Philosophy
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2
Read by Michael Armenta
Omar Khayyám
One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life…
Good Sense
Read by Roger Melin
Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
In 1770, Baron D'Holbach published his masterpiece, "Systeme de la Nature", which for a long time passed as the posthumous work of…
Culture and Anarchy
Read by Nicole Lee
Matthew Arnold
Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book…
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today
Read by Mary Reagan
Evelyn Underhill
Underhill emphasizes the practical, here-and-now nature of spiritual life. She argues that spirituality is a genuine and abiding human fact,…
A Ballade of Suicide
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G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Ballade of Suicide by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 20,…
The Life of Reason volume 1
Read by Fredrik Karlsson
George Santayana
The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…
Fishing with a Worm
Read by Betsie Bush
Bliss Perry
Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry includes the poignant and philosophical observations of a fly fisherman lured by the worm. Bliss Perry wa…
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
George Berkeley
Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, John Locke. A Hylas is featured in Greek mythology and the name Hyl…
The Unreality of Time
Read by Carl Manchester
John Mctaggart
John McTaggart was a British metaphysician and philosophical idealist. In this famous article for the periodical Mind, he introduced the not…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…
Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
John Charlton Hardwick
This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores how people have explained the natural world during the last few centuries, w…
Magna Moralia
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Magna Moralia (Ancient Greek: ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ, English: Great Ethics) discusses topics including friendship, virtue, happiness and God. It is…
An Old Man's Thought of School
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of An Old Man's Thought of School by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for F…
Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy
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John Ruskin
John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as …
The Birth of Tragedy
Read by Jim Locke
Friedrich Nietzsche
In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and…
In Harmony with Nature
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Matthew Arnold
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of In Harmony with Nature. by Matthew Arnold. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 8, 201…
Some Answered Questions
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Abdu’L-Bahá ‘Abbás
Some Answered Questions was first published in 1908. It contains questions asked to `Abdu'l-Bahá by Laura Clifford Barney, during sev…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 004
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Various
A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…
Principia Ethica
Read by Fredrik Karlsson
George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertr…
A Defence of Idealism
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May Sinclair
The philosophy of Idealism, revived in eighteenth-century Europe by George Berkeley, argued against philosophical materialism by maintaining…