The Liberty Archive FREECAPITALISTS.ORG

Lecture series · recorded 2010

Theory and History

Theory and History is a free lecture series (18 recordings, 11 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 2 speakers.

World History

Play the seriesDownload all by torrentSubscribe via RSS

Recorded lectures

Lectures

Available files play without preloading

  1. 01

    Preface

    Murray N. Rothbard · 15:52 · 3.7 MB

    Read the transcript 2,050 words

    Download MP3
  2. 02

    Introduction

    Ludwig von Mises · 25:41 · 6.0 MB

    Read the transcript 3,272 words

    Download MP3
  3. 03

    1. Judgments of Value 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 12:06 · 2.8 MB · Recorded 22 June 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyValue and Exchange

    Read the transcript 1,725 words

    Download MP3
  4. 04

    2. Knowledge and Value 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 15:10 · 3.5 MB · Recorded 22 June 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyValue and Exchange

    Read the transcript 1,967 words

    Download MP3
  5. 05

    3. The Quest for Absolute Values 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 1:01:56 · 14.2 MB · Recorded 24 June 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyValue and Exchange

    Read the transcript 7,988 words

    Download MP3
  6. 06

    4. The Negation of Valuation 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 1:41 · 469 KB · Recorded 24 June 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyValue and Exchange

    Read the transcript 215 words

    Download MP3
  7. 07

    5. Determination and Its Critics 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 37:23 · 8.6 MB · Recorded 24 June 2010

    Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 5,184 words

    Download MP3
  8. 08

    6. Materialism 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 13:29 · 3.2 MB · Recorded 24 June 2010

    Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 1,920 words

    Download MP3
  9. 09

    7. Dialectical Materialism 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 1:39:50 · 22.9 MB · Recorded 30 June 2010

    Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 14,197 words

    Download MP3
  10. 10

    8. Philosophy of History 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 36:31 · 8.4 MB · Recorded 13 July 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyWorld History

    Read the transcript 5,205 words

    Download MP3
  11. 11

    9. The Concept of Historical Individuality 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 26:27 · 6.1 MB · Recorded 13 July 2010

    Philosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 3,842 words

    Download MP3
  12. 12

    10. Historicism 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 1:12:36 · 25.0 MB · Recorded 25 August 2010

    Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 10,326 words

    Download MP3
  13. 13

    11. The Challenge of Scientism 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 43:14 · 14.9 MB · Recorded 25 August 2010

    Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 5,895 words

    Download MP3
  14. 14

    12. Psychology and Thymology 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 36:37 · 12.6 MB · Recorded 25 August 2010

    Other Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

    Read the transcript 5,029 words

    Download MP3
  15. 15

    13. Meaning and Use of the Study of History 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 30:01 · 10.4 MB · Recorded 25 August 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyWorld History

    Read the transcript 4,207 words

    Download MP3
  16. 16

    14. The Epistemological Features of History 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 31:18 · 10.8 MB · Recorded 25 August 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyWorld History

    Read the transcript 4,485 words

    Download MP3
  17. 17

    15. Philosophical Interpretations of History 2010

    Ludwig von Mises · 40:43 · 14.1 MB · Recorded 25 August 2010

    Philosophy and MethodologyWorld History

    Read the transcript 5,567 words

    Download MP3

People in this series

Speakers

Ludwig von Mises, Murray N. Rothbard.

Recording dates and topics for 16 of these 18 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Theory and History, checked 2026-07-23.

Questions

About this series

Is Theory and History free to listen to?
Yes. All 18 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Theory and History?
18 recordings, 11 hours in total.
When was Theory and History recorded?
2010, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of Theory and History?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 91,386 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.