6 best-selling philosophy books like One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers by Peter J. King

Cover of One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers by Peter J. King

One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers

By: Peter J. King

3.32

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Presents profiles of one hundred philosophers, from ancient times to the present day.

If you liked the philosophy plot in One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers by Peter J. King , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Thomas Cleary

1. The Art of War

By: Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chines… read more

Similar categories in Sun Tzu's The Art of War book and Peter J. King's One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Never venture, never win!"

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"Danger has a bracing effect."

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"The wise warrior avoids the battle."

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy"

-Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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2. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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  • philosophy
"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

3. The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Publishe… read more

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  • philosophy
Cover of The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky

4. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's … read more

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  • philosophy
"I want to suffer so that I may love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"How anxiously I yearned for those I had forsake"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"how anxiously I yearned for those I had forsaken."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"أصبحت فجأة لا أغضب من الناس، بل ما عدت ألاحظ وجودهم."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

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5. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

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"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

6. Eat, Pray, Love

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

4.14

Format: None pages,

A celebrated writer's irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure… read more

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Cover of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Norman Dietz, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Boris de Schlœzer, Emanuela Guercetti, None, Donald Fanger, None, None, None

7. Notes from Underground

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None

4.17

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more

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  • philosophy
"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

8. Man's Search for Meaning

By: Viktor E. Frankl

3.93

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of lif… read more

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9. One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers

By: Peter J. King

3.32

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Presents profiles of one hundred philosophers, from ancient times to the present day. read more

Similar categories in Peter J. King's One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers book and Peter J. King's One Hundred Philosophers: The Life and Work of the World's Greatest Thinkers

  • history
  • biography
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • reference

10 best-selling fiction books like The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke , James Noel Smith

3.91

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The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , Richard Howard , Dom Marcos Barbosa , None

4.33

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