Best Philosophy Introductions

1.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 275,133 ratings
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The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,198 ratings
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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers 4.15 avg rating — 17,692 ratings
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A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy 4.13 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,910 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,492 ratings
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,869 ratings
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The Symposium
The Symposium
by: Plato
4.09 avg rating — 85,858 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,932 ratings
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The Consolations of Philosophy
The Consolations of Philosophy 4.01 avg rating — 33,136 ratings
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The Conquest of Happiness
The Conquest of Happiness 4.02 avg rating — 15,683 ratings
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The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,351 ratings
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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? 4.30 avg rating — 26,882 ratings
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Candide, or, Optimism
Candide, or, Optimism
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,534 ratings
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The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,411 ratings
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Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
by: Plato
4.16 avg rating — 23,613 ratings
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The Fall
The Fall 4.03 avg rating — 127,561 ratings
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Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ
Twilight of the Idols / The Anti-Christ 4.15 avg rating — 9,533 ratings
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Wisdom of the West
Wisdom of the West 4.11 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,797 ratings
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy 3.77 avg rating — 35,919 ratings
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The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I 4.22 avg rating — 10,850 ratings
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Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
by: Aristotle
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,308 ratings
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The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs 4.26 avg rating — 19,808 ratings
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Nietzsche, Volumes One and Two
Nietzsche, Volumes One and Two 4.29 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
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At the Existentialist Café
At the Existentialist Café 4.24 avg rating — 18,511 ratings
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Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil 4.03 avg rating — 109,321 ratings
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
by: Zhuangzi
4.27 avg rating — 2,839 ratings
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Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,958 ratings
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The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy
The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy 4.14 avg rating — 479 ratings
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The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,865 ratings
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The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating — 128,086 ratings
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The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation, Vol. 1
The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation, Vol. 1
by: Aristotle
4.41 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
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Mythologies
Mythologies 4.08 avg rating — 16,795 ratings
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Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
by: Ray Monk
4.15 avg rating — 6,565 ratings
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Symposium/The Death of Socrates
Symposium/The Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.21 avg rating — 589 ratings
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Manifesto of the Free People's Union
Manifesto of the Free People's Union 4.52 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Martin Heidegger's Path of Thinking
Martin Heidegger's Path of Thinking 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The History of Philosophy
The History of Philosophy 4.07 avg rating — 1,609 ratings
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A Little History of Philosophy
A Little History of Philosophy 4.12 avg rating — 15,125 ratings
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The Trouble with Being Born
The Trouble with Being Born 4.09 avg rating — 10,438 ratings
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Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe
Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe 4.14 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Story of Philosophy: A Concise Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and Their Ideas
The Story of Philosophy: A Concise Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and Their Ideas 4.16 avg rating — 1,553 ratings
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An Introduction to Political Philosophy
An Introduction to Political Philosophy 4.13 avg rating — 1,718 ratings
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Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,126 ratings
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Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre
Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre 4.09 avg rating — 5,785 ratings
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On the Heights of Despair
On the Heights of Despair 4.16 avg rating — 8,974 ratings
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Zen and Japanese Culture
Zen and Japanese Culture 4.08 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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Truth and Existence
Truth and Existence 3.60 avg rating — 170 ratings
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The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind 3.76 avg rating — 5,868 ratings
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Existentialism is a Humanism
Existentialism is a Humanism 3.98 avg rating — 44,091 ratings
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The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy 4.04 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius 4.35 avg rating — 14,164 ratings
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Critique of Cynical Reason
Critique of Cynical Reason 4.22 avg rating — 637 ratings
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Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand 3.76 avg rating — 5,148 ratings
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Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault 4.31 avg rating — 1,451 ratings
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Apology
Apology
by: Plato
4.19 avg rating — 63,752 ratings
57.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,160 ratings
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Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love
Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love 3.46 avg rating — 759 ratings
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Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha
by: Anonymous
4.27 avg rating — 30,407 ratings
61.
