11 must-read philosophy books like Ludwig Wittgenstein (Critical Lives) by Edward Kanterian

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Ludwig Wittgenstein (Critical Lives)

By: Edward Kanterian

4.10

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Ludwig Wittgenstein is generally considered as the greatest philosopher since Immanuel Kant, and hi…

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1. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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2. The Long Home

By: William Gay

4.04

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

In a literary voice that is both original and powerfully unsettling, William Gay tells the story of… read more

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"Down fabled roads reverting now to woods Winer felt himself imprisoned by the dark beyond the carlights and by the compulsive timbre of Motormouth's voice, a drone obsessed with spewing out words wit…"

-William Gay, The Long Home

"In the molten fire where he lay he could watch the slow machinations of eternity, the cosmic miracle of each second being born, eggshaped, silverplated, phallic, time thrusting itself gleaming throug…"

-William Gay, The Long Home

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3. Pushkin Hills

By: Sergei Dovlatov , Katherine Dovlatov

4.18

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife … read more

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4. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

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5. Austerlitz

By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more

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  • germany
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6. On Evil

By: Terry Eagleton

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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7. How to Read Lacan

By: Slavoj Žižek , Simon Critchley

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The How to Readseries provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your un… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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8. Zettel

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , Georg Henrik von Wright , G.E.M. Anscombe

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

Zettel, an en face bilingual edition, collects fragments from Wittgenstein's work between 1929 and … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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9. The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories

By: Carson McCullers

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers'… read more

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10. Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

By: Immanuel Kant , James W. Ellington , Paul Carus

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

This edition of Prolegomenaincludes Kant's letter of February, 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous doc… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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11. Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction

By: Roger Scruton

3.65

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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12. The Swimmer

By: John Cheever

3.56

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend's pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming … read more

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13. H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life

By: Stephen King , Michel Houellebecq , None

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

In this prescient work, Michel Houellebecq focuses his considerable analytical skills on H. P. Love… read more

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14. Hegel: Bilinç Problemi, Köle-Efendi Diyalektiği, Praksis Felsefesi

By: Tülin Bumin

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hegel'in Fransiz dusuncesindeki etkilerini, Kole-Efendi diyalektigini ve devlet kuramini, bu bakis … read more

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15. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

By: William Blake

4.09

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an collection of poems by William Blake. Note: For a com… read more

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"Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face;"

-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience

"Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door."

-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience

"And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires."

-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience

"Can I see anothers woe, And not be in sorrow too. Can I see anothers grief, And not seek for kind relief. - On Anothers Sorrow "

-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience

16. The Member of the Wedding

By: Carson McCullers

4.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Twelve-year-old Frankie cannot understand why everyone disapproves of her idea of going on her brot… read more

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17. As I Lay Dying

By: William Faulkner

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississip… read more

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"vomiting the crying"

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

"But peace is my heart: I know it is."

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

"it's better to build a tight chicken coop than a shoddy courthouse."

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

"sometimes i lose faith in human nature for a time; i am assailed by doubt."

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

18. The Setting Sun

By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

The post-war period in Japan was one of immense social change as Japanese society adjusted to the s… read more

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19. Spinoza

By: None

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

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20. Cathedral

By: Raymond Carver

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the cano… read more

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21. Culture and Value

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , Georg Henrik von Wright , Peter Winch

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Peter Winch's translation of Wittgenstein's remarks on culture & value presents all entries chronol… read more

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22. When We Cease to Understand the World

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."

-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

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23. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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24. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

By: Quentin Tarantino

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more

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"What’s the secret?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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25. Exteriors

By: Annie Ernaux

3.57

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Taking the form of random journal entries over the course of seven years, Exteriors concentrates on… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy

By: Wolfram Eilenberger

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A grand narrative of the intertwining lives of Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenste… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • germany
  • biography
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27. Grizunun Kokusunu Almak

By: Georges Didi-Huberman

4.15

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

“Grizu renksiz ve kokusuz bir gaz olduğundan [...] eskiden maden kuyularına kafes içerisinde kuşlar… read more

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28. Ludwig Wittgenstein (Critical Lives)

By: Edward Kanterian

4.10

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Ludwig Wittgenstein is generally considered as the greatest philosopher since Immanuel Kant, and hi… read more

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  • germany
  • biography
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29. Wittgenstein ve Dilin Sınırları

By: Pierre Hadot

4.13

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Büyük antik felsefe uzmanı Pierre Hadot, bu küçük ama derin kitapta Wittgenstein ile ilgili birbiri… read more

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  • philosophy
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30. Poetik ve Politik: Bir Kültürel Çalışmalar Ansiklopedisi

By: Besim F. Dellaloğlu

4.53

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Besim F. Dellaloğlu, yeni kitabı Poetik ve Politik’te okuru ‘uzun bir devrim’e davet edip zihinsel … read more

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31. Dile Gelen Felsefe

By: Taylan Altuğ

4.05

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

"Dilde yaşıyoruz; 'Bir diyalog olduğumuzdan beri.'" Taylan Altuğ yapıtında John Locke, Wilhelm von… read more

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Hernan Diaz

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4.18

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