Philosophy audiobooks

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Christopher Oxford

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is one of the most extraordinary - and important - texts in Western philosophy. It was written by Friedrich Nietzsche between 1883 and 1885. He cast it in the form of a novel in the hope that his urgent message of the 'death of God' and the rise of the superman (Ubermensch) would have greater emotional as well as... Read more

Fighting God

By: David Silverman

Narrated by: David Silverman & Cara Santa Maria

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Fighting God is a firebrand manifesto from one of the most recognizable faces of atheism. In his audiobook, Silverman—a walking, talking atheist billboard known for his appearances on Fox News—discusses the effectiveness, ethics, and impact of the in-your-face-atheist who refuses to be silent.Silverman argues that religion is more than just... Read more

The Tao of Happiness

By: Derek Lin

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have not encountered Chuang Tzu before, prepare yourself for a treat. He was the sage who stood apart from all others in Chinese history. He was a unique presence, a great mind like no one before or since. Chuang Tzu quickly distinguished himself and became well known for his deep understanding and sense of humor. His mastery was such... Read more

The Stone Reader

By: Peter Catapano & Simon Critchley

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin & Sean Pratt

Length: 26 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy. Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly... Read more

Grandma Says: Wake Up, World!

By: Agnes Baker Pilgrim

Narrated by: Agnes Baker Pilgrim

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Agnes Baker Pilgrim, known to most as Grandma Aggie, is in her nineties and is the oldest living member of the Takelma Tribe, one of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz.A descendant of both spiritual and political tribal leaders, Grandma Aggie travels tirelessly around the world to keep traditions alive, to help those in need, and to be a voice... Read more

Violence, pleasure and fear

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"Violence, pleasure and fear - 7 March 1971 • We have accepted violence as a way of life and yet at the same time we want peace. • Can one live a life in which there is no comparison at all? • Pleasure is the continuance of an experience that is never finished. • We are living in the past. • How can the conscious mind investigate the total... Read more

Is there such thing as free will?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Is there such thing as free will? - 31 May 1967 • Is freedom partial? • Why should I be bound to destiny? Born in India with the tremendous cultural traditions, why should I be caught in it? • Man is more important than the frame into which he is put. • Is it possible for a human being to free himself from society, psychologically? • Human... Read more

A radical transformation in the psyche itself

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

"A radical transformation in the psyche itself - 8 November 1968 • To communicate we must know that the word is not the thing and also be in that state of mind whose quality is attention, care. That can only take place if we are serious. • We are the world and the world is us. To bring about a radical transformation, which is so essential in... Read more

What will make me see that thought breeds frustration?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"What will make me see that thought breeds frustration? - 21 August 1965 • What is the function of thought? • Can the mind see the fact that thought will always breed frustration? • Function is necessary, but function with status, position and power must breed frustration. • Without frustration thought says to itself, 'I am not seeking. I don't... Read more

From where do attachment and detachment come?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"From where do attachment and detachment come? - 24 August 1965 • What is the relationship of the brain to the totality of the mind? • Fear of not being, fear of isolation, fear of not having pleasure, fear of having no relationship, is the soil from which the stem of contradiction grows. • I want to be free of this stem to see what happens if... Read more

A Complete Stillness

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A complete stillness - 25 August 1965 • Is there a single movement that will completely transform my whole way of life? • The passion is there but the perfume doesn't take place. What am I to do? • Am I in a position of a man who for the first time is walking on a road by himself and discovering? • Does one know what a complete stillness means?... Read more

What is truth and what is reality?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"What is truth and what is reality - 18 May 1975 • What is truth and what is reality? • Anything that thought thinks about or reflects upon or projects, that is reality. And that reality has nothing to do with truth. • The art of seeing is to place reality where it is, and not move that in order to get truth. You can't get truth. • How am I to... Read more

Truth does not belong to an individual

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

"Truth does not belong to an individual - 27 September 1975 • Krishnamurti's 'process' and his early years. • Suffering. • The Indian tradition says that there is a manifestation of goodness which happens very rarely. • Truth does not belong to an individual. • What one says is truth. But it becomes truth to me only when I have washed away my... Read more

What is wisdom which is not a movement of thought?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"What is wisdom which is not a movement of thought? - 4 October 1975 • Wisdom, intelligence and truth. • If there is attention is there choice? • Why has man divided perception? • What is wisdom which is not the movement of thought? • What place has the man who perceives truth in this world of reality? • Truth operating in one brain clears that... Read more

Happiness

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s key teaching is that through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment and develop a sense of peace. Accessible to those new to Buddhist teachings as well as more experienced practitioners, Happiness is the only book that collects all practices adapted and developed by Thich Nhat Hanh in his more than... Read more

The seed of a million years

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This series of six talks, given by Krishnamurti in Madras in 1979-80, marks a departure from his usual style of exposition. Usually in the opening talk he would dwell first on the problems of the world and then on the psychological factors underlying them. But here he starts straightaway with the most ancient quest of man to find that which is... Read more

A mind in meditation is concerned only with meditation, not with the meditator

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

"A mind in meditation is concerned only with meditation, not with the meditator - 17 February 1971 • If you can put aside your favourite systems, if you can understand that concentration is merely a resistance and therefore constant conflict and wastage of energy, then we can find out for ourselves what is necessary for a mind that is in a state... Read more

Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another? - 20 August 1949 • Why is it that we dominate, consciously or unconsciously? • To submit oneself to another is the negative form of domination. We shall not be able to solve this problem by thinking in terms of opposites. • Is not domination a process of isolation, which denies... Read more

Why do we seek a method or technique?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Why do we seek a method or technique? - 21 August 1949 • The problems of life do not demand a method, because they are so vital and alive that if we approach with a method we totally misunderstand and don't adequately meet that problem. • Where there is efficiency there is ruthlessness. • The means and the end are not separate. • Reality or God... Read more

Simplicity comes into being when there is freedom from the desire to achieve

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"implicity comes into being when there is freedom from the desire to achieve - 27 August 1949 • One who is sincere can never be simple because he who is trying to be sincere always has the desire to pattern or approximate himself to an idea. • Self-knowledgecanbediscoveredmorefully,deeply,widely,onlywhenthereis passive awareness, which is not... Read more

Why do we seek a method or technique?

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

"Why do we seek a method or technique? - 21 August 1949. • The problems of life do not demand a method, because they are so vital and alive that if we approach with a method we totally misunderstand and don't adequately meet that problem. • Where there is efficiency there is ruthlessness. • The means and the end are not separate. • Reality or... Read more

Relationship has significance only when it is a process of self-revelation

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"Relationship has significance only when it is a process of self-revelation - 17 July 1949 • Where there is authority there can be no discovery of something new. • Relationship based on an idea cannot be a self-revealing process. • Self-knowledge is understood, uncovered and its process revealed through relationship. • Is it possible to love... Read more

The Ending Of Time

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 19 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

1. The roots of psychological conflict - 1 April 1980 Duration: 82 minutes • Has humanity taken a wrong turn? • What is the root of this tremendous inward conflict of humanity? • When I am trying to become something it is a constant battle. • Can the brain itself see that it is caught in time and as long as it is moving in that direction... Read more

The liberation of insight

By: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Narrated by: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"The liberation of insight - 14 September 1980 • Can insight wipe away, banish or dissolve the whole movement of being tied, attached, dependent and lonely? • Is there an order which is not man-made? • Measurement can exist only where there is disorder. • We live in a man-made world, we are the result of man-made minds. Can the mind uncondition... Read more