Ancient
The Nicomachean Ethics
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle





The work consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes said to be from his lectures at the Lyce…
Stoicism
Read by Leon Mire
St. George William Joseph Stock





This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the gene…
The Apology of Socrates (version 3)
Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit
Plato





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 Golden Sayings of Epictetus
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Epictetus





Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.
The Analects of Confucius
Read by Jing Li
Confucius 孔子





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…
Meno
Read by Chiquito Crasto
Plato





Meno (Ancient Greek: Μένων) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Written in the Socratic dialectic style, it attempts to determine the d…
The Book of Lieh-Tzu
Read by Chris Masterson
Liezi





Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…
On the Heavens
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle





On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argue…
Phaedrus
Read by Martin Geeson
Plato





“For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they…
Euthyphro
Read by Andrew Miller
Plato





Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …
On the Nature of Things (Watson translation)
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Titus Lucretius Carus





Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Ep…
Economics
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle





Economics (Greek: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ; Latin: Oeconomica) may not have been written by Aristotle. The author provides examples of methods used by the…
On the Nature of the Gods
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Marcus Tullius Cicero





De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discu…
The Ocean of Theosophy
Read by KirksVoice
William Q. Judge





Judge wrote this book because he saw a need for a book about Theosophy that everyone could understand. Discussed are after-death states, r…
A Guide to Stoicism
Read by Bill Boerst
St. George William Joseph Stock





This book is a primer on the philosophy of stoicism, resurrected from its origins in Greek and Roman philosophy. The original philosophy was…
Critias
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato





This is an incomplete dialogue from the late period of Plato's life. Plato most likely created it after Republic and it contains the famous …
The Morals (Moralia), Book 1
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus





The Moralia (or The morals or Matters relating to customs and mores) is a work by the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. It is…
The Sayings of Lao Tzu
Read by Nemo
Lao Tzu





Lao-Tzu, also known as Laozi was a Chinese philosopher believed to have lived in the 6th century BCE and is credited with writing the Tao-Te…
Bhagavadgita - des Erhabenen Sang
Read by Christian Al-Kadi
Unknowntranslated Byleopold Von Schroeder, Translated Byleopold Von Schroeder and Unknowntranslated By Leopold Von Schroeder





Die Bhagavadgita ist eine der zentralen Schriften des Hinduismus. Sie hat die Form eines spirituellen Gedichts. Der vermutlich zwischen dem …
Ion
Read by Simon-Peter Zak
Plato





In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry.—Descri…