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A Discourse on Method
- Meditations on the First Philosophy: Principles of Philosophy
- By: René Descartes
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy. With the celebrated words "I think therefore I am," his compelling argument swept aside ancient and medieval traditions. He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct "substances"; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses.
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Contains Discourse, Meditations, and Principles.
- By Josh on 27-02-23
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A Discourse on Method
- Meditations on the First Philosophy: Principles of Philosophy
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 30-10-09
- Language: English
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Evil in Modern Thought
- An Alternative History of Philosophy (Princeton Classics)
- By: Susan Neiman
- Narrated by: Susan Neiman
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For 18th-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman explores who we have become in the three centuries that separate us from the early Enlightenment. In the process, she rewrites the history of modern thought and points philosophy back to the questions that originally animated it.
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Good Overview
- By K on 19-05-21
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Evil in Modern Thought
- An Alternative History of Philosophy (Princeton Classics)
- Narrated by: Susan Neiman
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 27-04-21
- Language: English
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The Trial and the Death of Socrates
- By: Plato
- Narrated by: Bruce Alexander, Jamie Glover, David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Trial and the Death of Socrates gives a powerful first-hand account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history. In Apology, Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth. Phaedo is the account of the actual last words and moments of Socrates. Tom Griffith presents these with scene-setting introductions to the historical situation in this new translation.
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What can you say about Socrates
- By Jas Singh on 20-05-18
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The Trial and the Death of Socrates
- Narrated by: Bruce Alexander, Jamie Glover, David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 30-12-01
- Language: English
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The Dream of Enlightenment
- The Rise of Modern Philosophy
- By: Anthony Gottlieb
- Narrated by: Anthony Gottlieb
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance63
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In The Dream of Enlightenment, Anthony Gottlieb expertly navigates a second great explosion of thought, taking us to northern Europe in the wake of its wars of religion and the rise of Galilean science. In a relatively short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy.
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superb
- By Tom O'Rourke on 16-10-21
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The Dream of Enlightenment
- The Rise of Modern Philosophy
- Narrated by: Anthony Gottlieb
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-11-16
- Language: English
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The Most Complete Aristotle Collection
- Featuring Nicomachean Ethics, Athenian Constitution, Metaphysics, Politics, On Dreams, On the Heavens, Poetics, On Longevity and Shortness of Life and More...
- By: Aristotle, Stanley J. Hanson - translator
- Narrated by: Jude Wellington
- Length: 35 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Unlock the profound wisdom of Aristotle like never before. This audiobook presents a modern, clear, and easy-to-understand English translation of Aristotle’s most influential works—perfect for students, lifelong learners, and anyone curious about philosophy, politics, science, and the nature of human life.
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The Most Complete Aristotle Collection
- Featuring Nicomachean Ethics, Athenian Constitution, Metaphysics, Politics, On Dreams, On the Heavens, Poetics, On Longevity and Shortness of Life and More...
- Narrated by: Jude Wellington
- Length: 35 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 19-08-25
- Language: English
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Servus
- How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
- By: Emma Southon
- Narrated by: Emma Southon
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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'The most important book you'll ever read about ancient Rome.' - Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of KINDRED The 'electrifying' untold story of slavery in the Roman Empire by the author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at...
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Servus
- How Slavery Made the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Emma Southon
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 21-05-26
- Language: English
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The City of God
- By: Saint Augustine
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 47 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance18
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Written between A.D. 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, a book which is vital to the understanding of modern Western society. Augustine originally intended it to be an apology for Christianity against the accusation that the Church was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire, which had occurred just three years earlier. Indeed, Augustine produced a great amount of evidence to prove that paganism was responsible for this event. However, by the time the work was finished, the book had taken on a larger theme.
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It's The City of God. Dull but necessary...
- By David on 03-01-14
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The City of God
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 47 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 20-06-08
- Language: English
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Aristotle
- Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
- By: John Sellars
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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Brought to you by Penguin. There is in Athens a rather plain ruin; a simple courtyard lined with fragments of wall. Yet, this little patch of land has a claim to be the most significant place in human history. It is the Lyceum, site of Aristotle's school: here the philosopher wandered...
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kept falling asleep
- By Jag on 27-11-24
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Aristotle
- Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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How to Be Free
- An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
- By: Epictetus, Anthony Long - Introduction, Anthony Long - Translator
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance33
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Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How to Be Free, A. A. Long - one of the world's leading authorities on Stoicism and a pioneer in its remarkable contemporary revival - provides a superb new edition of Epictetus's celebrated guide to the Stoic philosophy of life (the Encheiridion) along with a selection of related reflections in his Discourses.
