Philosophy
The Monadology
Read by Gary Geck
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text w…
Pep: Poise, Efficiency, Peace
Read by J A Carter
William C. Hunter
Colonel William Crosbie Hunter was a businessman and self-help writer who was moderately popular in the early 20th century. His books set fo…
Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality
Read by Martin Geeson
Stuart Mason
“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…
The Prussian Officer
Read by Cate Barratt
D. H. Lawrence
The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly ar…
Fables de La Fontaine, livre 05 (ver 2)
Read by Meilanie
Jean de la Fontaine
Les Fables de La Fontaine constituent la principale œuvre poétique du classicisme, et l'un des plus grands chefs d'œuvre de la litt&e…
Fables de La Fontaine, livre 10
Read by Jean Lambert
Jean de la Fontaine
Toujours observateur des comportements humains, Jean de La Fontaine ne cesse de les mettre en scène dans ces 16 fables, tantôt …
Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct
Read by William Allan Jones
John Dewey
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …
The Song Against Songs
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G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octobe…
Auguste Comte and Positivism
Read by Bill Boerst
John Stuart Mill
Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines th…
The Riddle of the Universe
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Ernst Haeckel
The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the natu…
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 2
Read by Ted Delorme
Robert G. Ingersoll
A second volume of lectures by the most famous orator of the 19th century. Ingersoll was a tireless crusader for the dignity of humanity, an…
מדינת היהודים (The Jewish State)
Read by Omri Lernau
Theodor Herzl
Der Judenstaat (German, The Jewish State) is a book written by Theodor Herzl and published in 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein'…
Six Characters in Search of an Author
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Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …
Tusculan Disputations
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tusculan Disputations (Latin: TUSCULANARUM DISPUTATIONUM) is divided into five books which discuss death, pain, grief, perturbations and vir…
The Truth About Jesus. Is He a Myth?
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M. M. Mangasarian
The following work offers in book form the series of studies on the question of the historicity of Jesus, presented from time to time before…
Considerations on Representative Government
Read by Bill Boerst
John Stuart Mill
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, includi…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independ…