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1. The Republic
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Platos Republic is unparalleled in its
coverage of all areas of life. While
Plato addresses metaphysical issues,
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procreation and more are all topics of
discussion for Platos dialog.
2. Nicomachean
Ethics Aristotle
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Since its rst publication in 1945
Lord Russells A History of Western
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acclaimed as the outstanding onevolume work on the subject
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4. Beyond Good
and Evil Friedrich
Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil con rmed
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European philosopher of his age. The
work dramatically rejects the tradition
of Western thought with its notions
of truth and God, good and evil.
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world is steeped in a false
piety and infected with a slave
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Robert M. Pirsig
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centurywhy has technology
alienated us from our world? what
are the limits of rational analysis? if
we cant de ne the good, how can
we live it?
we live it?
6. Descartes:
Meditations on
First Philosophy
Ren Descartes
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The book is made up of six
meditations, in which Descartes rst
discards all belief in things which are
not absolutely certain, and then tries
not absolutely certain, and then tries
to establish what can be known for
sure. The meditations were written as
if he were meditating for 6 days: each
meditation refers to the last one as
yesterday.
7. The World as
Will and
Representation
Arthur
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If you are clever enough to shave
away the nagging scienti c details
which have expired with time (as they
all do), as well as the great
philosophers personal opinions, you
will nd this to be one of the greatest
works ever written. For me, it was the
end of philosophy; good answers to
the questions I have always wrestled.
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create an entire picture of the world.
His concept of the will, when fully
grasped, is powerful and very simple.
8. Meditations
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8. Meditations
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emperor, the Meditations offer a wide
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the leader struggled to
understand himself and the universe.
Marcus Aurelius covers topics as
diverse as the question of virtue,
human rationality, the nature of the
gods, and his own emotions, spanning
from doubt and despair to conviction
and exaltation. A great work to learn
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9. Lao Tsu: Tao Te
Ching Laozi
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Lao-tzus Tao Te Ching, or Book of the
Way, is the classic manual on the art
of living and one of the wonders of
the world. In eighty-one brief
chapters, the Tao Te Ching llods at the
basic predicament of being alive and
basic predicament of being alive and
gives advice that imparts balance and
perspective, a serene and generous
spirit. This book is about wisdom in
action.
10. The Brothers
Karamazov
Fyodor
Dostoyevsky
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The Brothers Karamazov is a
passionate philosophical novel set in
19th century Russia, that enters
deeply into the ethical debates of
God, free will, and morality. It is a
spiritual drama of moral struggles
concerning faith, doubt, and reason,
set against a modernizing Russia.
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