Essays & Short Works

Das Kapital

by Karl Marx 4.1
Das Kapital is a dramatization of Karl Marx's iconic work, adapted by Sarah Woods. This production imagines what Marx would think of our 21s…

Theory of Colours

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

by Voltaire Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 3.6
Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and th…

On the Nature of the Gods

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.4
De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discu…

Invention And Discovery

by Unknown Read by David Wales 3.8
"In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives an…

Moral Letters

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Read by Suprada Urval 3.9
This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to t…

Essays on Political Economy

by Frédéric Bastiat Read by Katie Riley 3.8
Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this defin…

The Three Great Virtues

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Robert Scott 3.3
In this thought-provoking essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the foundational principles of human character through the lens of the three g…

You Can't Do Business with Hitler

by Elwood Hoffman 3.1
You Can't Do Business With Hitler is a series of radio shows written and produced by the radio section of the Office of War Information (OWI…

Prime Numbers

by Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A recording of the first 2000 prime numbers (2-17389). Recommended listening for all math geeks and insomniacs!

English as She is Wrote

by William James McGlothlin Read by TriciaG 3.8
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentional…

The Principles of Economics

by Frank Albert Fetter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
Frank Albert Fetter was an American economist of the Austrian school, but referred to himself as a member of the “American Psychological Sch…

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…

Supernatural Horror in Literature

by H. P. Lovecraft 3.3
“Supernatural Horror in Literature” is a long essay surveying the field of horror fiction. It was written between November 1925 and May 1927…

Relativity

by Albert Einstein Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
This is an introduction to Einstein’s space-bending, time-stretching theory of Relativity, written by the master himself. Special and Genera…

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…

The Gettysburg Address

by Abraham Lincoln Read by Shurtagal 3.6
It was a cloudy November day in 1863 when thousands gathered to hear renowned orator Edward Everett dedicate a national cemetery at the site…

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…

Mutual Aid

by Peter Kropotkin Read by Enko 2.4
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England…

The Conquest of Bread

by Peter Kropotkin Read by Enko 2.4
In this work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the fallacies of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism, and how he bel…

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