Philosophy audiobooks

Reputation

By: Gloria Origgi, Stephen Holmes & Noga Arikha

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do we... Read more

The Enneads

By: Plotinus

Narrated by: Peter Wickham

Length: 21 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Plotinus (204/5 -270CE), born in Lycopolis, Egypt, when it was part of the Roman Empire, was a major figure in the philosophical school later called Neoplatonism. Neoplatonists viewed reality as deriving from a single force or figure expressed as 'the One'. Two further concepts from Plotinus, 'the Intellect' and 'the Soul', are also principal... Read more

The Socratic Dialogues: Middle Period

By: Benjamin Jowett

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are three important but very different Dialogues from the Middle Period. Symposium, the most well-known in this collection, is concerned with the theme of love. In the house of Agathon, a group of friends - each very different in personality and background - meet to consider and discuss various kinds of love. Each one, Phaedrus, Pausanias,... Read more

The Enigma of Reason

By: Hugo Mercier & Dan Sperber

Narrated by: Liam Gerrard

Length: 14 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If reason is so useful, why didn't it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? In their groundbreaking account of the evolution and workings of reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber set out... Read more

The Monk and the Philosopher

By: Jean-Francois Revel & Matthieu Ricard

Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Twenty-seven years ago, Matthieu Ricard gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism-not as a detached observer but by immersing himself in its practice under the guidance of its greatest living masters. Years later, this project was born, and Ricard met with his father, Jean-Francois Revel-a French philosopher who became... Read more

The Dignity Movement, Robots, and the Importance of Asking Good Questions

By: Robert Fuller, Ph.D

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What is of utmost importance to Fuller are the questions we bring to our life process. He says, “Once you’ve formed a question, it almost guarantees you will find the answer.” In this far-ranging conversation, he shares some provocative thoughts on the coming inevitability of robots becoming a more dominant species than homo sapiens and why we... Read more

Ethics 101

By: Brian Boone

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Explore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics.

Ethics 101 offers an exciting look into the history of moral principles that dictate human behavior.... Read more

An Appeal to the World

By: Dalai Lama & Franz Alt

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Includes exclusive bonus audio of the voice of the Dalai Lama as coauthor Franz Alt asks about his views on President Trump, the rise of nationalism, the refugee crisis, the climate catastrophe, and more.In this brief, urgent ""appeal to the world,"" His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses our time of division, calling on us to draw upon the... Read more

Walden, or Life in the Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1845, noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days chronicling his near-isolation in the small cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond on land owned by his mentor, the father of Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped... Read more

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Thoreau's Civil Disobedience - his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty - has inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature. First published in 1849, this essay argues that individuals have rights and duties in relation to their government. Motivated by his disgust over both slavery and... Read more

The Socratic Dialogues: Early Period

By: Benjamin Jowett

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Here, in this second collection of Socratic Dialogues from Plato's Early Period, read by David Rintoul as Socrates with a full cast, are contrasting six works. Often, as with Gorgias, which opens the recording, Socrates combats the popular subjects of sophistry and rhetoric, in direct conversation with Gorgias (a leading sophist teacher), and... Read more

WTF?

By: Robert Peston

Narrated by: Luke Thompson & Robert Peston

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

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'Richly argued and brilliantly written... a deeply thoughtful analysis that should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking to understand where we have gone wrong.' Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times

In WTF? Robert Peston draws on his years of experience as a political, economics and business journalist to show us what has... Read more

Life Skills Junkie

By: Howie Junkie

Narrated by: How-To Junkie

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Life Skills Junkie":
Howdy friend, who wants "to improve yourself with better life skills,"
Do you want to improve your life? Yes, that is a rhetorical question...then improve your skills for life!
Life skills are really crucial to have - ranging from interacting with people, to working with all sorts of... Read more

The Myths We Live By

By: Mary Midgley

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful audiobook, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self interest; and in science the idea of human beings as machines, which originates in the seventeenth century, is a today a potent force. Far... Read more

Perceptual Intelligence

By: Brian Boxer Wachler

Narrated by: Brian Boxer Wachler

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

With the lucid verve and solid scientific grounding of an Oliver Sacks or Malcolm Gladwell, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler guides listeners on a fascinating tour of the bedrock of our existence—the way our senses perceive everything and everyone in the world around us.Why does one person see Jesus in a shower curtain, get a “bad feeling” about someone... Read more

The Socratic Dialogues: Early Period

By: Benjamin Jowett

Narrated by: David Rintoul & Laurence Kennedy

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists, with the personality of Socrates himself coming alive as he deals with a host of subjects, from justice and inspiration to courage, poetry and the gods.

Plato's Socratic Dialogues provide a bedrock for classical Western... Read more

Beyond the Messy Truth

By: Van Jones

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart—by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times) who coined the term “whitelash”

Van Jones burst into the American consciousness during the... Read more

The Art of the Donald

By: Christopher Bedford

Narrated by: Christopher Bedford

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Motivational self-help advice from President Donald Trump, covering everything from leadership and self-confidence to how to succeed in business.

President Donald Trump knows about living the good life and achieving success. With his election to the presidency, he added to a life that already includes billions of dollars, worldwide celebrity, and... Read more

Stoicism

By: Ryan James

Narrated by: Eric Burr

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Stoicism: Live a Life of Virtue - Complete Guide on Stoicism provides an overview of the history of the stoic philosophy as well as profiles of some of the ancient masters who contributed to its development. In addition, it tells the stories of some modern practitioners of the philosophy who successfully used it to overcome difficult situations... Read more

The Fear Factor

By: Abigail Marsh

Narrated by: Christine Lakin

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "compelling scientific detective story," a leading neuroscientist looks for the nature of human kindness in the brains of heroes and psychopaths (Wall Street Journal).

At fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. She used the tools she had available... Read more

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

By: Arundhati Roy & John Cusack

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan & Jim Meskimen

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this rich dialogue on surveillance, empire, and power, Roy and Cusack describe meeting with National Security Agency whistleblower Ed Snowden.In late 2014, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, and Daniel Ellsberg traveled to Moscow to meet with Edward Snowden. The result is a series of essays and dialogues in which Roy and Cusack reflect on their... Read more

Your Conscious Mind

By: New Scientist

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A voyage through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes awry.

What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human? The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of a person's life. It makes us aware of the world... Read more

The Perennial Philosophy

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."



With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian... Read more

Between Past and Future

By: Hannah Arendt

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice,... Read more