10 Best philosophy books like De la brièveté de la vie (French Edition) by Seneca

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De la brièveté de la vie (French Edition)

By: Seneca

4.21

Format: 18 pages, Kindle Edition

Considéré dans ce texte :La fuite du temps et la bonne occupation de nos journées. Les bienfaits de…

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1. Antigone

By: Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was occupied and part of Hitler's Eu… read more

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"My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part."

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me"

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"Antigone — Et serre moi. Plus fort que tu ne m'as jamais serrée. Que toute ta force s'imprime dans moi. Hémon — Là. De toute ma force."

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"ANTIGONE: Tell me the truth! I beg you to tell me the truth! When you think about me, when it strikes you suddenly that I am going to belong to you―do you have the feeling that―that a great empty spa…"

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

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2. La Cantatrice chauve

By: Eugène Ionesco

3.76

Format: 149 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Tout le monde la connaît. Peu peuvent l'expliquer. C'est ce que fait à merveille Emmanuel Jacquart,… read more

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"Mme Martin: Quelle est la morale ? Le Pompier: C'est à vous de la trouver."

-Eugène Ionesco, La Cantatrice chauve

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3. Existentialism Is a Humanism

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Arlette Elkaïm-Sartre , Annie Cohen-Solal , None

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to spe… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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4. The Last Day of a Condemned Man

By: Victor Hugo , Libby Purves , Geoff Woollen

3.98

Format: 109 pages, Paperback

Deeply shocking in its time, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a profound and moving tale and a vi… read more

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"إن الموت يجعلني إنساناً شريراً !!"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"كنت قادراً على التفكير في كل ما يسرني ، لأني كنتُ حراً"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"¡Cuantós han muerto habiendo hecho planes para una larga vida!"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

"ماذا عراني فصرت بهذه الدرجة من التخاذل والإنهيار؟ إن باب القبر لا يُفتح من الداخل!!"

-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man

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5. L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) (Les Rougon-Macquart, #7)

By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir(1877) is the story of a woman's struggl… read more

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6. Letter to D: A Love Story

By: Julie Rose , André Gorz

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

'You're 82 years old. You've shrunk six centimetres, you only weigh 45 kilos yet you're still beaut… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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7. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell

3.37

Format: None pages,

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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8. La Nuit des temps

By: René Barjavel

4.05

Format: 394 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Dans l'immense paysage gelé, les membres des Expéditions Polaires françaises font un relevé du reli… read more

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"—Écoutez, Coban, c'est terminé. —C'est commencé..."

-René Barjavel, La Nuit des temps

"Les formes paraissaient étranges parce qu'elles étaient inconnues."

-René Barjavel, La Nuit des temps

"—Vous êtes bien? demanda Coban. Elle ne le regarda même pas. Elle savait qu'il savait."

-René Barjavel, La Nuit des temps

"Il ne faut pas comprendre, il faut voir. Paris vous guérira. PARIS VOUS GUÉRIRA DU PASSÉ !"

-René Barjavel, La Nuit des temps

9. Race et histoire

By: Claude Lévi-Strauss

3.50

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

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10. Caligula

By: Albert Camus , Pierre-Louis Rey

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ange en quete d'absolu ? Monstre sanguinaire ? Avant la guerre, Albert Camus concoit Caligula, ains… read more

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11. On the Abolition of All Political Parties

By: Czesław Miłosz , Simone Weil , Simon Leys

4.05

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

A brilliant woman who was a study in fiercely maintained contradictions, a star student who went to… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"When water is set in motion by a violent, impetuous current, it ceases to reflect images. Its surface is no longer level; it can no more measure densities. Whether it is moved by a single current or …"

-Czesław Miłosz, On the Abolition of All Political Parties

12. Pensées pour moi-même

By: Marcus Aurelius , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. La Bête humaine

By: Émile Zola , Henri Mitterand

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Mass Market Paperback

<< L'essentiel de La Bete humaine, c'est l'instinct de mort dans le personnage principal, la felure… read more

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14. 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

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"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

15. La première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules

By: Philippe Delerm

4.12

Format: None pages,

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16. Viens, on s'aime

By: None

4.24

Format: None pages,

Beaucoup s'accordent a dire que l'amitie fille-garcon n'existe pas, debat qui continue de faire cou… read more

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17. L'Homme rapaillé

By: Gaston Miron

4.18

Format: 578 pages, Paperback

<>. (Pierre Nepveu) <>. (Gilles Marcotte) Gaston Miron est l'auteur de L'homme rapaille, recueil sa… read more

