Philosophy audiobooks

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narrated by: Joe Ochman

Length: 16 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Antifragile is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, and The Bed of Procrustes.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the... Read more

We Hold These Truths

By: Mortimer J. Adler

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 8 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Mortimer Adler devoted a lifetime to studying the great ideas of Western culture and explaining even the most difficult concepts to the average citizen, earning Time magazine's praise as a "philosopher for everyman." In We Hold These Truths, Dr. Adler caps his life's work by illuminating the ideas and ideals that have made the United States of... Read more

The Law

By: Frédéric Bastiat

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed.America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe... Read more

Assholes

By: Aaron James

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of the mega-selling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James presents a theory of the asshole that is both intellectually provocative and existentially necessary.

What does it mean for someone to be an asshole? The answer is not obvious, despite the fact that we are often personally stuck dealing with people for whom there is no... Read more

Wie wollen wir leben? - Abridged

By: Peter Bieri

Narrated by: Peter Bieri

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Wir sind Wesen, die sich fragen können, wer sie sind und wie sie leben möchten. Wir haben die Fähigkeit, uns im Laufe eines Lebens in unserem Tun und Erleben immer besser zu verstehen. Dieses Verstehen hilft uns, Einfluß auf unsere Innenwelt zu nehmen und der selbstbestimmte Autor unseres Lebens zu werden. Read more

Crossing The Murky Moral Terrain Of Ethics

By: Mark Matousek

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Are we moving toward a more ethical future? Here Matousek discusses universal human ethics He points out that ethics may be a minefield of opposing ideologies, special interest and temperamental proclivities. The good news is that humans are hardwired to care for one another, have a sense of justice and fairness, and share a sense of group... Read more

The Problems With Philosophy

By: Bertrand Russell

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The Problems of Philosophy' discusses Bertrand Russell's views on philosophy and the problems that arise in the field. Russell's views focus on knowledge rather than the metaphysical realm of philosophy. 'The Problems with Philosophy' revolves around the central question that Russell asks in his opening line of Chapter 1 - Is there any... Read more

The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness

By: Samuel Avery

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

Written for both the layman and the professional scientist, The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness opens an astounding world and points out that further progress of science depends upon a transcendence of the material world.

Samuel Avery opens a ‘Pandora’s box’… and presents a ‘through the looking glass’ glimpse of the structure of... Read more

First Principles & Natural Law Part II

By: Hadley Arkes

Narrated by: Hadley Arkes

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In Part II of First Principles and Natural Law, Professor Hadley Arkes delves further into the classic connection between morality and law. Indeed, this link between the basis of law and the principles that form the groundwork of moral judgment is very much at play in today's world, as evidenced in everything from Supreme Court decisions to... Read more

Transcendence of the Western Mind

By: Samuel Avery

Narrated by: Andrew Mulcare

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

What is consciousness? This audiobook presents an understanding of life that transcends matter. More importantly, it transcends the difference between what you are and what I am. Despite its reliance on what is known through Western Science, it is a transcendence of the Western understanding of reality. It does not begin with a world and then... Read more

L'invisible qui guérit

By: Gérard Gervais

Narrated by: Gérard Gervais

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

« L’invisible qui guérit » est un saut dans la médecine quantique, médecine du futur où il n’est plus question de médication chimique, mais de guérison autonome dont nous sommes tous capables. Ce CD offre la possibilité de se libérer du stress, de l’anxiété, de l’insomnie, de la dépression et autres malaises générateurs de maladie, en permettant... Read more

Science Set Free

By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Daniel Drasin

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

British biologist Rupert Sheldrake asks questions that most scientists haven't thought of or have been discouraged from asking. He is best known for his morphic field theory, which explores aspects of reality that are unexplained in terms of current physics. In this talk, he proposes setting science free from its most constricting dogmas and... Read more

Re-Creating the World

By: Michael Meade

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Even though it may seem like the end of things, Meade reminds us there are always beginnings embedded in the endings. He takes us on a mythological journey that tips the world towards renewal and says, “Why not find our own thread even in the midst of uncertainty and pain and learn how to weave and create?” Read more

What’s Wrong with the World

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In this important book, G.K. Chesterton offers a remarkably perceptive analysis of social and moral issues, even more relevant today than in his own time. With a light, humorous tone but a deadly serious philosophy, he comments on errors in education, on feminism vs. true womanhood, on the importance of the child, and other issues, using... Read more

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance®

By: Robert M. Pirsig & Peter Flannery

Narrated by: James Purefoy & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An odyssey into life’s challenging questions during an unforgettable summer motorcycle trip

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance became an instant bestseller upon its publication in 1974. A powerful examination of how we live, as well as a... Read more

El Arte de la Guerra

By: Sun Tzu

Narrated by: Gary Dikeos

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

El Arte de la Guerra es el mejor libro de estrategia de todos los tiempos. Inspiró a Napoleón, Maquiavelo, Mao Tse Tung, y muchas más figuras históricas. Este libro de dos mil quinientos años de antigüedad es uno de los más importantes textos clásicos Chinos, en el que, a pesar del tiempo transcurrido, ninguna de sus máximas ha quedado... Read more

Taking Back Our Democracy

By: Steve Bhaerman

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Bhaerman discloses the current political landscape and how to move beyond our polarized positions. He believes it’s not about bringing opposites together in their differences, but jumping over those differences and gathering the virtues and values that 95% of Americans have in common. Read more

How to Think Seriously about the Planet

By: Roger Scruton

Narrated by: Simon Prebble

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the overexploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution. In How to Think Seriously about the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects... Read more

The Platonic Tradition

By: Peter Kreeft

Narrated by: Peter Kreeft

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This engaging course of lectures begins by providing a detailed and accurate overview of Plato's philosophy and it's central idea - the idea of a transcendent reality that has popularly become known as the theory of the Forms. Professor Kreeft then takes us on a concise journey through Western Philosophical history to show how that central idea... Read more

First Principles & Natural Law Part I

By: Hadley Arkes

Narrated by: Hadley Arkes

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In this course of lectures, Professor Hadley Arkes seeks to recall the classic connection between law and morality. Law works by replacing personal choice and private judgment with a public rule enforced on everyone, which raises the question of whether there are in fact rights grounded in the very nature of human beings. Seeking the principles... Read more

True Transformation Is An Inside Job

By: Isha Judd

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

We are often trapped in the matrix of our intellect telling ourselves that we are victims of circumstances: it’s the economy, it’s my upbringing, it’s my job, my co-workers. Judd says, “[T]his moment is the only moment you can change and this moment defines your future moments. So when I focus on praise, love, gratitude, and giving . . . you... Read more

The Transformative Power Of Bliss

By: Sean Meshorer

Narrated by: T. Glen Sebera

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Sean Meshorer says, "Bliss is that abiding feeling deep within ourselves whose hallmarks are things like inner peace, contentment, unconditional love, and joy. It is something that is entirely inside ourselves. Whereas happiness is more of an external phenomenon and is often fleeting . . . Bliss requires no mediation whatsoever. Read more

What Money Can't Buy

By: Michael J. Sandel

Narrated by: Michael J. Sandel

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society.

Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we put a price on human life to decide how much pollution to allow? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate... Read more

Aristotle for Everybody

By: Mortimer J. Adler

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

“Almost all of the philosophical truths that I have come to know and understand I have learned from Aristotle,” says Mortimer J. Adler. This easy-to-listen-to exposition of Aristotle’s thoughts about nature, human actions, and the conduct of life confirms convictions that most of us hold, though we may not be fully aware of them. This is because... Read more