283 audiobooks · 2,359 hours of listening

Philosophy audiobooks

Twenty-five centuries of argument, read aloud.

Plato and Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius and Seneca, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Mill and Nietzsche: the whole philosophy shelf in one place, from the first dialogues to the pragmatists. Dense books are easier to follow when you hear them and see the sentence at the same time. Start with a short one, or pick a topic below.

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Are these philosophy audiobooks free?

The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 283 philosophy titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.

Can I read along while I listen?

Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.

What's the shortest and longest philosophy audiobook here?

A Modest Proposal is the shortest at 18 min; Summa Theologica, Part II-II is the longest at 71 hr 33 min. The whole collection runs about 2359 hours.