Philosophy audiobooks

Le neveu de Rameau

By: Denis Diderot

Narrated by: Denis d'Inès & Jean Debucourt

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Sur le point d'assister à un récital d'opéra, un philosophe rencontre le neveu du compositeur Rameau. Leur discussion est l'occasion d'aborder de nombreux sujets tels que l'art, l'éducation, la vertu, la morale ou la musique. Entre le philosophe moraliste et le neveu cynique semble de prime abord exister un fossé, qui, au fur et à mesure du... Read more

Platon, sa vie son oeuvre

By: Platon

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Ce livre audio vous permettra de vous initier à la vie et à l'oeuvre de Platon, l'un des plus grands philosophes. Fils d'une famille de l'aristocratie athénienne, Platon semblait être destiné à occuper des responsabilités politiques de tout premier ordre. Mais sa rencontre avec Socrate bouleverse ces plans. A la mort du maître, il se consacre,... Read more

Aristote, sa vie son oeuvre

By: Aristote

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Après la mort prématurée de son père médecin, Aristote intègre l'académie de Platon. A la mort du philosophe, il apprend les subtilités de l'art politique aux côtés du tyran Hermias d'Atarnée. En 343, l'élève Aristote, appelé par Philippe roi de macédoine, devient précepteur et responsable de l'éducation du jeune Alexandre le Grand. A son retour... Read more

Durkheim : Cours de philosophie

By: Emile Durkheim

Narrated by: Juliette Lancrenon

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Philosopher, c'est essayer de penser par soi-même, librement. Autant dire que c'est une nécessité pour chacun de nous. Nous philosophons tous, la plupart du temps sans le savoir. Au delà du formatage des idées, des a priori et des luttes partisanes ou idéologiques, Emile Durkheim nous donne un véritable cours de philo, simple et accessible, pour... Read more

Discours sur le bonheur

By: Emilie du Chatelet

Narrated by: Fabienne Prost

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Cette comédie philosophique qui tente de répondre à la question fondamentale " Comment être heureux sur cette terre ? " s'articule en deux parties. Alors que la première aborde les thèmes philosophiques, la seconde est consacrée à la passion amoureuse. " Les gens heureux ne cherchent rien. " Quittée par Voltaire, après dix ans de vie commune... Read more

Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous

By: George Berkeley

Narrated by: Albert A. Anderson

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Berkeley uses the Socratic mode of inquiry in Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous to question fundamental beliefs about knowledge and reality. These dialogues are between Hylas (whose name is derived from the ancient Greek word for matter) and Philonous, whose name means “lover of mind.” The new physical sciences developed in the... Read more

Descartes' Meditations

By: Rene Descartes

Narrated by: Albert A. Anderson

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

René Descartes is often described as the first modern philosopher, but much of the content of his Meditations on First Philosophy can be found in the medieval period that had already existed for more than a thousand years. Does God exist? If so, what is his nature? Is the human soul immortal? How does it differ from the body? What role do sense... Read more

Le prophète du libéralisme

By: Michel Piquemal

Narrated by: Michel Piquemal

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Il nous avait tous réunis, sur le golf somptueux de sa demeure privée. Et nous le suivions radieux, portant fièrement à tour de rôle le sac garni de ses clubs. Et nous nous tenions là pour apprendre de lui, pleins d’une soif de savoir humble et sans borne. Juges, médecins, banquiers, professeurs, chefs d’entreprise, journalistes... notre cortège... Read more

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach

Length: 14 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Here in one volume are both the Essays: First Series and Essays: Second Series from one of the most influential philosophers in American history.Although Ralph Waldo Emerson, perhaps America’s most famous philosopher, did not wish to be referred to as a transcendentalist, he is nevertheless considered the founder of this major movement of... Read more

Healing at the End of the Century

By: Elizabeth Kubbler Ross

Narrated by: Elizabeth Kubbler Ross

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The late Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was a pioneer in the field of death and dying and she established the five stages of grief, now widely acknowledged, accepted, and utilized in day-to-day practice. Kubler-Ross's curiosity about death and dying led her witness and hear about extraordinary events.A Better Listen audio production. Read more

The Mind and the Brain

By: Jeffrey M. Schwartz & Sharon Begley

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind–and demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain.Conventional science has long held the position that 'the mind' is merely an illusion, a side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. Now... Read more

The Ecstasy of Influence

By: Jonathan Lethem

Narrated by: Jonathan Lethem

Length: 16 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

What’s a novelist supposed to do with contemporary culture? And what’s contemporary culture sup­posed to do with novelists? In The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, tangling with what he calls the “white elephant” role of the writer as public intellectual, arrives at an astonishing range of answers.

