechniken, Mythen, der Geschichte in Geschichten. Die programmatische Praxis von supposé, eine eigenständige Kunstform für das frei... Read more

Heimat und Heimatlosigkeit

By: Vilém Flusser

Narrated by: Vilém Flusser

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Man hält die Heimat für den relativ permanenten, die Wohnung für den auswechselbaren, übersiedelbaren Standort. Das Gegenteil ist richtig: Man kann die Heimat auswechseln oder keine haben, aber man muß immer, gleichgültig wo, wohnen. Der Mensch kann überall wohnen: unter den Pariser Brücken, in Zigeunerkarawanen, in den Hütten der Paulistaner... Read more

Die Informationsgesellschaft: Phantom oder Realität?

By: Vilém Flusser

Narrated by: Vilém Flusser

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"Alle Strukturen der Gesellschaft, so wie wir sie aus der Industriegesellschaft kennen, sind daran zu zerfallen. Und ihre Kadaver verpesten die Luft." Der Philosoph und Medientheoretiker Vilém Flusser (1920-1991) dachte und schrieb im Rhythmus des Sprechens. Ihn vortragen zu hören war immer beides: Bereicherung und Vergnügen. Die hier... Read more

2 x 2 = grün

By: Heinz von Foerster

Narrated by: Heinz von Foerster

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Der in Wien geborene Erkenntnistheoretiker Heinz von Foerster war ein leidenschaftlicher und charismatischer Erzähler. Bei seinen Büchern handelt es sich durchweg um Transkriptionen, Verschriftlichungen von Vorträgen oder Interviews. Diese Tatsache verdeutlicht bereits die Wichtigkeit des gesprochenen Wortes in seiner Arbeit. Höchste Zeit also,... Read more

El poder y la palabra (edición definitiva avalada por The Orwell Estate)

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Alfons Vallés & Miquel Berga

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

El audiolibro de El poder y la palabra reúne diez ensayos de George Orwell que dan vuelta al concepto de verdad y al uso perverso del lenguaje político. « En una época de engaño universal, decir la verdad es un acto revolucionario.» Los ensayos políticos de George Orwell son una de las mejores fuentes de resistencia contra el uso corrupto del... Read more

Stoicism

By: Ferdinand Jives

Narrated by: Zach Loving

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn more about Stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophy that has made millions more disciplined, balanced, and happier!
Stoicism focuses on using reason to understand the laws of nature and to bridle passions and overcome weaknesses, addictions, and tendencies that make us dependent on the world around us. In that way, Stoicism helps us achieve... 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

Apology and Memorabilia

By: Name Xenophon

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Xenophon was a friend of Socrates, and yet his concise memories of the iconic philosopher have lived under the shadow of the more voluminous accounts by Plato. Yet Xenophon's two works - Apology and Memorabilia - are, in many ways, more entertaining and more accessible, and they present a different view of the man who embodies a clear mind,... Read more

Retrato del libertino

By: Antonio Escohotado Espinosa

Narrated by: Jonás Merino Cuenca

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

El libertino victoriano exclama "¡me gasto!" al eyacular. Los textos agrupados en este libro cubren tópicos diversos. El primero repasa maneras de entender el amor carnal. El segundo —que amplía una conferencia reciente— reflexiona sobre alegría y tristeza, en el marco de las relaciones entre ética y medicina. El tercero abunda en esas... Read more

I Pensieri

By: Andrzej Stanislaw Budzinski

Narrated by: Gianluca Sordi

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

“Mantieni i tuoi pensieri positivi,perché i tuoi pensieri diventano parole.Mantieni le tue parole positive,perché le tue parole diventano i tuoi comportamenti.Mantieni i tuoi comportamenti positivi,perché i tuoi comportamenti diventano le tue abitudini.Mantieni le tue abitudini positive,perché le tue abitudini diventano i tuoi valori.Mantieni i... Read more