Philosophy audiobooks

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

Coming to Terms With One’s Shadow

By: Ruth Walshe

Narrated by: Joseph Jacob

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"Though, to some extent, the psychological and the Buddhist way of looking at the shadow is similar, the Buddhist way of seeing, rather than investigating, is far deeper and more penetrating. For if you wash your dirty linen yourself instead of sending it to the laundry, you yourself discover the stains. But unlike with the washing, there is no... Read more

Große Erwartungen

By: Thomas E. Schmidt

Narrated by: Bodo Henkel

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Babyboomer gehen in Rente. Die große Generation tritt ab, die die Bundesrepublik geprägt hat wie keine vor ihr - auf wenig aufsehenerregende, aber souveräne Weise. Die zwischen 1955 und 1969 Geborenen waren der Kindersegen und das statistisch Allgemeine, und sie waren immer mittendrin: zwischen den Ruinen des Krieges, mit Adenauer und... Read more

Henry David Thoreau: Wo ich lebte und wofür ich lebte

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 48 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 "Wo ich lebte und wofür ich lebte" legt er dar,... Read more

Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

Narrated by: Volker Braumann

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"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 Schopenhauer ging, so ging - und geht es bis heute -... Read more

Job - The World English Bible, Book 18 (Unabridged)

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The Hebrew Book of Job is part of Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible. Not much is known about Job based on the Masoretic Text. The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his wife, his three friends (Bildad, Eliphaz, and Zophar), a man named Elihu, God, and angels (one of whom is named Satan). It begins with an introduction to Job's... Read more

Esther - The World English Bible, Book 17 (Unabridged)

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Sam Kusi

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("the Megillah"), is a book in the third section of the Jewish Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible). It is one of the five Scrolls (Megillot) in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament. The book relates the story of a Hebrew woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as... Read more

Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home

By: Marie Kondo

Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Transform your home into a haven of calm and achieve your ideal lifestyle with this inspirational guide, from the Netflix star and #1 bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
 
Inspired by the Japanese concept of kurashi, or “way of life,” Kurashi at Home invites you to visualize your best life from the moment you wake up... Read more

Ley Natural

By: Lysander Spooner

Narrated by: Juan Padilla

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Lysander Spooner (19 de enero de 1808 - 14 de mayo de 1887) fue un filósofo político, ensayista, escritor de panfletos, unitario, abolicionista, teórico del derecho y empresario estadounidense del siglo XIX. Fue un firme defensor del movimiento obrero y severamente antiautoritario e individualista en sus puntos de vista políticos.
La ley natural... Read more

El Discurso Del Método

By: Rodrigo Martinez

Narrated by: René Descartes

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

El Discurso del método, cuyo título completo es Discurso del método para conducir bien la propia razón y buscar la verdad en las ciencias es la principal obra escrita por René Descartes y una obra fundamental de la filosofía occidental con implicaciones para el desarrollo de la filosofía y de la ciencia.Se publicó de forma anónima... Read more

Appalachian Zen

By: Steve Kanji Ruhl

Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan

Length: 15 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This luminous memoir combines the hardscrabble setting of Appalachia with the spiritual wisdom of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.



Appalachian Zen describes a journey we all take, one that Buddhism calls "seeking our true home." Edgy, lyrical, and lovingly rendered, this book recounts how a kid from a Pennsylvania mill-town trailer... Read more

The Idea of Prison Abolition

By: Tommie Shelby

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by J. D. Jackson offers an incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonmentDespite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and sentences... Read more

La Voz del Silencio

By: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Narrated by: Artur Mas

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Este libro narra el viaje del discípulo a lo largo del sendero de la vida, cuenta los peligros que lo acechan y advierte acerca de las precauciones que hay que observar en el camino. Se trata de un viaje iniciático que lleva al viajero hasta el corazón de su templo interior, y en la cual la voz del silencio, el eco de la propia alma, es la única... Read more

Pragmatism and The Meaning of Truth

By: William James

Narrated by: Adam Sims

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

William James was one of the most influential figures in 19th-century American philosophy and psychology. His Pragmatism is a set of lectures that he gave in 1906–07 in answer to the enduring debate between empiricism and rationalism. Shifting between them, he proposed pragmatism as a method, the idea being that the value of any truth is... Read more

