The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
305 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by Anthony Gottlieb runs 0.6 hours shorter (10.1 hours).
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy is an audiobook by Anthony Gottlieb: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released August 30, 2016, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins
- Released
- August 30, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781504688642
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy as an audiobook?
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy?
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy is narrated by Derek Perkins.
Is The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.