44 audiobooks · 272 hours of listening

Ancient Philosophy audiobooks

Where Western thought begins.

The foundation of Western philosophy, beginning with the largest group of Plato's dialogues in the library — Socrates arguing about justice, love, knowledge and death — and continuing with Aristotle, Xenophon, Cicero, Seneca, Plutarch and Marcus Aurelius. The dialogues were written as conversations, and listening to them is closer to how they were meant to be met than reading silently.

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  • Full text on screen as you listen
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The best-known ancient philosophy titles in the library
  1. The Republic Plato · 10h 24m
  2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Aristotle · 8h 32m
  3. Symposium Plato · 1h 52m
  4. Apology Plato · 56m
  5. The Golden Ass Apuleius · 6h 56m
  6. Timaeus Plato · 2h 43m

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Are these ancient philosophy audiobooks free?

The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 44 ancient philosophy titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.

Can I read along while I listen?

Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.

What's the shortest and longest ancient philosophy audiobook here?

Crito is the shortest at 28 min; The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations is the longest at 18 hr 6 min. The whole collection runs about 272 hours.

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