Philosophy audiobooks

Why We Meditate

By: Daniel Goleman & Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Narrated by: Adam Barr & Francois Chau

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This “rare and exquisite exploration of the art, science, and practice of meditation” (Roshni Joan Halifax, author of Standing at the Edge) offers a much-needed antidote to the forces of stress that overwhelm so many of us—from New York Times bestselling author Daniel Goleman and renowned meditation teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche.

We all experience... Read more

This Beauty

By: Nick Riggle

Narrated by: Nick Riggle

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An acclaimed philosopher  and new father argues that engaging with beauty can make life worth livingYou didn’t choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditions—this delicate and difficult life. Yet when you consider that your existence is fleeting, an inspired sense of urgency can spring forth. Say you often hike with a friend. One... Read more

The Light of Hermes Trismegistus

By: Charles Stein

Narrated by: Jez Sands

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

• Includes Theogony, The Homeric Hymn to Hermes, The Poem of Parmenides, The Poimandres, The Chaldean Oracles, Hymn to Isis, and On Divine Virtue, each translated from the original Greek or Latin

• Presents interpretive commentary for each text to progressively weave them together historically, poetically, hermeneutically, and magically

Linked to... Read more

Il Mio Primo Platone

By: ENRICO VALENTE

Narrated by: Gio DeCaprio

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

La collana “Incontri filosofici” si propone di presentare a un pubblico non specializzato la vita, il pensiero e le opere dei più grandi filosofi della storia. I temi esposti vengono affrontati con un linguaggio semplice ma rigoroso, adatto fondamentalmente a chiunque. Lo scopo è di fornire al lettore gli strumenti conoscitivi essenziali per... Read more

Proverbs - The World English Bible, Book 20 (Unabridged)

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The Book of Proverbs is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different forms: in the Greek Septuagint (LXX) it became Παροιμίαι (Paroimiai, "Proverbs"); in the Latin Vulgate the title was Proverbia, from which the... Read more

Was ist der Geist des starken Mannes?

By: Pastor Philip

Narrated by: Marianne Jacobs

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Geist des starken Mannes spiegelt Züge des Charakters Satans wider. Er ist egozentrisch, strebt nach Selbstlob und glaubt, er sei Gott. Der Song "Calling on Jesus", aus dem Album "Gospels & All Sorts" gesungen von Chey gibt dem Zuhörer Zeit, über die Botschaft von Pastor Philip nachzudenken. Read more

A Spirit of Slumber Is Overtaking the World

By: Pastor Philip

Narrated by: Pastor Philip

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

There is spirit of slumber and sleepiness that is overtaking the world. And this causes you to fold your hands, and even stop praying to God; and causes you to close your eyes, and stop reading the word of God; and causes you to rest and stop being busy for God. The song at the end of the sermon "Don't wake me up Ukraine", sung by Chey, gives... Read more

Being-Time

By: Shinshu Roberts

Narrated by: Leslie Howard

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A tour-de-force guide to Zen Master Dogen's most subtle and sophisticated philosophical premises: that being and time are inseparable.



Being-Time thoroughly explores Dogen's teaching on how we practice as Buddhas by understanding the relationship between being and time as it is—and as we perceive it to be. Using Dogen's Shobogenzo Uji (The True... Read more

The Dharma of Direct Experience

By: Paul Weiss

Narrated by: Michael Ellick

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

• Examines the direct perception of non-dual reality and shows its implications for navigating ordinary reality in an open, compassionate, and ever-maturing way

• Shares the author’s most significant awakening experiences and explores their psycho-emotional and psychospiritual foundations

• Offers practical teachings for spiritual understanding,... Read more

Paper Belt on Fire

By: Michael Gibson

Narrated by: Alex Boyles

Length: 11 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Paper Belt on Fire is the unlikely account of how two outsiders with no experience in finance―a charter school principal and defrocked philosopher―start a venture capital fund to short the higher education bubble. Against the contempt of the education establishment, they discover, mentor, and back the leading lights in the next generation of... Read more

The Inner Marriage

By: Elliott Saxby

Narrated by: Ryan Paige

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

• Explains polarity work as a tool to heal trauma, become less judgmental, and develop a more integrated relationship with ourselves and others

• Explores 44 common traits of mature and immature masculine and feminine expressions, explaining how to evolve unhealthy expressions into healthy ones

• Offers simple yet profound methods for evolving... Read more

What Is a Strong Man Spirit?

