Philosophy

The Apology of Socrates

by Plato Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit 4.6
Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and miss…

Euthyphro

by Plato Read by Andrew Miller 4.4
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …

Our Knowledge of the External World

by Bertrand Russell Read by Landon D. C. Elkind 4.7
Bertrand Russell gave the Lowell Lectures in March and April of 1914; these lectures produced 'Our Knowledge of the External World'. Russell…

The New Organon

by Francis Bacon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new instrument". This is a …

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

by William Blake Read by P. J. Taylor 4.8
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."The Marriage of Heaven & Hell is William Blake’s masterpiece – a piously bl…

The World As Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by Expatriate 4.2
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…

The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx Read by Jon Ingram 4.1
The Communist Manifesto is a pivotal political document co-authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first published in 1847. This influen…

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…

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

by George Berkeley Read by Peter Tucker 4.8
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in Eng…

Philosophy and Fun of Algebra

by Mary Everest Boole Read by Patricia Oakley 4.5
Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…

Sadhana, the Realisation of Life

by Rabindranath Tagore Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose work reshaped Bengali literatur…

The Dhammapada

by Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller Read by Newgatenovelist 4.9
The Dhammapada collects sayings of the Buddha, offering advice on how to live a full and thoughtful life. The translation used for this reco…

She-rab Dong-bu

by Nagarjuna Read by Chris Masterson 4.5
The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…

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…

On the Nature of Things

by Titus Lucretius Carus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
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…

Thought Power

by Annie Besant Read by Karen V. 4.8
This book presents a clear and systematic study of the nature of thought from the Theosophical perspective. Its study will help the reader g…

The Essays of Francis Bacon

by Francis Bacon Read by Carl Vonnoh, III 4.4
Voltaire was an atheist. Diderot was Enlightened. But trite titles seldom encompass completely the beliefs of any individual. And this one f…

Chandogya Upanishad

by Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.7
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

Unto this Last

by John Ruskin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Unto This Last is a seminal work by John Ruskin that challenges the foundations of political economy and critiques the prevailing capitalist…

Lesser Hippias

by Plato Read by Kevin Johnson 4.7
This work may not be by Plato, or his entirely, but Jowett has offered his sublime translation, and seems to lean towards including it in th…

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