Philosophy

Louis Lambert

by Honoré de Balzac Read by Don W. Jenkins 3.9
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosop…

The Arabic Hidden Words

by Bahá'U'Lláh Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater 5
Kalimát-i-Maknúnih or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of t…

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

by Charles Babbage Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal …

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--carniv…

Soul Food

by George Douglas Watson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Soul Food by George Douglas Watson serves as a thoughtful guide for Christians seeking to navigate the complexities of a godly life. This wo…

The Sikh Religion

by Max Arthur Macauliffe Read by Jim Locke 5
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. Macauliffe had exte…

Vairagya Shatakam

by Bhartṛhari Read by Uday Sagar 4.8
Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the…

Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society

by Thomas Hobbes Read by Jeffrey Church 4.6
De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1…

Beacon Lights of History

by John Lord Read by KHand 3.8
The first of 14 volumes, this book discusses ancient civilization looking primarily at religion and philosophy. Summary by KHand

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

American Philosophy Collection

by Various Read by P. J. Taylor
This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosoph…

Human Sacrifice

by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Read by Jeff Allen 5
This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord…

Bacon

by Richard William Church Read by Bill Boerst 4.3
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…

The Quintessence of Ibsenism

by George Bernard Shaw Read by Expatriate 4.8
George Bernard Shaw, a playwright with a few bones to pick of his own, undertakes a surgical analysis of the social philosophies underlying …

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure

by Liezi Read by Chris Masterson 4
At the Court of Liang at the period of Yang Chu, about 300 B.C., the philosophers were treated as guests of the reigning king, who reserved …

Darwin or Design

by Jason Rennie Read by Jason Rennie 3.8
Darwin or Design is a collection of interviews with 25 people on both sides of the intelligent design question. There are interviews on what…

The Riddle of the Universe

by Ernst Haeckel Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the natu…

The Problem of Truth

by Herbert Wildon Carr Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
A problem of philosophy is completely different from a problem of science. In science we accept our subject-matter as it is presented in una…

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