Philosophy

The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by John Van Stan 4.7
This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, …

A Divine Cordial

by Thomas Watson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This book is an exposition of Romans 8:28: "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the c…

Progress and Poverty

by Henry George Read by Tim Makarios 4.6
Progress and Poverty by Henry George explores the intricate relationship between economic progress and social inequality. Written in 1879, t…

The Republic

by Plato Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC concerning the definition of justice and the order and character of the j…

Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers

by Charles Bradlaugh Read by Ted Delorme 4.7
This book presents a brief bio and a summary of important ideas & events in the lives of 23 great philosophers from ancient times throug…

The Shining Gateway

by James Allen Read by Audio Andrea 4.6
Students of the works of James Allen all over the world will welcome with joy another book from his able pen. In this work we find the Proph…

The Critique of Pure Reason

by Immanuel Kant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philo…

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

by Adam Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of other…

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sough…

The Secret Doctrine

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In this work of comparative religion, ontology and epistemology, Mme. Blavatsky presents science as a belief system of as much value as othe…

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Patanjali Read by Maggie Russell 4.7
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a foundational text of yoga philosophy, offering profound insights into the nature of the mind, consciousnes…

The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers

by François Fénelon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointe…

An Essay on Man

by Alexander Pope Read by Martin Geeson 4.7
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in th…

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth

by René Descartes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation “cogito ergo sum”, “I think, therefore I am.” …. It is a method …

My Confession

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Expatriate 4.6
"My Confession" is a brief autobiographical story of Leo Tolstoy's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis of melancholia. It …

The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

by Xenophon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Xenophon's best memorial of his old guide, philosopher, and friend is this work, in which Xenophon brought together in simple and direct for…

History of Modern Philosophy

by Alfred William Benn Read by Pamela Nagami 4.6
This book is a brief, but cogent discussion of Western philosophy-- from Francis Bacon and Giordano Bruno through Descartes, Spinoza, and Le…

The Ethics

by Benedict De Spinoza Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Ethics is a philosophical book written by Baruch Spinoza. It was written in Latin. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is…

The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

by Alexander Dunlop Lindsay Read by A. Bryan Johnson 4.6
Born in Scotland, Alexander Dunlop Lindsay was a teacher of philosophy at a number of universities in England in the early 1900s. This brief…

On Life

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
What is the "good life" for us mortal beings? Two months spent recovering from a severe injury allowed Tolstoy to develop and orga…

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