Best Individual Philosophers Books
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1. Gratitude Journal: Invest few minutes a day to develop thankfulness, mindfulness and positivity
Author: by Sujatha Lalgudi
English
103 pages
1777421136
Gratitude Journal: Invest few minutes a day to develop thankfulness, mindfulness and positivity90 Days of daily practice to cultivate happinessThis journal offers a simple, yet powerful method to improve your focus and build happiness on a daily basis. By investing just a few minutes in a day, you will be taking small steps to integrate gratitude, focus and happiness towards a fantastic life.
Each morning, write what would make today great. At the end of the day reflect on the progress towards your goals. This tool will help you focus in few minutes each day reflecting on:Today, I am grateful for … How will I make today awesome?
Positive affirmations Practicing such mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress, improve attention, show empathy, feel compassion and be joyful. Are you ready to begin the first step towards discovering your full potential? Buy this journal today and get started on your journey of gratitude!
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2. Meditations: The Annotated Edition
Author: by Marcus Aurelius
Basic Books
English
384 pages
This definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations is an insightful look into the mind of Ancient Rome’s sixteenth emperor. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Romeand by far the most powerful man in the world.
Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his thoughts in notebooks, gems that have come to be called his Meditations. Never intended for publication, the work has proved an inexhaustible source of wisdom and one of the most important Stoic texts of all time.
In often passionate language, the entries range from one-line aphorisms to essays, from profundity to bitterness. This annotated edition offers the definitive translation of this classic and much beloved text, with copious notes from world-renowned classics expert Robin Waterfield. It illuminates one of the greatest works of popular philosophy for new readers and enriches the understanding of even the most devoted Stoic.
3. The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
Author: by Aldous Huxley
0061729078
English
208 pages
“A genuine spiritual quest…. Extraordinary.” New York TimesAmong the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychedelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic booksThe Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hellin which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the mind’s remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness.
This edition also features an additional essay, “Drugs That Shape Men’s Minds,” now included for the first time.
4. The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Author: by DK
DK
English
352 pages
For all the deep thinkers with questions about the world, this encyclopedia holds the answers you have been searching for. What is the meaning of life? What is the universe made of? Read what our eminent philosophers thought about the nature of reality and the fundamental questions we ask ourselves.
To help you understand the subject and what it is about, The Philosophy Book introduces you to ancient philosophers like Plato and Confucius. But it doesn’t stop there – read about our modern thinkers such as Chomsky and Derrida, too.
This book has short and sweet biographies of over a hundred philosophers and their profound questions. Work your way through the different branches of philosophy like metaphysics and ethics. Understand how philosophical questions have led to breakthroughs in math and science.
Figure out how the history of philosophy informs our modern lives, exploring topics like how science can predict the future and how language shapes our thoughts and decisions. Your Philosophical Questions ExplainedIf you thought philosophy was full of difficult concepts, The Philosophy Book presents the key ideas in an easy-to-follow layout.
5. Marcus Aurelius – Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader (Harris Classics)
Author: by Marcus Aurelius
English
211 pages
1539952290
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement.
These books have been carefully adapted into Modern English to allow for easy reading.ENJOY
6. Ancient Greek Philosophers (Leather-bound Classics)
Author: by Editors of Canterbury Classics
English
992 pages
1684125537
“Philosophy begins in wonder.” -PlatoHave you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration into ethics, morality, law, medicine, and more.
With an introduction by a distinguished scholar of classic literature, this beautiful Canterbury Classics bonded-leather volume with gilded edges and specially designed endpapers is sure to be a favorite keepsake edition in your library.
7. Beyond Good and Evil
Author: by Friedrich Nietzsche
1503250881
English
116 pages
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886. It draws on and expands the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but with a more critical and polemical approach.
In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more direct expression in the evil man.
The work moves into the realm “beyond good and evil” in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.
8. Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
Author: by Friedrich Nietzsche
English
288 pages
0679724656
Represents Nietzsche’s attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzsche’s thought and style: they span “The Prejudices of Philsophers,” “The Free Spirit,” religion, morals, scholarship, “Our Virtues,” “Peoples and Fatherlands,” and “What Is Noble,” as well as epigrams and a concluding poem.
Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most remarkable and influential books of the nineteenth century. This translation by Walter Kaufmann has become the standard one, for accuracy and fidelity to the eccentricities and grace of the style of the original.
The translation is based on the only edition Nietzsche himself published, and all variant reading in later editions. This volume offers an inclusive index of subjects and persons, as well as a running footnote commentary on the text.
9. On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
Author: by Seneca
Penguin Books
English
105 pages
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselvesand each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched livesand destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.
Penguin’s Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history’s most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive design that highlights the bookmaker’s art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped the world.
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca, who lived from c. 5 BC to AD 65, offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.
10. The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
Author: by Eric Weiner
English
352 pages
1501129015
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how eachfrom Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoiroffers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times.
We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to unearth hidden beauty, and to find new ways of being. We want to learn how to embrace wonder.Face regrets.Sustain hope.
Eric Weiner combines his twin passions for philosophy and global travel in a pilgrimage that uncovers surprising life lessons from great thinkers around the world, from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Confucius to Simone Weil. Traveling by train (the most thoughtful mode of transport), he journeys thousands of miles, making stops in Athens, Delhi, Wyoming, Coney Island, Frankfurt, and points in between to reconnect with philosophy’s original purpose: teaching us how to lead wiser, more meaningful lives.
11. Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought (Adams 101)
Author: by Paul Kleinman
1440567670
Adams Media
English
Discover the world’s greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions! Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and figures of philosophy into tedious discourse that even Plato would reject. Philosophy 101 cuts out the boring details and exhausting philosophical methodology, and instead, gives you a lesson in philosophy that keeps you engaged as you explore the fascinating history of human thought and inquisition.
From Aristotle and Heidegger to free will and metaphysics, Philosophy 101 is packed with hundreds of entertaining philosophical tidbits, illustrations, and thought puzzles that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. So whether you’re looking to unravel the mysteries of existentialism, or just want to find out what made Voltaire tick, Philosophy 101 has all the answers-even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for.
12. The Portable Nietzsche (Portable Library)
Author: by Friedrich Nietzsche
0140150625
Penguin Books
English
The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world’s leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, Few writers in any age were so full of ideas, and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted.
The Portable Nietzsche includes Kaufmann’s definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche’s four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche’s development, versatility, and inexhaustibility.
In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature.Newsweek
13. Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings 1987–2007
Author: by Nick Land
Urbanomic / Sequence Press
English
680 pages
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A.Screech.
In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding ‘assays’, inspired by the ideas he found in books contained in his library and from his own experience.
He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. But, above all, Montaigne studied himself as a way of drawing out his own inner nature and that of men and women in general.
The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature and provide an engaging insight into a wise Renaissance mind, continuing to give pleasure and enlightenment to modern readers. With its extensive introduction and notes, M.A.
15. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (Modern Library (Hardcover))
Author: by Friedrich Nietzsche
0679601759
Modern Library
English
Friedrich Nietzsche’s most accessible and influential philosophical work, misquoted, misrepresented, brilliantly original and enormously influential, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale in Penguin Classics. Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work.
It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche’s utterance ‘God is dead’, his insistence that the meaning of life is to be found in purely human terms, and his doctrine of the Superman and the will to power were all later seized upon and unrecognisably twisted by, among others, Nazi intellectuals.
With blazing intensity and poetic brilliance, Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not to be found in religious pieties or meek submission to authority, but in an all-powerful life force: passionate, chaotic and free. Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879.
16. The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
Author: by Friedrich Nietzsche
Vintage
English
396 pages
Nietzsche called The Gay Science “the most personal of all my books.” It was here that he first proclaimed the death of Godto which a large part of the book is devotedand his doctrine of the eternal recurrence. Walter Kaufmann’s commentary, with its many quotations from previously untranslated letters, brings to life Nietzsche as a human being and illuminates his philosophy.
The book contains some of Nietzsche’s most sustained discussions of art and morality, knowledge and truth, the intellectual conscience and the origin of logic. Most of the book was written just before Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the last part five years later, after Beyond Good and Evil.
We encounter Zarathustra in these pages as well as many of Nietzsche’s most interesting philosophical ideas and the largest collection of his own poetry that he himself ever published. Walter Kaufmann’s English versions of Nietzsche represent one of the major translation enterprises of our time.
He is the first philosopher to have translated Nietzsche’s major works, and never before has a single translator given us so much of Nietzsche.