By: Pastor Philip

Narrated by: Pastor Philip

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The strong man spirit reflect traits of Satan's character. He is ego-centric, seeks self praise and believes he is God. The song "Calling on Jesus" from the Album "Gosples & All Sorts," sung by Chey gives the listener time to reflect on Pastor Philip's message. Read more

Henry David Thoreau: Sparsamkeit

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Walden oder Das Leben in den Wäldern - seit Jahrhunderten das Buch für Aussteiger, Frugalisten, Konsumverweigerer - oder auch ganz einfach nur Naturliebhaber! In ihm beschreibt Henry David Thoreau, wie er zwei Jahre lang die Stadt verließ, um im Wald nur mit eigenen Mitteln zu leben. Im Kapitel "Sparsamkeit" legt er dar, wie man das Leben mit... Read more

The Psalms - The World English Bible, Book 19 (Unabridged)

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Book of Psalms, also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived from the Greek translation, ψαλμοί (psalmoi), meaning "instrumental music" and, by extension, "the words accompanying the music". The book is an... Read more

La fuerte razón para estar juntos

By: Peter Sloterdijk

Narrated by: Gustavo Dardes

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro surge de la inversión de la pregunta que ordenaba un proyecto intelectual. En el lapso entre 1998 y 2004, Peter Sloterdijk (Karlsruhe, 1947) gesta, en el monumental proyecto Esferas, su apuesta más vasta para explicar la historia de la humanidad indagando en el carácter pneumático de toda comunidad. Guiaba su mano la siguiente... Read more

Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius

Narrated by: George Allen, Linda Johnson & Gemma L. Myers

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Marcus Aurelius was born in Rome in 121 AD and would become its Emperor from 161 to 180. Considered by Machiavelli as the last of the good Emperors, Marcus Aurelius would become one of the most important of the Stoic philosophers. The "Meditations," which he wrote in Greek, are among the most noteworthy expressions of this system, and exhibit... Read more

The Art of War

By: Niccolò Machiavelli

Narrated by: Phil Chenevert

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Art of War" is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC and is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare and it is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. It was placed at... Read more

Shaped by Saints

By: Devi Mukherjee

Narrated by: Dr. Aditya Gait

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Shaped by Saints Author, Devi Mukherjee takes the reader on a profoundly inspiring pilgrimage to meet saints and realized masters of modern India in forest ashrams, mountain caves, holy places, and shrines. He shares many insights and lessons from the great ones and tells many previously unpublished stories of Yogananda’s early life and return... Read more

The Book of All Books

By: Roberto Calasso

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 15 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Roberto Calasso's The Book of All Books is a narration that moves through the Bible as if through a forest, where every branch—every verse—may offer some revelation. Where a man named Saul becomes the first king of a people because his father sent him off to search for some donkeys that had gone astray. Where, in answer to an invitation from... Read more

The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli

Narrated by: Paul Adams

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Prince" is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was written in 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not representative of the work published during his lifetime, but... Read more

Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Cori Samuel

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A caustic criticism of nearly every philosophic predecessor and a challenge of traditionally held views on right and wrong, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil paved the way for modern philosophical thought. Through nearly three hundred transformative aphorisms, Nietzsche presents a worldview in which neither truth nor morality are... Read more

El poder de las palabras

By: Simone Weil

Narrated by: Cecilia Bona

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

El síntoma más angustiante de la mayoría de los conflictos que ven el día en la actualidad es su carácter irreal. Tienen aún menos realidad que el conflicto entre griegos y troyanos. En el centro de la guerra de Troya había, al menos, una mujer que era, por cierto, la perfección de la belleza. Para nuestros contemporáneos el lugar de Helena lo... Read more

Confesiones de un incrédulo y otros ensayos escogidos

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Walter Krochmal

Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Se ofrece aquí una selección de artículos y ensayos de H. P. Lovecraft sobre filosofía, ciencia, política y literatura. Aparecidos en periódicos, revistas amateury cartas, e inéditos en nuestro idioma, nos presentan una faceta totalmente desconocida —y acaso silenciada— de este influyente genio del imaginario literario del terror y la fantasía.... Read more

Identity and Violence

By: Amartya Sen

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion." —Nadine Gordimer



In this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race,... Read more