Philosophy audiobooks

100 citations d'Epictète

By: Epictète

Narrated by: Patrick Blandin

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Né esclave, Epictète devint l'un des plus grands philosophes stoïciens, et ses préceptes sont toujours appliqués aujourd'hui. Nous lui devons le stoïcisme, doctrine pensée pour éviter toutes les souffrances inutiles. Il n'y a que sur nos propres actions et attitudes que nous pouvons agir ; comme ce n'est pas parce que l'on s'inquiète beaucoup... Read more

100 citations de Voltaire

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Patrick Blandin

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Voltaire est un maître de l'ironie et du mot d'esprit. Voilà les armes principales dont ce philosophe des Lumières, dramaturge, scientifique et poète se sert sans relâche dans ses attaques au vitriol contre l'institution catholique, les adversaires de la liberté de culte et d'expression, et de la séparation de l'Eglise et de l'Etat.... Read more

100 citations de Hegel

By: Hegel

Narrated by: Nicolas Justamon

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

L'oeuvre de Hegel est le sommet de la philosophie idéaliste allemande. Figure incontournable de l'Aufklärung (les Lumières), son influence a été décisive sur l'ensemble de la philosophie contemporaine. Hegel construit un système grandiose qui part de deux questions fondamentales : "Si Dieu existe, d'où vient le mal", et "Si la vérité est une,... Read more

100 citations de Spinoza

By: Spinoza

Narrated by: Nicolas Justamon

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Le Prince des philosophes" selon Deleuze, un "précurseur" selon Nietzsche ; d'après Hegel, "l'alternative est : Spinoza ou pas de philosophie". Penseur hollandais et figure incontournable de la philosophie, Spinoza a été pris à tort pour un auteur athée. En réalité, il critique les positions traditionalistes des religions révélées, pour... Read more

100 citations de Platon

By: Platon

Narrated by: Patrick Martinez Bournat

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

En mettant en scène son maître Socrate, Platon inaugure ce geste intellectuel primordial : s'interroger soi-même, pour mettre en évidence préjugés et erreurs, et comprendre ce qui fait véritablement la morale, la vie en société, la valeur d'une vie humaine. Sans cette interrogation honnête et lucide, il n'y aurait qu'à fonctionner mécaniquement,... Read more

100 citations de Machiavel

By: Machiavel

Narrated by: Nicolas Justamon

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Nicolas Machiavel, penseur humaniste de la Renaissance, a laissé derrière lui une légende noire. Le Prince, son oeuvre la plus célèbre, donne des instructions claires et précises sur la façon d'obtenir et conserver le pouvoir, la fortune et la gloire, même si ce doit être aux dépens des autres. Pragmatique, il n'hésite pas à faire passer la fin... Read more

100 quotes from the Old Testament

By: JM Gardner

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Pupil of the great Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is a massively influential figure in Western philosophy. Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold". Modern ethics are based on his ideas about virtue; his writings literally encompassed all the scientific knowledge of the time and beyond, so much that many of his... Read more

Elbow Room

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In this landmark 1984 work on free will, Daniel Dennett makes a case for compatibilism. His aim, as he writes in the preface to this new edition, was a cleanup job, "saving everything that mattered about the everyday concept of free will, while jettisoning the impediments." In Elbow Room, Dennett argues that the varieties of free will worth... Read more

Strange Tools

By: Alva Noë

Narrated by: Tom Perkins

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, and making provocative use of examples from all three of these fields, Noë offers... Read more

Giving Your Fullness Will Take You Where You Need To Go

By: Justine Willis Toms

Narrated by: Molly Rowan Leach

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Justine Willis Toms shares principles that lead to a more useful and fulfilling life. She asks the question: is worry fruitful and will it lead to an effective outcome? She also encourages us to create circles of friends who support us in our fullness. She shares the lessons of the caterpillar and the butterfly as she exhorts us to get out into... Read more

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Christopher Oxford

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of the most extraordinary - and important - texts in Western philosophy. It was written by Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. He cast it in the form of a novel in the hope that his urgent message of the 'death of God' and the rise of the superman (Ubermensch) would have greater emotional as well as... Read more

Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!

