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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Available on: Audio Download
First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important.
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Zaadz Notes: Socrates
by Brian Johnson
Available on: Audio Download
His command takes on more significance when you understand one of the most important values in Greek culture: areté. Translated as "virtue," the word actually means something closer to "being the best you can be," or "reaching your highest human potential."
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The Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Available on: Audio Download
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche said: "If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book."
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Apology
by Plato
Available on: Audio Download
Socrates's final defence and statements before and as he is condemned to death, written by Plato.
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The Antichrist
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Available on: Audio Download
Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecce Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a statement of some of his most salient ideas in their final form.
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Zaadz Notes: Seneca
by Brian Johnson
Available on: Audio Download
Stoicism is one of my favorite philosophies. What we know of this classic Hellenistic philosophy is based primarily on the texts produced by its three primary sages: Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca.
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A Discourse on the Passion of Love
by Blaise Pascal
Available on: Audio Download
A cerebral look at everyone's favorite passion, Pascal's A Discourse on the Passion of Love is an attempt to explain why we love by one of history's greatest philosophers.
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The Consolation of Philosophy
by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Available on: Audio Download
Consolation of Philosophy is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classical.
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Studies in Pessimism
by Arthur Schopenhauer
Available on: Audio Download
Arthur Schopenhauer, an early 19th century philosopher, made significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics.
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The Gandhi Museum Audio-Visual Archive
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Audio Download
The Gandhi Museum Audio Visual section maintains a large collection of audio-visual tapes, records, CDs and films related to Mahatma Gandhi & Freedom Movement.
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Socrates in Love
by Christopher Phillips
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Christopher Phillips, called the Johnny Appleseed of philosophy for his penchant for traveling and talking about philosophy all around the world, is the author of two previous books, Six Questions of Socrates and Socrates Cafe.
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