The Fate of Man

By: H.G. Wells

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In the design of this book three primary themes interlace and pursue and develop each other.There is first, that invention and science have completely altered the material environment ofhuman life. Next, that the disruptive driving force of an excess of bored and unemployed young men., which must in some manner find relief, will probably shatter... Read more

Maat, la Déesse de la Justice de l'Ancienne Egypte

By: Anna Mancini

Narrated by: Anna Mancini

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

Depuis que l'Egyptologie existe, les spécialistes n'ont cessé d'accumuler des textes parlant de Maat, déesse égyptienne de la justice. Pourtant Maat est demeurée un mystère pour les Egyptologues du monde entier. Jusqu'à ce jour, ils avouent ne pas savoir exactement ce qu'est la Maat. Ce qu'ils déplorent, car il s'agit là d'un concept-clef de la... Read more

Khalil Gibran: The Prophet

By: Khalil Gibran

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve years - that's how long the prophet Almustafa has been waiting for the ship that is to take him back home. The people of the City of Orphalese ask him to tell them about his insights regarding human life: work, love, death, for example. In the ensuing 26 speeches, he does just that. Ever since its first publication in 1923, millions of... Read more

Die große Daniel Schreiber Box - Allein + Zuhause (ungekürzt)

By: Daniel Schreiber

Narrated by: Daniel Schreiber

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"Allein" Zu keiner Zeit haben so viele Menschen allein gelebt, und nie war elementarer zu spüren, wie brutal das selbstbestimmte Leben in Einsamkeit umschlagen kann. Aber kann man überhaupt glücklich sein allein? Und warum wird in einer Gesellschaft von Individualisten das Alleinleben als schambehaftetes Scheitern wahrgenommen? Im Rückgriff auf... Read more

Khalil Gibran: Der Prophet

By: Khalil Gibran

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Zwölf Jahre lang hat der Prophet Almustafa auf das Schiff gewartet, das ihn in seine Heimat zurückbringen soll. Die Bewohner der Stadt Orphalese bitten ihn, ihnen zum Abschied seine Einsichten über die Grundfragen des menschlichen Lebens zu darzulegen - was er in 26 kurzen Reden auch tut. Seit seinem Erscheinen im Jahr 1923 ist "Der Prophet"... Read more

Henry David Thoreau: Das Bohnenfeld

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 31 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 "Das Bohnenfeld" legt er dar, mit welchen Mitteln... Read more

Lysis

By: Platon

Narrated by: Volker Braumann

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Sokrates befindet sich gerade auf dem Weg zur Akademie, als Hippothales ihn anhält und ihn bittet, mit ihm in die neu errichtete Palästra zu kommen, um nähere Bekanntschaft mit jenem Jüngling zu machen, in den er, Hippothales, ganz offenkundig schwer verliebt ist. Der Name des Jünglings: Lysis. Bereitwillig folgt Sokrates dem Verliebten und... Read more

Out of the Woods

By: Betsy Griffin

Narrated by: Betsy Griffin & Fearne Cotton

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A little optimism goes a long way. ‘Wise, wonderful Betsy … I am blown away by her courage and wisdom.’Fearne Cotton ‘Betsy is the most gloriously wonderful, positive, cute, inspiring girl … Her disability has become her unique ability.’Davina McCall As she finds her way home out of the... Read more

La disciplina marcará tu destino (Las 4 virtudes estoicas 2)

By: Ryan Holiday

Narrated by: Abraham Vega

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

«Ryan Holiday ha traído las antiguas enseñanzas del estoicismo a millones de lectores, desde atletas y políticos hasta directores ejecutivos».
Good Morning America Un inspirador tributo al poder y la promesa de la autodisciplina; este es el segundo libro de la serie «Las 4 virtudes estoicas»
Ryan Holiday, autor superventas de The New York Times.... Read more

Buddhist Reflections on Death

By: V. F. Gunaratne

Narrated by: Jonathan Nelson

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an audiobook of Wheel Publications No. 102/103 Buddhist Reflections on Death by V. F. Gunaratne, narrated by Jonathan Nelson. 
"To most of us, at some moment or another, the spectacle of death must have given rise to the deepest of thoughts and profoundest of questions. What is life worth, if able bodies that once performed great deeds... Read more