Philosophy

Prior Analytics

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.6
Prior Analytics is the third of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). In Prio…

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…

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…

A Treatise Of Human Nature

by David Hume Read by George Yeager 4.9
This book, published in two volumes called "books" by the author, is a treatment of everything from the origin of our ideas to how…

Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production

by Karl Marx Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his …

Utopia of Usurers

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.5
In Utopia of Usurers, G. K. Chesterton presents a sharp critique of capitalism, challenging the prevailing narratives that support it. With …

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…

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…

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 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…

Enneads

by Plotinus and Porphyry Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.1
The six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) are the collected writings of the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ) arranged by his student Porphyry (Π…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen …

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

by John Locke Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: "I see no reason to believe, that…

Soren Kierkegaard

by Various Read by Craig Campbell 4
The writings listed here represent books about Soren Kierkegaard. A fragment of his work, On the Dedication to "That Single Individual&…

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…

Social Statics

by Herbert Spencer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed is an 1851 book by the British polymath …

The Analects of Confucius

by Confucius 孔子 Read by Jing Li 4.5
The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinke…

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Nick Bulka 4.4
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

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…

Considerations on Representative Government

by John Stuart Mill Read by Bill Boerst 5
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, includi…

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