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