14 Best classics books like A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

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A History of Western Philosophy

By: Bertrand Russell

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its first publication in 1945 Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophyhas been universa…

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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

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2. Beyond Good and Evil

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more

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"The noble soul reveres itself"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"...all that is rare is for the rare."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

"One is punished most for one’s virtues."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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3. Being and Nothingness

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Hazel E. Barnes , Mary Warnock , Richard Eyre

3.99

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant philosophical books of the 20th ce… read more

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"I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness

"Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness

"It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness

"Thus it amounts to the same thing whether one gets drunk alone or is a leader of nations."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness

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4. Being and Time

By: Martin Heidegger

4.05

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

One of the most important philosophical works of our time, a work that has had tremendous influence… read more

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"But “nowhere"

-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time

"El ente existente “se"

-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time

"الترجمة ضرب من أدب الضيافة إزاء تراث ما"

-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time

"Everyone is the other and no one is himself."

-Martin Heidegger, Being and Time

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5. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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6. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

By: Will Durant

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle,… read more

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7. The Trial and Death of Socrates

By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube , John M. Cooper

3.63

Format: 224 pages,

The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socratespresents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished transla… read more

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8. A History of Western Philosophy

By: Bertrand Russell

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since its first publication in 1945 Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophyhas been universa… read more

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9. Meditations on First Philosophy

By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era… read more

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10. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

By: John Locke

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

John Locke is widely regarded as the father of classical liberalism. This essay was groundbreaking … read more

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11. Metaphysics

By: Aristotle , Joe Sachs

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Metaphysics (Greek: ta meta ta phusika) is one of the principal works of Aristotle & the first majo… read more

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12. 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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13. Philosophical Investigations

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , G.E.M. Anscombe

3.68

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Philosophische Untersuchungen is, with the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of two major works b… read more

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14. Phenomenology of Spirit

By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , A.V. Miller , John Niemeyer Findlay

3.96

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Perhaps one of the most revolutionary works of philosophy ever presented, The Phenomenology of Spir… read more

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"The vanity of the contents"

-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit

"The outcome is the same as the beginning only because the beginning is an end."

-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit

"Everything turns on grasping and expressing the True, not only as Substance, but equally as Subject."

-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit

"por lo poco que el espíritu necesita para contentarse, puede medirse la extensión de lo que ha perdido."

-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit

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15. Critique of Pure Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

Format: 785 pages, Paperback

'The purpose of this critique of pure speculative reason consists in the attempt to change the old … read more

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"The great mass of people are worthy of our respect."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

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16. The Nicomachean Ethics

By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick

3.99

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more

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"Philosophy can make people sick."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"A man without regrets cannot be cured."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."

-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

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17. The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None

4.21

Format: 534 pages, Paperback

Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical… read more

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"Scoundrels are always sociable."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"To have lost what cannot be missed is clearly no evil."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"Everything is beautiful only so long as it does not concern us."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

"That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject."

-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

18. Critique of Practical Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Mary J. Gregor

4.16

Format: None pages, paper

This seminal text in the history of moral philosophy elaborates the basic themes of Kant's moral th… read more

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19. Politics

By: Aristotle

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

What is the relationship of the individual to the state? What is the ideal state, and how can it br… read more

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20. 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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"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

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

21. Critique of Judgment

By: Immanuel Kant , Werner S. Pluhar

4.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

In THE CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT (1790), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) seeks to establish the a priori princ… read more

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4.02

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3.63

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David Hume

3.94

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Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

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