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To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca in his longest and most searching moral treatise, "On Benefits" (De Beneficiis). James Romm's splendid new translation of essential selections from this work conveys the heart of Seneca's argument that generosity and gratitude are among the most important of all virtues.

Rousseau's Social Contract remains, after a quarter of a millennium, one of the most controversial texts in the history of political philosophy, variously seen as a model for participatory democracy, a blueprint for totalitarianism, and several points in between. In addition to Rousseau’s magnum opus, this production includes an introduction by George Douglas Howard Cole, an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. Also included are three discourses that Rousseau composed apart from The Social Contract.

At long last, a travel guide to the ancient world for the modern tourist—written by the ancients themselves. How to Travel gathers classic texts from Greek and Roman writers to explore what today’s audiences can learn from ancient encounters with unfamiliar peoples, places, and customs.

Brought to you by Penguin. The audiobook edition of Happy, read by Derren Brown. Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Des Devoirs est l'un des grands traités de morale de Cicéron, écrit pour son fils Marcus alors que l'auteur approchait la fin de sa vie. Dans ce dialogue adressé au jeune homme, Cicéron cherche à transmettre ce qu'il a de plus précieux : une...

In Of Peace of Mind, the Roman philosopher Seneca explores one of humanity's most enduring concerns: how to achieve inner calm amid the distractions, ambitions and anxieties of everyday life. Drawing on the principles of Stoicism, Seneca shows how self-knowledge, moderation and purposeful action can free us from worry and help us live with greater confidence and serenity.

Life is not short, Seneca argues. We simply waste too much of it. In On the Shortness of Life, the Roman philosopher and statesman examines how people squander their most precious resource: time. With clarity and conviction, Seneca challenges the pursuit of wealth, status and distraction, urging readers instead to devote themselves to what truly matters. Combining sharp observation with practical wisdom, he shows how mindful living can free us from needless busyness and help us make better use of the years available to us.

Start your listening journey today. “Meditations” provides not just philosophical wisdom, but a roadmap to living a fulfilling and thoughtful life. Let this journey of self-discovery enrich your life.

The Analysis of the Mind by Bertrand Russell is a collection of 15 lectures he delivered in 1920. Russell was a highly reputed philosopher, mathematician, and social critic, and would go on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the 20th century.

This compassionate, personal, and illuminating work of nonfiction draws on the author's celebrated work as a director of socially conscious theater to connect listeners with the power of an ancient artistic tradition. For years Bryan Doerries has been producing ancient tragedies for current and returned servicemen and women, addicts, tornado and hurricane victims, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society.

Poststructuralism changes the way we understand the relations between human beings, their culture, and the world. Following a brief account of the historical relationship between structuralism and poststructuralism, this Very Short Introduction traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. 

 Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick places Augustine in his philosophical and religious context and traces the history of his influence on Western thought, both within and beyond the Christian tradition. 

The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday’s bestselling trilogy—The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key—captivated professional athletes, CEOs, politicians, and entrepreneurs and helped bring Stoicism to millions of...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The other eyewitness. Before Plato turned him into a legend, Xenophon knew Socrates as a friend, and remembered a plainer, shrewder, more useful teacher. Memorabilia, Apology, and Symposium, fresh from the Greek...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Thirty comic sketches of people you already know: the flatterer, the cheapskate, the man who will not stop talking. Aristotle's successor invented the character study, and it is still funny. Fresh from the Greek...

In 1988 a French philosopher announced that mathematics and the science of being are one and the same thing. He was not speaking loosely. He meant that set theory, the austere discipline that tells us how collections behave, is the true account of what exists, and that philosophy had been waiting twenty-five centuries for someone to notice. From this announcement he built the most ambitious system of our age: a theory of how anything genuinely new can enter a world, and of what it costs a person to stay loyal to it.

Everyone thinks they know Parmenides. He was the odd man of ancient Greece who used cold logic to prove that motion is impossible, that change is a fraud, and that your own eyes are liars. He is the philosopher common sense loves to hate, filed away as a curiosity between two more agreeable neighbors. This book argues that almost everything in that portrait is upside down, and that the real Parmenides was not the enemy of the living world but its unlikeliest comforter.

Was haben das Verschwinden von Apfelsorten, das Auftreten von Politikern in Talkshows, religiöser Fundamentalismus und der Kunst- und Musikmarkt miteinander gemeinsam? Überall wird Vielfalt reduziert, Unerwartetes und Unangepasstes zurückgedrängt. An die Stelle des eigentümlichen Inhalts rückt vermeintliche Authentizität: Nicht mehr das »was« zählt, sondern nur noch das »wie«.

Warum gibt es Fake News? Und warum verbreiten sie sich so erfolgreich? Weil der Mensch nicht so rational ist, wie er gerne denkt. Denn Fake News gibt es schon, solange es Nachrichten gibt. Neu ist nur ihr Ausmaß.