Ancient
Theaetetus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος) discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind…
Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Varioustranslated Bywilliam Ellery Leonard and Varioustranslated By William Ellery Leonard
The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first m…
Parmenides
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Parmenides (Ancient Greek: ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ) recounts a meeting between Socrates, Zeno and Parmenides. Topics discussed include universals, plural…
On Duties
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Marcus Tullius Cicero
On Duties (Latin: DE OFFICIIS) discusses virtue, expediency and apparent conflicts between the two. St. Ambrose, St. Jerome and other Doctor…
Moral Letters, Vol. II
Read by Suprada Urval
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to t…
Eudemian Ethics
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Eudemian Ethics (Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΕΥΔΗΜΙΩΝ Latin: ETHICA EUDEMIA) discusses topics including virtue, friendship, happiness and God. It is belie…
Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure
Read by Chris Masterson
Liezi
At the Court of Liang at the period of Yang Chu, about 300 B.C., the philosophers were treated as guests of the reigning king, who reserved …
Prasna Upanishad
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
Cratylus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Cratylus (ΚΡΑΤΥΛΟΣ) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which can only be correctly applied to the obj…
The Enchiridion
Read by John Pederson
Epictetus
The Enchiridion (also translated as “Handbook” or “Manual”) of Epictetus is a short collection of Stoic precepts compiled by Arrian, a stude…
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
On the Nature of Things (Leonard translation)
Read by Daniel Vimont
Titus Lucretius Carus
On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philoso…
Charmides
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Charmides (Χαρμίδης) discusses the virtue of temperance. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)
Apology of Socrates (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Plato
The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC[2] against the charges of "corrupting t…
Statesman
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Statesman (Ancient Greek: Πολιτικός) discusses God's role in maintaining the universe and describes the statesman as a good shepherd who pro…
Lesser Hippias
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato
This work may not be by Plato, or his entirely, but Jowett has offered his sublime translation, and seems to lean towards including it in th…
Lysis
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Lysis (Λύσις) discusses friendship and love between the good and bad. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)
Mundaka Upanishad
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
Euthydemus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Euthydemus (Εὐθύδημος) and Dionysodorus the sophists discuss the meaning of words with Socrates. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)
Isha Upanishad
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…