Philosophy

The Kybalion

by The Three Initiates Read by Algy Pug 4.8
The Kybalion presents the core principles of Hermetic philosophy, drawing from the ancient wisdom attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. This in…

Thoughts Are Things

by Prentice Mulford Read by Andrea Fiore 4.7
Thoughts are Things, authored by Prentice Mulford, is one of the earliest books espousing New Thought teaching. This book contains informati…

Studies in Pessimism

by Arthur Schopenhauer Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.7
Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. His work also…

What I Believe

by Leo Tolstoy Read by David Barnes 4.8
"The inner working of my soul, which I wish to speak of here, was not the result of a methodical investigation of doctrinal theology, o…

The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science

by Thomas Troward Read by Algy Pug 4.8
Thomas Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his …

Above Life's Turmoil

by James Allen Read by Andrea Fiore 4.7
The turmoil of the world we cannot avoid, but the disturbances of mind we can overcome. The duties and difficulties of life claim our attent…

Essays, First Series

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Bob Neufeld 4.7
Essays, First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson presents a profound exploration of transcendentalist philosophy through twelve insightful essays…

The Path of Prosperity

by James Allen Read by Andrea Fiore 4.7
Summary from The Path of Prosperity:I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires …

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Published in 1859, On Liberty details Mill's view that individuals should be left wholly free to engage in any activity, thought or belief t…

All of Grace

by Charles H. Spurgeon Read by MaryAnn 4.9
HE WHO SPOKE and wrote this message will be greatly disappointed if it does not lead many to the Lord Jesus. It is sent forth in childlike d…

The Kybalion

by The Three Initiates Read by Andrea Fiore 4.8
The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a 1908 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously b…

The Enchiridion of Epictetus

by Epictetus Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.7
Epictetus (Greek: Επίκτητος; c.55–c.135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the …

The Joyful Wisdom

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by TimSC 4.7
"The Joyful Wisdom," written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. …

On Union with God

by Blessed Albert The Great Read by David Barnes 4.8
Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over t…

Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.6
After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his conte…

Timaeus

by Plato Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
"Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study…

Sadhana, The Realisation of Life

by Rabindranath Tagore Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
A collection of essays on the Hindu/Buddhist view of humankind's place in the universe. As the author says in his introduction: "in the…

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sough…

The Twilight of the Idols

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.6
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my tim…

Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei

by Lao Tzu and Laozi 老子 Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The classic of the Way and of High Virtue is the Tao Teh Ching. Its author is generally held as a contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tzu, or Lao…

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