6 Best philosophy books like En présence de Schopenhauer by Michel Houellebecq

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En présence de Schopenhauer

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.41

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

L’oeuvre de Michel Houellebecq est marquée par la pensée de Schopenhauer. Il ne cesse de se réclame…

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1. The Wisdom of Life

By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None , T. Bailey Saunders

4.12

Format: 77 pages, Paperback

A leading German philosopher and metaphysician of the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)… read more

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"The perverse, obtuse, wicked biped race"

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

"Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

"La felicidad pertenece a los que bastan a sí mismos."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

"Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

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2. The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

By: Heinrich von Kleist , None , Nigel Reeves

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baff… read more

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"In M---, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O---, a lady of unblemished reputation and the mother of several well-brought-up children, inserted the following announcement in…"

-Heinrich von Kleist, The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

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3. Against Nature

By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more

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  • philosophy
  • france
  • french literature
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4. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more

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  • literature
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5. The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why Is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For?

By: Slavoj Žižek

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

6. The Loser

By: Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovatio… read more

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7. Woodcutters

By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This controversial portrayal of Viennese artistic circles begins as the writer-narrator arrives at … read more

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Cover of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia

8. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

By: Camille Paglia

4.00

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

From ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, Sexual Personae explores the provocative connect… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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9. The Unknown Masterpiece

By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more

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  • france
  • french literature

10. Essays and Aphorisms

By: Arthur Schopenhauer , R.J. Hollingdale

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer believed that human action… read more

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11. 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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12. Don Quixote de La Mancha II (Don Quijote de la Mancha, #2)

By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), ne a Alcala de Henares, est un romancier, poete et dramat… read more

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13. Le Royaume

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Le Royaume raconte l'histoire des debuts de la chretiente, vers la fin du Ier siecle apres Jesus Ch… read more

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14. The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None

4.21

Format: 534 pages, Paperback

Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical… read more

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  • philosophy
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"Scoundrels are always sociable."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"To have lost what cannot be missed is clearly no evil."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"Everything is beautiful only so long as it does not concern us."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

15. Melancholy

By: Jon Fosse , Damion Searls , None

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"Melancholy" takes us deep inside a painter's fragile consciousness, vulnerable to everything but t… read more

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16. Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

By: Hunter S. Thompson

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, these are the articles that Hunter S.… read more

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17. Sabbath's Theater

By: Philip Roth

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Sabbath's Theateris a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero… read more

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18. Old Masters: A Comedy

By: Thomas Bernhard , Ewald Osers

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to m… read more

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19. Yoga

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.87

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more

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  • france
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20. En présence de Schopenhauer

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.41

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

L’oeuvre de Michel Houellebecq est marquée par la pensée de Schopenhauer. Il ne cesse de se réclame… read more

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  • france
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • french literature
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21. Ucronia

By: Emmanuel Carrère

2.92

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

Nel romanzo di Sarban «Il richiamo del corno», un ufficiale della Marina britannica sperimenta l’in… read more

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8 must-read literature books like En présence de Schopenhauer by Michel Houellebecq

Transform Your Habits

The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

Heinrich von Kleist , None , Nigel Reeves

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

Nikolai Gogol

4.35

The Loser

Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson

3.34

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14 best-selling classics books like The World as Will and Representation, Volume I by Arthur Schopenhauer

Transform Your Habits

A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Ethics

Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

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