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    Enlightenment Now

    The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 49 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer and more prosperous - ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Brief History of Everything

    by Ken Wilber ...
    Narrated by Steve Grad, Willow Pearson ...
    series Shambhala

    Unabridged

    5 hours 44 min

    A Brief History of Everything is an altogether friendly and accessible account of men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit, written by an author of whom New York Times reporter Tony Schwartz says: "No one has described the path to wisdom better than Ken Wilber."Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind, ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Beyond Good and Evil

    Penguin Classics

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.'One of the greatest books of a very great thinker' Michael TannerThis Penguin Classic is performed by Leighton Pugh, known for his various roles at the National Theatre. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Tanner.Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

    by David Graeber ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 9 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was home to several thousand pirates. This was the Golden Age of Piracy, a period of violent buccaneering and rollicking legends - but it was also, argues anthropologist David Graeber, a brief window of radical ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Objectivism

    The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

    by Leonard Peikoff ...
    Narrated by Johanna Ward ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 37 min

    This brilliantly conceived and well-organized book is based on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976, prepared with the help of Ayn Rand and entitled “The Philosophy of Objectivism.” Ayn Rand said of these lectures: “Until or unless I write a comprehensive treatise on my philosophy, Dr. Peikoff’s course is the only authorized presentation of the entire theoretical structure of ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Heaven in Disorder

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Narrated by Will Tulin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 9 min

    As we emerge (though perhaps only temporarily) from the pandemic, other crises move center stage: outrageous inequality, climate disaster, desperate refugees, mounting tensions of a new cold war. The abiding motif of our time is relentless chaos. Acknowledging the possibilities for new beginnings at such moments, Mao Zedong famously proclaimed, "There is great disorder under heaven; the situation ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Enlightenment

    The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

    by Ritchie Robertson ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

    Unabridged

    40 hours 10 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific thought as an exemplary form of reasoning, and rationality and evidence-based argument. Others accuse the ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Little Happier

    Notes for reassurance

    by Derren Brown ...
    Narrated by Derren Brown ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Happiness is impossible to define and illusory. How then are we to lead happier lives?In A Little Happier Derren Brown condenses the lessons of his international bestseller Happy into 17 beautifully-wrought, wise and profoundly reassuring mini-chapters, each one challenging us to think differently so as to overcome anxiety in a difficult world.· Nothing is real when each ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Foucault

    A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edition

    by Gary Gutting ...
    Narrated by David de Vries ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 56 min

    Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving to understand the deep concepts of identity, knowledge, and power. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilization to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Habermas

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Gordon Finlayson ...
    Narrated by Christine Williams ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 48 min

    This book gives a clear overview of the philosophical work of Jürgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union. Gordon Finlayson provides listeners with a clear overview of Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Moral - Immanuel Kant

    by Immanuel Kant ...
    Narrated by Lian Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 47 min

    Immanuel Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, also known as the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, is a seminal work in ethical philosophy. In this text, Kant attempts to establish a foundation for morality that is based on reason and rationality rather than on feelings or consequences.The central idea in the text is the concept of the "categorical imperative," which ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Philosophers

    Their Lives and Works

    by Simon Blackburn ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 14 min

    An illuminating celebration of more than 80 of the world's most important thinkers, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives, their loves, and their pioneering ideas.Introduced with a featured philosopher, entries trace the ideas and beliefs, and the relationships and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Maan laiturilla

    by Katri Vala ...
    Narrated by Ritva-Liisa Elivuo ...
    series World Classics

    Unabridged

    37 min

    Katri Vala (1901-1944) (alkujaan Karin, Alice, Heikel Wadenström) oli arvostettu suomalainen runoilija. Hän valmistui kansakoulunopettajaksi ja kuului Tulenkantajat-ryhmään. Valan ensimmäinen runokokoelma ilmestyi 1924. Hän oli myös perustamassa taiteilijaryhmä Kiilaa.Ilomantsissa on Katri Vala –kulttuurikeskus, joka sijaitsee entisessä kirkonkylän kansakoulussa, jossa Vala opetti vuosina 1925 ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

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    Twentieth Century European Philosophy

    by Pat Childs, Dr. Ed Casey ...
    Narrated by Lynn Redgrave ...
    series The World of Philosophy Series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 57 min

