Free Philosophers Audiobooks

Psychologist William James now stands as one of the true intellectual titans to come out of late 19th century America. With The Will to Believe, first published in 1896, he argues that it is defendable to adopt a certain belief without prior evidence of its truth.

First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important.

The Enchiridion (or "Handbook") is a classic philosophical text that collects Epictetus' core ethical teachings.

A History of Western Philosophy is a 1945 book by philosopher Bertrand Russell. A conspectus of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratic philosophers to the early 20th century...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a 19th century literary masterpiece and key philosophical work by Nietzsche.

Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and mission, centered in Socrates' most famous line, "The unexamined life is not worth living."

The Apology of Socrates is one of the earliest existing documents of Greek philosophy - everything earlier was lost and is known only through quoted fragments in later works, like those of Plato himself.

Consolation of Philosophy is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.

Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche said: "If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book."

Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the word epiktetos in Greek simply means “acquired.”