Philosophy audiobooks

The Socratic Dialogues: Early Period

By: Benjamin Jowett

Narrated by: David Rintoul

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Here, in this second collection of Socratic Dialogues from Plato's Early Period, read by David Rintoul as Socrates with a full cast, are contrasting six works. Often, as with Gorgias, which opens the recording, Socrates combats the popular subjects of sophistry and rhetoric, in direct conversation with Gorgias (a leading sophist teacher), and... Read more

WTF?

By: Robert Peston

Narrated by: Luke Thompson & Robert Peston

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

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'Richly argued and brilliantly written... a deeply thoughtful analysis that should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking to understand where we have gone wrong.' Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times

In WTF? Robert Peston draws on his years of experience as a political, economics and business journalist to show us what has... Read more

Life Skills Junkie

By: Howie Junkie

Narrated by: How-To Junkie

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Life Skills Junkie":
Howdy friend, who wants "to improve yourself with better life skills,"
Do you want to improve your life? Yes, that is a rhetorical question...then improve your skills for life!
Life skills are really crucial to have - ranging from interacting with people, to working with all sorts of... Read more

The Myths We Live By

By: Mary Midgley

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful audiobook, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self interest; and in science the idea of human beings as machines, which originates in the seventeenth century, is a today a potent force. Far... Read more

Perceptual Intelligence

By: Brian Boxer Wachler

Narrated by: Brian Boxer Wachler

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

With the lucid verve and solid scientific grounding of an Oliver Sacks or Malcolm Gladwell, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler guides listeners on a fascinating tour of the bedrock of our existence—the way our senses perceive everything and everyone in the world around us.Why does one person see Jesus in a shower curtain, get a “bad feeling” about someone... Read more

The Socratic Dialogues: Early Period

By: Benjamin Jowett

Narrated by: David Rintoul & Laurence Kennedy

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists, with the personality of Socrates himself coming alive as he deals with a host of subjects, from justice and inspiration to courage, poetry and the gods.

Plato's Socratic Dialogues provide a bedrock for classical Western... Read more

The Art of the Donald

By: Christopher Bedford

Narrated by: Christopher Bedford

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Motivational self-help advice from President Donald Trump, covering everything from leadership and self-confidence to how to succeed in business.

President Donald Trump knows about living the good life and achieving success. With his election to the presidency, he added to a life that already includes billions of dollars, worldwide celebrity, and... Read more

The Fear Factor

By: Abigail Marsh

Narrated by: Christine Lakin

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "compelling scientific detective story," a leading neuroscientist looks for the nature of human kindness in the brains of heroes and psychopaths (Wall Street Journal).

At fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. She used the tools she had available... Read more

Beyond the Messy Truth

By: Van Jones

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart—by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times) who coined the term “whitelash”

Van Jones burst into the American consciousness during the... Read more

Stoicism

By: Ryan James

Narrated by: Eric Burr

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Stoicism: Live a Life of Virtue - Complete Guide on Stoicism provides an overview of the history of the stoic philosophy as well as profiles of some of the ancient masters who contributed to its development. In addition, it tells the stories of some modern practitioners of the philosophy who successfully used it to overcome difficult situations... Read more

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

By: Arundhati Roy & John Cusack

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan & Jim Meskimen

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this rich dialogue on surveillance, empire, and power, Roy and Cusack describe meeting with National Security Agency whistleblower Ed Snowden.In late 2014, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, and Daniel Ellsberg traveled to Moscow to meet with Edward Snowden. The result is a series of essays and dialogues in which Roy and Cusack reflect on their... Read more

Your Conscious Mind

By: New Scientist

Narrated by: Mark Elstob

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A voyage through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes awry.

What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human? The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of a person's life. It makes us aware of the world... Read more

The Perennial Philosophy

By: Aldous Huxley

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Perennial Philosophy," Aldous Huxley writes, "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world, and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions."



With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian... Read more

Between Past and Future

By: Hannah Arendt

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice,... Read more

On Being Awesome

By: Nick Riggle

Narrated by: Nick Riggle

Length: 5 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A lively philosophical exploration of what it means to be awesome and not suck, and a plea for more awesomeness in our personal, social, and public lives

In this engaging, fun, and astute investigation of a thoroughly contemporary condition, philosopher and former pro skater Nick Riggle argues that our collective interest in being awesome (and... Read more

Viajar para Trascender (Travel as Transformation)

By: Gregory V. Diehl

Narrated by: Xavi Parellada

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

De vivir en una camioneta en las calles de San Diego, a cultivar chocolate con las tribus indígenas en Centroamérica, a enseñar en Oriente Medio y a hacer voluntariado en África, el autor de éxitos de ventas Gregory V. Diehl ha seguido un camino mundano y poco convencional. Dejando su casa en California cuando era adolescente, pasó a vivir y... Read more

Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing

By: Daniel Tammet

Narrated by: Daniel Tammet

Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language by the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.

Is vocabulary destiny? Why do clocks "talk" to the Nahua people of Mexico? Will A.I. researchers ever produce true human-machine dialogue? In this mesmerizing collection of essays, Daniel Tammet answers these and many other... Read more

Consider the Lobster (A Story from Consider the Lobster)

By: David Foster Wallace

Narrated by: David Foster Wallace & Robert Petkoff

Length: 15 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person?

David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of John McCain's 2000... Read more

The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Mysticism

By: Renuka Singh & The Dalai Lama XIV

Narrated by: Matthew McFetridge

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Mysticism is popularly understood as becoming one with God or the Absolute. In this inspirational book, the Dalai Lama's thoughts on the nature and meaning of mysticism, how we can live lives infused with mystical experience, and how mysticism can result in both personal and social change are revealed. The book consists of four sections-an... Read more

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 5 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up... Read more

1900: Or; The Last President

By: Ingersoll Lockwood

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

This near-future political satire about the election of a new president argues that socialism and populism will eventually give rise to chaos and disaster. Authored by Ingersoll Lockwood-around whom conspiracy theories concerning the sci-fi/fantasy character Baron Trump now abound-1900; or, The Last President is notable for both its clairvoyance... Read more

The Choice Point for Humanity in “The Age of Surprises"

By: Deirdre Hade & William Arntz

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This physicist and mystic combine their wisdom and experience to encourage us at this time of “choice point” for humanity. They describe what occurs in our brain when surprises happen and how that provides the opportunity to instantly change a long-standing habit. Hade describes the importance of knowing our core values in order to be resilient. Read more

On Revolution

By: Hannah Arendt

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Hannah Arendt’s penetrating observations on the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding of our political landscape. On Revolution is her classic exploration of a phenomenon that has reshaped the globe.From the eighteenth-century rebellions in America and France to the explosive changes... Read more

La philosophie du bien-être

By: Gérard Gervais

Narrated by: Gérard Gervais

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Une prise de conscience incontestable de l’origine de nos malaises psychiques et corporels nous est présentée dans ce livre ainsi que la solution pour échapper définitivement au stress, à la dépression, à l’anxiété et à l’insomnie.Le présent livre audio rédigé par l’auteur du best seller l’invisible qui guérit, livre publié aux éditions LER et... Read more