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Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

“This is the greatest philosophical book of all time. This is Kant’s masterpiece.”

Adrian Moore, Philosopher

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The best books by and about the great philosophers, as recommended by some of the leading philosophers working today. Browse our reading lists to find out what books to read about individual philosophers from Confucius (born around 550BCE) onwards. Philosophers are listed by order of birth.

Our interview and book recommendation archive is constantly growing, so do write to us if you'd like to make suggestions of great philosophers we haven't covered yet.

    The best books on Confucius, recommended by Daniel A. Bell

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    The best books on Confucius - Analects Confucius (trans. Edward Slingerland)

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    Analects
    Confucius (trans. Edward Slingerland)

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    The best books on Confucius - Mengzi: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries by Mengzi

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    Mengzi: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries
    by Mengzi

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    The best books on Confucius - Xunzi: The Complete Text

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    Xunzi: The Complete Text

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    The best books on Confucius - The Li Chi or Book of Rites, Part II of II (Forgotten Books) by K'ung-fu Tzu

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    The Li Chi or Book of Rites, Part II of II (Forgotten Books)
    by K'ung-fu Tzu

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    The best books on Confucius - Thinking Through Confucius by David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames

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    Thinking Through Confucius
    by David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames

The best books on Confucius, recommended by Daniel A. Bell

As Confucianism makes a comeback in China, Daniel A. Bell, a professor of philosophy at Tsinghua University in Beijing, lists which books to read for an understanding of Confucius and his legacy.

    The best books on Socrates, recommended by M M McCabe

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    The best books on Socrates - Apology by Plato

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    Apology
    by Plato

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    The best books on Socrates - The Clouds by Aristophanes

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    The Clouds
    by Aristophanes

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    The best books on Socrates - Theaetetus by Plato

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    Theaetetus
    by Plato

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    The best books on Socrates - Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher by Gregory Vlastos

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    Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher
    by Gregory Vlastos

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    The best books on Socrates - The Art of Living by Alexander Nehamas

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    The Art of Living
    by Alexander Nehamas

The best books on Socrates, recommended by M M McCabe

The classical Greek philosopher is credited with laying the foundation of Western philosophy – without ever having written a word. Here, the eminent scholar M M McCabe recommends the best books to read to understand Socrates and engage with the eternal question: How best to live?

    The Best Plato Books, recommended by Melissa Lane

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    The Best Plato Books - Political Dissent in Democratic Athens by Josiah Ober

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    Political Dissent in Democratic Athens
    by Josiah Ober

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    The Best Plato Books - Republic by Plato

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    Republic
    by Plato

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    The Best Plato Books - Why Plato Wrote by Danielle Allen

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    Why Plato Wrote
    by Danielle Allen

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    The Best Plato Books - Preface to Plato by Eric A Havelock

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    Preface to Plato
    by Eric A Havelock

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    The Best Plato Books - Statesman by Plato

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    Statesman
    by Plato

The Best Plato Books, recommended by Melissa Lane

Plato came from a politically active family, but renounced politics to become a philosopher. Or did he? Professor Melissa Lane of Princeton University recommends the best books to get a better understanding of the Greek philosopher Plato, including his most famous work, the Republic.

    The Best Voltaire Books, recommended by Nicholas Cronk

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    The Best Voltaire Books - Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom by Roger Pearson

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    Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom
    by Roger Pearson

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    The Best Voltaire Books - A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary by John Fletcher (translator) & Voltaire

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    A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary
    by John Fletcher (translator) & Voltaire

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    The Best Voltaire Books - The Newton Wars and the Beginning of the French Enlightenment by J. B. Shank

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    The Newton Wars and the Beginning of the French Enlightenment
    by J. B. Shank

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    The Best Voltaire Books - Candide by Roger Pearson (translator) & Voltaire

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    Candide
    by Roger Pearson (translator) & Voltaire

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    The Best Voltaire Books - Reinventing Voltaire: The Politics of Commemoration in Nineteenth-Century France by Stephen Bird

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    Reinventing Voltaire: The Politics of Commemoration in Nineteenth-Century France
    by Stephen Bird

The Best Voltaire Books, recommended by Nicholas Cronk

The eighteenth-century philosopher wielded his powers of ridicule and witticism against religious fanatics—but always championed free speech and religious toleration. He was also a historian, scientist, poet, playwright, and political activist. Nicholas Cronk, General Editor of the Complete Works of Voltaire gives a detailed look at the polymathic philosophe.

