Philosophy
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Read by Michael Armenta
Omar Khayyám
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is a celebrated collection of quatrains that explores the profound themes of existence, love, …
Good Sense
Read by Roger Melin
Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
Good Sense is an essential work by Baron Paul Henri Thiry D'Holbach that distills the core ideas of his earlier masterpiece, Systeme de la N…
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today
Read by Mary Reagan
Evelyn Underhill
Underhill emphasizes the practical, here-and-now nature of spiritual life. She argues that spirituality is a genuine and abiding human fact,…
Culture and Anarchy
Read by Nicole Lee
Matthew Arnold
Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book…
A Ballade of Suicide
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G. K. Chesterton
A Ballade of Suicide is a thought-provoking poem by G. K. Chesterton that delves into the complexities of life and death with a unique blend…
The Life of Reason
Read by Fredrik Karlsson
George Santayana
The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…
Fishing with a Worm
Read by Betsie Bush
Bliss Perry
Fishing with a Worm invites listeners into the reflective world of Bliss Perry, a professor and passionate fly fisherman. Set against the se…
The Unreality of Time
Read by Carl Manchester
John Mctaggart
The Unreality of Time by John McTaggart explores the intricate nature of time through a philosophical lens. In this influential essay, McTag…
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
George Berkeley
Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, John Locke. A Hylas is featured in Greek mythology and the name Hyl…
The Wit and Humor of America
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Various
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American wit through a collection of 55 short stories an…
Über den Zorn
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, genannt Seneca der Jüngere, war ein römischer Philosoph, Dramatiker, Naturforscher, Staatsmann und als Stoi…
Les Destinées de la poésie
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Alphonse De Lamartine
Une réflexion sur la Littérature, par un homme de Lettres, aussi poète, et homme politique actif, à médit…
Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
John Charlton Hardwick
This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores how people have explained the natural world during the last few centuries, w…
Magna Moralia
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Magna Moralia, often translated as Great Ethics, is a profound exploration of ethical philosophy attributed to Aristotle, though its authors…
An Old Man's Thought of School
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of An Old Man's Thought of School by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for F…
Fables de La Fontaine
Read by Jean Lambert
Jean de la Fontaine
« Le second livre des Fables de La Fontaine confirme le grand talent du plus célèbre fabuliste. Son art achevé de…
Unto this Last
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John Ruskin
Unto This Last is a seminal work by John Ruskin that challenges the foundations of political economy and critiques the prevailing capitalist…