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Speech by Gandhi
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Audio
Mohandas Gandhi, recorded in Kinglsey Hall, London 1931, giving a spiritual message to the world.
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The Treatise on Friendship
by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Available on: Audio Download
In this creative and entertaining dialogue, Cicero explores the roots of friendship as well as its benefits and pitfalls.
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The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
Available on: Audio Download
Written in China over two thousand years ago, The Art of War provides the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations
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Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Available on: Audio Download
LearnOutLoud.com presents The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1. The 5 essays contained on this audio program have been hand selected and represent specifically Emerson's early career as a writer.
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The Law
by Frederic Bastiat
Available on: Audio Download
The Law is one of the most important books ever written on the uses and abuses of law.
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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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The Apology
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download
One of the most famous works of western civilization, The Apology is Plato's account of the trial of Socrates.
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Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?
by Immanuel Kant
Available on: Audio Download
Written in 1784, "Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" is one of philosopher Immanuel Kant's most influential and famous essays. Here Kant addresses the causes for a lack of Enlightenment in society, and the preconditions a person must meet in order to gain it.
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Gandhi Audio Library
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Audio Download
Gandhi speeches and recordings provided by the Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Serivce Archive.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Available on: Audio Download
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a 19th century literary masterpiece and key philosophical work by Nietzsche.
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The Republic
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download
Plato's most popular dialogue, The Republic, argues for social justice by subjecting the individual to complete state control.
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Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
In this talk, leading genetist Rudolf Jaenisch delivers a clear overview of the challenges facing the cloning, dispelling many of the misconceptions about cloning that are pervasive in popular media.
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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
Available on: Audio Download
Undoubtedly one of the most influential writings of all time, the Communist Manifesto divided the globe for almost a century.
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The Enchiridion
by Epictetus
Available on: Audio Download
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the word epiktetos in Greek simply means “acquired.”
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
Available on: Audio Download
Written in 1513 to the Medici family, Machiavelli's work is known primarily for its ruthless advice and shocking lack of morality.
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Seven Steps Of Self-Actualization
Available on: Audio Download
After finishing Paul D. Hudon book entitled Seven Steps in Self Actualization, I realized this is not just another of your "run of the mill" self help books; as the title suggests,is All In All.
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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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The Madman
by Kahlil Gibran
Available on: Audio Download
Kahlil Gibran (author of The Prophet) was a Lebanese-American philosophical essayist, novelist, mystical poet and artist...
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What Is Religion?
by Peter Kreeft
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture Professor Kreeft explores what religion is and what questions it tries to answer. He goes over a brief history of philosophical definitions of religion.
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Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
Available on: Audio Download
Classic essay by Thoreau explaining why he went to jail rather than submit to a tax he felt unjust, Civil Disobedience served as inspiration to both Gandhi and Tolstoy and continues to be regarded as a definitive statement of the rights of the individual within the state.
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The Apology of Socrates
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download
The Apology of Socrates is one of the earliest existing documents of Greek philosophy - everything earlier was lost and is known only through quoted fragments in later works, like those of Plato himself.
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Why Can't We Be Good?
by Jacob Needleman
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Jacob Needleman discusses Why Can't We Be Good?
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The Value of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell
Available on: Audio Download
The Value of Philosophy is taken from the final chapter of Bertrand Russell's larger 1912 work "Problems of Philosophy".
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The Second Treatise on Government
by John Locke
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
One of the leading liberal thinkers in 17th century England, Locke's ideas were drawn on heavily by Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence.
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Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?
by Steven Hawkins
Available on: Online Audio
On this week's show, we broadcasted the 13th Great Debate held as part of the biannual Great Debate Series that Boston University's College of Communications began in 1996. The topic of the 13th Great Debate was "Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?"
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