Philosophy

The New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon Read by Bill Boerst 4.4
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where p…

Proposed Roads to Freedom

by Bertrand Russell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872 – 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, political activist and Nobel laureate. …

Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll

by Robert G. Ingersoll Read by Ted Delorme 4.8
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll presents a compelling collection of thought-provoking lectures from one of the most influential orators of t…

A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by ej 4.4
This work presents Rousseau's belief in the profoundly transformational effects of the development of civilization on human nature, which Ro…

The Book of Life

by Upton Sinclair Read by Rom Maczka 4.4
Faith and reason, love and virtue, morality and mortality! In these two short volumes the famous novelist, essayist, and playwright, Upton S…

The Monadology

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Read by Gary Geck 4.7
The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text w…

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill Read by John Stuart Mill 4.9
"On Liberty," a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Mill felt there were no definite standards for defining what societ…

Utopia

by Thomas More Read by Jenilee 4.4
This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with an ‘ideal’ form of communism, in which everything really do…

The Buddhist Catechism

by H. S. Olcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The simple aim of this little book is to give so succinct and yet comprehensive a digest of Buddhistic history, ethics and philosophy as to …

Selections from the Principles of Philosophy

by René Descartes Read by Foon 4.6
The Principles of Philosophy, originally published in Latin in 1644, and translated to French in 1647, sets forth the principles of nature--…

The Quest of the Historical Jesus

by Albert Schweitzer Read by JoeD 5
In this book, Schweitzer traces the historical progress of 'Historical Jesus' research, from Hermann Reimarus in the mid 18th century, to Wi…

Eugenics and Other Evils

by G. K. Chesterton Read by David Grizzly Smith 4.6
I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. …

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…

Alcibiades I

by Plato Read by Kevin Johnson 4.7
As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The …

The World as Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by Expatriate 4.9
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiab…

Fear and Trembling

by Soren Kierkegaard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
"And God tempted Abraham and said unto him: take Isaac, thine only son, whom thou lovest and go to the land Moriah and sacrifice him th…

The Critique of Practical Reason

by Immanuel Kant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Critique of Practical Reason (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788…

The World As Will and Idea

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by Expatriate 4.2
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiab…

An Inquiry into the Human Mind

by Thomas Reid Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
An Inquiry into the Human Mind by Thomas Reid is a foundational text in the philosophy of perception, challenging the prevailing views of hi…

Apology of Socrates

by Plato Read by Phil Chenevert 4.6
The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC[2] against the charges of "corrupting t…

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