The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View runs 21.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Runnette
Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
62 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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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 Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View is an audiobook by Richard Tarnas: a 21.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released July 21, 2020, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Runnette
- Released
- July 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781977331212
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View as an audiobook?
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View runs 21.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View?
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View is narrated by Sean Runnette.
Is The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.