The Complete Quotations of Friedrich Nietzsche
The Complete Quotations of Friedrich Nietzsche 4.28 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Elven Book of Changes: A Magical Interpretation of the I Ching
The Elven Book of Changes: A Magical Interpretation of the I Ching 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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101 Philosophy Problems
101 Philosophy Problems 3.46 avg rating — 413 ratings
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The Ignorant God: Thoughts about Time and Eternity
The Ignorant God: Thoughts about Time and Eternity 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Contemporary Political Philosophy
Contemporary Political Philosophy 3.99 avg rating — 832 ratings
66.
I Rule World (Balu Baldauf #1)
I Rule World (Balu Baldauf #1) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Questions That Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy
Questions That Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy 3.81 avg rating — 75 ratings
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WHY GOD SLEEPS WHEN WE WAKE-UP
WHY GOD SLEEPS WHEN WE WAKE-UP it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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THE EGO PILL: Why Self-Importance Nourishes US, Only to Devour Us Later
THE EGO PILL: Why Self-Importance Nourishes US, Only to Devour Us Later it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
by: Luc Ferry
3.96 avg rating — 4,131 ratings
70.
Existentialism For Beginners
Existentialism For Beginners 3.63 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Critique of Religion and Philosophy
Critique of Religion and Philosophy 4.16 avg rating — 381 ratings
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,857 ratings
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Esferas I: Burbujas - Microsferología
Esferas I: Burbujas - Microsferología 4.32 avg rating — 530 ratings
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The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 2)
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 2) 3.45 avg rating — 3,688 ratings
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Zorn und Zeit
Zorn und Zeit 3.91 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius 4.40 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
78.
Plato for Beginners
Plato for Beginners 3.45 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Philosophy for Beginners
Philosophy for Beginners 3.63 avg rating — 805 ratings
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The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude
The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude 4.25 avg rating — 304 ratings
81.
The Book of Chuang Tzu
The Book of Chuang Tzu
by: Zhuangzi
4.35 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
81.
Thomas von Aquin - Eine kurze Einführung
Thomas von Aquin - Eine kurze Einführung 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
83.
Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant
Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant 3.92 avg rating — 472 ratings
84.
Another Sort of Learning
Another Sort of Learning 4.27 avg rating — 285 ratings
85.
The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life
The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life 3.87 avg rating — 1,672 ratings
86.
In Pursuit of Happiness: Better Living from Plato to Prozac
In Pursuit of Happiness: Better Living from Plato to Prozac 3.64 avg rating — 109 ratings
87.
There Exists an X, X is a Sandwich
There Exists an X, X is a Sandwich 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
87.
Three Questions We Never Stop Asking
Three Questions We Never Stop Asking 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
87.
Political Philosophy (The Open Yale Courses Series)
Political Philosophy (The Open Yale Courses Series) 4.32 avg rating — 117 ratings
87.
Friendship
Friendship 3.27 avg rating — 117 ratings
87.
The Path to the Sun (The Fallen Shadows Trilogy, #1)
The Path to the Sun (The Fallen Shadows Trilogy, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 86 ratings
87.
The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life 4.15 avg rating — 1,761 ratings
87.
Philosophy: A Text with Readings
Philosophy: A Text with Readings 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Aerobics for the Mind: Practical Exercises in Philosophy that Anybody Can Do
Aerobics for the Mind: Practical Exercises in Philosophy that Anybody Can Do 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
87.
Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5)
Who are you? (Balu Baldauf #5) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
87.
Ética para Amador
Ética para Amador 3.64 avg rating — 9,790 ratings
87.
Archetypes of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
Archetypes of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy 3.90 avg rating — 197 ratings
87.
A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga, Revised Edition
A Student's Guide to the History and Philosophy of Yoga, Revised Edition 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
87.
Quantum Anthropology: Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective
Quantum Anthropology: Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
87.
Plato: Complete Works
Plato: Complete Works
by: Plato
4.37 avg rating — 11,938 ratings
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