6 must-read nonfiction books like On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cover of On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Complete with interpretive and biographical information and clarificaion on many previously obscure…

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Cover of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, Crawford Brough Macpherson

1. Leviathan

By: Thomas Hobbes , Crawford Brough Macpherson

3.71

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the En… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan book and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Hell is truth seen too late."

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

"LET THE GAY BEGI- I MEAN GAMES BEGIN!"

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

"The Conscience is a thousand witnesses."

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

" Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power."

-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

Cover of Das Kapital by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Serge L. Levitsky

2. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

Similar categories in Karl Marx's Das Kapital book and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

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

3. 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

Similar categories in Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince book and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

  • 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

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4. The Symposium

By: Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more

Similar categories in Plato's The Symposium book and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The truth about eros is terrifying."

-Plato, The Symposium

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"

-Plato, The Symposium

"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."

-Plato, The Symposium

"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"

-Plato, The Symposium

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5. 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

Similar categories in Plato's The Republic book and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

  • philosophy
  • 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

Cover of On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

6. On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Complete with interpretive and biographical information and clarificaion on many previously obscure… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy book and Jean-Jacques Rousseau's On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

  • philosophy
  • social
  • nonfiction

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