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The Longest Lessons in Philosophy Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 38 unabridged Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Lessons in Philosophy shelf sits under Learn Something New on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Complete Philosophy Collection: Meditations, The Republic, The Art of War, Beyond Good and Evil, Self-Reliance, Letters from a Stoic, The Enchiridion & MoreTim Zengerink93.4 hrs
2The Complete Strategy Collection: The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, Tao Te Ching, Arthashastra, On War & MoreNapoleon Bonaparte69.2 hrs
3The Decline of the West: Volume 1: Form and Actuality and Volume 2: Perspectives of World HistoryOswald Spengler55.9 hrs
4Summa Theologica: Volume 1, Part 1 (Prima Pars)Thomas Aquinas53 hrs
5Capital: Volume 3: A Critique of Political EconomyKarl Marx50.1 hrs
6The City of GodAurelius Augustinus47.7 hrs
7Take It Easy: Zen and a Totally Different Approach Towards LifeOsho44.4 hrs
8Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political EconomyKarl Marx43.1 hrs
9The Complete Book of the History of Magic: Volumes 1 and 2Joseph Ennemoser40 hrs
10Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview: 2nd EditionWilliam Lane Craig40 hrs
11The Second SexSimone de Beauvoir39.2 hrs
12Being and NothingnessJean-Paul Sartre38.4 hrs
13A History of Western PhilosophyBertrand Russell38.1 hrs
14The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has DeclinedSteven Pinker37 hrs
15Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of ThinkingEmmanuel Sander34 hrs
16Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the WorldMatthieu Ricard30 hrs
17Capital: Volume 2: A Critique of Political EconomyKarl Marx29.6 hrs
18Strategy Masters: The Prince, The Art of War, and The Gallic WarsJulius Caesar28.7 hrs
19The History of PhilosophyA.C. Grayling28.1 hrs
20The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of SelfCharles Eisenstein27.4 hrs
21The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 ArgumentsPeter Catapano26.5 hrs
22Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World ViewRichard Tarnas25.9 hrs
23Augustine: Conversions to ConfessionsRobin Lane Fox25.6 hrs
24The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western CivilizationArthur Herman25.5 hrs
25Anxiety: A Philosophical HistoryBettina Bergo23.9 hrs

Ordered by the store's running time, longest first. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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