Philosophy

De Profundis

by Oscar Wilde Read by AdamH 4.5
This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas, in which he recounts how he came to be in prison and cha…

Thus Spake Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by John Van Stan 4
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …

The Phenomenology of Mind

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Read by Foon 5
Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's most important and widely discussed philosophical work. Hegel's fi…

Svetasvatara Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.7
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

by George Berkeley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called "Treatise" when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 …

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse Read by Peter Kuhn 4.7
A major preoccupation of Hesse in writing Siddhartha was to cure his "sickness with life" (Lebenskrankheit) by immersing himself i…

The Subjection of Women

by John Stuart Mill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Subjection of Women is the title of an essay written by John Stuart Mill in 1869, possibly jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill, st…

Human Nature And Conduct

by John Dewey Read by William Allan Jones 4.2
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …

The Unreality of Time

by John Mctaggart Read by Carl Manchester 4.7
The Unreality of Time by John McTaggart explores the intricate nature of time through a philosophical lens. In this influential essay, McTag…

The Antichrist

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecce Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be acc…

Cratylus

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.7
Cratylus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that delves into the nature of language and its relationship to reality. Through a conversatio…

Laches

by Plato Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.5
Laches is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that delves into the nature of courage. Through a conversation between Socrates and several prom…

Prior Analytics

by Aristotle Read by Geoffrey Edwards 4.6
Prior Analytics is the third of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). In Prio…

Crime

by Clarence Darrow Read by Peter Yearsley 4.5
Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer. He remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American …

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.8
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

Kena Upanishad

by Max Müller Read by Jothi Tharavant 4.7
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…

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…

An Introduction to Metaphysics

by Henri Bergson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For B…

Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…

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