Philosophy

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…

Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll

by Robert G. Ingersoll Read by Ted Delorme 4.8
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll presents a compelling collection of thought-provoking lectures from one of the most influential orators of t…

Essays in Radical Empiricism

by William James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Essays in Radical Empiricism presents a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of experience and reality through the lens of William Ja…

The Problems of Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell Read by Landon D. C. Elkind 4.6
This 1912 book remains among the most widely-used and well-written introductions to philosophy in English. It was aimed to be an accessible …

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 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 …

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…

A Dissertation Concerning the Nature of True Virtue

by Jonathan Edwards Read by Expatriate 4.3
Disproportionately remembered as a hellfire-and-brimstone Puritan preacher on the basis of the excessively-anthologized "Sinners in the…

The Constitution of Athens

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.6
The Constitution of Athens (Greek: Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία) was written by Aristotle or his student. The text was lost until discovered in the lat…

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…

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…

Democracy and Education

by John Dewey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

Thoughts on Art and Life

by Leonardo da Vinci Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einst…

Letters on England

by Voltaire Read by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith 4.8
Voltaire spent his early thirties in England as an exile following the Bastille imprisonment for his satires. With passionate admiration, he…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written between 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas, eve…

Ashtavakra Gita

by Rajanikant Chandwadkar 4.9
Android phone users can now listen to this Ashtavakra Gita Audiobook on the go without having to download audio files. An app has been devel…

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 Enchiridion

by Epictetus Read by Brian Mumford 4.8
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is studied and admired by successful people the world over. Marcus Aurelius thought of the Enchiridion in…

Common Sense

by Yoritomo Tashi Read by Thomas Rose 4.6
One of three seminal philosophical works by the twelfth century Japanese Shogun, Yoritomo-Tashi. (From the Preface) He knows how to clothe…

The Monadology

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Read by Gary Geck 4.7
The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text w…

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