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100 Best Philosophy Books Of All Time

A collection of the best philosophy books of all time. From Aristotle to Camus, ancients to existentialists.

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Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle

Metaphysics

Metaphysics

Aristotle

Poetics

Poetics

Aristotle

Organon

Organon

Aristotle

De Anima (On the Soul)

De Anima (On the Soul)

Aristotle

Symposium

Symposium

Plato

Phaedo

Phaedo

Plato

Apology

Apology

Plato, Benjamin Jowett

Theaetetus

Theaetetus

Plato, Bernard Williams, M. J. Levett, Myles Burnyeat

Phaedrus

Phaedrus

Plato

Timaeus

Timaeus

Plato

Parmenides

Parmenides

Plato

On Nature

On Nature

Louis Claude de St. Martin

Fragments

Fragments

Heraclitus

The Histories

The Histories

Herodotus

Works and Days

Works and Days

Hesiod

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Enchiridion

Enchiridion

Epictetus, George Long

Discourses and Selected Writings

Discourses and Selected Writings

Epictetus

Letters from a Stoic

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca

On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca

ON ANGER

ON ANGER

Seneca

Tusculan Disputations

Tusculan Disputations

Cicero

On Duties

On Duties

Cicero

On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things

Lucretius, Martin Ferguson Smith

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers Volume II

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers Volume II

Diogenes Laërtius

Principal Doctrines

Principal Doctrines

Epicurus

Confessions

Confessions

Saint Augustine (of Hippo)

City of God

City of God

Saint Augustine

Summa Theologica

Summa Theologica

Thomas Aquinas

The Consolation of Philosophy

The Consolation of Philosophy

Boethius

The Guide for the Perplexed

The Guide for the Perplexed

Moses Maimonides

The Incoherence of the Philosophers (Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series)

The Incoherence of the Philosophers (Brigham Young University - Islamic Translation Series)

Al-Ghazali

Tahafut Al-Tahafut (the Incoherence of the Incoherence)

Tahafut Al-Tahafut (the Incoherence of the Incoherence)

Ibn Rushd

The Book of Healing

The Book of Healing

Sandra Nesic

The Prince

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

Discourses on Livy

Niccolò Machiavelli

The White Album: Essays

The White Album: Essays

Joan Didion

Meditations on First Philosophy

Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes

Organizational Change, Leadership and Ethics

Organizational Change, Leadership and Ethics

Rune Todnem By, Bernard Burnes, Mark Hughes

Leviathan

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

Two Treatises of Government

Two Treatises of Government

John Locke

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke

Monadology

Monadology

Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Pensées

Pensées

Blaise Pascal

New Organon

New Organon

Francis Bacon

Critique of Pure Reason

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant, J. M. D. Meiklejohn

Critique of Practical Reason

Critique of Practical Reason

Immanuel Kant, Werner S. Pluhar

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

Immanuel Kant

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

A Treatise of Human Nature

A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

The Social Contract

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Emile

Emile

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Foxley

On Liberty

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

Phenomenology of Spirit

Phenomenology of Spirit

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Science of Logic

Science of Logic

George Hegel

The World as Will and Representation

The World as Will and Representation

Arthur, Schopenhauer

Either/Or A Fragment of Life

Either/Or A Fragment of Life

Soren Kierkegaard

Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling

Soren Kierkegaard

The Sickness Unto Death

The Sickness Unto Death

Soren Kierkegaard, Søren Kierkegaard

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

On the Genealogy of Morality

On the Genealogy of Morality

Friedrich Nietzsche, Maudemarie Clark, Alan J. Swensen

The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Capital, Vol. 1 A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production

Capital, Vol. 1 A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production

Karl Marx

On War

On War

Carl von Clausewitz

Walden

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

On Civil Disobedience

On Civil Disobedience

Hannah Arendt, Henry David Thoreau

Pragmatism

Pragmatism

William James

Being and Time

Being and Time

Martin Heidegger

Being and Nothingness

Being and Nothingness

Jean-Paul Sartre

Existentialism Is a Humanism

Existentialism Is a Humanism

Jean-Paul Sartre

The Myth of Sisyphus

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus

The Rebel

The Rebel

Albert Camus

The Second Sex

The Second Sex

Simone De Beauvoir

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Nausea

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Charles Kay Ogden

Philosophical Investigations

Philosophical Investigations

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions

The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas Kuhn

A Theory of Justice

A Theory of Justice

John Rawls

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Robert Nozick

The Order of Things

The Order of Things

Michel Foucault

Discipline and Punish

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault

Totality and Infinity

Totality and Infinity

Emmanuel Levinas

The Origins Of Totalitarianism

The Origins Of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

The Human Condition

The Human Condition

Hannah Arendt

I and Thou

I and Thou

Martin Buber

Process and Reality

Process and Reality

Whitehead

The Problems of Philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

After Virtue

After Virtue

Alasdair MacIntyre

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

The Analects

The Analects

Confucius

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

The Dhammapada

The Dhammapada

Buddha

Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavad Gita

Stephen Mitchell

Arthashastra

Arthashastra

Kautilya

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