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Unabridged philosophy audiobooks including writing by Plato (Parmenides), Aristotle (Economics) and Cicero (On Moral Duties). Topics discussed include ethics, justice, law, logic, metaphysics, God, happiness, love and beauty. Each book has been streamlined by merging separate LibriVox recordings into a single seamless whole with no interruptions. Painting: La Perle et la vague by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry.

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06.13.2022 Generation of Animals - Book 2 - Aristotle Generation of Animals - Book 2 - Aristotle
05.17.2022 Generation of Animals - Book 1 - Aristotle Generation of Animals - Book 1 - Aristotle
11.08.2021 History of Animals Book 10 by Aristotle History of Animals Book 10 by Aristotle & Translated by Richard Cresswell
08.17.2021 History of Animals Book 5 by Aristotle History of Animals Book 5 by Aristotle
07.11.2021 History of Animals Book 4 by Aristotle History of Animals Book 4 by Aristotle
06.08.2021 History of Animals Book 3 by Aristotle History of Animals Book 3 by Aristotle
05.11.2021 History of Animals Book 2 by Aristotle History of Animals Book 2 by Aristotle
04.01.2021 History of Animals Book 1 by Aristotle History of Animals Book 1 by Aristotle
11.30.2018 On Marvellous Things Heard by Aristotle On Marvellous Things Heard (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΘΑΥΜΑΣΙΩΝ ΑΚΟΥΣΜΑΤΩΝ; Latin: De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus) is attributed to Aristotle (ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣ) but may have been written by another author. Translated by Launcelot D. Dowdall. Painting: The Last Judgment by Hans Memling, c.1471. Recording and ...
11.29.2018 Concerning Indivisible Lines by Aristotle Concerning Indivisible Lines (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΑΤΟΜΩΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΩΝ; Latin: De Lineis Insecabilibus) is attributed to Aristotle but may have had another author. Translated by Harold H. Joachim. Painting: Ascent of the Blessed by Hieronymus Bosch, c.1515. Recording and cover design by ...
05.01.2018 Ennead VI Books 6 to 9 by Plotinus 6. Of Numbers (0:00:00) 7. How Ideas Multiply (1:36:17) 8. Of the Will of the One (4:54:49) 9. Of the Good and the One (6:35:44) Translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie. Painting: Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate by Gerard David, c1510. ...
04.04.2018 Ennead VI Books 1 to 5 by Plotinus 1. Of the Ten Aristotelian Categories (0:00:00) 2. The Categories of Plotinos (2:17:46) 3. Plotinos's Own Sense-Categories (4:09:17) 4. The One Identical Essence is Everywhere Entirely Present (6:24:30) 5. The One Identical Essence is Everywhere Entirely Present (7:39:26) Translated by ...
02.28.2018 Metaphysics Books 7-13 by Aristotle VIII 0:32:29 IX 1:32:04 X 2:32:57 XI 4:09:38 XII 5:20:43 XIII 6:58:04 Metaphysics (Greek: ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ; Latin: METAPHYSICA) by Aristotle. Translated by John M'Mahon. Painting: The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis by Jacques-Louis David, 1818. LibriVox recording and cover ...
02.07.2018 Metaphysics Books 1-6 by Aristotle I (the less) 1:34:58 II 1:48:56 III 2:46:35 IV 4:01:58 V 5:43:34 VI 6:06:20 Metaphysics (Greek: ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ; Latin: METAPHYSICA) translated by John M’Mahon. Painting: Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by Guido Reni. LibriVox recording and cover design by Geoffrey ...
01.04.2018 On Youth and Old Age, and on Life and Death by Aristotle Aristotle names the heart as the life principle responsible for sensation and nutrition in all sanguineous animals and argues that every living thing has a soul which is extinguished at death. Translated by William Alexander Hammond. Painting: Vampire by Edvard ...
01.04.2018 Laws - Books 8-12 by Plato IX 1:11:33, X 2:50:00, XI 4:18:10, XII 5:44:59 Laws (Greek: ΝΟΜΟΙ, Latin: De Legibus) is the final dialogue written by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Woodcut: The Beast with the Lamb's Horns and the Beast with Seven Heads by Albrecht ...
12.11.2017 Mechanica by Aristotle Mechanics (Greek: ΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΑ, Latin: Mechanica) is attributed to Aristotle but may have been written by Archytas (ΑΡΧΥΤΑΣ). The 35 books discuss topics including the relationship between circles, levers and pulleys. Translated by Edward Forster. Painting: Faustine Léo (1832–1865) by Henri ...
12.06.2017 Laws - Books 1-7 by Plato II 1:21:55, III 2:31:21, IV 3:56:07 V 4:57:24, VI 6:02:39, VII 7:45:14 Laws (Greek: ΝΟΜΟΙ, Latin: De Legibus) is the final dialogue written by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Painting: Lot and his Daughters by Orazio Gentileschi. LibriVox recording and ...
