Category Archives: Ancient

Audiobook: Parmenides

Parmenides (Ancient Greek: ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ) recounts a meeting between Socrates, Zeno and Parmenides. Topics discussed include

Audiobook: Beacon Lights of History, Vol 1: The Old Pagan Civilizations

The first of 14 volumes, this book discusses ancient civilization looking primarily at religion and

Audiobook: Statesman

Statesman (Ancient Greek: Πολιτικός) discusses God’s role in maintaining the universe and describes the statesman

Audiobook: Sophist

Sophist (Ancient Greek: Σοφιστής) discusses being and not-being while drawing a distinction between the philosopher

Audiobook: Cratylus

Cratylus (ΚΡΑΤΥΛΟΣ) discusses whether things have names by mere convention or have true names which

Audiobook: Charmides

Charmides (Χαρμίδης) discusses the virtue of temperance.

Audiobook: Laches

Laches (Λάχης) discusses examples of courage including weapons masters, soldiers who stand firm in battle,

Audiobook: Philebus

Philebus (ΦΙΛΗΒΟΣ) discusses pleasure, wisdom, soul and God.

Audiobook: Lysis

Lysis (Λύσις) discusses friendship and love between the good and bad.

Audiobook: Menexenus

Menexenus (ΜΕΝΕΞΕΝΟΣ) is thought to have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ). The dialogue consists of

Audiobook: Euthydemus

Euthydemus (Εὐθύδημος) and Dionysodorus the sophists discuss the meaning of words with Socrates.

Audiobook: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI

There are 10 divisions in this title. This project is a recording of book 6.

Audiobook: Tusculan Disputations

Tusculan Disputations (Latin: TUSCULANARUM DISPUTATIONUM) is divided into five books which discuss death, pain, grief,

Audiobook: Mundaka Upanishad

The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, “Upa” means “near;” “ni” means “down;” “shad” means “to

Audiobook: On the Ends of Good and Evil

On the Ends of Good and Evil (Latin: DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM) discusses Skeptic,

Audiobook: Katha Upanishad

The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, “Upa” means “near;” “ni” means “down;” “shad” means “to

Audiobook: Epistulae Morales Selectae

Seneca is an important repository of Stoic doctrine. His reputation, based on the ancient testimony,

Audiobook: Histoire générale du IVe siècle à nos jours. Tome 01. Les origines (395-1095)

Ouvrage collectif sous la direction d’Ernest Lavisse et Alfred Rambaud. «Le présent volume n’est que

Audiobook: Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History

King Henry VIII is so often depicted as a far-seeing statesman, pressing forward through a

Audiobook: Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 8

A comprehensive and readable account of the world’s history, emphasizing the more important events, and

Audiobook: Normans in Europe

This short history of the Normans in Europe opens with the invasions of the Vikings,

Audiobook: Early Tudors: Henry VII and Henry VIII

Following the chaos of the Wars of the Roses, the reigns of Henry VII and

Audiobook: Histoire générale du IVe siècle à nos jours. Tome 02. L’Europe féodale, les croisades (1095-1270)

Ouvrage collectif sous la direction de Alfred Rambaud et Ernest Lavisse. Le deuxième tome de

Audiobook: Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09

A comprehensive and readable account of the world’s history, emphasizing the more important events, and

Audiobook: Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. His appointment as a cardinal by

Audiobook: Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

A comprehensive and readable account of the world’s history, emphasizing the more important events, and

Audiobook: Saxons in England, A History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of the Norman Conquest

The following pages contain an account of the principles upon which the public and political

Audiobook: Houses of Lancaster and York with the Conquest and Loss of France

The Wars of the Roses took place during the last phase of the Hundred Years’

Audiobook: Histoire générale du IVe siècle à nos jours. Tome 03. Formation des grands états (1270-1492)

Ouvrage collectif sous la direction d’Ernest Lavisse et Alfred Rambaud. Le troisième volume de la

Audiobook: Praise of Folly

The Praise of Folly (Greek title: Morias Enkomion (Μωρίας Εγκώμιον), Latin: Stultitiae Laus, sometimes translated