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The Daily Stoic

Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman

366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art of Living

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The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus

An influential existentialist essay about living your life with greater passion and freedom

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Wiser

Dilip Jeste with Scott LaFee

The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good

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Sovereign Self

Acharya Shunya

Claim Your Inner Joy and Freedom with the Empowering Wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Karl Popper

On the Epistemology of Modern Science

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Mythos

Stephen Fry

A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Regicide and Revenge in one of the World's Most Famous Tragedies

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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

A Young Prince’s Tragic Descend Into Madness and Revenge

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Eclipse of Reason

Max Horkheimer

On Reclaiming the Individual and Fighting Oppression

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How to Think Like Socrates

Donald J. Robertson

Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World

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Science of Evil

Simon Baron-Cohen

On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty

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Indian Philosophy

Sue Hamilton

A Very Short Introduction

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Titles you need to know in Philosophy

What Kind of Creatures Are We?

Noam Chomsky

A deep exploration of human nature, language, and consciousness

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Of Grammatology

Jacques Derrida

The Foundations of Language, Writing, and Meaning

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The Practicing Stoic

Ward Farnsworth

A Philosophical User's Manual

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A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

Explore the Roots of Human Reason

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The Sublime Object of Ideology

Slavoj Zizek

Uncover the Hidden Forces Shaping Ideology and Human Perception

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Practical Ethics

Peter Singer

Uncover Key Ethical Questions Shaping Our Actions and Choices

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Candide

Voltaire

Or, all for the Best

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The Human Condition

Hannah Arendt

Uncover the Dangers of Humanity’s Increasing Capabilities

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The Art of Love

Ovid

Uncover Ancient Wisdom on Love and Relationships

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Utopia

Thomas More

Dive Into a Classic Vision of the Ideal World and Its Challenges

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The Meaning of Life

Terry Eagleton

A Very Short Introduction

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Consciousness Explained

Daniel C. Dennett

Redefine Your Understanding of the Mind and Consciousness

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Psychological Types

Carl Jung

Collected works from the supreme theorist of the conscious

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The Problems of Philosophy

Bertrand Russell

Explore the Fundamental Questions and Ideas of Philosophy

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What Does It All Mean?

Thomas Nagel

A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy

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The Open Society and Its Enemies

Karl R. Popper

Examine the Defense of Democracy and Freedom

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Dialectic of Enlightenment

Max Horkheimer & Theodor W. Adorno

Uncover the Paradoxes of Modernity and Reason

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Think

Simon Blackburn

A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

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The Stoic Mindset

Mark Tuitert

Living the Ten Principles of Stoicism

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Lessons in Stoicism

John Sellars

What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us about How to Live

18

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The Stranger

Albert Camus

A Philosophical Journey Into Alienation

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Utilitarianism

John Stuart Mill

Explore a Timeless Ethics Classic

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How to Think Like a Woman

Regan Penaluna

Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Live a Life of the Mind

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Third Millennium Thinking

Saul Perlmutter

Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense

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