Philosophy

Thoughts on Art and Life

by Leonardo da Vinci Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einst…

The World As Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by Expatriate 4.2
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiab…

Zadig or the Book of Fate

by Voltaire Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…

Essays in Radical Empiricism

by William James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Essays in Radical Empiricism presents a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of experience and reality through the lens of William Ja…

The Subjection of Women

by John Stuart Mill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Subjection of Women is the title of an essay written by John Stuart Mill in 1869, possibly jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill, st…

The Enchiridion

by Epictetus Read by Brian Mumford 4.8
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is studied and admired by successful people the world over. Marcus Aurelius thought of the Enchiridion in…

Ashtavakra Gita

by Rajanikant Chandwadkar 4.9
Android phone users can now listen to this Ashtavakra Gita Audiobook on the go without having to download audio files. An app has been devel…

Fear and Trembling

by Soren Kierkegaard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
"And God tempted Abraham and said unto him: take Isaac, thine only son, whom thou lovest and go to the land Moriah and sacrifice him th…

Reincarnation

by Théophile Pascal Read by KirksVoice 4.7
Dr. Pascal brings us the Theosophic knowledge to reincarnation. He discusses four main topics: 1). The Soul and the Bodies, 2). Reincarnat…

Alcibiades I

by Plato Read by Kevin Johnson 4.7
As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The …

The Critique of Practical Reason

by Immanuel Kant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Critique of Practical Reason (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788…

Anthem

by Ayn Rand Read by Chere Theriot 4.2
Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of…

Essays

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

The Freedom of the Will

by Jonathan Edwards Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
As religion is the great business, for which we are created, and on which our happiness depends; and as religion consists in an intercourse …

Phaedrus

by Plato Read by Martin Geeson 4.3
“For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 5
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

On the Shortness of Life

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Read by Naduplants 4.5
De Brevitate Vitae (English: On the Shortness of Life) is a moral essay written by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, sometime a…

The Book of Tea

by Kakuzō Okakura Read by Mike Rosenlof 4.7
The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many…

A Short History of Greek Philosophy

by John Marshall Read by Peter Tucker 4.6
History of Ancient Greek philosophy from pre-Socratics to Aristotle and on to the Sceptics and the Stoics. - Summary by Peter Tucker

Perpetual Peace

by Immanuel Kant Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.5
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace…

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