On Suicide
By: David Hume
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
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1. 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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"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
2. The Recognitions
By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis
4.20
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more
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- classics
"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
3. The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
By: Sophocles , Seamus Heaney
4.16
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Cure at Troy is Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' Philoctetes. Written in the fifth century… read more
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- classics
"Believe that a further shore is reachable from here."-Sophocles, The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
"War has an appetite For human goodness but it won't touch the bad."-Sophocles, The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
"Life is shaky. Never, son, forget How risky and slippy things are in this world. Walk easy when the jug's full, and don't ever Take your luck for granted. Count your blessings And always be ready to …"-Sophocles, The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
"People so staunch and true, they're fixated, Shining with self-regard like polished stones. And their whole life spent admiring themselves For their own long-suffering. Licking their wounds And flash…"-Sophocles, The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
4. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
- psychology
5. The Age of Reason
By: Jean-Paul Sartre
4.17
Format: None pages,
The first fully Existentialist fiction by the creator of a philosophical movement that captured the… read more
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6. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- essays
"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
7. Notes from Underground & The Double
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Jessie Coulson
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
'It is best to do nothing! The best thing is conscious inertia! So long live the underground!'Alien… read more
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- classics
8. Eichmann and the Holocaust
By: Hannah Arendt
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
Inspired by the trial of a bureaucrat who helped cause the Holocaust, this radical work on the bana… read more
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9. The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History
By: Isaiah Berlin
3.50
Format: 824 pages, Paperback
The masterly essay on Tolstoy's view of history, in which Sir Isaiah underlines a fundamental disti… read more
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10. The World As I See It
By: Albert Einstein
3.88
Format: 0 pages,
"The World as I See It" is a treasury of the thoughts and life observations of one of the greatest … read more
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11. On Suicide
By: David Hume
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- classics
- psychology
- death
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- 18th century
12. The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston
3.78
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more
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"The truth brings no man a fortune"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
13. 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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14. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more
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15. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
16. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
17. سوء تفاهم
By: Albert Camus , None
3.68
Format: 189 pages,
Mot ban chat rat gan Lao Trang, ma phai lam van nghe, viet van gan theo dieu Nietzsche de neu mot v… read more
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18. In the Penal Colony
By: Sadegh Hedayat , Franz Kafka , Hasan Ghaemian
3.92
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
"In the Penal Colony" is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, and first … read more
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19. Pensées
By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.95
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and… read more
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"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
20. Why I Am so Clever
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , R.J. Hollingdale
3.65
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Why do I know a few morethings? Why am I so clever altogether?' Self-celebrating and self-mocking … read more
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21. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
By: Vladimir Lenin
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more
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"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
22. Poems and Fragments
By: Sappho , Stanley Lombardo , Pamela Gordon
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th c… read more
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23. Reflections on the Guillotine
By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An essay on capital punishment by the 1957 Nobel Prize winner. read more
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24. 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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"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
25. 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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26. Notes on Nationalism
By: George Orwell
4.01
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism, and argues that it causes people to disr… read more
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"Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism."-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"For those who feel deeply about contemporary politics, certain topics have become so infected by considerations of prestige that a genuinely rational approach to them is almost impossible."-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of…"-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled…"-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
27. Create Dangerously
By: Albert Camus
3.84
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues passionately that the artist has a respo… read more
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"Artists, like everyone else, must take up their oars without dying, if possible."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"To paint a still life, a painter and an apple must confront and adjust to each other."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"Perhaps there is no peace for an artist other than the peace found in the heat of combat."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
"But now the artist is in the amphitheatre. Of necessity, his voice is not quite the same; it is not nearly so firm."-Albert Camus, Create Dangerously
28. Anarchist Communism (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Pyotr Kropotkin
3.85
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
The humane yet devastating critique of how modern society is organized with the brutal few clinging… read more
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29. What Is Existentialism?
By: Simone de Beauvoir
3.91
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and … read more
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30. Letter from Birmingham Jail
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
4.54
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
There is an alternate edition published under ISBN13: 9780062509550. 'Injustice anywhere is a th… read more
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"It is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends."-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
"There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over..."-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself."-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
"Lamentably, it is an historical fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily."-Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
31. God Is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him. (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: Friedrich Nietzsche
3.82
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Grounded in his famous notion that "God is dead," a selection from Nietzsche's most personal book, … read more
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