7 best-selling philosophy books like The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (Philosophy Of Popular Culture) by Jerold J. Abrams

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The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (Philosophy Of Popular Culture)

By: Jerold J. Abrams

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the course of fifty years, director Stanley Kubrick produced some of the most haunting and indel…

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (Philosophy Of Popular Culture) by Jerold J. Abrams , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, Mirra Ginsburg, Michail Bulgakov

1. Heart of a Dog

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov

4.10

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

This satirical novel tells the story of the surgical transformation of a dog into a man, and is an … read more

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"A dog's spirit dies hard."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"One can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"Why bother to learn to read when you can smell meat a mile away?"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"İki ayağını bir pabuca sokmayan herkes, her şey için zaman bulabilir."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

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2. 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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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"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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3. 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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4. Uzumaki

By: Junji Ito , Yuji Oniki

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the… read more

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5. When Nietzsche Wept

By: Irvin D. Yalom

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

A richly evocative novel set in 19th-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis. The … read more

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  • philosophy
Cover of Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Peter Salm

6. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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7. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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  • philosophy
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

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8. Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Jules Verne , Kim Stanley Robinson , Lowell Bair

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims … read more

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"Axel,"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"Then don’t you despair?"

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"I dream with my eyes open."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

"And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow."

-Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth

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9. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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  • philosophy
"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"People really do like seeing their best friends humiliated; a large part of the friendship is based on humiliation; and that is an old truth,well known to all intelligent people."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

Cover of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke

10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

11. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

By: David Lynch

4.29

Format: 426 pages,

Where do ideas come from? In Catching the Big Fish, internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch… read more

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12. Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

By: Mark Manson

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a co… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Because the only thing that can ever truly destroy a dream is to have it come true."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

"Ultimately, we are moved to action only by emotion. That's because action is emotion."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

"When we deny ourselves the ability to feel pain for a purpose, we deny ourselves the ability to feel any purpose in our life at all."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

"Ultimately, the most meaningful freedom in your life comes from your commitments, the things in life for which you have chosen to sacrifice."

-Mark Manson, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope

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13. The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick (Philosophy Of Popular Culture)

By: Jerold J. Abrams

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the course of fifty years, director Stanley Kubrick produced some of the most haunting and indel… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • film
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14. Las mentiras que te cuentan, las verdades que te ocultan

By: Pablo Munoz Iturrieta

4.24

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

Esta obra explica el proceso de adoctrinamiento cultural actual que tiene como fin verdadero el “re… read more

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17 Best fiction books like Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, Kim Stanley Robinson, Lowell Bair

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Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee

4.09

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