Philosophy

Mardi

by Herman Melville Read by James K. White 4
Mardi is Melville's first purely fictional work. In it he contemplates man's beliefs, and questions whether or not one faith has value over …

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
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…

The Coming People

by Charles F. Dole Read by Max Cusimano 4.3
Dole briefly sketches the history of life, and shows how it has a definite direction - toward the survival of the kind and gentle people. It…

Early Greek Philosophy

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by Jim Locke 2.8
The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragme…

Eryxias

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.4
Eryxias is a philosophical dialogue that delves into the nature of wealth and its true value. Set against the backdrop of ancient philosophi…

Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution

by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Read by Christian Pecaut 3.5
In the heat of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia, Lenin here contrasts the precision of the Bolshevik political program and tactics with …

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

by Ludwig Wittgenstein Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.6
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during h…

Elements of Theology

by Proclus Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.6
The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thoma…

Marius the Epicurean

by Walter Pater Read by DrPGould 3.8
The conclusion of Pater's historico-philosophical novel about a young Roman nobleman's search for purpose and meaning. Set in the time of Ca…

Excerpts on Love

by St. Clement of Alexandria 4.8
Excerpts from the Stromata on love, the quest for perfection, women, and the perfect wife. St. Clement of Alexandria was a philosopher and C…

On the Popular Judgment

by Immanuel Kant Read by D.E. Wittkower 4
This tripartite essay – published variously as “On the Popular Judgment” (J. Richardson trans.), “On the Old Saw” (E.B. Ashton trans.), or “…

Religio Medici

by Thomas Browne Read by Barbara Baker 5
Selections from the varied writings of a 17th century English doctor with a well-stocked mind, an interest in the new science of his age and…

The City of the Sun

by Tommaso Campanella Read by Rapunzelina 4.3
The City of the Sun invites listeners into a thought-provoking dialogue between a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and a Genoese sea …

Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology

by MIT OpenCourseWare 5
Instructor: Prof. Irving Singer This course is a seminar on creativity in art, science, and technology. We discuss how these pursuits are j…

The Book of Lies

by Aleister Crowley Read by P. J. Taylor 3.8
The Book of Lies, or Liber 333, is a holy book in the Western occult tradition of Thelema, consisting of 91 short chapters of poems, aphoris…

Brahmana Gita Audio Book Hindi

by Rajanikant Chandwadkar 5
Brahmana Gita is from the 16 Chapter of Ashwamedh Parva of Mahabharata. This Gita is also called as Bhagwan Shri Krishna's 2nd Gita as it wa…

The Poverty of Philosophy

by Karl Marx Read by Tray 3.7
This work is a scathing criticism of the economic and philosophical arguments of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's The Philosophy of Poverty. (Summar…

Life's Enthusiasms

by David Starr Jordan Read by Bill Boerst 4.2
The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and r…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--carniv…

Topics

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.8
The Topics is is the fifth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). The Topic…

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