The Life of the Mind: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life of the Mind runs 20.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 13.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 20.8 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
60 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality
- Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
- The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
- Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
- The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers
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 Life of the Mind is an audiobook by Hannah Arendt: a 20.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released October 23, 2018, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- October 23, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781977387424
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Life of the Mind as an audiobook?
The Life of the Mind runs 20.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.9 hours.
Is The Life of the Mind free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Life of the Mind?
The Life of the Mind is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is The Life of the Mind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.9 hours, saving 6.9 hours.