Philosophy audiobooks

Radical Son

By: David Horowitz

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 18 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally a radical socialist, the current driving force behind the rise of the Hollywood right recounts how he moved from one set of political convictions to another over the course of thirty years, and challenges readers to consider how they came by their own convictions. Read more

The Burden of Bad Ideas

By: Heather Mac Donald

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In closely reported stories from the streets of New York to the seats of intellectual power, MacDonald shows how bad ideas get started and then acquire a life of their own. Her reports trace the transformation of influential opinion-makers and large philanthropic foundations from confident advocates of individual responsibility, opportunity, and... Read more

Christ

By: Jack Miles

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to the character of God, Jack Miles now approaches the literary and theological enigma of Jesus. In so doing, he tells the story of a broken promise–God’s ancient covenant with Israel–and of its strange, unlooked-for fulfillment. For, having abandoned his chosen people to... Read more

Between Good and Evil

By: Roger L. Depue & Susan Schindehette

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

He was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good.
 
No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society’s most vicious psychopaths. And no one is... Read more

All Things Shining

By: Hubert Dreyfus & Sean Dorrance Kelly

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The religious turn to their faith to find meaning. But what about the many people who lead secular lives and are also hungry for meaning? What guides, what approaches are available to them?

Distinguished philosophers, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly explain that a secular life charged with meaning is indeed within reach. It is achieved by... Read more

Fresh Air: Faith, Reason and Doubt

By: Terry Gross

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Insightful and thought-provoking conversations exploring religion—and atheism—from diverse spiritual, cultural and political perspectives, as heard on the Peabody Award-winning radio show Fresh Air with Terry Gross.



One of the most popular programs on public radio, Fresh Air is carried by over 500 stations and in Europe on the World Radio... Read more

The World According to Bob

By: James Bowen

Narrated by: Kristopher Milnes

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Cat lovers around the world embraced the New York Times bestselling heartwarming true story of James Bowen and A Street Cat Named Bob. Now, the busker and his feline friend are back in The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Streetwise Cat—a touching and true sequel about one man and the cat that changed his life.

As... Read more

Terrible Swift Sword

By: Bruce Catton

Narrated by: Nelson Runger

Length: 19 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Terrible Swift Sword (Vol. 2): The dismissal of George McClellan and the rise of Ulysses S. Grant Read more

The Cave and the Light

By: Arthur Herman

Narrated by: Paul Hecht

Length: 25 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Times bestseller, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, and extends the themes of the book—which sold half a million copies worldwide—back to the ancient Greeks and forward to the age of the Internet. The Cave and the Light is a magisterial account of how the two greatest... 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

Curiosity

By: Alberto Manguel

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 15 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Alberto Manguel's The History of Reading was an international bestseller translated into thirty-four languages and for which Manguel earned the MEdicis Prize. Fourteen years later, Manguel anchors his new book in the primal connection between reading and curiosity. Tracing twenty-five centuries of human history, from the fourth century BC to the... Read more

I Think You're Totally Wrong

By: David Shields & Caleb Powell

Narrated by: Luis Moreno & Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A debate, nearly to the death, about life and art, cocktails included. And a soon-to-be major motion picture from James Franco! Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (he' s a stay-at-home dad to three young girls), whereas his former professor David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he has... Read more

Civil Disobedience

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

American author, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau was a passionate abolitionist. Inspired by his opposition to slavery, his illuminating essay "Civil Disobedience" presents the theory that "the government is best that governs least." A powerful testament that remains as important today as it was during its conception, this theory argues... Read more

The Philosophical Dictionary

By: Voltaire

Narrated by: Donal Donnelly

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

-A collection of Voltaire's ideas and thoughts that were too short for pamphlets but worth saving for later development-wise and witty entries on subjects as diverse as atheism and kissing. Read more

The Science Delusion

By: Curtis White

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

One of our most brilliant social critics-- author of the bestselling The Middle Mind-- presents a scathing critique of the " delusions" of science alongside a rousing defense of the tradition of Romanticism and the " big" questions. With the rise of religion critics such as Richard Dawkins, and of pseudo-science advocates such as Malcolm... Read more

First Principles & Natural Law Part II

By: Hadley Arkes

Narrated by: Hadley Arkes

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in today's world, as evidenced in everything from Supreme Court decisions to... Read more

Orthodoxy

By: G.K. Chesterton

Narrated by: John Franklyn-Robbins

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Orthodoxy was named as one of Publishers Weekly's 10 indispensable spiritual classics of the past 1500 years. It is the personal journal of one man's search for understanding culminating in his conversion to Catholicism. Written with wisdom and wit, G.K. Chesterton captures the very nature of faith Read more

Understanding Beliefs

By: Nils J. Nilsson

Narrated by: Don Hagen

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series Our beliefs constitute a large part of our knowledge of the world. We have beliefs about objects, about... Read more

Free Will

By: Mark Balaguer

Narrated by: Steven Menasche

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series In our daily life, it really seems as though we have free will, that what we do from moment to moment is... Read more

Paradox

By: Margaret Cuonzo

Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Thinkers have been fascinated by paradox since long before Aristotle grappled with Zeno's. In this volume in The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Margaret Cuonzo explores paradoxes and the strategies used to solve them. She finds that paradoxes are more than mere puzzles but can prompt new ways of thinking. A paradox can be defined as a set... Read more

Rousseau and Revolution

By: Will Durant & Ariel Durant

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 57 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Pulitzer Prize–winning volume on European civilization by acclaimed historians Will and Ariel DurantRousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of the Story of Civilization, ranges over a Europe in ferment, but centers on the passionate rebel—philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great exponent of the romantic impulse toward self-exploration... 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

The Theater of War

By: Bryan Doerries

Narrated by: Adam Driver

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author’s celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition.For years, Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and... Read more

The Lucifer Principle

By: Howard Bloom

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The Lucifer Priciple is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of nature’s strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. Though this argument is not a new one—it has been brought forth by... Read more