11.15.2017 On Sleeping and Waking by Aristotle On Sleeping and Waking (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΥΠΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΓΡΗΓΟΡΣΕΩΣ; Latin: DE SOMNO ET VIGILIA) is also known as On Sleep and Sleeplessness. In this book Aristotle discusses the relationship between sleep and the body, soul and sensation. Translated by William ...
11.08.2017 On the Laws by Cicero II: 1:24:00 III 3:02:03 On the Laws (Latin: De Legibus) by Cicero. Translated by Charles Duke Yonge. It is unknown how many books De Legibus originally contained but several complete books have been lost. Cicero's emphasis in the surviving work ...
10.11.2017 On Plants by Aristotle Book II: 49:34 On Plants (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ; Latin: De Plantis) may have been written by Nicolaus of Damascus (ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΟΣ) instead of Aristotle. Sexual reproduction, parasitism, earthquakes and buoyancy are discussed and a correlation is drawn between the shape ...
10.02.2017 Ennead V by Plotinus This fifth of the six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) written by Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ); arranged by Porphyry (ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΣ) and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie contains the following nine books: 1. The Three Principal Hypostases, or Forms of Existence (0:00:00) 2. Of Generation, and ...
09.03.2017 Physics by Aristotle II 1:05:10 III 2:05:07 IV 2:58:12 V 4:41:28 VI 5:31:34 VII 6:48:33 VIII 7:33:08 Physics (Greek: ΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΑΚΡΟΑΣΙΣ; Latin: PHYSICA) by Aristotle. Translated by Thomas Taylor. Read for LibriVox by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carolin Kaiser. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Kajo. Painting: Portrait ...
08.14.2017 Physiognomonics by Aristotle Physiognomonics (Greek: ΦΥΣΙΟΓΝΩΜΟΝΙΚΑ, Latin: Physiognomonica) was probably not written by Aristotle. The text discusses physiognomy. Translated by T. Loveday and E.S. Forster. Read for LibriVox in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Painting: The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius by Carlo Crivelli, 1486. ...
08.09.2017 On the Nature of the Gods by Cicero Book II - 2:05:36 Book III - 4:53:25 On the Nature of the Gods (Latin: De Natura Deorum) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination and characteristics ...
07.15.2017 The Situations and Names of Winds by Aristotle The Situations and Names of Winds (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΘΕΣΕΩΣ ΑΝΕΜΩΝ, Latin: VENTORUM SITUS) may not have been written by Aristotle. The translator Edward Forster believes the peripatetic philosopher Theophrastus (ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ) may have been the actual author. The four cardinal and ...
07.09.2017 Ennead IV by Plotinus This forth of the six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) written by Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ); arranged by Porphyry (ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΣ) and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie contains the following nine books: 1. Of the Being of the Soul (0:00:00) 2. How the Soul Mediates Between ...
06.08.2017 On Colours by Aristotle On Colours (American English: On Colors, Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΧΡΩΜΑΤΩΝ, Latin: DE COLORIBUS) may not have been written by Aristotle. Theophrastus or Strato who were the second and third scholarchs of the Lyceum (ΛΥΚΕΙΟΝ) may have been the actual author. The ...
05.11.2017 On Memory and Recollection by Aristotle On Memory and Recollection (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΜΝΗΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΜΝΗΣΕΩΣ, Latin: DE MEMORIA ET REMINISCENTIA) by Aristotle. Translated by William Alexander Hammond. Read for LibriVox by Geoffrey Edwards. Painting: La Baigneuse Valpinçon by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1808.
05.11.2017 On Dreams by Aristotle On Dreams (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΕΝΥΠΝΙΩΝ, Latin: DE INSOMNIIS) discusses sensation when awake and dreaming. Written by Aristotle. Translated by William Alexander Hammond. Painting: Portrait of Louise-Antoinette Feuardent by Jean-François Millet, 1841. Scanned by The J. Paul Getty Museum.
04.04.2017 On Things Heard by Aristotle On Things Heard (Greek ΠΕΡΙ ΑΚΟΥΣΤΩΝ, Latin DE AUDIBILIBUS) is a work which was formerly attributed to Aristotle, but is now generally believed to be the work of Strato of Lampsacus who was the third scholarch of the Lyceum. Our ...
03.01.2017 On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias by Aristotle On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΜΕΛΙΣΣΟΥ, ΞΕΝΟΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΟΡΓΙΟΥ; Latin: DE MELISSO, XENOPHANE, GORGIA) may not have been written by Aristotle. Translated by T. Loveday and E.S. Forster. Painting: Auto de Fe en la Plaza Mayor de Madrid, ...
02.23.2017 Ennead III by Plotinus This third of the six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) written by Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ); arranged by Porphyry (ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΣ) and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie contains the following nine books: 1. Concerning Fate (0:00:00) 2. Of Providence (0:31:39) 3. Continuation of That on Providence ...
