11 must-read philosophy books like The Crisis of Modernity (Volume 64) by Augusto Del Noce

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The Crisis of Modernity (Volume 64)

By: Augusto Del Noce

4.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In his native Italy Augusto Del Noce is regarded as one of the preeminent political thinkers and ph…

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1. Essays of a Catholic

By: Hilaire Belloc

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Belloc turns his powerful mind, erudition, robust common sense and supreme confidence in the Cathol… read more

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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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2. The Society of the Spectacle

By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
"Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"La réalité du temps a été remplacée par la publicité du temps."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

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3. The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (Walgreen Foundation Lectures)

By: Eric Voegelin

4.21

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that The New Science of Politics would be a best-se… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
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4. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

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  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

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5. Les Fleurs du Mal

By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more

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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"I am the vampire at my own veins."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

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6. The Mass Psychology of Fascism

By: Wilhelm Reich , Vincent R. Carfagno

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ra… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more

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  • philosophy
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8. Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments

By: Max Horkheimer , Theodor W. Adorno , Gunzelin Schmid Nörr , Edmund Jephcott

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dialectic of Enlightenmentis undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School o… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

9. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

By: Herbert Marcuse

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in… read more

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10. The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics

By: Mark Lilla

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

European history of the past century is full of examples of philosophers, writers, and jurists who,… read more

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11. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None

3.99

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The Protestant ethic -- a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organiz… read more

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12. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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13. Eclipse of Reason

By: Max Horkheimer

3.67

Format: 350 pages,

"Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) was a leading figure in The Frankfurt School, a renowned body of philos… read more

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14. After Virtue

By: Alasdair MacIntyre

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially contro… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • christianity
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"All power tends to coopt, and absolute power coopts absolutely."

-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

"At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given."

-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

"The introduction of the word ‘intuition’ by a moral philosopher is always a signal that something has gone badly wrong with an argument."

-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

"Man is ... essentially a story-telling animal. That means I can only answer the question 'what am I to do?' if I can answer the prior question of 'what story or stories do I find myself a part of?"

-Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue

15. Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, #3)

By: Dante Alighieri , Dorothy L. Sayers , Barbara Reynolds

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dorothy L. Sayers's landmark translation follows Dante's terza rimastanza's and brings his poetry v… read more

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16. Politics

By: Aristotle

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it br… read more

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17. The Magic Mountain

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

4.13

Format: 706 pages, Paperback

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more

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  • philosophy
"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

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18. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

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19. Paradise Lost

By: John Milton , John Leonard

3.84

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more

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  • philosophy
"What hath night to do with sleep?"

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

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20. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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21. The Crisis of Modernity (Volume 64)

By: Augusto Del Noce

4.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In his native Italy Augusto Del Noce is regarded as one of the preeminent political thinkers and ph… read more

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  • italy
  • cultural
  • social science
  • history
  • christianity
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • italian literature
  • society

8 must-read history books like The Crisis of Modernity (Volume 64) by Augusto Del Noce

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The Society of the Spectacle

Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

4.02

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The New Science of Politics: An Introduction (Walgreen Foundation Lectures)

Eric Voegelin

4.21

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City of God

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

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The Mass Psychology of Fascism

Wilhelm Reich , Vincent R. Carfagno

4.16

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9 Top fiction books like Paradise Lost by John Milton, John Leonard

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Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

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The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

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King Lear

William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

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