Philosophy audiobooks

Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching

By: Dahui

Narrated by: Keong Sim

Length: 16 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Treasury of the Eye of True Teaching (Chinese Zhengfayanzang) stands as among the greatest classics of Chan (Chinese Zen) Buddhism, combining speeches, stories, dialogues, poems, and commentaries that the influential master Dahui (1089–1163) extracted from Chan lore. Compiled by Dahui's students during Song Dynasty China, this work is replete... Read more

Enquiridión

By: Epicteto

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Uno de los primeros libros de autoayuda de la historia.
El filósofo estoico Epicteto destila en este manual de vida, publicado en el año 125, las claves de una existencia plena. Su influencia llegó hasta el mismo Marco Aurelio. Esta edición traducida del griego por José Ortiz y Sanz adopta el estilo minimalista y directo propio del... Read more

Song of Solomon - The World English Bible, Book 22 (Unabridged)

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Song of Songs, also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is an erotic poem that is one of the megillot (scrolls) found in the last section of the Tanakh, known as the Ketuvim (or "Writings"). It is unique within the Hebrew Bible: it shows no interest in Law or Covenant or the God of Israel, nor does it teach or explore... Read more

The Game of Life and How to Play it

By: Florence Scovel Shinn

Narrated by: Amy Conger

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game. It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness. Jesus Christ
taught that it was a ... Read more

Seekers Forum Complete Collection with Mark Matousek

By: Mark Matousek

Narrated by: Mark Matousek

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

How do you live an awakened life? In these 14 inspirational talks from The Seekers Forum, best selling author and teacher Mark Matousek provides a contemporary roadmap to everyday wisdom for spiritual seekers. Exploring topics that include Fear and Desire, Beginner’s Mind, Passion and Abandon, and Awakening Genius, these intimate lectures ignite... Read more

La Lámpara Maravillosa

By: Ramón del Valle-Inclán

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Entre la obra de Valle-Inclán no hay un título más extraño, estimulante y provocativo que La Lámpara Maravillosa. Uno de los libros más raros y hermosos de la literatura española. El libro se presenta como una autobiografía del autor quien, fascinado por el mundo del ocultismo, desea transitar por nuevos senderos Se siente peregrino y sitúa en... Read more

Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Narrated by: Heather Long, John Kapansa & Roy McMillan

Length: 13 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.'

These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that... Read more

The Madness Of Reason. Consciousness The Product Of Collective Unconsciousness

By: davide appi

Narrated by: Sandra Ouellet

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

CONSCIOUSNESS OR SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS THIS IS THE DILEMMA The present society continues to run like a mad elephant, toward global catastrophe. Why do we continue on this road that leads us to a dead end, with end view our own self-destruction? The answer to this question lies in human consciousness itself, the cause of every problem, while... Read more

Digital Stockholm Syndrome in the Post-Ontological Age

By: Mark Jarzombek

Narrated by: Lousie Potter

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Once, humans were what they believed. Now, the modern person is determined by data exhaust—an invisible anthropocentric ether of ones and zeros that is a product of our digitally monitored age. Author Mark Jarzombek argues that the world has become redesigned to fuse the algorithmic with the ontological, and the discussion of ontology must be... Read more

The Little Book of Philosophy

By: Rachel Poulton

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of philosophy. Including accessible primers on:



● The early Ancient Greek philosophers and the "big three": Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle



● Key schools of philosophy and their impact on modern life



● Insights... Read more

Losing Ourselves

By: Jay L. Garfield

Narrated by: Eric Meyers

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Eric Meyers reveals why you don't have a self—and why that's a good thing In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy, offers a brief and radically clear account of an idea that at first might seem frightening but that promises to liberate us and improve our lives, our relationships, and... Read more

The Emperor's Handbook

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill, Aden Hakimi, Sarah Naughton, ...

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A powerful and accessible translation of Marcus Aurelius’s timeless book on character, what it takes to be a good leader, and how to live a fulfilling life.

Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the immense wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. He... Read more

Fireside Reading of The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson & Melora Hardin

Length: 2 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran to you and your family. Read more

Ideas de perfil

By: Carlos Peña

Narrated by: Ezequiel Álvarez

Length: 21 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Un deslumbrante repaso por la vida y obra de los más importantes pensadores contemporáneos.
En este contundente libro Carlos Peña presenta un conjunto de perfiles que ahondan en las vidas y obras de los principales pensadores de la modernidad. Con claridad y distinción, el destacado ensayista chileno se pasea por las ideas de Maquiavelo,... Read more

De la brevedad de la vida

By: Lucio Anneo Séneca

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

La vida nos ofrece suficiente tiempo para hacer todo lo que es realmente importante. Simple y claro. Que no fácil. Así lo concebía Séneca. Y así lo expresó en el año 55 d. C. en este ensayo incluido en su obra Diálogos y dirigido a su suegro Paulino. En él plantea una serie de principios estoicos que tratan sobre el tiempo y cómo la gente lo... Read more

Ecclesiastes - The World English Bible, Book 21 (Unabridged)

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Ecclesiastes is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and one of the "Wisdom" books of the Christian Old Testament. The title commonly used in English is a Latin transliteration of the Greek translation of the Hebrew word קֹהֶלֶת (Kohelet, Koheleth, Qoheleth or Qohelet). An unnamed author introduces "The words of Kohelet, son of... Read more

Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Volker Braumann

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Das zweite Buch des ersten Bandes des Klassikers "Ich gehöre zu den Lesern Schopenhauers", schrieb Friedrich Nietzsche, "welche, nachdem sie die erste Seite von ihm gelesen haben, mit Bestimmtheit wissen, dass sie alle Seiten lesen und auf jedes Wort hören werden, das er überhaupt gesagt hat". Und so wie es Nietzsche mit der Lektüre von... Read more

Cómo se hace una novela

By: Miguel de Unamuno

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Cómo se hace una novela son las memorias de Unamuno mientras se encuentra exiliado en Francia durante el tiempo en el que se proponía escribir el libro Jugo de la Raza.  El significado de una obra tan compleja se revela sobre todo en su estructura o, mejor, en su falta de estructura. El argumento de la supuesta novela que Unamuno imagina en el... Read more

Tolices sobre Pernas de Pau - Abridged

By: Jeremy Bentham

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"O texto de Jeremy Bentham publicado aqui, escrito em 1795 e finalizado em 1796, apresenta uma das mais famosas e influentes críticas dirigidas ao direito natural e, por extensão, à noção de direitos humanos. O tom do texto é, em grande medida, polêmico e panfletário. Bentham destaca a fragilidade dessa perspectiva e seu argumento central reside... Read more

Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia

By: Baltasar Gracián

Narrated by: José Peña Coto

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

No todos los que ven han abierto los ojos, ni todos los que miran ven. (Baltasar Gracián)
¿Qué tiene la obra de un jesuita español del siglo XVII para inspirar a personajes de gran influencia como Arturo Schopenhauer o Elon Musk?  Los 300 aforismos contenidos en esta imperecedera obra dan respuesta a la pregunta. Esta nueva edición en formato de... Read more

Fragmente aus dem Orient - Abridged

By: Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer

Narrated by: Gert Westphal

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Der gebürtige Südtiroler Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (1790–1861) gilt als bedeutender Orientalist. Der Kleinbauernsohn (geboren in Tschötsch bei Brixen) war ein für seine Zeit liberaler Denker, der in München und Frankfurt tätig war, und noch heute als Gelehrter bekannt ist. Sein maßgebliches Werk "Fragmente aus dem Orient", 1845 erstmals... Read more

Prelude to Philosophy

By: Mark W. Foreman

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"The unexamined life is not worth living," according to Socrates, but pursuing the examined life strikes many as daunting, unappealing and even unnecessary. Is philosophy important? Why do I need philosophy if I have the Bible? Aren't philosophers simply engaged in meaningless disputes that are irrelevant to everyday life?



Mark Foreman addresses... Read more

Die Welt ist vom Geist des Schlafens übermannt

By: Pastor Philip

Narrated by: Marianne Jacobs

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Es gibt einen Geist des Schlummers und der Schläfrigkeit, der die Welt ergreift. Das führt dazu, dass Sie Ihre Hände ruhen und Sie sogar aufhören, zu Gott zu beten; und das führt auch dazu, dass Sie Ihre Augen schließen und aufhören, das Wort Gottes zu lesen und sich für Gott einzusetzen. Der Song am Ende der Predigt "Don't wake me up Ukraine",... Read more

L'art d'avoir toujours raison

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Daniel Franck

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

La Dialectique éristique ou l'Art d'avoir toujours raison, est la science des procédés par lesquels les hommes manifestent leur confiance en leurs opinions. C'est aussi, pour dire les choses autrement, l’art de la controverse, celle que l’on utilise pour avoir raison. Schopenhauer, dans ce guide pratique à l'usage des débatteurs, nous divulgue... Read more