6 must-read philosophy books like Da Necessidade Metafísica by Arthur Schopenhauer

Cover of Da Necessidade Metafísica by Arthur Schopenhauer

Da Necessidade Metafísica

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

3.67

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

"L'homme est un animal métaphysique", lance Arthur Schopenhauer, adaptant la définition d'Aristote …

If you liked the philosophy plot in Da Necessidade Metafísica by Arthur Schopenhauer , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Le Livre de ma mère by Albert Cohen

1. Le Livre de ma mère

By: Albert Cohen

3.88

Format: 203 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Peu de livres ont connu un succès aussi constant que Le livre de ma mère. Ce livre bouleversant est… read more

Similar categories in Albert Cohen's Le Livre de ma mère book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

"Ma souffrance est ma vengeance contre moi-même."

-Albert Cohen, Le Livre de ma mère

Cover of Solaris by Stanisław Lem

2. Solaris

By: Stanisław Lem

3.99

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. When K… read more

Similar categories in Stanisław Lem's Solaris book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

  • philosophy
"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."

-Stanisław Lem, Solaris

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien, James  Wood, Justin Obrien

3. The Myth of Sisyphus

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

Similar categories in Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

  • philosophy
"A fate is not a punishment."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"there are truths but no truth"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"To will is to stir up paradoxes"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

Cover of Manifesto anti-Dantas e por extenso por José de Almada Negreiros poeta d'Orpheu futurista e tudo by José de Almada Negreiros

4. Manifesto anti-Dantas e por extenso por José de Almada Negreiros poeta d'Orpheu futurista e tudo

By: José de Almada Negreiros

4.01

Format: 30 pages,

Nicht-exklusives Verkaufsrecht fur: Gesamte Welt. read more

Similar categories in José de Almada Negreiros's Manifesto anti-Dantas e por extenso por José de Almada Negreiros poeta d'Orpheu futurista e tudo book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

Cover of The Unknown Masterpiece by Arthur C. Danto, Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard

5. 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

Similar categories in Arthur C. Danto's The Unknown Masterpiece book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

Cover of The Charterhouse of Parma by Robert Andrew Parker, Richard Howard, Stendhal, Arthur Schurig

6. The Charterhouse of Parma

By: Robert Andrew Parker , Richard Howard , Stendhal , Arthur Schurig

3.79

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Andrew Parker's The Charterhouse of Parma book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

"Mutluluğu uzaklarda aramaya kalkmanın ne anlamı var, işte burada, elimin altında!"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

"Hay que confesar que había días en que la condesa no dirigía la palabra a nadie; era vista paseando bajo los altos castaños, hundida en sombríos ensueños; era demasiado inteligente para no sentir a v…"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

"Men siden året 1635, da Milano-provinsen ble underlagt spanjolene, disse tause, mistenksomme, hovmodige herrer som alltid fryktet opprør, hadde livsgleden vært borte. Folk tok etter herskernes livsfo…"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

"El lejano sonido de la campana de un pueblecito escondido bajo los árboles conmueve nuestra imaginación. Estos sones que las aguas transportan dulcificándolos adquieren un tinte de dulce melancolía y…"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

Cover of Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

7. Giovanni’s Room

By: James Baldwin

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Set in the contemporary Paris of American  expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds  h… read more

Similar categories in James Baldwin's Giovanni’s Room book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

"Nobody can stay in the Garden of Eden."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

"...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

"I loved her as much as ever and I still did not know how much that was."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

8. The Relic

By: Eça de Queirós , None

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Teodorico Raposo, the novel's anti-hero, is a master of deceit, one minute feigning devotion to his… read more

Similar categories in Eça de Queirós's The Relic book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

9. The Burnout Society

By: Byung-Chul Han

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more

Similar categories in Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

Cover of On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith

10. On the Genealogy of Morals

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Douglas Smith

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. N… read more

Similar categories in Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

  • philosophy
"We are noble, good, beautiful, and happy!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

"There is so much in man that is horrifying!.. The world has been a madhouse for too long!..."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

"Somebody said: "About two persons I have never reflected very thoroughly: that is the testimony of my love for them."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

"All concepts in which an entire process is semiotically concentrated elude definition; only that which has no history is definable."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

Cover of Pensées by Blaise Pascal, A.J. Krailsheimer

11. Pensées

By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer

3.95

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and… read more

Similar categories in Blaise Pascal's Pensées book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

  • philosophy
"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."

-Blaise Pascal, Pensées

12. The Grapes of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles… read more

Similar categories in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

13. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By: Shirley Jackson , Jonathan Lethem

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not l… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

14. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more

Similar categories in Cornel West's Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

15. The Fall

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more

Similar categories in Albert Camus's The Fall book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

Cover of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

16. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

By: Olga Tokarczuk

3.95

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating … read more

Similar categories in Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

"To wielka tajemnica, że każde wyzwanie uruchamia w nas prawdziwie żywotne siły"

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

"A man's free to do what he wants with his life, until he falls foul of the banks."

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

"There are some things we may not understand, but we can sense them perfectly well."

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

"The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding."

-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Cover of The Vocation of the Scholar by Johann Gottlieb Fichte

17. The Vocation of the Scholar

By: Johann Gottlieb Fichte

3.94

Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition

In these Lectures, delivered at Jena in 1794, Fichte sets forth, with that energy of thought and fe… read more

Similar categories in Johann Gottlieb Fichte's The Vocation of the Scholar book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

  • philosophy
Cover of Da Necessidade Metafísica by Arthur Schopenhauer

18. Da Necessidade Metafísica

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

3.67

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

"L'homme est un animal métaphysique", lance Arthur Schopenhauer, adaptant la définition d'Aristote … read more

Similar categories in Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica book and Arthur Schopenhauer's Da Necessidade Metafísica

  • philosophy

18 Top fiction books like Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

Transform Your Habits

Play It As It Lays

Joan Didion , David Thomson

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Transform Your Habits

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.