6 Top philosophy books like The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books) by Leo Strauss

Cover of The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books) by Leo Strauss

The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books)

By: Leo Strauss

3.91

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political ph…

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books) by Leo Strauss , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Maureen Howard

1. Mrs. Dalloway

By: Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard

3.79

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's … read more

Similar categories in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway book and Leo Strauss's The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books)

"Life stand still here."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What a lark! What a plunge!"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"To love makes one solitary."

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

"What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"

-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Cover of The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay

2. The Future of an Illusion

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In the manner of the eighteenth-century philosopher, Freud argued that religion and science were mo… read more

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  • philosophy
Cover of Principles of Philosophy by René Descartes, John Veitch, Paul Hoyt-O'Connor

3. 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

4. New Science

By: David Marsh , Anthony Grafton , Giambattista Vico

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonis… read more

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5. 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

Similar categories in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract book and Leo Strauss's The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books)

  • philosophy
  • politics
  • political science
"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

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6. On the Citizen

By: Thomas Hobbes

3.85

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

De Cive (On the Citizen) is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, th… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • political science
Cover of Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man & the Origin of Evil by Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

7. Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man & the Origin of Evil

By: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Leibniz was above all things a metaphysician. That does not mean that his head was in the clouds, o… read more

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  • philosophy
Cover of The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books) by Leo Strauss

8. The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books)

By: Leo Strauss

3.91

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political ph… read more

Similar categories in Leo Strauss's The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books) book and Leo Strauss's The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis (Phoenix Books)

  • philosophy
  • politics
  • political science

17 Best classics books like The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston

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Alexis de Tocqueville , Isaac Kramnick , Gerald Bevan

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Transform Your Habits

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes , Crawford Brough Macpherson

3.71

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