6 Best classics books like The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Ian Johnston

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The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

By: Ian Johnston

3.87

Format: 1032 pages, Hardcover

The "Mozi" is a key philosophical work written by a major social and political thinker of the fifth…

"A Three pronged test for any belief: Can it be verified by the sights and senses of common people? How is it to be applied? Will it benefit the greatest number? from Against Fate"

-Ian Johnston, The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

"A Three pronged test for any belief: Can it be verified by the sights and senses of common people? How is it to be applied? Will it benefit the greatest number? from Against Fate"

-Ian Johnston, The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

If you liked the classics plot in The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Ian Johnston , 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 Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • china
"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

Cover of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, Jacob Needleman, Toinette Lippe

2. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

Similar categories in Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching book and Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

  • classics
  • history
  • eastern philosophy
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • china
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Cover of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1 by Luo Guanzhong, C.H. Brewitt-Taylor, Robert E. Hegel

3. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1

By: Luo Guanzhong , C.H. Brewitt-Taylor , Robert E. Hegel

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms par… read more

Similar categories in Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1 book and Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

  • china
  • classics
  • chinese literature

4. The Analects

By: Confucius , D.C. Lau

3.20

Format: 168 pages,

This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more

Similar categories in Confucius's The Analects book and Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

  • classics
  • history
  • eastern philosophy
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, David McDuff

5. Crime and Punishment

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , David McDuff

4.27

Format: 671 pages, Paperback

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg a… read more

Similar categories in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment book and Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

  • philosophy
"Life [had] replaced logic."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

Cover of Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings by Han Fei

6. Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings

By: Han Fei

4.01

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Han Fei Tzu (280?-233 B.C.) was a prince of the ruling house of the small state of Han. A represent… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • eastern philosophy
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • china
"Past and Present have different customs; new and old adopt different measures. To try to use the ways of a generous and lenient government to rule the people of a critical age is like trying to drive…"

-Han Fei, Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings

Cover of The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Ian Johnston

7. The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

By: Ian Johnston

3.87

Format: 1032 pages, Hardcover

The "Mozi" is a key philosophical work written by a major social and political thinker of the fifth… read more

Similar categories in Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics) book and Ian Johnston's The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

  • classics
  • history
  • eastern philosophy
  • politics
  • chinese literature
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • china
"A Three pronged test for any belief: Can it be verified by the sights and senses of common people? How is it to be applied? Will it benefit the greatest number? from Against Fate"

-Ian Johnston, The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics)

5 Best history books like The Mozi: A Complete Translation (Translations from the Asian Classics) by Ian Johnston

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Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

The Analects

Confucius , D.C. Lau

3.20

Transform Your Habits

Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings

Han Fei

4.01

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12 must-read classics books like Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings by Han Fei

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Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

3.88

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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

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Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

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