Philosophy

Vices are not Crimes

by Lysander Spooner Read by Annise 4.5
In Vices are not Crimes, Lysander Spooner presents a thought-provoking examination of the relationship between individual liberty and govern…

Soul Food

by George Douglas Watson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Soul Food by George Douglas Watson serves as a thoughtful guide for Christians seeking to navigate the complexities of a godly life. This wo…

The Convivio

by Dante Alighieri Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Convivio (The Banquet) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307. This unfinished work of Dante consists of four tr…

Summa Contra Gentiles

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 5
The Summa Contra Gentiles was composed by Thomas Aquinas between 1259 and 1265, in four books broadly covering teachings on God, on Creation…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it …

The Symposium

by Plato Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In one of Plato's more accessible works, Apollodorus tells a friend about a drinking party (or symposium) attended by many of intellectuals …

The Destination Of Man

by Johann Gottlieb Fichte Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Johanne Fichte published The Destination of Man (Die Bestimmung des Menschen) in 1799. It was translated into English in 1846 by Jane Sinnet…

Euthydemus

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.5
Euthydemus is a thought-provoking dialogue by Plato that delves into the art of argumentation and the nature of wisdom. In this engaging exc…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 5
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

The Greek View of Life

by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Read by Martin Geeson 4.3
“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the…

Sentiment, Inc.

by Poul William Anderson Read by Phil Chenevert 4.1
Sentiment, Inc. explores the intricate relationship between emotions and perceptions in a world where feelings can be manipulated. Imagine a…

A Defence of Idealism

by May Sinclair Read by Expatriate 4.9
The philosophy of Idealism, revived in eighteenth-century Europe by George Berkeley, argued against philosophical materialism by maintaining…

Lectures on Landscape

by John Ruskin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Lectures on Landscape presents a thought-provoking exploration of landscape painting through the eyes of John Ruskin, a prominent artist and…

The Characters Of Theophrastus

by Theophrastus Read by David Wales 4.4
Theophrastus ( c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic School. He wrote on many to…

Good Sense

by Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach Read by Roger Melin 4.2
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…

A Philosophical Enquiry

by Edmund Burke Read by ej 4.3
Burke's A Philosophical Enquiry is an important treatise in the history of philosophical aesthetics, putting forth a theory of two concepts …

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

The Arabic Hidden Words

by Bahá'U'Lláh Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater 5
Kalimát-i-Maknúnih or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of t…

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

by Charles Babbage Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal …

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