Philosophy audiobooks

Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Marcus Aurelius was the Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, and during that time, he kept several collections of journals that contained personal notes, militaristic strategy, and ideas on Stoic philosophy. While unlikely that he ever intended to publicly publish these journals, there is no real official title, so most often Meditations is used... Read more

The Four-Dimensional Human

By: Laurence Scott

Narrated by: Matthew Brenher

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

You are a four-dimensional human.Each of us exists in three-dimensional physical space. But, as a constellation of everyday digital phenomena rewires our lives, we are increasingly coaxed from the containment of our predigital selves into a wonderful and eerie fourth dimension, a world of ceaseless communication, instant information, and global... Read more

Kierkegaard

By: Stephen Backhouse

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 8 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible, expert introduction to one of the greatest minds of nineteenth century. Whether you're completely new to him, or if you're already familiar with his work, Kierkegaard: A Single Life presents a fresh understanding of his life and thought. Kierkegaard was a brilliant and enigmatic loner whose ideas permeated culture, shaped modern... Read more

The Consious Design of Happiness

By: Emily Fletcher

Narrated by: Emily Fletcher

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"Before starting a meditation practice, we're often stuck in the trap of thinking that our happiness lies on the other side of a relationship, or a beautiful house, or another zero in our bank account. But once we start meditating, we realize that our happiness lies inside us, and we stop looking towards outside things to fulfill us.Instead, we... Read more

Parenthood by Proxy

By: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Parenthood by Proxy is a passionate and provocative summation of the perils of parenting and a road map to safety for America's families.Never one to shy away from tough truths, Dr. Laura marshals compelling evidence for the widespread neglect of America's children and condemns the numerous rationalizations to excuse it. Parents, special... Read more

Mindful Living Every Day

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: The Monks and Nuns at Plum Village

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Recorded on location in Plum Village, France, gives an overview of the concrete practices that help bring awareness to our breath, body, and mind in each moment. Members of the monastic and lay community of Thich Nhat Hanh demonstrate and talk about their experience with essential mindfulness practices such as: Sitting and Walking Meditation,... Read more

Chanting Breath by Breath

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: The Monks and Nuns at Plum Village

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In Plum Village, the practice of chanting in English is a flower, slowly blossoming. The chants and music in this program are some of the first petals to open on this beautiful flower. Chanted by the resident community of Plum Village in 2002, these recordings include most of the chants contained in Chanting from the Heart, with live tracks from... Read more

Being Peace

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Developing upon teachings on the art of mindful living begun in Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh shows the connection between inner peace and peace on earth. Recorded live in New York in 1991, he teaches us how mindful breathing and awareness is refreshing and healing, and how it can be used as the basis for examining the roots of war and social... Read more

The Ten Gates

By: Brother Phap Hai

Narrated by: Brother Phap Hai

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Ten Gates," with Brother Phap Hai, is taken from a 12-week course: Dharma from Deer Park Monastery, a meditation practice center in the tradition of the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The course consists of twelve weekly sessions, each on a different theme and suggested reflections and exercises for us to practice. It is up to you... Read more

The Heart of Understanding

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this recording, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh lectures on the Heart of the Prajñ?p?ramit? Sutra, which is regarded as the essence of Buddhist teachings. To this day, the Heart Sutra is recited daily in Mahayana temples and practice centers throughout the world. Thay, as his followers call him, offered this lecture at Green Gulch... Read more

Looking Deeply

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Looking Deeply (Digitally Remastered) is a selection of talks by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh offered during meditation retreats throughout North America. In these lectures, Thay, as his followers call him, talks about mindfulness within the context of the social and political issues of our time. Although these talks were recorded in... Read more

A Basket of Plums

By: Joseph Emet

Narrated by: The Monks and Nuns at Plum Village

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With traditional hymns from Plum Village and many of Thich Nhat Hanh’s well-know poems set to music, along with original compositions by songwriter Joseph Emet, A Basket of Plums Songbook is a perfect way to learn about mindfulness. These songs are for walking, sitting, breathing, eating, gratitude, and enjoying the present moment. Whether you... Read more