    In an age of conflicting intellectual trends, some philosophers have lost faith in the everyday relevance of philosophy; others have affirmed that reflection is crucial to authentic living. The limelight has been shared by existentialism, phenomenology, structuralism, and other movements. The question remains: what is the next great step in philosophy?The World of Philosophy series is a dramatic ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Mill's On Liberty

    by John Stuart Mill ...
    Narrated by Albert A. Anderson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 10 min

    John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" was first published in 1859. In the 21st century this text confirms Socrates' claim that "it is only the life of true philosophy that scorns the life of political ambition" (Plato's Republic, 521). Mill's thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians. The life of true ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

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    Humankind

    Solidarity with Nonhuman People

    by Timothy Morton ...
    Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    A radical call for solidarity between humans and nonhumans What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and nonlife, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed object-oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminently political. In our relationship with ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Hegel in Fragments

    by Stephen Curkpatrick ...
    Narrated by Sarah Bacaller ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 40 min

    ‘Hegel in Fragments’ is a collection of writings in dialogue with the work of German philosopher, G. W. F. Hegel. In bite-sized pieces, Australian academic Stephen Curkpatrick applies Hegelian insights to themes such as contingency, truth, theology, identity, limit, and rhythms.This exploratory collection is informed by Hegel’s concept of spirit as relation and mediation, within which identity is ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Beyond Good and Evil

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Narrated by Cori Samuel ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 25 min

    A caustic criticism of nearly every philosophic predecessor and a challenge of traditionally held views on right and wrong, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil paved the way for modern philosophical thought. Through nearly three hundred transformative aphorisms, Nietzsche presents a worldview in which neither truth nor morality are absolutes, and where good and evil are not opposites but ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Whitehead's The Function of Reason

    by Alfred North Whitehead ...
    Narrated by Albert A. Anderson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 34 min

    Whitehead presented these three lectures at Princeton University in 1929. Although 85 years have passed, his central thesis and his analysis remain remarkably current. The scientific materialism that Whitehead opposed with such vigor continues to dominate in academic circles, and even now those who question that worldview are often accused of being anti-scientific. This is especially true in ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

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    Immanuel Kant

    by Prof. A. J. Mandt, Pat Childs ...
    Narrated by Charlton Heston ...
    series The Giants of Philosophy Series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 18 min

    Immanuel Kant’s “transcendental” philosophy transcends the question of what we know to ask how we know it. Before Kant, philosophers had debated for centuries whether knowledge is derived from experience or reason. Kant says that both views are partly right and partly wrong, that they share the same error; both believe that the mind and the world, reason and nature, are separated from one another. ... Read more

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    Ecce Homo

    by Friedrich Nietzsche ...
    Narrated by Stephen Van Doren ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 13 min

    Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book passes under review all of ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Age of Reason Begins

    A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558–1648

    by Will Durant, Ariel Durant ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...
    Audiobook 7 - The Story of Civilization

    Unabridged

    34 hours 51 min

    This seventh volume of Will and Ariel Durant's renowned Story of Civilization chronicles the history of European civilization from 1558 to 1648.The Age of Reason Begins brings together a fascinating network of stories in the discussion of the bumpy road toward the Enlightenment. This is the age of great monarchs and greater artists—on the one hand, Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, and ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Anxiety

    A Philosophical History

    by Bettina Bergo ...
    Narrated by Donna Postel ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 51 min

    Anxiety looms large in historical works of philosophy and psychology. It is an affect, philosopher Bettina Bergo argues, subtler and more persistent than our emotions, and points toward the intersection of embodiment and cognition. While scholars who focus on the work of luminaries as Freud, Levinas, or Kant often study this theme in individual works, they seldom draw out the deep and significant ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    In Our Time: 25 Pioneers in the History of Science

    A BBC Radio 4 Collection

    by Melvyn Bragg ...
    Narrated by Melvyn Bragg, Various ...
    series In Our Time

    Unabridged

    20 hours 23 min

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 scientific pioneers who have shaped the development of science over 500 years'Exemplifies what Radio 4 is all about, and what makes it world class' The GuardianOne of the bedrocks of Radio 4, In Our Time has entertained and fascinated millions of listeners since it was first broadcast in 1998. Each week, Melvyn Bragg and a panel of leading academics discuss the ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial