Classics (Antiquity)
The Dhammapada (Version 2)
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller
- A Collection of Verses Being One of the Canonical Books of the BuddhistsDhammapada means "The path of Dharma." The Pali word Dha…
Twenty Two Goblins
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Daṇḍin, Anonymoustranslated Byarthur William Ryder and William James Mcglothlin
These 22 stories are told by the Goblin to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each …
Parva Naturalia
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Parva Naturalia [the "short treatises on nature" (a conventional Latin title first used by Giles of Rome)] is a collection of book…
Libro III de la Historia de Heródoto
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Herodotus
Las Historias de Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484–después del 430 a. C.) es una obra que tiene como objetivo narrar las Guerras M&…
Meditaciones
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Marcus Aurelius
El emperador romano Marco Aurelio además de ser recordado por su buen gobierno, ha pasado a la posteridad por esta obra singular&iacu…
Des Sokrates Verteidigung (Apologie)
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Plato
Platon (427 v. Chr.–348 v. Chr.) läßt Sokrates sein Leben darstellen und beurteilen sowie seine Einstellung zum Tod. Überset…
The Mabinogion, Volume 1
Read by Martin Geeson
Anonymoustranslated Bycharlotte Guest and William James Mcglothlin
Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest:On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flo…
Sophist
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Sophist (Ancient Greek: Σοφιστής) discusses being and not-being while drawing a distinction between the philosopher and the sophist. - Summa…
On the Ends of Good and Evil
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Marcus Tullius Cicero
On the Ends of Good and Evil (Latin: DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM) discusses Skeptic, Epicurean, Stoic, Peripatetic and Academic views on t…
That Christ Is One
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St. Cyril of Alexandria and Cyril Of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria was the leading voice of Nicene orthodoxy in the Christological controversies between Constantinople (381) and Chalcedon…
Protagoras
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato
Jowett, in his always informative introduction, sees this dialogue as transitional between the early and middle dialogues. Socrates meets wi…
The Annals Vol 1
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The Annals was Tacitus' final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but bo…
The Constitution of Athens
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
The Constitution of Athens (Greek: Ἀθηναίων πολιτεία) was written by Aristotle or his student. The text was lost until discovered in the lat…
Theaetetus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος) discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind…
On the Laws
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Marcus Tullius Cicero
On the Laws (Latin: De Legibus) was written shortly after Cicero's "On the Commonwealth" during the last years of the Roman Republ…
Torah (JPSA) 01: Genesis
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Jewish Publication Society Of America
The first book of the Pentateuch - Genesis. Presented according to weekly parshah.Praised are You, Adonai, Our G-d, ruler of the Universe, w…
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…
Parmenides
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Parmenides (Ancient Greek: ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ) recounts a meeting between Socrates, Zeno and Parmenides. Topics discussed include universals, plural…
Electra
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Sophocles
Sophocles' play dramatizes the aftermath of Agamemnon's murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. His daughter Electra is hu…
Theological Orations
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Gregory Of Nazianzus
After the death of the Arian Emperor Valens, the synod of Antioch in 379 asked Gregory to help resurrect Constantinople to Nicene orthodoxy.…