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18. Chess Story

By: Stefan Zweig , Joel Rotenberg , Peter Gay , None , None , None , None , None

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement,… read more

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19. Vers la beauté

By: David Foenkinos

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Antoine Duris est professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Du jour au lendemain, il décide de tout quitte… read more

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20. A Man's Place

By: Annie Ernaux

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more

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  • nonfiction
"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

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21. Son Odeur Après La Pluie (French Edition)

By: Cédric Sapin-Defour

3.81

Format: 270 pages, Broché

C’est une histoire d’amour, de vie et de mort. Sur quel autre trépied la littérature danse-t-elle d… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Il faut pleurer me disait ma grand-mère, les larmes du dedans font autrement plus mal et pourrissent les os"

-Cédric Sapin-Defour, Son Odeur Après La Pluie (French Edition)

"Un chien a vocation à protéger de l'immobilité, il est un antidote à la fossilisation. Méfions-nous, ça tue des vieux cette histoire ; un jour, leur chien meurt, sortir devient triste, inutile et pén…"

-Cédric Sapin-Defour, Son Odeur Après La Pluie (French Edition)

"Ainsi, ces docteurs en vert occupent nos jours et au gré des ravissements et des stupeurs se dresse, inévitable, latente, la question de l'extrémité. Jusqu'où faudra-t-il aller ? Un jour, c'est certa…"

-Cédric Sapin-Defour, Son Odeur Après La Pluie (French Edition)

"Un soir de juin, Ubac n'a pas voulu dormir dans la maison. Ca ne lui arrive jamais. Habituellement, il se love dans le hall d'entrée, merveille de vigie. Ce soir-là, il n'en était pas question. Il s'…"

-Cédric Sapin-Defour, Son Odeur Après La Pluie (French Edition)

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22. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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23. The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

By: Epictetus

4.25

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This collection has four preserved volumes of "The Discourses" and "The Enchiridion" by Epictetus. … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"No, it is events that give rise to fear -- when another has the power over them or can prevent them, that person becomes able to inspire fear. How is the fortress destroyed? Not by iron or fire, but …"

-Epictetus, The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

"Remember that you must behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Don’t stop it. Is it not yet…"

-Epictetus, The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

"Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don’t talk how persons ought to eat, but eat as yo…"

-Epictetus, The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

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24. Les têtes brûlées: Carnets d’espoir punk (French Edition)

By: Catherine Dorion

4.45

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

Un jour d’automne 2018, une tête brûlée, portée par d’autres têtes brûlées, se fait élire au cœur d… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. Happycracia: Cómo la ciencia y la industria de la felicidad controlan nuestras vidas

By: Edgar Cabanas

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

La industria de la felicidad, que mueve miles de millones de euros, afirma que puede moldear a los … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of La Morale anarchiste by Pyotr Kropotkin

26. La Morale anarchiste

By: Pyotr Kropotkin

3.98

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Après Stirner, Proudhon et Bakounine, Pierre Kropotkine poursuit le grand rêve libertaire : ce prin… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Plutôt couler en beauté que flotter sans grâce : Réflexions sur l'effondrement by Corinne Morel-Darleux

27. Plutôt couler en beauté que flotter sans grâce : Réflexions sur l'effondrement

By: Corinne Morel-Darleux

4.04

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

Il y a cinquante ans, en mars 1969, alors sur le point de gagner une course en solitaire, le naviga… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"C'est aussi le reflet d'une époque de confusion où repères et certitudes vacillent quant aux meilleurs moyens de redresser la barre : seuls des fous peuvent encore entretenir l'illusion dogmatique et…"

-Corinne Morel-Darleux, Plutôt couler en beauté que flotter sans grâce : Réflexions sur l'effondrement

"Notre société déborde de trop-plein, obscène et obèse, sous le regard de ceux qui crèvent de faim. Elle est en train de s'effondrer sous son propre poids. Pesante, matérielle, démesurée. Elle croule …"

-Corinne Morel-Darleux, Plutôt couler en beauté que flotter sans grâce : Réflexions sur l'effondrement

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28. Illégitimes

By: Nesrine Slaoui

4.06

Format: 198 pages, None

Depuis un quartier populaire d’Apt, elle rêvait de journalisme, de Paris, de Science Po. Avec une m… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Sommes-nous ce que nous lisons ?

By: George Orwell

3.55

Format: 56 pages, Pocket Book

Sommes-nous ce que nous lisons ? présente quatre courts textes de George Orwell écrits pour la pre… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. De la brièveté de la vie (French Edition)

By: Seneca

4.21

Format: 18 pages, Kindle Edition

Considéré dans ce texte :La fuite du temps et la bonne occupation de nos journées. Les bienfaits de… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

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