13 Top philosophy books like Correspondence 1949–1975 by Martin Heidegger

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Correspondence 1949–1975

By: Martin Heidegger

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Jünger began a correspondence with the ph…

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Cover of The Glass Bees by Louise Bogan, Bruce Sterling, Ernst Jünger, Elizabeth Mayer

1. The Glass Bees

By: Louise Bogan , Bruce Sterling , Ernst Jünger , Elizabeth Mayer

3.69

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

In The Glass Bees the celebrated German writer Ernst Jünger presents a disconcerting vision of the … read more

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"Every master has the servant he deserves."

-Louise Bogan, The Glass Bees

"A great physicist is always a metaphysicist as well; he has a higher concept of his knowledge and his task."

-Louise Bogan, The Glass Bees

"Unfortunately robots capable of manufacturing robots do not exist. That would be the philosopher's stone, the squaring of the circle."

-Louise Bogan, The Glass Bees

"We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being. We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we always walk within our boundaries, within the marked-off circle."

-Louise Bogan, The Glass Bees

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2. On the Marble Cliffs

By: Stuart Hood , George Steiner , Ernst Jünger

3.80

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The peaceful and traditional people, located on the shores of a large bay, are surrounded by the ro… read more

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"The downfall of order brings good to none."

-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs

"Such are the cellars over which the proud castles of tyranny rise and above which the aromas of their feast swirl: putrid caves of a gruesome kind in which the depraved rabble regales itself with the…"

-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs

"We cannot count on seeing our work completed here below, and happy is the man whose will is not too painfully invested in his efforts. No house is built, no plan created, in which ruin is not the cor…"

-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs

"I had often doubted; now I was convinced: there were still noble beings among us in whose hearts knowledge of the higher order was preserved and perpetuated. A lofty example enjoins us to follow, and…"

-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs

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3. The Way Things Are

By: Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius

3.97

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more

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"There can be no centre in infinity."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"Nothing exists but amalgams of matter and space."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

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4. Ideas Have Consequences

By: Richard M. Weaver

4.13

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

In what has become a classic work, Richard M. Weaver unsparingly diagnoses the ills of our age and … read more

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"The typical modern has the look of the hunted."

-Richard M. Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences

"No society is healthy which tells its members to take no thought of the morrow because the state underwrites their future."

-Richard M. Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences

"[I]f we feel that creation does not express purpose, it is impossible to find an authorization for purpose in our own lives."

-Richard M. Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences

"The modern state does not comprehend how anyone can be guided by something other than itself. In its eyes pluralism is treason."

-Richard M. Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences

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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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6. Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life

By: Oswald Spengler

3.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

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7. The Colour Out of Space

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.03

Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more

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"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

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8. 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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"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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9. Story of the Eye

By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson

3.66

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more

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"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

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10. The Revolt of the Masses

By: José Ortega y Gasset

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by th… read more

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11. Sun and Steel

By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more

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12. Heretics

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

G. K. Chesterton, the "Prince of Paradox," is at his witty best in this collection of twenty essays… read more

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13. The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, #5)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to … read more

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14. A Confederacy of Dunces

By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy

3.89

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more

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"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."

-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

15. History and Utopia

By: Richard Howard , Emil M. Cioran

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this book, Cioran writes of politics, of history, and of the utopian dream. "A small masterwork … read more

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16. The Symposium

By: Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more

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"The truth about eros is terrifying."

-Plato, The Symposium

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"

-Plato, The Symposium

"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."

-Plato, The Symposium

"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"

-Plato, The Symposium

17. On Pain

By: Ernst Jünger , Russell A. Berman , None

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

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18. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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19. 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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20. Cujo

By: Stephen King

3.79

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante … read more

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"The monster nevers dies."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"There is no bad time for good news."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"No hago más que percibirle... sentirle... en todos los rincones."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"Aspiraba el olor de la locura en un viento que aún no había llegado."

-Stephen King, Cujo

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21. 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

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

22. The Fall

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more

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23. 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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24. A Short History of Decay

By: Richard Howard , Emil M. Cioran

4.06

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

"In the fact of being born there is such an absence of necessity that when you think about it a lit… read more

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25. Guerre

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline

3.79

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more

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"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre

"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre

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26. My First Book

By: Honor Levy

3.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From groundbreaking debut author Honor Levy, stories to delight and ensnare Walking the wire betwe… read more

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"I HAV3 CHOS3N T3H WAY OF FA3THFUL3SS"

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Nerf is a verb now. I'm gonna nerf all you faggots, give me that grenade."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer. 1 like = 1 prayer."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

"Zoe laughs like Tinkerbell, the air whistling between the gaps in her teeth. She’s definitely not a dog."

-Honor Levy, My First Book

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27. The Forest Passage

By: Ernst Jünger

4.08

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Ernst Jünger's The Forest Passage explores the possibility of resistance: how the independent think… read more

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"Long periods of peace foster certain optical illusions: one is the conviction that the inviolability of the home is grounded in the constitution, which should guarantee it. In reality, it is grounded…"

-Ernst Jünger, The Forest Passage

"None of us can know today if tomorrow morning we will not be counted as part of a group considered outside the law. In that moment the civilized veneer of life changes, as the state props of well-bei…"

-Ernst Jünger, The Forest Passage

"Still more important is the consideration that in many people today a strong need for religious ritual coexists with an aversion to churches. There is a sense of something missing in existence, which…"

-Ernst Jünger, The Forest Passage

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28. Life for Sale

By: Yukio Mishima

3.72

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more

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"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."

-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale

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29. 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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30. Récit secret

By: Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

3.86

Format: 107 pages, None

Il y a dans ce recueil trois textes différents. Le premier est un traité de suicide. Drieu racûnte … read more

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31. Correspondence 1949–1975

By: Martin Heidegger

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Jünger began a correspondence with the ph… read more

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18 Top fiction books like Guerre by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Transform Your Habits

La Prisonnière

Marcel Proust

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Malevil

Robert Merle

4.25

Transform Your Habits

A Matter оf Death аnd Life

Andrey Kurkov

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Lime Works

Thomas Bernhard , Sophie Wilkins

3.73

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