14 Top classics books like Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle by Al-Farabi

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Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle

By: Al-Farabi

3.89

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

This long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristot…

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1. Sophie’s World

By: Jostein Gaarder , Paulette Møller

3.96

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen c… read more

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  • classics
"الذي يعرف الخير يفعل الخير"

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"الأكثر ذكاء هو الذي يعرف أنه لا يعرف"

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"Wisest is she who knows she does not know."

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

"It's not a silly question if you can't answer it."

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World

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2. Invisible Man

By: Ralph Ellison

3.91

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more

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  • classics
"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."

-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

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3. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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  • classics
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

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4. Ecce Homo

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

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to c… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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5. The Gay Science

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.11

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nietzsche called The Gay Science "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first pro… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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6. Persecution and the Art of Writing

By: Leo Strauss

3.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

The essays collected in Persecution and the Art of Writingall deal with one problem--the relation b… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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7. Principles of Philosophy

By: René Descartes , John Veitch , Paul Hoyt-O'Connor

3.65

Format: 135 pages, ebook

Rene Descartes is perhaps most remembered for declaring, I think; therefore, I am. First published … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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8. The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain , None , Everett Emerson

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-cen… read more

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  • classics
"Loose and forbear!"

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"A full belly is of little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

"Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily."

-Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

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9. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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10. 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

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"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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11. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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12. ديوان الإمام الشافعي

By: محمد بن إدريس الشافعي , إميل بديع يعقوب

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • islam
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13. Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the Phenomenology of Spirit

By: Allan Bloom , Alexandre Kojève , James H. Nichols

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

"This collection of Kojeve's thoughts about Hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophica… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction

14. The End of History and the Last Man

By: Francis Fukuyama

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Manhas provoked controver… read more

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15. Natural Right and History

By: Leo Strauss

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a … read more

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16. The Old Regime and the French Revolution

By: Stuart Gilbert , Alexis de Tocqueville , None , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The book analyzes French society before the French Revolution -- the so-called "Ancien Regime" -- a… read more

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17. The Social Contract

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more

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"The truth brings no man a fortune"

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

18. Manhattan Transfer

By: John Dos Passos

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be John Dos Passos's greatest work, Manhattan Transferis an "expressionistic … read more

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19. The Discourses

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Bernard Crick , None

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Paperback

Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. … read more

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20. Bubbles: Spheres I

By: Peter Sloterdijk , Wieland Hoban

3.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An epic project in both size & purview, Sloterdijk's 3-volume, 2500-page Spheres is a late-20th-cen… read more

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21. Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (1st Discourse) and Polemics (Collected Writings, Vol 2)

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Christopher Kelly , Roger D. Masters , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse) and Polemicsdemonstrates the continued relevan… read more

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22. 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
  • classics
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"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

23. Gorgias

By: Plato , Walter Hamilton , Chris Emlyn-Jones

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates peren… read more

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24. On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , R.J. Hollingdale , Walter Kaufmann

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Genealogy of Morals consists of three essays exploring morality and its origins where Nietzsche… read more

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25. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more

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26. Another Country

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more

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27. History of the Peloponnesian War

By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner

3.94

Format: 648 pages, Paperback

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more

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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

28. Discourse on Method

By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

By far the most widely used translation in North American college classrooms, Donald A. Cress's tra… read more

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29. 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

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"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

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"

-Plato, The Republic

30. Twilight of the Idols

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more

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31. Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle

By: Al-Farabi

3.89

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

This long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristot… read more

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  • islam
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14 Best philosophy books like Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle by Al-Farabi

Transform Your Habits

Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The Gay Science

Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Persecution and the Art of Writing

Leo Strauss

3.24

Transform Your Habits

Principles of Philosophy

René Descartes , John Veitch , Paul Hoyt-O'Connor

3.65

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15 Best classics books like History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Moses I. Finley, Rex Warner

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The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lysistrata

Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

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The Conquest of Gaul

S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius

4.11

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The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

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