Philosophy

The Lifted Veil

by George Eliot Read by Bruce Pirie 4.5
The Lifted Veil is a thought-provoking novella by George Eliot that delves into the realms of the supernatural and the unknown. Set against …

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

by Samuel Johnson Read by Martin Geeson 4.3
In this enchanting fable (subtitled The Choice of Life), Rasselas and his retinue burrow their way out of the totalitarian paradise of the H…

The Freedom of the Will

by Jonathan Edwards Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
As religion is the great business, for which we are created, and on which our happiness depends; and as religion consists in an intercourse …

The Rosicrucian Mysteries

by Max Heindel Read by KirksVoice 4.1
The Rosicrucian Mysteries serves as an insightful introduction to the enigmatic world of the Rosicrucians, a mystical and philosophical soci…

Essays

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

Early Greek Philosophy

by Alfred William Benn Read by Pamela Nagami 4.8
"Man is the measure of all things," said the early Greek philosopher, Protagoras of Abdera. It was in this spirit of humanistic se…

Evolution Creatrice

by Henri Bergson Read by Peter Tucker 4.8
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation…

A Short History of Greek Philosophy

by John Marshall Read by Peter Tucker 4.6
History of Ancient Greek philosophy from pre-Socratics to Aristotle and on to the Sceptics and the Stoics. - Summary by Peter Tucker

Mysticism and Logic

by Bertrand Russell Read by Landon D. C. Elkind 4.5
This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" detail…

Some Problems of Philosophy

by William James Read by P. J. Taylor 4.8
Some Problems of Philosophy presents the thoughts of William James, one of the most influential philosophers of the early 20th century. In t…

The Journal of John Woolman

by John Woolman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…

The Wisdom of the Ancients

by Francis Bacon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

Thoughts are Things

by Prentice Mulford Read by Linda Andrus 4.6
Thoughts are Things by Prentice Mulford explores the profound impact of our thoughts on our lives and the world around us. As a foundational…

The Song Celestial

by Unknowntranslated Bysir Edwin Arnold, Translated Bysir Edwin Arnold and Unknowntranslated By Sir Edwin Arnold Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.6
This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet. It is faithful to the text and yet does not read like a translatio…

Summa Theologica

by Saint Thomas Aquinas Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC 4.9
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–127…

Modern Magic

by Maximilian Schele De Vere Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
M. (Maxamilian) Schele de Vere was born in Sweden in 1820 and studied language in Germany before eventually becoming a professor of modern l…

Essays

by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

The Book of Tea

by Kakuzō Okakura Read by Mike Rosenlof 4.7
The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many…

The Life of Jesus Critically Examined

by David Friedrich Strauss Read by Leni 4.7
Strauss was an early pioneer in the ongoing 'Quest of the Historical Jesus' movement, and his Life of Jesus is one of the few landmarks in t…

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

by John Locke Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This is the fourth book of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. His book deals with knowledge and probability. He asks how far…

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