The Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration
By: John Locke
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The first of these two highly influential documents refutes the concept of monarchy's divine right.…
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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. Theological-Political Treatise
By: Baruch Spinoza , Seymour Feldman , Samuel Shirley
4.08
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
D’abord paru sous le couvert de l’anonymat en 1670, le Traité théologico-politique fut rapidement a… read more
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- political science
"The purpose of the state is really freedom."-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise
"لم يستطِعْ أحدٌ أن يستمرَّ في الحُكم طويلًا عن طريق العنف"-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise
"No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand."-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise
"لا يحدُث شيء يُناقِض الطبيعة، فالطبيعة تحتفِظ بنظامٍ أزلي لا يتغيَّر"-Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise
3. Ethics
By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None
4.10
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work—an elegant, fu… read more
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"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body"-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
"Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility."-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
4. The Constitution of Liberty
By: Friedrich A. Hayek
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
"One of the great political works of our time, . . . the twentieth-century successor to John Stuart… read more
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5. The Ethics of Ambiguity
By: Simone de Beauvoir
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Simone de Beauvoir, novelist, dramatist, and philosopher, was the most distinguished woman writer i… read more
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6. Leviathan
By: Thomas Hobbes , Crawford Brough Macpherson
3.71
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the En… read more
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"Hell is truth seen too late."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
"LET THE GAY BEGI- I MEAN GAMES BEGIN!"-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
"The Conscience is a thousand witnesses."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
" Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
7. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded… read more
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8. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
9. Common Sense
By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis
3.75
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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10. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. On Violence
By: Hannah Arendt
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth… read more
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14. The Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration
By: John Locke
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The first of these two highly influential documents refutes the concept of monarchy's divine right.… read more
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15. 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
16. The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
By: Ayn Rand , Nathaniel Branden
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Ayn Randhere sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life--… read more
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17. 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
18. The Social Contract and Discourses
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , G.D.H. Cole , None
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Inspired by ancient Greek city states, Rousseau searched for a way which states of his day could be… read more
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19. 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
20. 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
21. First Love and Other Novellas
By: Samuel Beckett , None
3.92
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The Endand The Expelled; these four… read more
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22. The Wealth of Nations, Books 1-3
By: Adam Smith , None
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations Books I… read more
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23. The Road to Serfdom
By: Friedrich A. Hayek
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road … read more
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24. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
By: Immanuel Kant , Christine M. Korsgaard , Mary J. Gregor
4.27
Format: 197 pages, paper
Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristo… read more
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25. 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
26. The Symposium
By: Plato , Christopher Gill
4.09
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more
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"The truth about eros is terrifying."-Plato, The Symposium
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"-Plato, The Symposium
"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."-Plato, The Symposium
"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"-Plato, The Symposium
27. 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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28. Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know
By: Jason Brennan
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Historically, Americans have seen libertarians as far outside the mainstream, but with the rise of … read more
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29. Capitalism and Freedom
By: Milton Friedman
3.97
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Times Literary Supplementas one of the "hundred most influential books since the wa… read more
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30. Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Emergent Strategy, 2)
By: Alexis Pauline Gumbs
4.47
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subve… read more
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"Could we communicate more like manatees, who stay in communication in all kinds of emergencies, place their bodies in a way that protects children, touch each other to remember and know?"-Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Emergent Strategy, 2)
"I respect you as so much bigger than my own understanding. And me too. I don't have to be available to be eligible for breath. I don't have to be measurable in a market of memes. I don't have to be v…"-Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Emergent Strategy, 2)
31. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
By: Ben Shapiro
4.10
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A growing number of Americans want to tear down what it’s taken us 250 years to build—and they’ll s… read more
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"Yes, we are flawed. Yes, we are cruel and generous and brutal and gentle and cynical and idealistic. But most of all, we must not be enemies. We must be Americans - Americans together - and we will b…"-Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
"The story of America is one of the great stories in human history. America was founded on great principles; America has struggled to live up to those principles, but with each step toward those princ…"-Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
"I want my kids to have their adventure. That's the great joy of life: the adventure, choosing correctly in the face of adversity, overcoming obstacles and thriving. They can only have that adventure …"-Ben Shapiro, How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
