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Philosophy

Timeless works on meaning, ethics, knowledge and how to live — from ancient thinkers to Enlightenment masters

94 books, free to read in full

The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry — book cover

The Approach to Philosophy

Ralph Barton Perry

Philosophy · 6h 33m

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions; Together with Death's Duel by John Donne — book cover

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions; Together with Death's Duel

John Donne

Philosophy · 4h 48m

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James — book cover

The Varieties of Religious Experience

William James

Philosophy · 10h 17m

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius — book cover

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742

Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism · 2h 45m

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois — book cover

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois

Philosophy · 4h 34m

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky — book cover

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction · 23h 20m

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu — book cover

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Philosophy · 43 min

A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume — book cover

A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

Philosophy · 15h 1m

The Aeneid by Virgil — book cover

The Aeneid

Virgil

Fiction · 7h 10m

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius — book cover

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Philosophy · 4h 47m

The Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa — book cover

The Bhagavad Gita

Vyasa

Philosophy · 1h 16m

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman — book cover

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

Philosophy · 8h 6m

Hamlet by William Shakespeare — book cover

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Fiction · 2h 6m

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana — book cover

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks

Vatsyayana

Philosophy · 3h 41m

Common Sense by Thomas Paine — book cover

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Philosophy · 1h 28m

Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson — book cover

Creative Evolution

Henri Bergson

Philosophy · 9h 4m

Aesop's Fables by Aesop — book cover

Aesop's Fables

Aesop

Fiction · 2h 45m

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy — book cover

Resurrection

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction · 11h 30m

Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero — book cover

Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Philosophy · 12h 3m

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche — book cover

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy · 5h 51m

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran — book cover

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Philosophy · 50 min

India: What can it teach us?: A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by F. Max Müller — book cover

India: What can it teach us?: A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge

F. Max Müller

Philosophy · 4h 49m

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius — book cover

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius

Philosophy · 2h 50m

Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy — book cover

Looking Backward

Edward Bellamy

Fiction · 5h 11m

A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe — book cover

A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory

Albert Taylor Bledsoe

Philosophy · 9h 27m

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell — book cover

The Problems of Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy · 2h 50m

Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy — book cover

Master and Man

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction · 1h 17m

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive by John Stuart Mill — book cover

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive

John Stuart Mill

Philosophy · 27h 18m

The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau — book cover

The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy · 17h 56m

The Art of War by Sun Tzu — book cover

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Philosophy · 3h 36m

Manhood of Humanity. by Alfred Korzybski — book cover

Manhood of Humanity.

Alfred Korzybski

Philosophy · 4h 25m

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass — book cover

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Philosophy · 2h 42m

Walden by Henry David Thoreau — book cover

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

Philosophy · 7h 43m

Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by George Adam Smith — book cover

Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922

George Adam Smith

Philosophy · 5h 55m

The Iliad by Homer — book cover

The Iliad

Homer

Fiction · 12h 33m

The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings by John Abercrombie — book cover

The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings

John Abercrombie

Philosophy · 3h 46m

Phaedrus by Plato — book cover

Phaedrus

Plato

Philosophy · 2h 32m

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky — book cover

Notes from the Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction · 2h 56m

Homer's Odyssey: A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider — book cover

Homer's Odyssey: A Commentary

Denton Jaques Snider

Philosophy · 8h 10m

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes — book cover

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Philosophy · 14h 9m

The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine of Hippo — book cover

