Philosophy audiobooks

The Diamond Sutra

By: Red Pine

Narrated by: Brian Arens

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripture—with insightful commentary and helpful historical context. Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts --in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired... Read more

Unusual Topics & Interesting Reviews

By: Chirag Patel

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

If you're struggling with how to demystify the world, check out this guide. With answers about everything from AI and mental health, to living through hard times and discussions of philosophy, theology and spirituality, it contains a wealth of interesting facts, ideas and opinions.
Also includes a section on marijuana-related questions, and... Read more

The Author's Craft

By: Arnold Bennett

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do we write? What does it mean to be a writer?
This book contains no useful tips on grammar, style, or plot. Instead, it focuses on the observation and perspective that is needed to be a good writer - on the fact that writing is an expression of the art of living. A lovely journey through a very Edwardian world.
Covers Writing novels and... Read more

Zen Buddhism And Its Relation To Art

By: Arthur Waley

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A great primer on the history of Japanese art as it evolved under the Buddhist (and later Zen) movements embedding in Japan's culture. Written by the first great populariser of Chinese and Japanese cultural artefacts, including translating a great number of Chinese poems and literary works.
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Mishkât Al-Anwar (The Niche For Lights)

By: Al- Ghazzali & WHT Gairdner

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 4 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The classic work of Sufi mystical thinking from 1100CE, available in audiobook for the first time. It is also known as A Niche of Lamps.
In the middle ages, Sufi scholars reconciled rationality and faith, both of which were ascendant in the empires of the time. This is one of the great philosophical and theological works from that period, and... Read more

The Art Of War

By: Lionel Giles & Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

There are many versions of this work in English, and it is included as a useful reflection once one has pondered Daoism’s key texts. The title is properly ‘'Sun Tzu's Military Method'. It was written at the time of the Dao and Zhuang Zi, several centuries before the Lieh Tzu. For fifteen hundred years, it was part of China’s canonical strategic... Read more

Arthashastra, or, The Playbook of Material Gain

By: Chanakya

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Truly radical "Machiavellianism", in the popular sense of that word, is classically expressed in Indian literature in the Arthashastra of Kautilya (written long before the birth of Christ, ostensibly in the time of Chandragupta): compared to it, Machiavelli's The Prince is harmless.
— Max Weber, Politics as a Vocation (1919)
Chanakya's treatise,... Read more

Lieh Tzu

By: Lieh Tzu & Lionel Giles

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the four central works in Daoism. The Lie-Tzu, or Liezi, was originally thought to have been composed in the same period as the Dao and Zhuang Zi, around the 5th century BCE. However, it is now believed to have been compiled nearly a thousand years later, around 400 CE.
Lionel Giles, in fact, was one of the first to call out the Lieh Tzu’s... Read more

جلسة تحضير الأرواح - Abridged

By: طارق الزيات

Narrated by: محمد نصر الله

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

جلسة تحضير الأرواح كتاب شيق للدكتور طارق الزيات عن معتقد إشكالي بين الأديان والثقافات، حيث يعتقد محضرو الأرواح أن البشر يتكون من جسد ونفس وروح، ومع موت الإنسان يتوقف الجسد عن الحياة المادية إلا أن الروح تظل في الوجود لأنها محفوظة في النفس. ومن وجهة نظر محضرو الأرواح فإن الروح تتحرك بعد الوفاة عبر عدة مستويات خارج كوكب الأرض، وذلك يتراوح بين... Read more

Anxiety

By: Samir Chopra

Narrated by: Asa Siegel

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Today, anxiety is usually thought of as a pathology, the most diagnosed and medicated of all psychological disorders. But anxiety isn't always or only a medical condition. Indeed, many philosophers argue that anxiety is a normal, even essential, part of being human, and that coming to terms with this fact is potentially transformative. In... Read more

Tremendous Trifles

By: GK Chesterton

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A wonderful and whimsical collection of short essays on everything from sketching on brown paper and building toy theatres to the nature of Englishness and faith.
"Tremendous Trifles contains simply some of the best essays Chesterton ever wrote. They originally appeared in the Daily News, which Chesterton contributed to from 1901 to 1913, and... Read more

