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The Joyful Wisdom (or: The Gay Science)
Read by TimSC
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The Joyful Wisdom," written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. …
The Wealth of Nations, Book 5
Read by Stephen Escalera
Adam Smith
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…
Ulysses S. Grant
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is on…
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
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Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…
A Modern Utopia
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H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the …
The Enchiridion of Epictetus
Read by D.E. Wittkower
Epictetus
Epictetus (Greek: Επίκτητος; c.55–c.135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the …
The Apology of Socrates (version 3)
Read by Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit
Plato
Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and miss…
The Tao Teh King
Read by Eric S. Piotrowski
Laozi 老子 and Lao Tzu
Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King illuminates The Tao: a guiding principle of the universe and all within it. By exploring the nature of dualities and …
The Soul of Man
Read by Martin Geeson
Oscar Wilde
“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.”Published originally …
Essays, First Series (version 2)
Read by Bob Neufeld
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays: First Series is a series of 12 essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson concerning transcendentalism, including Self-Reliance. It was p…
Studies in Pessimism
Read by D.E. Wittkower
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His work also…
Psychotherapy
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Hugo Münsterberg
Talking about viewing the Ocean "If I take the attitude of appreciation, it would be absurd to say that this wave is composed of chemic…
Just So Stories
Read by Reynard T. Fox
Rudyard Kipling
The Just So Stories for Little Children, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a collection of f…
The Prince (Version 2)
Read by Paul Adams
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavel…
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
Read by Rainer
Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels schrieben ihr Manifest im Dezember 1847, als Leitfaden fuer die grundsaetzlichen Prinzipien und Praktiken des…
The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science
Read by Algy Pug
Thomas Troward
Thomas Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his …
Libro I de la Historia de Heródoto
Read by Tux
Herodotus
Las Historias (en griego antiguo ἱστορίαι historíai 'aproximaciones, investigaciones') de Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484–despu&e…
The Kybalion (version 2)
Read by Audio Andrea
The Three Initiates
The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a 1908 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously b…
Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses
Read by Joy Chan
Andrew Murray
This is a series of short messages written by the South African minister, Andrew Murray. They deal with the necessity and joy of surrenderin…
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