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Writings of Ayn Rand
by Jeff Britting
Available on: Online Video
From Sunset Boulevard and the Harmony Gold Theater, the guests talked about the political history of America and the world from the mid-1930s to post-World War II through the life and writings of novelist, screenwriter, and philosopher Ayn Rand.
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William James: What Makes a Life Significant?
by Louis Menand
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
A little over a century ago, the Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James gave a public lecture entitled "What Makes a Life Significant?"
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Cicero
by John Lord
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Born into a modest family in 106 B.C., Cicero climbed his way to consul of the Roman Republic.
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The Story of My Misfortunes
by Peter Abelard
Available on: Audio Download
Peter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concise but vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life.
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Famous Men of Greece
by John H. Haaren
Available on: Audio Download
Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time.
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Confessions, Volumes 3 and 4
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Available on: Audio Download
"The smallest, the most trifling pleasure that is conveniently within my reach, tempts me more than all the joys of paradise."
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Confessions, Volumes 1 and 2
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Available on: Audio Download
Rousseau's lengthy and sometimes anguished dossier on the Self is one of the most remarkable and courageous works of introspection ever undertaken.
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Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
by Hazel Rowley
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
They are one of the world's legendary couples.
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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Audio Download
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond.
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Emerson: The Mind on Fire
by Robert D. Richardson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
How do Emerson's ideas about freedom hold up in our age? Did this 19th century abolitionist and philosopher embrace the world around him or retreat into the world of ideas?
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