Philosophy

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 …

De Profundis

by Oscar Wilde Read by AdamH 4.5
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and cha…

Cosmos

by Alexander Von Humboldt Read by David Wales 5
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…

The Symposium

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.4
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with t…

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

by Patanjali Read by Kyle James Maclean 5
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the es…

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"…

On The Predestination Of The Saints

by Saint Augustine of Hippo Read by David Ronald 4.7
Wherein the truth of predestination and grace is defended against the semi-Pelagians — those people to wit, who by no means withdraw altoget…

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

by William Blake Read by Nick Duncan 4.4
The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution.…

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…

An Inquiry into the Human Mind

by Thomas Reid Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
An Inquiry into the Human Mind by Thomas Reid is a foundational text in the philosophy of perception, challenging the prevailing views of hi…

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

A System of Logic

by John Stuart Mill Read by Chris Greaves 4.5
"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the…

On Lying

by Saint Augustine of Hippo Read by InTheDesert 4.6
I have also written a Book on Lying, which though it takes some pains to understand, contains much that is useful for the exercise of the mi…

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"…

Rameau's Nephew

by Denis Diderot Read by BensonBrunswin 4.2
Rameau's Nephew is a thought-provoking philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that delves into the complexities of human nature and society…

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 …

Principia Ethica

by George Edward Moore Read by Fredrik Karlsson 4.8
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertr…

The Mind and the Brain

by Alfred Binet Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The authorized translation of L’âme et le corps, F. Legge, editor“This book is a prolonged effort to establish a distinction between w…

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…

The Greatest Thing in the World

by Henry Drummond Read by pattymarie 4.8
The spiritual classic The Greatest Thing In the World is a trenchant and tender analysis of Christian love as set forth in the thirteenth ch…

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