10 Best philosophy books like Constitutional Theory by Carl Schmitt, Jeffrey Seitzer

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Constitutional Theory

By: Carl Schmitt , Jeffrey Seitzer

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carl Schmitt's magnum opus, Constitutional Theory, was originally published in 1928 and has been in…

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Cover of The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith

1. The Book of Disquiet

By: Fernando Pessoa , Richard Zenith

4.41

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alt… read more

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  • philosophy
"My past is everything I failed to be."

-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!"

-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful."

-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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2. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • philosophy
Cover of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault, Alan Sheridan, None, None, None

3. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

By: Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . In this brilliant work, the mos… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
Cover of Constitutional Theory by Carl Schmitt, Jeffrey Seitzer

4. Constitutional Theory

By: Carl Schmitt , Jeffrey Seitzer

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carl Schmitt's magnum opus, Constitutional Theory, was originally published in 1928 and has been in… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • law
Cover of Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Gunzelin Schmid Nörr, Edmund Jephcott

5. Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments

By: Max Horkheimer , Theodor W. Adorno , Gunzelin Schmid Nörr , Edmund Jephcott

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dialectic of Enlightenmentis undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School o… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
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6. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

By: Yukio Mishima , Ivan Morris

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting… read more

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7. Answer to Job

By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull

4.17

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Jung has never pursued the "psychology of religion" apart from general psychology. The unique impor… read more

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  • philosophy
"«Es necesario acostumbrarse a la idea de que 'tiempo' es un concepto relativo, y que propiamente tiene que ser completado por el concepto de una pleromática existencia 'simultánea' o 'bárdica' de tod…"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

"«El que algo sea una realidad 'física' no es el único criterio de verdad. También existen verdades 'anímicas', las cuales no pueden ni probarse ni explicarse, pero tampoco negarse físicamente. [...] …"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

"I would even go so far as to say that the mythical character of a life is just what expresses its universal human validity. It is perfectly possible, psychologically, for the unconscious or an archet…"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

"The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one which is consciously realized, is tremendous. In the first case consciousness nowhere inte…"

-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job

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8. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan

3.85

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more

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"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

9. Clouds

By: Aristophanes , None

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more

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10. The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

By: Diogenes Laërtius

3.80

Format: 654 pages,

Bks 1-7: Ionian Philosophy Bk 1: The Seven Sages Thales, Solon, Chilon, Pittacus, Bias, Cleobulus, … read more

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11. Mutual Aid

By: Pyotr Kropotkin

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

In 'Mutual Aid', Peter Kropotkin attacks the use of Darwinism as a social theory, arguing that coop… read more

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12. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

By: Max Weber , Michael D. Coe , Talcott Parsons , None

3.99

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The Protestant ethic -- a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organiz… read more

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13. As I Lay Dying

By: William Faulkner

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississip… read more

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"vomiting the crying"

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

"But peace is my heart: I know it is."

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

"it's better to build a tight chicken coop than a shoddy courthouse."

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

"sometimes i lose faith in human nature for a time; i am assailed by doubt."

-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

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14. Journey to the End of the Night

By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann

4.19

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more

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  • philosophy
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."

-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

15. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

By: Judith Butler

3.81

Format: None pages,

Since its publication in 1990, Gender Troublehas become one of the key works of contemporary femini… read more

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16. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

Michel Foucault offers an iconoclastic exploration of why we feel compelled to continually analyze … read more

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17. Les Liaisons dangereuses

By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée

4.06

Format: 402 pages, Paperback

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more

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"J'ai vécu"

-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"

-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."

-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."

-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

18. La Numancia

By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

El cerco de Numancia, tambien titulada La destruccion de Numancia, escenifica el tema patriotico de… read more

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19. 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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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
"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

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"

-Plato, The Republic

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20. Apology

By: Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."

-Plato, Apology

"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."

-Plato, Apology

"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."

-Plato, Apology

"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."

-Plato, Apology

Cover of Paradise Lost by John Milton, John      Leonard

21. Paradise Lost

By: John Milton , John Leonard

3.84

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more

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  • philosophy
"What hath night to do with sleep?"

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."

-John Milton, Paradise Lost

5 must-read history books like Constitutional Theory by Carl Schmitt, Jeffrey Seitzer

Transform Your Habits

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Constitutional Theory

Carl Schmitt , Jeffrey Seitzer

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments

Max Horkheimer , Theodor W. Adorno , Gunzelin Schmid Nörr , Edmund Jephcott

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Republic

Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

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9 Top fiction books like Paradise Lost by John Milton, John Leonard

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Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

3.80

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The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser , None , C. Patrick O'Donnell , Thomas P. Roche Jr.

3.77

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The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum

4.29

Transform Your Habits

King Lear

William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

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