Philosophy

Considerations on Representative Government

by John Stuart Mill Read by Bill Boerst 5
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, includi…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 4.8
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…

Katha Upanishad

by Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.7
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

The Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. The…

Apocrypha

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.8
It is not generally agreed whether Plato was the author of any of these books. I. Hippias Major (or Greater Hippias)II. Second Alcibiades (…

Unto this Last

by John Ruskin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Unto This Last is a seminal work by John Ruskin that challenges the foundations of political economy and critiques the prevailing capitalist…

Ion

by Plato Read by Simon-Peter Zak 4.3
Ion is a thought-provoking dialogue by Plato that delves into the nature of art, inspiration, and the role of the artist. Set in ancient Gre…

The World as Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by Expatriate 4.6
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…

Cosmos

by Alexander Von Humboldt Read by David Wales 5
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…

History of Philosophy

by William Turner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the…

The Light of Egypt

by Thomas H. Burgoyne Read by Jill Preston 4
"The Light of Egypt" will be found to be an Occult library in itself, a textbook of esoteric knowledge, setting forth the "wi…

Vegetarianism and Occultism

by C. W. Leadbeater Read by Audio Andrea 4.5
Vegetarianism and Occultism explores the intriguing relationship between dietary choices and spiritual practices. C. W. Leadbeater delves in…

The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx Read by Jon Ingram 4.1
The Communist Manifesto is a pivotal political document co-authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first published in 1847. This influen…

Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson

by John Charlton Hardwick Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.6
This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores how people have explained the natural world during the last few centuries, w…

Democracy and Education

by John Dewey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

Treatise on the Passions

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…

The Prophet

by Khalil Gibran 4.8
Language: EnglishThe Prophet is the best known work of Khalil Gibran, also known as Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese American poet and artist.…

Maitrayana Upanishad

by Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.9
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse Read by Peter Kuhn 4.7
A major preoccupation of Hesse in writing Siddhartha was to cure his "sickness with life" (Lebenskrankheit) by immersing himself i…

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