Philosophy audiobooks

Evolving Spirituality

By: Ken Wilber

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In our quest for for meaning, we have turned first and foremost to the great wisdom traditions of the world. Yet, in modern times, these great traditions, and the very notion of spirituality itself, have come under fierce attack by some of our most respected intellectual institutions. Read more

The Integral Perspective

By: Ken Wilber

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

But as fields of knowledge become increasingly specialized, it gets harder and harder to see how disparate strands of understanding could possibly integrate into a unified whole. How do science and religion fit together? Is one right and the other wrong? Or are they both telling us truths about different aspects of a single reality? Is there a... Read more

Entering Into Relationship With Everything

By: Derrick Jensen

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Jensen notes: a principal problem with Western thought is that it views the natural world as a metaphor and nature as a commodity. He argues that the key to change and life sustaining action is rooted in seeing nature as sentient – a being worthy and deserving of personal relationship. Read more

The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Gibran considered The Prophet to be his greatest achievement. First published in 1923, The Prophet has been translated into more than twenty languages, and has become one of the beloved classics of our time. Cherished by millions, the universally inspiring words of The Prophet are here magnificently read aloud. Read more

Entretiens du maître avec ses disciples

By: Confucius Confucius

Narrated by: Michaël Lonsdale

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Confucius, dit-on, vit le jour en 551 avant notre ère, non loin de la ville de Qufu, dans la province de Shandong. Après la mort de sa mère en -527, il enseigna sa connaissance des textes anciens au petit groupe de disciples qui le suivait. Bien qu'il n'ait jamais développé sa pensée de façon théorique, on peut dessiner à grand traits ce... Read more

Die philosophische Hintertreppe - Vol. 2

By: Wilhelm Weischedel

Narrated by: Jo Brauner

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Ob Voltaire, Thomas von Aquin oder Heidegger: Mit diesem Hör- und Denkvergnügen lernen Sie diese und andere große Philosophen kennen und nähern sich der Philosophie auf unkonventionelle Art. Eine intelligente und unterhaltsame Einführung in die Philosophie. Ein Hör- und Denkvergnügen für alle, die sich dem Thema Philosophie auf unkonventionelle... Read more

Creating Your Afterlife

By: Carter Phipps

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What really happens after you die? Will you walk through a tunnel toward a white light? Will you be joined by Jesus? Or Krishna? Will you be reincarnated? Everyone has an opinion about the afterlife, but most conclude we'll never really know for sure. Or will we? Recent studies have produced some hard data that reveal some intriguing clues about... Read more

God Is Alive And Well In The Cosmos

By: Bernard Haisch, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Scientist and former priest Haisch says, “I see God as a macro-designer, one whose ideas become the laws of physics.” He presents a theory of how the gap between science and religion is thinner than one might believe. Read more

A Brief History of God

By: Richard Smoley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Smoley is one of the world's most distinguished authorities on the mystical and esoteric teachings of Western civilization. He's at home with intriguing and complex questions about the history and evolution of Christianity, and how it reflects teachings of the other great wisdom traditions. Read more

A Deep Ecology of the Heart

By: John Seed

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

John Seed travels the world in service to the earth. As a founding father of the Deep Ecology movement, he’s noticed that “we speak of ‘the environment,’ which makes it sound as though this is something that’s far away from us. But if we hold our breath for a few minutes while we consider the matter, we quickly realize that ‘the environment’ is... Read more

The Good Fight - Abridged

By: Peter Beinart

Narrated by: David Slavin

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once upon a time, liberals knew what they believed. They believed America must lead the world by persuasion, not command. And they believed that by championing freedom overseas, America itself could become more free. That liberal spirit won America's trust at the dawn of the Cold War. Then it collapsed in the wake of Vietnam. Now, after 9/11,... Read more

The Tao of Willie

By: Willie Nelson & Turk Pipkin

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte, Turk Pipkin & Willie Nelson

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helping his neighbors and living without pretense. After many hardscrabble years as a poorly paid songwriter (often watching his work become a gold mine for other performers), Willie finally found his own voice?the gentle but unmistakably honest sound... Read more

The Mighty and the Almighty

By: Madeleine Albright

Narrated by: Madeleine Albright

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Does America have a special mission, derived from God, to bring liberty and democracy to the world? How much influence does the Christian right have over U.S. foreign policy? And how should America deal with violent Islamist extremists? Madeleine Albright, the former Secretary of State and bestselling author of Madam Secretary, offers a... Read more

The Wild And Timeless Poet

By: Thomas Rain Crowe

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“You don’t need to go looking for answers. Probably the best way to find them is to stop looking for them, in the sense of being still and being in one place.” These words from Thomas Rain Crowe come straight from his own experience. After following the poet’s path through Ireland, France, and the beat neighborhoods of San Francisco, he found a... Read more

Precious Human Life

By: Arnaud Maitland

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Author and lifelong practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, Arnaud Maitland, reveals how grief over the loss of his mother deepened his ability to apply the Buddhist teachings in his own life. Read more

Der Prophet

By: Khalil Gibran

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

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Philosophy: Who Needs It

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Who needs philosophy? Ayn Rand’s answer: Everyone.This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy but which one to have: a rational,... Read more

The Art of Being

By: Erich Fromm

Narrated by: Raymond Todd

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

This classic work by psychologist and social philosopher Eric Fromm builds upon his previous popular book, To Have or to Be? In The Art of Being, Fromm teaches us to avoid the tantalizing illusions of our consumer-driven world by learning to function as a whole person from a state of inner completeness or being. The transition from an identity... Read more

The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 4 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor, The Prince is a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince, a king, a president.When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that... Read more

The Consolations of Philosophy

By: Alain de Botton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems.From the frustration of misplacing your keys to... Read more

Status Anxiety

By: Alain de Botton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Anyone who's ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor's Lexus had better read Alain de Botton's irresistibly clear-headed book—immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for status, a quest that has less to do with material comfort... Read more

The Nicomachean Ethics

By: Aristotle

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Named for Aristotle's son, Nicomachus, who was the first to edit this work, The Nicomachean Ethics plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics. In the ten books of this work, Aristotle explains the good life for man: the life of happiness.For Aristotle, happiness exists when the soul is in accordance with virtue. Virtue exists in a... Read more

Politics

By: Aristotle

Narrated by: Bernard Mayes

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“How can men best live together?” Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, Politics still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle’s thorough and carefully argued analysis covers a huge range of political issues in the effort to establish which types of constitution are best, both ideally and in... Read more

Pensées

By: Blaise Pascal

Narrated by: William Sutherland

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Compiled after his death in 1662, Pascal's"pens├®es" (thoughts) are his ideas for a book in defense of faith in a rational world. These fragments give evidence of a profoundly original thinker who had resolved the conflict between his scientific mind and his heart-felt faith.The book begins with an analysis of the difference between mathematical... Read more