Philosophy

Über die Weiber

by Arthur Schopenhauer • Read by Gesine • 4.1★

In diesem vielzitierten Essay aus dem Jahre 1851 ist Schopenhauers generell herablassende Einstellung zu Frauen zusammengefaßt. Frauen…

The Grand Inquisitor

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 3★

The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told by Ivan to Alyosha in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880). Ivan and Alyosha …

Compilation de Pensées

by François-René de Chateaubriand • Read by Christiane Jehanne • 4.9★

Comme l'indique le titre, ce sont différents pensées de l'auteur, sur la vie, l'être humain, aussi la vie politique, ave…

Of the Shortness of Life

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca • Read by Jonathan Hockey • 3.5★

Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The…

The Ethics of Belief

by William Kingdon Clifford • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 2.6★

The Ethics of Belief is a seminal essay by philosopher William Kingdon Clifford that explores the moral implications of belief and the respo…

Rhetoric

by Aristotle • Read by Geoffrey Edwards • 3.1★

The Rhetoric was developed by Aristotle during two periods when he was in Athens, the first between 367 to 347 BCE (when he was seconded to …

The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Nietzsche • Read by Jim Locke • 2.8★

In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and…

Der Antichrist

by Friedrich Nietzsche • Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel • 3.4★

Der Philosoph Friedrich Nietzsche ist nicht unumstritten, wurde von den Nazis mißverstanden und für ihre Ideologie mißbrauc…

Ein verbummelter Student

by Gustav Sack • Read by Rainer • 3.9★

"Ein verbummelter Student" ist ein autobiographisch geprägtes Werk von Gustav Sack (1885-1916), einem heute fast vergessenen,…

Traité de la vie élégante

by Honoré de Balzac • Read by Christiane Jehanne • 4.2★

L’homme intérieur, principe du pouvoir et de la longévité, et l’homme extérieur arpentant, avec la même &e…

Metaphysics

by Aristotle • Read by Geoffrey Edwards • 3.3★

Metaphysics by Aristotle delves into the fundamental nature of reality, exploring concepts such as substance, causation, and the existence o…

Sobre la amistad

by Marco Tulio Cicerón • Read by Alba • 4.2★

Fannio: Así son las cosas, Lelio: no ha existido un hombre mejor ni más ilustre que el Africano, pero también debes ap…

Der Tolle Mensch

by Friedrich Nietzsche • Read by Rainer • 4.4★

“Der tolle Mensch” ist der Aphorismus 125 aus dem dritten Buch der “Fröhlichen Wissenschaft” und befaßt sich mit dem Thema “Gott …

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding

by John Locke • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 2.2★

John Locke's essays on human understanding answers the question “What gives rise to ideas in our minds?”. In the first book Locke refutes th…

On Generation and Corruption

by Aristotle • Read by Geoffrey Edwards • 2.8★

On Generation and Corruption (Ancient Greek: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, Latin: De Generatione et Corruptione, also known as On Coming to Be a…

Physics

by Aristotle • Read by Geoffrey Edwards • 2.5★

In this foundational work, Aristotle explores the principles of the natural world, delving into concepts such as substance, causation, and m…

Analects of Confucius

by Confucius 孔子 • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.7★

孔子（公元前551年9月28日－前479年），子姓孔氏，名丘，字仲尼，鲁（今中國山东曲阜）人，中国春秋末期的思想家和教育家。孔子是中华文化中的核心学说儒家的首代宗師，集華夏上古文化之大成，在世時已被譽為“天縱之聖”、“天之木鐸”，是當時社會上最博學者之一，並且被后世尊为至聖（聖人…

El Principito

by Antoine de Saint Exupéry • Read by lnuñez • 4.6★

El Principito (en francés Le Petit Prince), publicado en 1943, es la novela más famosa del aviador francés Antoine de S…

De Rerum Natura

by Titus Lucretius Carus • Read by Malone • 4.8★

An exposition of Epicurus atomic theory and the ethical tenets based upon it. Drawing upon this materialist philosophy, Lucretius cites the …

Laws

by Plato • Read by Geoffrey Edwards • 3.1★

Laws is Plato's final and most extensive dialogue, exploring the foundations of a just society and the role of law in governance. Written du…