By: Agnes Baker Pilgrim

Narrated by: Agnes Baker Pilgrim

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Agnes Baker Pilgrim, known to most as Grandma Aggie, was the oldest living member of the Takelma Tribe, one of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz.A descendant of both spiritual and political tribal leaders, Grandma Aggie traveled tirelessly around the world to keep traditions alive, to help those in need, and to be a voice for the voiceless,... Read more

Fighting God

By: David Silverman

Narrated by: David Silverman & Cara Santa Maria

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Fighting God is a firebrand manifesto from one of the most recognizable faces of atheism. In his audiobook, Silverman—a walking, talking atheist billboard known for his appearances on Fox News—discusses the effectiveness, ethics, and impact of the in-your-face-atheist who refuses to be silent.Silverman argues that religion is more than just... Read more

The Stone Reader

By: Simon Critchley & Peter Catapano

Narrated by: Sean Pratt & Marguerite Gavin

Length: 26 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy.

Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly... Read more

The Tao of Happiness

By: Derek Lin

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have not encountered Chuang Tzu before, prepare yourself for a treat. He was the sage who stood apart from all others in Chinese history. He was a unique presence, a great mind like no one before or since. Chuang Tzu quickly distinguished himself and became well known for his deep understanding and sense of humor. His mastery was such... Read more

Cleansing the mind of the accumulation of time

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Cleansing the mind of the accumulation of time - 2 April 1980 • Time is the enemy of man. • Is there a beginning which is not enmeshed in time? • We said nothingness is everything and so it is total energy. It is undiluted pure, uncorrupted energy. Is there something beyond that? • Has man ever been free from the 'I'? • That emptiness can only... Read more

To come upon the new, thought must be quiet

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

" To come upon the new, thought must be quiet - 17 September 1972 • If one is serious, one must learn for oneself if there is such a thing as the im measurable. • Thought cannot find the immeasurable because thought is measurement and time. • Can thought, realizing its limitations, be quiet? • Can the mind without effort see its content clearly,... Read more

If Freedom is Responsibility, How do I act?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"If freedom is responsibility, how do I act? - 16 September 1972 • Q: What is the action that will be a total response to the world around us? • Can one respond totally without learning about love and death in relation to daily life? • Do we live, or do we tolerate living? • Do we live according to ideas and conclusions based on belief, dogma... Read more

If I don't change now what will the future be?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"If I don't change now what will the future be? - 10 September 1972 • Is thought responsible for fragmentation? • Does fragmentation have its own activity? • What is the energy that perceives the total and doesn't live in fragmentation? • Does comparison bring about fear and pleasure? • Is thought seeking security in belief and dogma? • Can the... Read more

The Action of intelligence

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"The action of intelligence - 14 September 1972 • Q: Why don't we see the division between the observer and the observed? • How does the division come about which causes conflict and misery? • Are we aware that we are fragmented? Why does contradiction exist? • Can we have a mind that is not fragmented and contradictory? • Can the mind live... Read more

Direct perception is freedom

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Direct perception is freedom - 10 February 1971 • Can the mind living in this world ever be free, not only superficially but profoundly, at the very root of its existence? • 'Freedom from' is an abstraction, but freedom in observing 'what is' and going beyond it is actual freedom. How do I observe greed? Do I observe it as an outsider looking in... Read more

Love is that quality of mind in which there is no division

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Love is that quality of mind in which there is no division - 14 February 1971 • To live in this world with intelligence, in spite of all the complications. • Is it possible to be free of fear, not only the superficial fear in relationship but the deep-rooted fear? • Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure. • When... Read more

A mind in meditation is concerned only with meditation, not with the meditator.

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"A mind in meditation is concerned only with meditation, not with the meditator - 17 February 1971 • If you can put aside your favourite systems, if you can understand that concentration is merely a resistance and therefore constant conflict and wastage of energy, then we can find out for ourselves what is necessary for a mind that is in a state... Read more

You Can Learn Only If you Do Not Know

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Does learning require thinking, or only awareness? - To be aware is to be conscious, to be in relationship with what you observeoutwardly and also our inward reactions. - Awareness reveals that I have a conclusion from which I act, which prevents thefree flow of energy. - You see that you have many opinions and conclusions. - You don't know... Read more