Philosophy audiobooks

Philosophy of Mind

By: Andrew Pessin

Narrated by: Andrew Pessin

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The nature of the mind lies at the heart of the eternal human quest for understanding. What does it mean to think? What is the relation between mind and body, and where do we draw the line between physical and mental? With an enthusiastic and scholarly approach, Professor Andrew Pessin of Connecticut College addresses these and other questions,... Read more

The Story of Philosophy

By: Will Durant

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman.Durant lucidly... Read more

It's The Questions Not The Answers That Make Life Exciting

By: Jonathan Stedall

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a filmmaker, Stedall has worked with people from all walks of life, including scientists, artists and poets. He has found it quite exciting to come at the question of "where is heaven?" from many different angles and perspectives. Read more

The Cosmic Blueprint

By: Paul Davies

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In the preface to the 2004 edition, Paul Davies writes, "If the laws of the universe really are a sort of cosmic blueprint, as I suggest, they may also be a blueprint for survival." This critically acclaimed book explains how recent scientific advances are transforming our understanding of the emergence of complexity and organization in the... Read more

Give Us Liberty

By: Dick Armey & Matt Kibbe

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, Give Us Liberty defines the issues and agenda of the wildfire grassroots movement that is electrifying the nation, as... Read more

God Theories

By: Ken Ungerecht

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Never discuss religion or politics, as the saying goes, if you want to keep the peace. But it's clear that old adage hasn't really been too effective. Prejudice, discrimination, intolerance, and wars all in the name of God have been an integral part of the human condition for at least as long as that condition has been recorded. But the price on... Read more

Primates and Philosophers

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality.In this provocative audiobook, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim... Read more

Truth and Truthfulness

By: Bernard Williams

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more... Read more

Philosophy and Real Politics

By: Raymond Geuss

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from... Read more

Reason and Rationality

By: Jon Elster

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view... Read more

Why Not Socialism?

By: G. A. Cohen

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise audiobook, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for... Read more

Quantum

By: Manjit Kumar

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren’t shocked by quantum theory, you don’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a... Read more

Meeting Every Moment Without Fear Or Worry

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

We all get into ruts of the mind. Our mind turns a thought around and around without going any place. We often have regrets and we repress our feelings. Philosopher and teacher, Guy Finley encourages us not to turn away from accepting those things we don't like about ourselves and shares how we may cultivate the courage to wake up, let go, and... Read more

This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording

By: David Foster Wallace

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This Is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the... Read more

The Book of Five Rings

By: Miyamoto Musashi

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Setting down his thoughts on swordplay, on winning, and on spirituality, legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his... Read more

Wild Justice

By: Marc Bekoff & Jessica Pierce

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are we to make of a female gorilla in a German zoo who spent days mourning the death of her baby? Or a wild female elephant who cared for a... Read more

A Wild and Crazy Time

By: Don Lattin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As the 1950s came to a close, a new era of social, spiritual, sexual, political and psychological revolution was beginning. Here in this provocative dialogue, you will meet some of the wild characters who made the 1960s the most memorable decade of the 20th century. Lattin says, "[The] big question at the time was: are these experiences people... Read more

The Dialogues of Plato

By: Plato

Narrated by: Pat Bottino

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Dialogues of Plato, written between 427 and 347 BC, rank among the most important and influential works in Western thought. Most famous are the first four, in which Plato casts his teacher Socrates as the central disputant in colloquies that brilliantly probe a vast spectrum of philosophical ideas and issues, among them art, beauty, virtue,... Read more

The Music Lesson

By: Victor L. Wooten

Narrated by: Victor L. Wooten, Chuck Rainey, Sam Hunter, Rad...

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Boy, do I have a lot to learn!" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind—from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop—has though that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew... Read more

A Compendium of Metaphysics and How to Guides

By: Martin K. Ettington

Narrated by: Martin K. Ettington

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

When dealing with Metaphysics and the Paranormal, there are no degrees or certifiedexperts. Each person writing on these subjects has developed their expertise throughtheir experiences, personal research, and learning over many years. This compilationcombines six books of mine into one Compendium: Enlightenment for Newbies The 10 Principles of... Read more

The Bible of Unspeakable Truths

By: Greg Gutfeld

Narrated by: Greg Gutfeld

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Greg Gutfeld, the acclaimed host of the popular, nightly Fox News show Red Eye, has packed this book full of his most aggressive (and funny) diatribes -- each chapter exploring Unspeakable Truths that cut right to the core and go well beyond just politics. Greg deconstructs pop culture, media, kids, disease, race, food, sex, celebrity, current... Read more

Les caractères

By: Jean de La Bruyère

Narrated by: Guillaume Galliennne

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle ont été rédigés en 1688. Sous la forme de courtes maximes morales, proches de la fable, Jean de La Bruyère décrit le monde du xviiè siècle. Il condamne la vanité des hommes de la cour, les modes successives des femmes, la cupidité des héritiers, et l'hypocrisie des rapports humains. Étonnants de... Read more

The Republic

By: Plato

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"What is at stake is far from insignificant: it is how one should live one's life."



Plato's The Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within... Read more

Your Intuitive Mind Could Save the World

By: Claudio Naranjo, M.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Claudio Naranjo shares stories from his lifelong journey, and the teachers who molded his mind and his spirit. He explains the origins of the patriarchal attitudes that led to the violence, oppression, and greed that plague the world today, and identifies the consequences of our dependence on reason at the expense of instinct. Read more