Philosophy

Mardi

by Herman Melville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Mardi is Herman Melville's imaginative exploration of the South Seas, blending adventure with philosophical inquiry. Set against the backdro…

On The Predestination Of The Saints

by Saint Augustine of Hippo Read by David Ronald 4.7
Wherein the truth of predestination and grace is defended against the semi-Pelagians — those people to wit, who by no means withdraw altoget…

Human Nature And Conduct

by John Dewey Read by William Allan Jones 4.2
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …

The Life of Reason

by George Santayana Read by Fredrik Karlsson 4
The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…

The Apology of Socrates

by Plato Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit 4.6
Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and miss…

The Analects of Confucius

by Confucius 孔子 Read by Jing Li 4.5
The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinke…

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

by John Locke Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This is the third book of John Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Book I was Neither Principles Nor Ideas Are Innate. Book II was Of Idea…

The Unreality of Time

by John Mctaggart Read by Carl Manchester 4.7
The Unreality of Time by John McTaggart explores the intricate nature of time through a philosophical lens. In this influential essay, McTag…

Lesser Hippias

by Plato Read by Kevin Johnson 4.7
This work may not be by Plato, or his entirely, but Jowett has offered his sublime translation, and seems to lean towards including it in th…

The Antichrist

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecce Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be acc…

Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

by Karl Marx Read by Carl Manchester 4.5
The “Theses on Feuerbach” are eleven short philosophical notes written by Karl Marx in 1845. They outline a critique of the ideas of Marx’s …

The Prophet

by Khalil Gibran 4.8
Language: EnglishThe Prophet is the best known work of Khalil Gibran, also known as Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese American poet and artist.…

All Things Are Possible

by Lev Shestov Read by Expatriate 4.7
A passionate exponent of Russian Existentialism, Lev Shestov is little known in the English-speaking world but had an extensive influence on…

The Spirit of Laws

by Montesquieu Read by Benjamin Gittins 4.3
This audiobook covers Volume 1 (Books I to XIX) of "The Spirit of the Laws" (French: De "l'esprit des lois", also someti…

Discourse on Metaphysics

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Read by Peter Tucker 4.6
This is a relatively short treatise by the highly influential and admired philosopher and polymath Leibniz. It presents his views on metaphy…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…

Apocrypha

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.8
It is not generally agreed whether Plato was the author of any of these books. I. Hippias Major (or Greater Hippias)II. Second Alcibiades (…

Isha Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.5
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

Mundaka Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.5
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

The Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations in Greek while on campaign between 170 and 180, as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. The…

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