Zhuangzi | Chuang Tzu

By: Zhuang Zi & Chuang Tsu

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The Chuang Tsu is one of the most important books in Chinese literature and philosophy. It is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism. Also titled Zhuangzi, it is a commentary and extension of the Dao de Jing/Tao Te Ching, in the same way that Mencius' Analects are an exploration of Confucius' thought. Written in around 300BCE during the... Read more

Confusion

By: Dr. Marwa Magdy

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A story that tells about the journey of a man and a woman who was brought together by love, but the world separated them. Fear was the biggest obstacle that prevented each of them from confessing their feelings to the other. After years of separation, they finally decided to confess their love, but it was too late. Read more

The One Self Teachings

By: Story Waters

Narrated by: Story Waters

Length: 17 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The One Self Teachings is a series of six masterclasses (3 sessions each) that delivers one of the best overviews of Story’s message with an in-depth view of reality, collective consciousness, and the human condition.
Class 1: Creating Humanity - Story starts with one of his most comprehensive overviews of the teachings.
Class 1: Part One -... Read more

The Jesus Clones

By: Tordín Lyn

Narrated by: Leanan Sídhe & Tordín Lyn

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine what could happen if a religious zealot possessing wealth, power, and bio-technical genius, came into possession of a thorn from the Crown of Thorns placed upon Jesus’ head at the time of His Crucifixion. Richard Francis Craig had such a thorn and recovered Jesus’s DNA from its fossilized remains. He then joined forces with two... Read more

The Bridge of Consciousness

By: Story Waters

Narrated by: Story Waters

Length: 31 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive deep into the realms of self-discovery with The Bridge of Consciousness. Each broadcast invites you to explore the profound wisdom that resides within, empowering you to tap into your true potential and embrace a life filled with purpose and passion. Expand your perception beyond the ordinary as you engage with thought-provoking concepts... Read more

The Astral Plane

By: C. W. Leadbeater

Narrated by: Sripad Jagannatha Das & The Vraj Mandala

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Charles Webster Leadbeater delves into the mystical realm of the astral plane in his work, "The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants, and Phenomena." Within the pages of this exploration, Leadbeater paints a vivid picture of an ethereal dimension beyond the physical world. Inhabitants of the astral plane, according to Leadbeater, encompass a... Read more

Mindful Living: Simple Steps to Save Our Planet

By: Dorian Halesworth

Narrated by: Nick Porter

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mindful Living: Simple Steps to Save Our Planet"
Embrace Mindful Living for a Sustainable Future: A Simple, Yet Profound Guide with Clear Insights and Explanations
Are you eager to enhance your understanding of transforming daily habits into sustainability practices and contribute positively to our planet’s health?
Looking for a comprehensive... Read more

Discover the Hidden Reality: Exploring the Holographic Universe

By: Jasper Hawthorne

Narrated by: Nick Porter

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the Hidden Reality: Exploring the Holographic Universe
Are you eager to advance your understanding and uncover the mysteries shaping our hidden, true reality?
Searching for a thorough guide that provides all the essential elements to unlock these secrets?
Look no further!
This audiobook is your ultimate companion for deepening your... Read more

Improbable Possibilities

By: Linda E. Rawlings

Narrated by: Linda E. Rawlings

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Observe Possibilities.Entangle Possibilities.Create Possibilities.Throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks.Several years ago, I was approached by Carolyn Wyman, author of “The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book” to write a book about Otis Spunkmeyer Cookies. I am co-founder of Otis Spunkmeyer Cookies with my husband, but no... Read more

Freedom

By: Dr. Marwa Magdy

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of a person searching for freedom through his relationship with a bird. How can this relationship teach us about true freedom? Read more

Nostalgia

By: Dr. Marwa Magdy

Narrated by: Pandarosh

Length: 1 minute

Abridged: No

A story that tells the story of a woman whose father died and she was hoping to find compensation in her husband, but she found the opposite. Read more

Psychopolitics

By: Byung-Chul Han

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of... Read more

The Intellectual Life

By: A.G, Sertillanges, O.P.

Narrated by: Joel Richards

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Fr. Sertillanges's teachings are as timeless as any truths which describe the genuine nature of things. . . . This book is highly recommended not only for intellectuals, but also for students and those discerning their vocation in life.?New Oxford Review [This] is above all a practical book. It discusses with a wealth of illustration and insight... Read more