A constellation of previously published... Read more

From Monastery to Marketplace

By: Jan Phillips

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A friend put Phillips in pursuit of her spiritual practice which involves deep listening and resulted in a flood of creative outpouring that fueled her imagination. This deep dialogue covers such topics as quantum physics to fear, from "erosphere" to "infosynthesis." Read more

Ensuring Your Well-Being

By: Robert J. Wicks, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In working with people in the helping professions who are most in danger of burnout or traumatic stress, Wicks has made many discoveries on how we can live our fleeting days with meaning, peace, compassion, and contentment. His reflections include many unforgettable stories that will live in your heart for years to come. Read more

Socrates in the City

By: Eric Metaxas

Narrated by: Eric Metaxas & the contributing authors

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the extraordinary success of the New York Times bestseller Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas’ latest book offers inspirational and intellectually rigorous thoughts about the great questions surrounding us all today.The Greek philosopher Socrates famously said that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Taking this as a starting point, Eric... Read more

Healing at the Speed of Sound

By: Don Campbell & Alex Doman

Narrated by: Don Campbell

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Healing at the Speed of Sound™: Listen as the authors talk about how to explore groundbreaking brain science, with practical applications of sound, music, and silence. A study of groundbreaking research and the most current clinical applications in the field of sound and music healing-how rhythm, melody, harmony, tempo evoke responses in the... Read more

This I Believe: Life Lessons

By: Mary Jo Gediman, Dan Gediman & John Gregory

Narrated by: Ensemble Cast

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Broadcast weekly on Bob Edwards’ SiriusXM Satellite Radio and public radio shows, This I Believe features the voices, personal experiences, and profound insights of students, educators, politicians, artists, executives, the struggling and the successful. These diverse, engaging essays are valuable lessons for those just starting out or anyone... Read more

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

By: George Berkeley

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

First published in 1710, George Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge is a seminal contribution to Empiricist philosophy. Making the bold assertion that the physical world consists only of ideas and thus does not exist outside the mind, this work establishes Berkeley as the founder of the immaterialist school of... Read more

Ethics

By: Benedict de Spinoza

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics, first published in 1677, constitutes a major systematic critique of the traditional and religious foundations of philosophical thought. In it, Spinoza follows a logical step-by-step format consisting of definitions, axioms, propositions, proofs, and corollaries to create a comprehensive inquiry into the truth about... Read more

Liebe - Wie sie gelingt (Ungekürzt)

By: Wilhelm Schmid

Narrated by: Andreas Keller

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Warum lieben wir? Und kann man Liebe erlernen? Bestsellerautor Wilhelm Schmid zeigt, wie es gelingt, die Liebe erfolgreich und erfüllend zu leben. Amüsant, leicht hörbar und teils sehr persönlich erzählt er darin von seinen Erkenntnissen über die Liebe, stellt sich den großen Fragen von Macht, Sex und Geld und unterschlägt auch nicht den... Read more

Poetry: The Unfolding of What Is Hidden

By: Jane Hirshfield

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Hirshfield points out that many people turn to poetry in times of great life transitions. She says, “You know when people fall in love, or when they lose love, or lose someone they loved, that is when they want a poem. When they get married, they want a poem. These great transitions are larger than the normal, ordinary consciousness. And... Read more

The Sunflower

By: Simon Wiesenthal

Narrated by: Robertson Dean & Laural Merlington

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to—and obtain absolution from—a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth,... Read more

The Spirit of Laws

By: Baron de Montesquieu

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 22 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1748, this is possibly the most masterful and influential book ever written on the subject of liberty and justice. Accordingly, it is a work that profoundly influenced America’s Founding Fathers. Its success was due partly to the fact that it was the first systematic treatise on politics, partly to Montesquieu’s... Read more

La vie avant la naissance

By: Josette Stanké

Narrated by: Josette Stanké

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Il semble que la vie en se donnant dépose à la nôtre le désir de devenir tout ce que nous pouvons être ; mais aussi celui d'éprouver le sentiment d'être nous-mêmes et de nous connaître. Read more