The Confessions of St. Augustine

Augustine of Hippo

Philosophy · 7h 27m

On the Shortness of Life by Seneca — book cover

On the Shortness of Life

Seneca

Stoicism · 44 min

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith — book cover

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

Business Classics · 25h 21m

Phaedo by Plato — book cover

Phaedo

Plato

Philosophy · 2h 50m

Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond — book cover

Natural Law in the Spiritual World

Henry Drummond

Philosophy · 6h 10m

The Analects of Confucius by Confucius — book cover

The Analects of Confucius

Confucius

Philosophy · 1h 57m

Discourse on the Method by René Descartes — book cover

Discourse on the Method

René Descartes

Philosophy · 1h 31m

The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche — book cover

The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Philosophy · 1h 50m

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill — book cover

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

Philosophy · 3h 11m

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume — book cover

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

Philosophy · 3h 50m

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — book cover

Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fiction · 2h 30m

Candide by Voltaire — book cover

Candide

Voltaire

Fiction · 2h 20m

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville — book cover

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Philosophy · 12h 24m

The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky — book cover

The Possessed

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction · 16h 53m

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — book cover

Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Philosophy · 4h 30m

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son: Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." by George Horace Lorimer — book cover

Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son: Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy."

George Horace Lorimer

Philosophy · 3h 15m

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau — book cover

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy · 2h 58m

Paradise Lost by John Milton — book cover

Paradise Lost

John Milton

Fiction · 5h 21m

Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon — book cover

Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon

Philosophy · 7h 21m

Apology by Plato — book cover

Apology

Plato

Philosophy · 1h 4m

On the Happy Life by Seneca — book cover

On the Happy Life

Seneca

Philosophy · 52 min

The Symposium by Plato — book cover

The Symposium

Plato

Philosophy · 2h 10m

Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal — book cover

Pascal's Pensées

Blaise Pascal

Philosophy · 7h 21m

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám — book cover

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyám

Philosophy · 45 min

Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius — book cover

Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism · 4h 51m

Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza — book cover

Ethics

Benedictus de Spinoza

Philosophy · 5h 52m

On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus — book cover

On the Nature of Things

Titus Lucretius Carus

Philosophy · 4h 55m

The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill — book cover

The Subjection of Women

John Stuart Mill

Philosophy · 2h 54m

The Life Radiant by Lilian Whiting — book cover

The Life Radiant

Lilian Whiting

Philosophy · 4h 52m

The Odyssey by Homer — book cover

The Odyssey

Homer

Fiction · 8h 35m

Evolution, Old & New: Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck,; as compared with that of Charles Darwin by Samuel Butler — book cover

Evolution, Old & New: Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck,; as compared with that of Charles Darwin

Samuel Butler

Philosophy · 7h 52m

On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche — book cover

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy · 3h 27m

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche — book cover

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy · 4h 7m

Utopia by Thomas More — book cover

Utopia

Thomas More

Philosophy · 2h 54m

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri — book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Fiction · 7h 13m

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy — book cover

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Fiction · 37h 26m

The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle — book cover

The Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle

Philosophy · 7h 30m

The Republic by Plato — book cover

The Republic

Plato

Philosophy · 7h 53m

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin — book cover

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

Philosophy · 9h 59m

Second Treatise of Government by John Locke — book cover

Second Treatise of Government

John Locke

Philosophy · 3h 46m

Anthem by Ayn Rand — book cover

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Fiction · 1h 16m

The Map of Life: Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky — book cover

The Map of Life: Conduct and Character

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Philosophy · 6h 34m

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky — book cover

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fiction · 16h 6m

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels — book cover

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Philosophy · 45 min

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson — book cover

Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Philosophy · 1h 1m

Discourses of Epictetus by Epictetus — book cover

Discourses of Epictetus

Epictetus

Philosophy · 4h 7m

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev — book cover

Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev

Fiction · 4h 56m

Usury : $b a scriptural, ethical and economic view by Calvin Elliott — book cover

Usury : $b a scriptural, ethical and economic view

Calvin Elliott

Philosophy · 4h 29m

A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by William Wilberforce — book cover

A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.

William Wilberforce

Philosophy · 6h 44m

On War by Carl von Clausewitz — book cover

On War

Carl von Clausewitz

Philosophy · 19h 28m

Moral Letters to Lucilius by Seneca — book cover

Moral Letters to Lucilius

Seneca

Philosophy · 13h 59m

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli — book cover

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

Philosophy · 3h 17m

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton — book cover

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

G. K. Chesterton

Philosophy · 3h 52m

The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche — book cover

The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Philosophy · 3h 22m