Philosophy

Human Nature and Conduct

by John Dewey Read by William Allan Jones 3.2
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

by Omar Khayyám Read by Michael Armenta 4.7
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is a celebrated collection of quatrains that explores the profound themes of existence, love, …

Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

by Edgar Thurston Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India explores the rich tapestry of beliefs and practices that shape the psychical life of the people in…

On the Nature of Things

by Titus Lucretius Carus Read by Daniel Vimont 3.6
On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philoso…

Parva Naturalia

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.9
Parva Naturalia is a thought-provoking collection of short treatises by Aristotle that delves into the intricate relationship between the bo…

Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society

by Thomas Hobbes Read by Jeffrey Church 4.6
De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…

Laws

by Plato Read by Jim Locke 4
Laws (Greek: Νόμοι) is Plato's last and longest dialogue. It is generally agreed that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having fail…

Tusculan Disputations

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.9
Tusculan Disputations (Latin: TUSCULANARUM DISPUTATIONUM) is divided into five books which discuss death, pain, grief, perturbations and vir…

Beacon Lights of History

by John Lord Read by KHand 3.8
The first of 14 volumes, this book discusses ancient civilization looking primarily at religion and philosophy. Summary by KHand

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays and reports in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated …

Of Peace of Mind

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Of Peace of Mind is a profound exploration of tranquility in the face of life's inevitable challenges, penned by the Stoic philosopher Senec…

Offences Against One's Self

by Jeremy Bentham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theor…

Louis Lambert

by Honoré de Balzac Read by Don W. Jenkins 3.9
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosop…

On the Heavens

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.6
On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argue…

Elements of Theology

by Proclus Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.6
The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thoma…

Candide

by Voltaire Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Candide, ou l’Optimisme, (“Candide, or Optimism”) (1759) is a picaresque novel by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. Voltaire never ope…

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…

Critón o el deber

by Plato Read by Tux 4.5
Diálogo entre Sócrates y Critón, horas antes de la ejecución del filósofo, en que se trata del deber. Su…

Has a Frog a Soul?

by Thomas Henry Huxley Read by Carl Manchester 4
Thomas Huxley, known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his championing and development of Darwinism, was perhaps the most important Victorian biolog…

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