Disclaimer: Audiobooks are generally a poor format for doing philosophy. Difficult passages in philosophical works may need to be reread several times in order to be understood. This is a pain in the arse to do while listening to an audiobook. A general rule of thumb is that the more difficult the work of philosophy, the worse the listening experience. This page contains some easy works of philosophy in audiobook format. The links to free audiobook are from Librivox. Librivox uses public domain translations and are recorded by volunteers, I recommend checking the quality before downloading. The Audible audiobooks are professionally recorded but they require an audible subscription.
Introductory Works from Audible
- Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy by Simon Blackburn
- A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
- Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy by Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone
- Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Edward Craig
- The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
- A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
- Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
- The Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction by Samir Okasha
- Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by David Miller
Plato
- Euthyphro (free audiobook)
- Apology (free audiobook)
- Crito (free audiobook)
- Phaedo (free audiobook)
- Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo are available together from audible as The Trial and Death of Socrates
- Meno (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
- The Republic (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
Aristotle
- Nichomachean Ethics (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
- Politics (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
- Poetics (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
Marcus Aurelius
- Meditations (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
Descartes
- Discourse on the Method (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
- Meditations on First Philosophy (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
Hume
- Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
Mill
- Utilitarianism (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
- On Liberty (free audiobook | Audible audiobook)
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