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Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 130 CE) maintained that all people are free to control their lives and live in harmony with nature. We will always be happy, he argued, if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are. After attaining his freedom, Epictetus spent his career teaching philosophy and advising a daily regimen of self-examination.

Aristóteles fue preceptor de Alejandro Magno. La historia no registra detalles de esta relación, pero sabemos que, con el tiempo, Alejandro estuvo a punto de firmar la sentencia de muerte de su maestro, si bien acabó por olvidarse del tema y, en su lugar, se dispuso a invadir la India. De no...

Aristóteles fue preceptor de Alejandro Magno. La historia no registra detalles de esta relación, pero sabemos que, con el tiempo, Alejandro estuvo a punto de firmar la sentencia de muerte de su maestro, si bien acabó por olvidarse del tema y, en su lugar, se dispuso a invadir la India. De no...

Experience one of the most influential political works in American history, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, now narrated by Gary Middleton. First published in 1776, this revolutionary pamphlet boldly called for American independence from British rule, igniting the flames of rebellion and inspiring a new nation to rise.

A leading thinker of the Stoic school of philosophy, Epictetus (A.D. 55-135) was a renowned teacher whose students transcribed and compiled his teachings; this collection presents the work of Arrian, a Greek philosopher and historian who was a disciple of Epictetus. In these two brief but highly influential works, Epictetus demonstrates that philosophy is more than a theoretical discipline; it is a way of life based on logic, reason, and self-reflection.

Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.

The Greek word sumposion means a drinking party (a fact shamefully ignored by the organizers of modern symposia), and the party described in Plato's Symposium is one supposedly given in the year 416 BC by the playwright Agathon to celebrate his victory in the dramatic festival of the Lenaea. He has already given one party, the previous evening; this second party is for a select group of friends, and host and guests alike are feeling a little frail.

The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the center, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The distilled common sense of antiquity, one line at a time — the Golden Verses of Pythagoras, the Delphic maxims, Cato's Distichs, and the Sentences of Publilius Syrus, gathered in one volume...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Philosophy before it had prose: every surviving fragment of Xenophanes, Parmenides, Empedocles and Anaxagoras, translated fresh from the Greek, with the ancient life of each man...

The Consolation of Philosophy—a moving and profound exploration of the mysteries of suffering, evil, fate, and freewill—has inspired readers for more than a millennium, from Thomas Aquinas and Dante to Chaucer and C. S. Lewis. Although Boethius, a late-Roman Christian, wrote The Consolation...

Neste volume, Tiago Tranjan explora a tentativa humana de entender e exprimir o mundo: nossos argumentos só têm validade porque os interpretamos como válidos. Passa por autores clássicos, como Aristóteles, Tomás de Aquino e Ockham, até concluir com contemporâneos, como Frege e...

Neste volume, Franklin Leopoldo e Silva parte de uma problemática muito comum em nossa experiência do mundo: tudo se apresenta como sendo o mesmo e como sendo outro, como idêntico e como diferente. Percorre, então, o pensamento de Platão, Santo Agostinho...

Neste volume, Alexandre Carrasco convida a mergulhar nas águas nunca rasas da dialética. Tomando Montaigne como treinador de largas braçadas, retorna a Heráclito, Parmênides, Platão e Aristóteles, até chegar a Kant, Hegel e Marx como...

Neste volume, Juvenal Savian Filho analisa as críticas e defesas da Religião, partindo da pergunta: Por que dedicar um livro à Religião em uma coleção de Filosofia? Elas não seriam contraditórias? Se não são, o que faz um...

Neste volume, Fernando Rey Puente enfrenta um dos enigmas mais instigantes da história da Filosofia: o tempo. Será ele apenas a cronometragem convencional de acontecimentos ou será uma experiência interna dos indivíduos? Coleção dirigida por...

Neste volume, Sílvia Faustino de Assis Saes apresenta três grandes modelos de investigação filosófica da linguagem: o modelo antigo, platônico-aristotélico; o modelo da Lógica Port-Royal, determinante para a Modernidade; o modelo de...

Esta é uma seleção de ensinamentos de Confúcio (551-479 a.C.), um dos maiores vultos da filosofia e da religião. Confúcio ensinava que a sobrevivência da civilização depende do exercício correto de uma cultura racional, da...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Les Lettres à Lucilius de Sénèque réunissent la correspondance philosophique du grand stoïcien romain à son ami Lucilius. À travers plus d'une centaine de lettres, Sénèque explore le temps, l'amitié, la mort, la vertu, la richesse, le désir...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The teacher of Epictetus, exiled three times for philosophy. His surviving lectures are Stoicism at its most practical: food, family, exile, and how to live with both hands...