Philosophy audiobooks

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Narrated by: Jeff Crawford

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett’s most successful “imagination-extenders and focus-holders” meant to... Read more

The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice

By: George Martin

Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

You will never see war the same way after reading this extraordinary retelling of an ancient Greek fable about a tragically unnecessary battle between mice and frogs. With haunting illustrations, this miniature masterpiece ranks with Animal Farm as one of the greatest parables of human foibles.  Originally published in 1962, The Battle of the... Read more

Mastery of Self

By: Frank Channing Haddock

Narrated by: Anthony Rogers

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio version of Frank Channing Haddock's Mastery of Self explains the importance of personal magnetism in your daily life and how it is a crucial ingredient on your journey to personal success. Haddock lays out a clear path on how to use this magnetism and how to cultivate his instructions in everything you do and want to achieve. Follow... Read more

As a Man Thinketh

By: James Allen

Narrated by: Anthony Rogers

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the greatest and best-selling self-improvement books ever written is now available on audio! For anyone who wants an enriched life and a more meaningful existence, this is a must-listen. James Allen's teachings make absolute sense: "A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts." Now you can... Read more

Surfaces and Essences

By: Emmanuel Sander & Douglas Hofstadter

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 33 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Analogy is the core of all thinking.

This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize–winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making... Read more

Two Cultural Cycles: Logos and Mythos

By: Joe McHugh

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Culture has two dominant ways of knowing: Mythos and Logos. Human civilization has moved through many eras where one or the other has dominated its thinking. It’s important to have a balance of both and to recognize and understand the strengths and weaknesses of each. McHugh is the author of Slaying the Gorgon: The Rise of the Storytelling... Read more

The Undivided Past

By: David Cannadine

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of our most acclaimed historians comes an account of human solidarity throughout the ages, provocatively arguing against the received wisdom that history is best understood as a chronicle of groups in conflict.Investigating the six most pervasive categories of human difference—religion, nation, class, gender, race, and... Read more

Fierce Medicine

By: Ana T. Forrest

Narrated by: Ana T. Forrest

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

As the creator of Forrest Yoga , Ana T. Forrest has been transforming people’s lives throughout the world for more than thirty-five years. Her unique blend of physical practice, Eastern wisdom, and profound Native American ceremony takes her teachings literally off the mat and into daily life—to heal everything from addictive behaviors and... Read more

The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

By: Will Durant

Narrated by: John Little

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time—listed in accessible and succinct form—by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets," here is a concise collection of the world's most significant knowledge. For... Read more

Habe Mut! Denke selbst! Die große Philosophie Hörbuch Box für ein bewussteres Leben - Abridged

By: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Immanuel Kant, Fri...

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Was wir unser Leben nennen, ist das, was wir wahrnehmen, erkennen und was wir daraus machen. Je bewusster unsere Wahrnehmung, je klarer unser Denken ist, desto besser für uns selbst und unser Zusammenleben mit anderen. Die Box vereint klassische Texte der Philosophie, die uns helfen, die Wege eines bewussten Lebens mutig und selbstsicher zu... Read more

Watering The Seeds Of Mindfulness

By: Zachiah Murray

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Murray inspires us to take our mindfulness practice into our garden, whether it be in pots on our patio or plots in our backyards. You’ll want to learn the language of the land, understand the wisdom of the weeds, and home in on the blessings of compost with this sweet conversation. Hear her tale of her blindfolded walkabout in the New Zealand... Read more

The Globalist Papers

By: Samuel Avery

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The nation-state remains the political paradigm of the current era even as nuclear weaponry, global communications, climate change, and the global economy make it obsolete. The Globalist Papers shows the need now for unity among the nations of the world much the same way the Federalist Papers showed the need in the 1700’s for unity among the... Read more

The Birth of Tragedy

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: William Sigalis

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The Birth of Tragedy stands alongside Aristotle’s Poetics as essential works for all who seek to understand poetry and its relationship to human life. In this, his first book, Nietzsche developed a way of thinking about the arts that unites the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus as the central symbol of human existence. Although tragedy serves as... Read more

Tocqueville, éthique et politique - Abridged

By: Tocqueville

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Alexis de Tocqueville est célèbre pour ses analyses de la Révolution française, de la démocratie américaine et de l'évolution des démocraties occidentales en général. Il défend la liberté individuelle et l'égalité politique. Exprimant parfois des réserves sur l'évolution possible de la démocratie vers une dictature de la majorité au nom de... Read more

Weber, l'esprit du capitalisme - Abridged

By: Weber

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

" L'éthique protestante et l'esprit du capitalisme " est une des œuvres fondatrices de la sociologie moderne. Max Weber propose de comprendre l'organisation capitaliste de l'économie. Il construit l'idéal type, qui consiste en une rationalisation de la production et du travail afin d'assurer le profit maximal. Cet idéal type trouve son origine... Read more

Jaurès, l'esprit du socialisme - Abridged

By: Jaurès

Narrated by: Rémi Pous

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jaurès est certainement l'un des plus grand orateurs du 20ème siècle. Homme politique, fervent défenseur de la République, socialiste convaincu, pacifiste actif, historien, philosophe et poète, Jean Jaurès est également, comme le soulignait à juste titre Léon Blum " un des plus hauts penseurs et un des plus grands écrivains dont la France ait pu... Read more

Warriors for the Human Spirit

By: Margaret Wheatley, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this time of constant distractions and disappointment we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She's the author of So Far From Home: Lost and Found in Our... Read more

Co-Creating A Dream Of A Modern Day Oz

By: Jean Houston, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Here Houston takes us on a whirlwind tour of the authentic American myth of the Wizard of Oz. She answers the question of what it means to have a brain, a heart, and to act with courage. Using the characters of the scarecrow, tin man, lion, and Dorothy, Houston inspires us to follow our deep yearning in order to develop and contribute to a... Read more

Navigating Crisis With Mindfulness Practices

By: Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How may we use mindfulness practices to overcome crises? Here Alexander shares his innovative program for using mindfulness meditation, creative thinking, and cutting-edge positive psychology tools to transform times of crisis into opportunities for greater personal awareness, clarity, and creativity. Read more

Travels with Epicurus

By: Daniel Klein

Narrated by: James Jenner

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The best-selling coauthor of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, Daniel Klein delivers a stirring meditation on the simple pleasures to be found late in life. Traveling to the Greek island of Hydra, Klein set out to discover what could be learned about aging from the sage philosopher Epicurus. Equal parts travel book and guide to living well,... Read more

Phèdre

By: Platon

Narrated by: Pierre Tissot

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Phèdre est un des nombreux dialogues socratiques transmis par Platon. Il y est question de la beauté et de l'amour, entendu comme désir, dans un premier temps, puis de la beauté d'un discours et de la rhétorique dans un second temps. L'amour comme la rhétorique peuvent éléver la beauté de l'âme mais ils peuvent tout aussi bien l'abaisser, en... Read more

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narrated by: Joe Ochman

Length: 16 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and The Bed of Procrustes.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the... Read more

We Hold These Truths

By: Mortimer J. Adler

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Mortimer Adler devoted a lifetime to studying the great ideas of Western culture and explaining even the most difficult concepts to the average citizen, earning Time magazine's praise as a "philosopher for everyman." In We Hold These Truths, Dr. Adler caps his life's work by illuminating the ideas and ideals that have made the United States of... Read more

The Law

By: Frédéric Bastiat

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed.America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe... Read more