Contemporary Philosophy

Product List
    • Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
    • By: Epictetus, James Harris
    • Narrated by: Jason Sprenger
    • Length: 47 mins
    • Release date: 06-16-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 101 ratings
    • The Enchiridion or Manual of Epictetus (Enchiridion is Greek for "that which is held in the hand") is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice. This manual has been carefully adapted in to modern English to allow for easy listening. Enjoy....

    • Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age
    • By: Susan Neiman
    • Narrated by: Leslie Howard
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • The philosopher Susan Neiman argues that the absence of appealing models of maturity is not an accident: By describing life as a downhill process, we prepare young people to expect - and demand - very little from it....

    • A Complete Exploration Using Today's Philosophy and Science
    • By: Kevin J. Todeschi, Henry Reed
    • Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
    • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 11-12-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • Whether you are new to Edgar Cayce or have studied the readings for years, this modern, comprehensive look at his material speaks to where humankind is today....
    • Resisting the Attention Economy
    • By: Jenny Odell
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-19
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 757 ratings
    • A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention - and our personal information - that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world....

    • By: Franz Kafka
    • Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
    • Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 04-27-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3,537 ratings
    • “One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug....”
    • A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies
    • By: Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
    • Narrated by: Nan McNamara
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
    • Contemporary culture trivializes the "seven deadly sins," or vices, as if they have no serious moral or spiritual implications. Glittering Vices clears this misconception by exploring the traditional meanings of gluttony, sloth, lust, and others....

    • An Honest Attractions Book
    • By: Marilyn Foxworthy
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Well, this was different. Janice seemed to think that I was her blind date. She had my dating profile from a matchmaking service I didn’t even ...
    • The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything
    • By: James R. Doty MD
    • Narrated by: James R. Doty MD
    • Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 174 ratings
    • Neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty explores the neuroscience behind manifestation, with a six-part plan for realizing your dreams....

    • A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism
    • By: Brandon Rickabaugh, J.P. Moreland
    • Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
    • Length: 21 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In The Substance of Consciousness, two distinguished philosophers deliver a unique and powerful defense of contemporary substance dualism, which makes the claim that the human person is an embodied fundamental, immaterial, and unifying substance.

    • A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
    • By: Stephen Batchelor
    • Narrated by: Stephen Batchelor
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 534 ratings
    • On Buddhism without Beliefs, celebrated teacher, translator, and former Buddhist monk Stephen Batchelor takes us back to the first years after the Buddha's awakening....
    • An Urgent Paraphrase of Paul's Letter to the Romans
    • By: Adam S. Miller
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-25
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • What follows is not a translation in the ordinary sense of the word. It’s more like a paraphrase. Rather than worry over the letter of the text, ...
    • By: Duncan Steven
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-25
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Among the questions that have exercised philosophers of the last sixty years, that of the existence of God has been one of the most hotly contested...
    • From the Intellectual to the Political
    • By: Quassim Cassam
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Epistemic vices are character traits, attitudes, or thinking styles that prevent us from gaining, keeping, or sharing knowledge. In this book, Quassim Cassam gives an account of the nature and importance of these vices....

    • Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
    • By: Lucius Seneca, James Harris
    • Narrated by: Greg Douras
    • Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 11-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
    • Letters from a Stoic is collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for 15 years. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily....

    • A Contemporary Exploration of Ecclesiastes and the Meaning of Life
    • By: Haim Shapira
    • Narrated by: Richard Lyddon
    • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • Discover the secret to a meaningful and fulfilled life through the ancient wisdom of King Solomon....

    • By: Jane Fallon
    • Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 08-16-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 310 ratings
    • Helen is nearly 40, and has, for far too long, had an affair with Matthew, a high-powered, much older, attractive, married man who was once, of course, her boss....
    • The Contemporary Translation
    • By: Marcus Aurelius, Jeffrey Ito
    • Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 06-13-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • This edition adapts Meditations for today's listeners, making Marcus Aurelius' wisdom relevant and accessible for navigating modern life.

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