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A very good translation of the handbook
- By Anonymous on 25-06-20
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How to Be Free
- An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-10-18
- Language: English
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A History of Western Philosophy and Theology
- By: John M. Frame
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A History of Western Philosophy and Theology is the fruit of John Frame's 45 years of teaching philosophical subjects. No other survey of the history of Western thought offers the same invigorating blend of expositional clarity, critical insight, and biblical wisdom.
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Not really suited for an audio book...
- By Amazon Customer on 21-03-24
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A History of Western Philosophy and Theology
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-07-21
- Language: English
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Conversations of Socrates
- By: Xenophon, Robin Waterfield(Translated by), Hugh Tredennick(Translated by)
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views.
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Conversations of Socrates
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 28-03-25
- Language: English
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Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance84
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Machiavelli in just one hour. Niccolò Machiavelli’s work remains misunderstood – synonymous with wicked scheming and underhand politics – nearly 350 years after his death. His philosophy of statecraft was...
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Excellent
- By Bapir on 10-07-15
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Machiavelli: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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Indian Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Sue Hamilton
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. In this intriguing introduction to Indian philosophy, the diversity of Indian thought is emphasized. It is structured around six schools of thought that have received classic status.
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Indian Philosophy
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-06-21
- Language: English
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Meditations
- A New Translation
- By: Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays - translator, Ryan Holiday - introduction
- Narrated by: Roger Davis, Ryan Holiday
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life—still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later. Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way! “Meditations offers a...
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Best book ever!
- By Jens Karlsson on 09-01-24
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Meditations
- A New Translation
- Narrated by: Roger Davis, Ryan Holiday
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Greece, Rome, and the Birth of Western Philosophy
- By: Margaret Scharle, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Margaret Scharle
- Length: 12 hrs
- Original Recording
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Philosophy is one of the world’s oldest intellectual disciplines. In the West, the philosophical tradition reaches back 2,700 years to the ancient Greeks who pioneered philosophy and inspired major philosophical thinkers of ancient Rome. The ancient Greek and Roman philosophers thought deeply about virtually every aspect of human life, from the origins of the cosmos, the nature of divinity, and the physics and biology of the natural world to the nature of government, politics, law, and ethics, including thought on pleasure in living, happiness, and the ideal human life.
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Greece, Rome, and the Birth of Western Philosophy
- Narrated by: Margaret Scharle
- Length: 12 hrs
- Release date: 29-08-25
- Language: English
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Pensées
- By: Blaise Pascal
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Intended to be a defense of the Christian religion, Pensées is a penetrating collection of thoughts on faith, reason, and theology. Unfinished at the time of Pascal's death, the book consists of philosophical fragments on the "wretchedness" of man and the controversial schisms of the church at the time. It includes the philosopher's infamous wager encouraging belief over agnosticism, as well as his thoughts on numerous other topics. Endlessly quotable, Pensées overflows with pearls of wisdom, each elusive sentence pregnant with a universe of thought.
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Pensées
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 21-07-18
- Language: English
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On the Ends of Good and Evil
- By: Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Narrated by: Derek Le Page
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Towards the end of his life and his career as one of the leading politicians and orators in Rome, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BCE-43 BCE) was exiled to his country house. It was a time of political turmoil in the capital of the empire, caused by the power-grab of Julius Caesar. In the quiet of the countryside, Cicero began to write on philosophy. In On the Ends of Good and Evil, he set out to consider three major traditions of Greek philosophy - Epicureanism, Stoicism and a branch of Platonism.
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On the Ends of Good and Evil
- Narrated by: Derek Le Page
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 19-12-17
- Language: English
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Enchiridion
- By: Epictetus
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
- Length: 1 hr
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Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 130 CE) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and live in harmony with nature. We will always be happy, he argued, if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are. After attaining his freedom, Epictetus spent his career teaching philosophy and advising a daily regimen of self-examination.
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Enchiridion
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Ito
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 16-10-24
- Language: English
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Live Like A Philosopher
- What the Ancient Greeks and Romans Can Teach Us About Living a Happy Life
- By: Massimo Pigliucci, Gregory Lopez, Meredith Alexander Kunz
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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A wide-ranging philosophical and practical guide to incorporating the wisdom of ancient philosophers into daily modern life. How can I live a good life? Who do I want to become? And how do I get there? These are some of life's biggest questions. But they can be hard to think through. Fortunately...
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Live Like A Philosopher
- What the Ancient Greeks and Romans Can Teach Us About Living a Happy Life
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-01-25
- Language: English
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
- By: Diogenes Laertius, Pamela Mensch - translator, James Miller - editor
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 28 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This anthology is a miscellany of maxims and anecdotes that generations of Western readers have consulted for edification as well as entertainment ever since Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, first compiled in the AD third century, came to prominence in Renaissance Italy. To this day, it remains a crucial source for much of what we know about the origins and practice of philosophy in ancient Greece.
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Pivotal in the awakening of a static mind
- By Shatters on 06-11-19
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 28 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 04-12-18
- Language: English
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