01.28.2017 On Longevity and Shortness of Life by Aristotle On Longevity and Shortness of Life (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΜΑΚΡΟΒΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΡΑΧΥΒΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ; Latin: DE LONGITUDINE ET BREVITATE VITAE) is one of the seven short treatises on nature (Latin: PARVA NATURALIA). In this text Aristotle provides explanations for the different lifespans of ...
01.26.2017 The Constitution of Athens by Aristotle The Constitution of Athens (Greek: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ) was written by Aristotle or one of his students. The text was lost until discovered in the late 19th century in Egypt. Topics discussed include Solon's legislative reforms abolishing debt slavery and the ...
12.07.2016 On Prophecy in Sleep by Aristotle On Prophecy in Sleep (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘ ΥΠΝΟΝ ΜΑΝΤΙΚΗΣ) is also known as On Divination in Sleep (Latin: DE DIVINATIONE PER SOMNUM). In this short book Aristotle asks why alleged prophetic dreams typically come to base people at night ...
12.02.2016 Sophist by Plato Sophist (ΣΟΦΙΣΤΗΣ) is a dialogue written by Plato which discusses being and not-being while drawing a distinction between true philosophers and mere sophists. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Bart de Leeuw. Proof Listener: ...
11.16.2016 Ennead II by Plotinus This second of the six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) written by Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ); arranged by Porphyry (ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΣ) and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie contains the following nine books: 1. Of the Heaven 2. About the Movement of the Heavens 3. Whether Astrology ...
10.12.2016 Theaetetus by Plato Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: ΘΕΑΙΤΗΤΟΣ) discusses epistemological concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind to a piece of wax and is critical of lawyers who seek only to persuade using rhetoric. Painting: The Studio by Honoré ...
09.08.2016 Ennead I by Plotinus This first of the six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) written by Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ); arranged by Porphyry (ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΣ) and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie contains the following nine books: 1. The Organism and the Self 2. Concerning Virtue 3. Of Dialectic, or the ...
08.04.2016 Eudemian Ethics by Aristotle Eudemian Ethics (Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΕΥΔΗΜΙΩΝ Latin: ETHICA EUDEMIA) outlines Aristotle's ethical philosophy. Topics include virtue, friendship, happiness, justice, courage, wisdom, temperance and God. It is believed to have been written before Nicomachean Ethics and to be named after Eudemus of ...
07.10.2016 Magna Moralia by Aristotle Magna Moralia (Ancient Greek: ΗΘΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ English: Great Ethics) discusses topics including friendship, virtue, happiness and God. It is disputed whether Aristotle wrote Magna Moralia. This author concludes that it is absurd to suggest that God contemplates only God but ...
06.08.2016 Statesman by Plato Statesman (Greek: ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΣ Latin: POLITICUS) discusses God's role in maintaining the Universe and describes the statesman as a good shepherd who promotes intermarriage between the orderly (rich) and courageous (poor). Painting: Eighty and Eighteen by John William Godward. Translated by ...
06.08.2016 Parmenides by Plato Parmenides (ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ) recounts a meeting between Socrates, Zeno and Parmenides. Topics discussed include universals, plurality and the One. Photograph: Cotton-Mill Worker, North Carolina by Lewis W. Hine. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Audiobook read by Geoffrey Edwards.
06.01.2016 The Life of Plato by Olympiodorus Olympiodorus the Younger (ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΔΩΡΟΣ Ο ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΣ) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Justinian's Decree of 529 AD closed Plato's Academy in Athens and other Pagan schools but Olympiodorus avoided persecution in part ...
05.19.2016 The Life of Plato by Hesychius The Life of Plato was written by Hesychius of Miletus who lived in Constantinople and flourished during the reign of Saint Justinian the Great. Painting: Femme nue au chien by Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet. Translated by George Burges. Audiobook read ...
05.19.2016 Apuleius on the Doctrines of Plato Apuleius on the Doctrines of Plato which is also known as On Plato and his Doctrine (Latin: De Dogmate Platonis) is divided into three parts. Book I: On Natural Philosophy. Book II: On Moral Philosophy. Book III: On the Philosophy ...
05.01.2016 The Introduction of Alcinous to the Doctrines of Plato The Introduction of Alcinous to the Doctrines of Plato which is also known as The Handbook of Platonism (ΕΠΙΤΟΜΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ ΔΟΓΜΑΤΩΝ) is attributed to the Middle Platonist philosopher Alcinous (ΑΛΚΙΝΟΥΣ) who lived around the 2nd century AD. Painting: The ...
05.01.2016 The Introduction of Albinus to the Dialogues of Plato The Introduction of Albinus to the Dialogues of Plato was written in the 2nd Century CE by Albinus (ΑΛΒΙΝΟΣ) the teacher of Galen (ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΓΑΛΗΝΟΣ). Painting: The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Translated by George Burges. Audiobook ...
04.12.2016 Cratylus by Plato Cratylus (ΚΡΑΤΥΛΟΣ) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which can only be correctly applied to the object named and may have originated from God. Painting: Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau. Translated by ...

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