Philosophy

The World as Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by Expatriate 4.9
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiab…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 4.8
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…

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
David Hume, an eminent Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, explores the nature and foundation of Morals in this book, which was w…

The Buddhist Catechism

by H. S. Olcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The simple aim of this little book is to give so succinct and yet comprehensive a digest of Buddhistic history, ethics and philosophy as to …

Winds of Doctrine

by George Santayana Read by Expatriate 5
Even before the Great War turned the world upside down, Western civilization was being revolutionized at all levels: intellectually, philos…

Perpetual Peace

by Immanuel Kant Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.5
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace…

Essays

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
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…

Zadig or the Book of Fate

by Voltaire Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…

Thus Spake Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by John Van Stan 4
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …

Svetasvatara Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.7
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

Taittriyaka Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.8
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
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…

Laches

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.5
Laches is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that delves into the nature of courage. Through a conversation between Socrates and several prom…

Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production

by Karl Marx Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his …

De Anima

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.4
On the Soul (Greek Περὶ Ψυχῆς (Perì Psūchês), Latin De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. …

Kena Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.7
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

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…

Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…

The Song Celestial

by Edwin Arnold Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.6
This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet. It is faithful to the text and yet does not read like a translatio…

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