12 must-read philosophy books like Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale

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Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , R.J. Hollingdale

3.95

Format: 272 pages, paperback

Daybreak marks the arrival of Nietzsche's 'mature' philosophy and is indispensable for an understan…

If you liked the philosophy plot in Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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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. Fragments

By: James Hillman , Heraclitus , Brooks Haxton

4.18

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

Fragments of wisdom from the ancient world In the sixth century b.c.—twenty-five hundred years b… read more

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  • philosophy
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"All is flux"

-James Hillman, Fragments

"Character is destiny"

-James Hillman, Fragments

"I went in search of myself."

-James Hillman, Fragments

"Man's character is his fate."

-James Hillman, Fragments

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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

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4. Against Nature

By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more

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  • 19th century
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5. Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , R.J. Hollingdale

3.95

Format: 272 pages, paperback

Daybreak marks the arrival of Nietzsche's 'mature' philosophy and is indispensable for an understan… read more

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  • german literature
  • classics
  • 19th century
  • germany
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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6. The Seducer's Diary

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Seducer's Diary records Johannes's discovery of a girl with the Shakespearean name Cordelia, wh… read more

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  • psychology
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7. Crito

By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones

5.00

Format: 160 pages, paper

Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the fi… read more

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8. On the Heights of Despair

By: Emil M. Cioran , Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston

4.53

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Born of a terrible insomnia--"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell"--this b… read more

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9. Protagoras

By: Plato , Stanley Lombardo , Karen Bell

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Lombardo and Bell have translated this important early dialogue on virtue, wisdom, and the nature o… read more

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10. Postscript on the Societies of Control

By: Gilles Deleuze

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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  • 19th century
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  • nonfiction
"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

15. Beyond the Pleasure Principle

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In reasoned progression he outlined core psychoanalytic concepts, such as repression, free associat… read more

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16. 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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17. 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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18. Totem and Taboo

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboowas first pub… read more

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19. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

By: Thomas R. Martin

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek ci… read more

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20. Civilization and Its Discontents

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay

4.02

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he … read more

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21. Nietzsche: Life as Literature

By: Alexander Nehamas

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

More than eighty years after his death, Nietzsche’s writings and his career remain disquieting, dis… read more

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"Nicias, a famous general and Socrates' friend, warns the company: I don't think you know what it is like to get involved in a discussion with Socrates. Whatever the subject you begin with, he will co…"

-Alexander Nehamas, Nietzsche: Life as Literature

11 Top classics books like Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale

Transform Your Habits

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Fragments

James Hillman , Heraclitus , Brooks Haxton

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Ethics

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

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Against Nature

Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

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5 best-selling history books like Nietzsche: Life as Literature by Alexander Nehamas

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Nietzsche: The Man and his Philosophy

R.J. Hollingdale

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

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On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche , Douglas Smith

4.13

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