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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorMeditations
Marcus Aurelius · 186 pages
Meditations is a collection of personal reflections and notes by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161 to 180 AD), offering a profound look into the philosophy of Stoicism. It was never intended for publication, making it a raw and intimate self-help manual for the emperor during his campaigns and rule. The central theme revolves around living a good, rational, and virtuous life in harmon
Apology/Crito/Phaedo
Plato, Epictetus, George Long, Benjamin Jowett, Hastings Crossley, Marcus Aurelius · 168 pages
Poetics
Aristotle · 144 pages
One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on tragedy.
The Dialogues of Plato
Plato, Benjamin Jowett · 208 pages
The Analects
Confucius · 252 pages
"Formulated in the ruins of a society that had been founded on untenable spiritualistic concepts of governance, Confucius' philosophy postulated a humanistic social order that has survived as China's social ideal ever since." "Confucius' teachings are very literary in nature. The Analects is made up of dialogues, stories, and anecdotes, always aphoristic and full of poetic turns of thought."--BOOK
The Way Things Are: The De Rerum Natura
Titus Lucretius Carus · 255 pages
Four Texts on Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Aristophanes' Clouds
Plato, Aristophanes · 186 pages
This book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy the Clouds). This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues which also includes the Clouds
Conversations of Socrates
Xenophon · 366 pages
Xenophon is less speculative than Plato and applies Socratic principles more to everyday life: by reading his book, we not only learn about Socrates and his philosophy but also gain fascinating insights into the daily life of ancient Greece and into the religious, political and moral views of a certain type of Athenian.
On the Republic/On the Laws
Marcus Tullius Cicero · 352 pages
The Way of Chuang Tzu
Thomas Merton, Zhuangzi · 159 pages
The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara
Santideva · 224 pages
The I Ching or Book of Changes
Anonymous · 740 pages
A translation of the early document of Chinese philosophy with explanatory notes.
Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
Friedrich Nietzsche · 117 pages
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
Epictetus · 128 pages
Presents a new interpretation of first century's Epictetus' clearly stated guidelines for moral progress and personal character development.
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
Abraham Joshua Heschel · 126 pages
The Essential Epicurus
Epicurus, Eugene O'Connor · 101 pages
"Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of knowledge. Epicurus (ca. 341-271 B.C.) founded one of the most famous and influential philosophical schools of antiquity. In these remains of his va
On Christian Doctrine
Augustine of Hippo · 1,278 pages
The Art of War
Sun Tzu · 80 pages
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu