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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Abolition of Man
C.S. Lewis · 116 pages
C. S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society.
The Republic
Plato · 392 pages
The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is happier. They are the philosopher-kings of imagined cities and they also discuss the nature of philosophy and the soul among other things.
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 112 pages
In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth and power are the inevitable result of the civilising process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material but also of our psychological independence - then how can we recover the peaceful self-sufficiency of life in the state of nature? We cannot r
Existentialism and Human Emotions
Jean-Paul Sartre · 96 pages
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
Albert Camus · 306 pages
By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward
The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin
Soren Kierkegaard · 294 pages
"This edition replaces the earlier translation by Walter Lowrie that appeared under the title The Concept of Dread. Along with The Sickness unto Death, the work reflects from a psychological point of view Søren Kierkegaard's longstanding concern with the Socratic maxim, "Know yourself." His ontological view of the self as a synthesis of body, soul, and spirit has influenced philosophers such as He
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire · 186 pages
"First published in Portuguese in 1968, [this book] was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and continues to possess a special urgency as the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in urban centers around the world continues. The 50th anniversary edition includes a new intr
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David Hume · 162 pages
Now one of the most widely read works in philosophy, David Hume's An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) introduced his philosophy to a broad educated readership. In it he gives an elegant and accessible presentation of strikingly original and challenging views about the limited powers of human understanding, the attractions of skepticism, the compatibility of free will and determinism,
Principles of Human Knowledge & Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
George Berkeley · 288 pages
Democracy and Education
John Dewey · 346 pages
Publisher description: John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that learning was active and schooling unnecessarily long and restrictive. His idea was that children came to school to do things and live in a community which gave them real, guided experiences which fostered their capacity to contribute to society. For example, Dewey believed that students should be involved in real-life tasks and challenges
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Robert M. Pirsig · 418 pages
"The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called 'yourself.'"One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live and a meditation on how to live better. The narrative of a father on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest with his young
Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies
Rene Descartes · 167 pages
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill · 171 pages
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
The Ethics and Selected Letters
Baruch Spinoza · 262 pages
I. By that which is self-caused, I mean that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent.
The Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle · 332 pages
An detailed examination of what the best life might be for human beings. In order to anwer this question, Aristotle finds he also has to examine what virtue itself is and all of the various virtues that might make up the best life.
Critique of Practical Reason
Immanuel Kant
The Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Kant's three Critiques, following Critique of Pure Reason. In it he distinguishes between actual practical reason and desire-based practical reason, arguing for the first and against the application of the second. He sees practical reason as something to be cultivated and moreover believes Freedom can be proven by it.
Discourse on Thinking
Martin Heidegger · 93 pages
An English translation of a book, first published in 1959, by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger. Presents an introduction to the complexities of Heidegger's philosophy, including his understanding of the relation of meditative thinking to contemporary human life. -- adapted from preface.
Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 84 pages
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft · 207 pages