Biography & Autobiography audiobooks

Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is is the last original book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche before his final years of insanity that lasted until his death in 1900. It was written in 1888 and was not published until 1908. According to one of Nietzsche's most prominent English translators, Walter Kaufmann, the book offers "Nietzs..

Case of Wagner / Nietzsche Contra Wagner / Selected Aphorisms

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Case of Wagner (German: Der Fall Wagner) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1888. Subtitled "A Musician's Problem", it has also been known as The Wagner Case in English. The book is a critique of Richard Wagner and the announcement of Nietzsche's rupture with the German artist, who had involved himself too..

Autobiography of John Stuart Mill

by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill was born at 13 Rodney Street in Pentonville, Middlesex, the eldest son of the Scottish philosopher, historian and economist James Mill, and Harriet Burrow. John Stuart was educated by his father, with the advice and assistance of Jeremy Bentham and Francis Place. He was given an extremely rigorous upbringing, and was deliberately s..

Auguste Comte and Positivism

by John Stuart Mill

A fascinating work in which Mill reviews the rational "religion" of French philospher Auguste Comte, discussing Comte's great work on human behavior. One of the foremost figures of Western intellectual thought in the late 19th century, John Stuart Mill offered up examinations of human rights, personal and societal rights and responsibilities, and t..

Alexander the Great

by Jacob Abbott

Alexander the Great is part of Makers of History, a 19th century biography series by two brothers Jacob and John S.C. Abbott. Reprinted by Canon Press, these biographies have been edited and brought up-to-date for readers twelve and up. Not only are these editions given vintage style paperback covers, but they also include introductions that explai..

Cleopatra

by Jacob Abbott

A biography of Cleopatra, a bit more restrained than some later ones, but heavily dependent on Roman sources. This means that Cleopatra is a genius, a wicked woman who studies the effects of poison on her prisoners, and a mistress of the arts of seduction. I recently read a bio based on Arabic sources, which basically takes the local view that she ..

Hannibal

by Jacob Abbott

Hannibal is an account of the life of the famous Carthaginian general who acquired distinction as a warrior by his desperate contests with the Romans. This lively treatment of the Punic Wars graphically depicts Hannibal's crossing of the Alps with his elephants, the battles he waged in Italy, his eventual defeat, and the ultimate destruction of Car..

History of Julius Caesar

by Jacob Abbott

Gaius Julius Caesar known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He is also known as an author of Latin prose. Caesar was born into a patrician family, the gens Julia, which claimed descent from..