15 Best nonfiction books like The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think by Robert Pantano

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The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think

By: Robert Pantano

4.36

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of essays that journey through philosophy and grapple with the increasingly relevant p…

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1. The Prince of Milk

By: Exurb1a

4.24

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

All of time is simultaneous. Matter tends towards perfection. Cats can be dicks sometimes. The Prin… read more

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"You wouldn't understand. Oh shut up, I loved just as well as you in my early years. But to court a married woman, that takes a certain shade of stupidity."

-Exurb1a, The Prince of Milk

"It's fun to think that one day our great, great grandchildren may get that much closer to understanding what the hell creation is doing here in the first place, and glimpsing the underlying structure…"

-Exurb1a, The Prince of Milk

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2. Seneca - On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

By: Seneca , James Harris , James Harris

3.54

Format: 230 pages,

De Brevitate Vitae (frequently referred to as On the Shortness of Life in English) is a moral essay… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help

3. Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

By: Paul Kleinman

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

Discover the world's greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions! Too often, textbooks turn … read more

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4. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

By: Seneca , James Romm

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne ("Gripping . . . the narrative ve… read more

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5. How To Read A Book A Day: The Ultimate Guide To Quickly Retain And Absorb Information

By: None

3.62

Format: None pages,

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6. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

By: Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more

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  • psychology
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"

-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

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7. The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think

By: Robert Pantano

4.36

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of essays that journey through philosophy and grapple with the increasingly relevant p… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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8. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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9. Self coaching: 55 Questions, Across 8 Dimensions For A New You! (Self discovery,Purpose,Talents)

By: Manoj Chenthamarakshan

3.87

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Use these powerful self-intriguing questions to reveal your hidden potentials Do you know that que… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
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10. The Last Messiah

By: Peter Wessel Zapffe

4.32

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

The supreme text of Antinatalist despair! Norwegian philosopher Peter Zapffe re-imagines the human … read more

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"Man beholds the earth, and it is breathing like a great lung; whenever it exhales, delightful life swarms from all its pores and reaches out toward the sun, but when it inhales, a moan of rupture pas…"

-Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah

"A man will come forth, who before all other men has dared to strip his soul naked and give himself wholly over to our most profound questioning, even to the idea of annihilation. A man who has graspe…"

-Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah

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11. The Practicing Stoic

By: Ward Farnsworth

4.35

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings … read more

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  • philosophy
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  • spirituality
  • self help
"If you would attain real freedom, you must be the slave of philosophy. Epicurus, quoted in Seneca, Epistles 8.7"

-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic

"The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don’t react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us."

-Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic

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12. What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

By: Stephen Wolfram

3.91

Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition

Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of wr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. The Fifth Science

By: Exurb1a

4.41

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

The Galactic Human Empire was built atop four logic, physics, psychology, and sociology. Standing … read more

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"Humans are the only animals that build zoos for themselves."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

"Distance appears to only apply when the universe knows She is being watched."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

"Go home and write me, tell me how it was, leave a review. Go home, you bunch of absolute, absolute oxygen thieves."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

"Adam laid in the dark for a long time, thinking and not thinking. Thinking in an indirect way in the fashion one knows the sun is there without having to look straight at the thing."

-Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

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14. Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too

By: Exurb1a

4.29

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

exurb1a presents his all-new collection of self-indulgent poetry. An unlikely bestseller, so unlike… read more

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"I don't mind living a brief life as a stupid animal when I get to see your face in the morning."

-Exurb1a, Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too

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15. Stoicism for Inner Peace

By: Einzelgänger

4.49

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

The ancient Stoics were deeply concerned with the virtue of equanimity. Equanimity or ‘inner peace’… read more

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16. Geometry for Ocelots

By: Exurb1a

4.42

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the end of history and all is known, or will be soon. Humanity long ago transitioned to the e… read more

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17. The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity

By: Matthew Van Natta

4.01

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

Optimize joy, overcome obstacles—discover the calm of stoicism Being a stoic means embracing pos… read more

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  • spirituality
  • self help
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18. Unoffendable: The Art of Thriving in a World Full of Jerks

By: Einzelgänger

4.16

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Being offended’ has become a common occurrence in a world of increasing censorship, inclusive lang… read more

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19. Optimistic Nihilism: A Psychologist's Personal Story & (Biased) Professional Appraisal of Shedding Religion

By: David Landers

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

Through surprisingly good storytelling, David “Don’t Call Me Doctor” Landers takes us on a captivat… read more

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20. Loose: On Letting Stuff Go

By: Einzelgänger

4.36

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

A wise Buddhist monk once explained the power of letting go through the act of holding a cup of tea… read more

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"Life isn’t supposed to play out the way we want, but the way it happens."

-Einzelgänger, Loose: On Letting Stuff Go

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21. The Impact of Identity: The Power of Knowing Who You Are

By: Irina Nevzlin

3.26

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

"It is very rare to find a book which makes you think, has genuine insight into the human condition… read more

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15 must-read philosophy books like The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think by Robert Pantano

Transform Your Habits

The Prince of Milk

Exurb1a

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Seneca - On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

Seneca , James Harris , James Harris

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence: Ideas from Philosophy That Change the Way You Think

Robert Pantano

4.36

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17 Best philosophy books like Unoffendable: The Art of Thriving in a World Full of Jerks by Einzelgänger

Transform Your Habits

Mastery

Robert Greene

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Alan W. Watts

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

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