The Art of Flower Arranging

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic 1989 talk, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh uses flower arranging as a metaphor for establishing harmony both within ourselves and in our families. Thay, as his followers call him, says: “Beauty is the aim of our art, of our action. We want to arrange flowers because we want life to be beautiful. If you take care of your... Read more

Planting Seeds

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: The Monks and Nuns at Plum Village

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Any adult wishing to plant seeds of peace, relaxation, and awareness in children will find this program helpful. It is full of wisdom on how to simply be with children and nourish their compassion for themselves and others. The program has inspiring recordings of all the songs in the book, Planting Seeds, as well as a guided pebble meditation,... Read more

Truly Seeing

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Thich Nhat Hanh

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on the story of a Zen student asking his teacher for his most advanced teaching, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh shares his own experiences on how to take care of sadness, anger, loss, injustice, and how to transform the seeds of suffering we have inherited from past generations. Using examples and often humorous stories, this... Read more

The End of White Christian America

By: Robert P. Jones

Narrated by: Holter Graham

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“Quite possibly the most illuminating text for this election year” (The New York Times Book Review).

*Winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion*
Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, spells out the profound political and cultural consequences of a new reality—that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation.... Read more

The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1

By: Michel Foucault

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Why has there been such an explosion of discussion about sex in the West since the seventeenth century? Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic, and political forces that have shaped our attitudes toward sex. In a book that is at once controversial and seductive, Michel Foucault describes how we are in... Read more

Perfiles de Coraje

By: John F. Kennedy

Narrated by: Horacio Mancilla

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

«Este es un libro acerca de la virtud más admirable de todas las virtudes humanas: el valor. Ernest Hemingway la definió como “gracia bajo presión”. Y estos son los relatos sobre las presiones que experimentaron ocho Senadores de Estados Unidos y la gracia con la cual las enfrentaron». —John F. Kennedy Durante los años 1954 y 1955, el entonces... Read more

Machiavelli

By: Ross King

Narrated by: Tim Reynolds

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Machiavelli is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher—history’s most famous theorist of “warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed”—and the age he embodied. Ross King, the New York Times bestselling author of Brunelleschi’s Dome, argues that the author of The Prince was... Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 6

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.Fun,... Read more

Make a Choice

By: Jeff Benedict

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Extraordinary stories of people who have survived life’s most heart-wrenching tragedies and whose Christian faith has remained unshakable.New York Times bestselling author Jeff Benedict has seen both good and bad in his career as a journalist. Some of the best are the extraordinary people he has met who have made deliberate choices to live... Read more

Magic and Loss

By: Virginia Heffernan

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Virginia Heffernan “melds the personal with the increasingly universal in a highly informative analysis of what the Internet is—and can be. A thoroughly engrossing examination of the Internet’s past, present, and future” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from one of the best living writers of English prose.

This book makes a bold claim: The... Read more

The Enchiridion & Discourses

By: Epictetus

Narrated by: Hayward B. Morse

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The Enchiridion is the famous manual of ethical advice given in the second century by the Stoic philosopher Epictetus.

Born to a Greek slave, Epictetus grew up in the environment of the Roman Empire and, having been released from bonds of slavery, became a Stoic in the tradition of its originators, Zeno (third Century BCE) and Seneca (first... Read more

Der Appell des Dalai Lama an die Welt - Ethik ist wichtiger als Religion (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Franz Alt & Dalai Lama

Narrated by: Ralf Bauer & Bodo Primus

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In seinem Appell an die Welt entwirft der Dalai Lama eine neue säkulare Ethik als Basis für ein friedliches Jahrhundert. Nicht Religionen werden die Antwort geben, sondern die Verwurzelung des Menschen in einer Unterschiede überwindenden Ethik. Ein herausfordernder wie mutmachender Text eines bescheidenen wie bedeutenden Mannes unserer Zeit. Read more