Wittgenstein
By: Anthony Kenny
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3.98
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more
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"A couple of ounces ruled your life."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
2. Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress
3.76
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Rene Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and it is certainly true that… read more
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- philosophy
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"The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake."-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
"c'est une vérité très certaine que, lorsqu'il n'est pas en notre pouvoir de discerner les plus vraies opinions, nous devons suivre les plus probables partie 3, para 3)"-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
"Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds rev…"-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
"Those who possess the strongest reasoning and who best order their thoughts in order to make them clear and intelligible can always best persuade others of what they are proposing, even if they were …"-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
3. How to Read Wittgenstein
By: Ray Monk
4.03
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be dauntin… read more
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- logic
- philosophy
- nonfiction
4. Equus (Penguin Plays)
By: Peter Shaffer
3.91
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In "Equus," which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic… read more
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"There is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out."-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)
"A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave."-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)
"That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?"-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)
"To go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!"-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)
5. Language, Truth, and Logic
By: A.J. Ayer
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"A delightful book … I should like to have written it myself." — Bertrand Russell First publishe… read more
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- logic
- philosophy
- nonfiction
"It is now generally admitted, at any rate by philosophers, that the existence of a being having the attributes which define the god of any non-animistic religion cannot be demonstratively proved... […"-A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic
6. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Peter Preuss
3.95
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
(Part II of Thoughts Out of Season) "Moreover I hate everything which merely instructs me withou… read more
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- german literature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
"Every past is worth condemning."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
"A thing can only live through a pious illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
"... a thing can only live through a pious illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
"Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life
7. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more
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- philosophy
8. Watt
By: Samuel Beckett
4.50
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Fiction. WATT was the beginning of Samuel Becket's post-war literary career, the fruition of the ye… read more
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9. Human, All Too Human
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , R.J. Hollingdale
3.77
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
This volume presents Nietzsche's remarkable collection of almost 1400 aphorisms in R. J. Hollingdal… read more
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- german literature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
10. Walden
By: Henry David Thoreau
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Walden, or, Life in the Woods, is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David T… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- biography
11. Das Kapital
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
12. From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ
By: Paula Fredriksen
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by ex… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Untimely Meditations
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Innehaller: Otidsenliga betraktelser I-IV Vi filologer Om vara bildningsanstalters framtid Fem fore… read more
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- german literature
- philosophy
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14. Gilead (Gilead, #1)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.85
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more
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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
15. Bestiario
By: Julio Cortázar
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In these eight masterpieces there is no room for the smallest sign of stumbling or youthful underto… read more
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16. On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
3.86
Format: None pages,
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17. Narcissus and Goldmund
By: Hermann Hesse , Ursule Molinaro
4.05
Format: 336 pages,
Narcissus and Goldmundtells the story of two medieval men whose characters are diametrically opposi… read more
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18. The Anti-Christ
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , H.L. Mencken
3.68
Format: 420 pages,
Monumento de escandalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre postuma del inquieta… read more
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19. The Art of Always Being Right
By: Arthur Schopenhauer
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questio… read more
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20. Akira, Vol. 1
By: None , Katsuhiro Otomo , None , None
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The science fiction tale set in 2019 in Tokyo after the city was destroyed by World War III, follow… read more
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21. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Ph… read more
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22. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction
By: Peter Singer
4.19
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual devel… read more
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23. Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
By: Ray Monk
3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a … read more
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24. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
25. Kant: A Very Short Introduction
By: Roger Scruton
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but is also one of the most diff… read more
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26. The Bhagavad Gita
By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None
4.20
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more
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27. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
28. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
29. A New Name: Septology VI-VII
By: Jon Fosse
4.49
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only fr… read more
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"God is so far away that no one can say anything about him and that’s why all ideas about God are wrong, and at the same time he is so close that we almost can’t notice him, because he is the foundati…"-Jon Fosse, A New Name: Septology VI-VII
30. Lecture on Ethics
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein
4.12
Format: None pages, None
The most complete edition yet published of Wittgenstein's 1929 lecture includes a never-before publ… read more
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"Me siento inclinado a decir que la expresión lingüística correcta del milagro de la existencia del mundo -a pesar de no ser una proposición en el lenguaje- es la existencia del lenguaje mismo"-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lecture on Ethics
"Toda mi tendencia, y creo que la tendencia de todos los humanos que han tratado alguna vez de hablar o escribir sobre ética y religión, llevaba a estrellarnos contra los límites del lenguaje. Esta ca…"-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lecture on Ethics
"La Ética, en tanto surge del deseo de decir algo acerca del significado último de la vida, del bien absoluto, de lo absolutamente valioso, no puede ser una ciencia. Lo que dice no le agrega nada a nu…"-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lecture on Ethics
31. Wittgenstein
By: Anthony Kenny
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Widely praised for providing a lucid and historically informed account of Wittgenstein's core philo… read more
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