16 Top philosophy books like The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori

The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War

By: Yagyu Munenori

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not to be confused with the Art of War by Sun Tzu, the much early and better known Chinese treaties…

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Cover of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

1. The Art of War

By: Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chines… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Never venture, never win!"

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"Danger has a bracing effect."

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"The wise warrior avoids the battle."

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy"

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Cover of The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani, Mark Kyburz, John Peck

2. The Red Book: Liber Novus

By: C.G. Jung , Sonu Shamdasani , Mark Kyburz , John Peck

4.50

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called it his “confrontation with the un… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"You are a slave to what you need in your soul."

-C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus

"La verdad suprema es una y la misma con lo contrario al sentido."

-C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus

"Los antiguos vivían sus signos porque el mundo aún no se les había vuelto real."

-C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus

"«Nada os salva de lo desordenado y lo carente de sentido, pues ésta es la otra mitad del mundo.»"

-C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus

Cover of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, Jacob Needleman, Toinette Lippe

3. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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4. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

By: Frederick Douglass

4.11

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."

-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Cover of Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus, Robert F. Dobbin, Robert Dobbin

5. Discourses and Selected Writings

By: Epictetus , Robert F. Dobbin , Robert Dobbin

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN in… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Adolph Caso, Rufus Goodwin, Benjamin Martinez

6. The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Is it better to be loved or feared?"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Cover of The Castle by Franz Kafka, Mark Harman, Regaip Minareci, None

7. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
Cover of Models: Attract Women Through Honesty by Mark Manson

8. Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

By: Mark Manson

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Models is the first book ever written on seduction as an emotional process rather than a logical on… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by William Scott Wilson, None

9. Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

By: William Scott Wilson , None

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hagakure("In the Shadow of Leaves") is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of s… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • martial arts
Cover of A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris, Lew Hartman

10. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

By: Miyamoto Musashi , Victor Harris , Lew Hartman

4.15

Format: 32 pages,

Miyamoto Musashi fue el mas celebre de los guerreros (samurais) japoneses. En este texto presenta s… read more

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  • classics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • martial arts
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11. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction

12. Dinossauro Excelentíssimo

By: João Abel Manta , José Cardoso Pires

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Dinossauro Excelentissimo, e uma fabula satirica de Jose Cardoso Pires que retrata a vida de Salaza… read more

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13. Musashi

By: Eiji Yoshikawa , Edwin O. Reischauer , None

3.33

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Musashi is a novel … read more

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14. Sun and Steel

By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more

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15. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel

4.50

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more

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16. The United States Constitution

By: Founding Fathers

4.60

Format: 645 pages,

This edition shows the 1787 United States Constitution. It does not include the Bill of Rights nor … read more

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17. Bushido: The Soul of Japan. A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics

By: Nitobe Inazō

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Code of the warrior. The traditional japanese text as written by Dr. Inazo Nitobe in 1904 edite… read more

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18. Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca , Robin Campbell

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more

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19. Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke

By: Thomas Cleary , None , None

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bush… read more

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20. The House of the Dead

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more

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21. Apology

By: Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."

-Plato, Apology

"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."

-Plato, Apology

"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."

-Plato, Apology

"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."

-Plato, Apology

Cover of The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World) by Christopher Paolini

22. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)

By: Christopher Paolini

3.81

Format: 288 pages, ebook

It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new gener… read more

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"Strive for wisdom! Or at least a decrease in idiocy."

-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)

"Blaming the dead for our mistakes never accomplishes much."

-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)

"- I have questions, he said. - Then you have more wisdom than most."

-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)

"Sometimes you have to stand and fight. Sometimes running away isn't an option."

-Christopher Paolini, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon (Tales from Alagaësia #1; The Inheritance Cycle World)

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23. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

By: Jordan B. Peterson

3.92

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's ans… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Treat yourself like you would someone you're responsible for helping."

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living - and the Ideal shames us all."

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of …"

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"Sometimes, when people have a low opinion of their own worth—or, perhaps, when they refuse responsibility for their lives—they choose a new acquaintance, of precisely the type who proved troublesome …"

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Cover of The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

24. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

By: Vincent Bevins

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more

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  • nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"

-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

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25. Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 609 pages, Paperback

Frank Herbert's Final Novel in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adv… read more

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  • classics
"What does a mirror look at?"

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

"I am not the river I am the net."

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

"Face your fears or they will climb over your back."

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

"Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded."

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

Cover of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger

26. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Cover of Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering by Cameron R. Hanes

27. Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

By: Cameron R. Hanes

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve you… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"This is about abolishing the ego and taking the first step toward becoming the real you!"

-Cameron R. Hanes, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

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28. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

By: Jocko Willink

4.38

Format: 320 pages, ebook

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Owner… read more

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  • nonfiction

29. The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War

By: Yagyu Munenori

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Not to be confused with the Art of War by Sun Tzu, the much early and better known Chinese treaties… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • japan
  • martial arts
Cover of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor  García

30. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

By: Héctor García

3.72

Format: 208 pages, None

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Dokkodo. The Way of Walking Alone: Discover self-discipline and personal mastery through the ancestral wisdom of the samurai. by Miyamoto Musashi

31. Dokkodo. The Way of Walking Alone: Discover self-discipline and personal mastery through the ancestral wisdom of the samurai.

By: Miyamoto Musashi

4.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the path of ancestral wisdom of the samurai with Dokkodo, The Way Of Walking Alone, writte… read more

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12 must-read classics books like The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori

Transform Your Habits

The Art of War

Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Red Book: Liber Novus

C.G. Jung , Sonu Shamdasani , Mark Kyburz , John Peck

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

4.11

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13 Best philosophy books like A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Harris, Lew Hartman

Transform Your Habits

The Art of War

Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Mastery

Robert Greene

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The 33 Strategies of War

Robert Greene , Joost Elffers

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

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4.30

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