    The best books on Spinoza, recommended by Steven Nadler

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    The best books on Spinoza - The Collected Works of Spinoza (Volume I) by Baruch Spinoza & Edwin Curley

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    The Collected Works of Spinoza (Volume I)
    by Baruch Spinoza & Edwin Curley

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    The best books on Spinoza - Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics by Edwin Curley

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    Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza's Ethics
    by Edwin Curley

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    The best books on Spinoza - A Study of Spinoza's Ethics by Jonathan Bennett

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    A Study of Spinoza's Ethics
    by Jonathan Bennett

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    The best books on Spinoza - The Explainability of Experience: Realism and Subjectivity in Spinoza's Theory of the Human Mind by Ursula Renz

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    The Explainability of Experience: Realism and Subjectivity in Spinoza's Theory of the Human Mind
    by Ursula Renz

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    The best books on Spinoza - Spinoza on Philosophy, Religion, and Politics: The Theologico-Political Treatise by Susan James

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    Spinoza on Philosophy, Religion, and Politics: The Theologico-Political Treatise
    by Susan James

The best books on Spinoza, recommended by Steven Nadler

In 1656 Baruch Spinoza was thrown out by Amsterdam’s Portuguese-Jewish congregation for ‘abominable heresies’ and ‘monstrous deeds’, ensuring he would be forever remembered as a radical thinker. Here Steven Nadler, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of a number of books on Spinoza, talks us through the life and work of the 17th century philosopher whose worldview remains, in many ways, remarkably modern.

    The best books on David Hume, recommended by Simon Blackburn

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    The best books on David Hume - The Life of David Hume by Ernest Mossner

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    The Life of David Hume
    by Ernest Mossner

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    The best books on David Hume - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
    by David Hume

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    The best books on David Hume - Dialogues and Natural History of Religion by David Hume

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    Dialogues and Natural History of Religion
    by David Hume

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    The best books on David Hume - The Philosophy of David Hume by Norman Kemp-Smith

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    The Philosophy of David Hume
    by Norman Kemp-Smith

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    The best books on David Hume - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of Pure Reason
    by Immanuel Kant

The best books on David Hume, recommended by Simon Blackburn

Hume had a message he wanted to get out — particularly as regards skepticism about religion — but he was no proto-Richard Dawkins, says Cambridge philosopher, Simon Blackburn. He chooses the best books on (or by) David Hume.

    The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, recommended by Chris Bertram

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    The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius by Leo Damrosch

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius
    by Leo Damrosch

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    The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Reading Rousseau in the Nuclear Age by Grace Roosevelt

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    Reading Rousseau in the Nuclear Age
    by Grace Roosevelt

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    The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Rousseau: An Introduction to His Psychological, Social and Political Theory by N J H Dent

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    Rousseau: An Introduction to His Psychological, Social and Political Theory
    by N J H Dent

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    The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies by Robert Wokler

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    Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies
    by Robert Wokler

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    The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Rousseau’s Critique of Inequality by Frederick Neuhouser

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    Rousseau’s Critique of Inequality
    by Frederick Neuhouser

The best books on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, recommended by Chris Bertram

The 18th century composer, writer and philosopher spent his latter years “alone upon the earth, having no brother, or neighbour, or friend, or society but myself”. But he only had himself to blame, says philosophy professor and Rousseau scholar Chris Bertram. Here, he chooses the best five books on this complex man’s life and work.

    The Best Hegel Books, recommended by Stephen Houlgate

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    The Best Hegel Books - Phenomenology of Spirit by A. V. Miller & G. W. F. Hegel

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    Phenomenology of Spirit
    by A. V. Miller & G. W. F. Hegel

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    The Best Hegel Books - Science of Logic by A. V. Miller & G. W. F. Hegel

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    Science of Logic
    by A. V. Miller & G. W. F. Hegel

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    The Best Hegel Books - On Hegel's Logic by John Burbidge

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    On Hegel's Logic
    by John Burbidge

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    The Best Hegel Books - Hegel's Idealism: The Satisfactions of Self-Consciousness by Robert B. Pippin

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    Hegel's Idealism: The Satisfactions of Self-Consciousness
    by Robert B. Pippin

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    The Best Hegel Books - Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art Vol. II by G. W. F. Hegel & transl. Tom Knox

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    Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art Vol. II
    by G. W. F. Hegel & transl. Tom Knox

The Best Hegel Books, recommended by Stephen Houlgate

G W F Hegel is one of the most divisive figures in western philosophy. He influenced Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Adorno and countless others. And yet, he is seen as perhaps the most obscure and inaccessible philosopher to read. Is he worth engaging with? How should we read him? Stephen Houlgate, a philosopher at Warwick University, gives us an in-depth look at Hegel.

    The Best Adam Smith Books, recommended by Dennis Rasmussen

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    The Best Adam Smith Books - Adam Smith in His Time and Ours by Jerry Muller

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    Adam Smith in His Time and Ours
    by Jerry Muller

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    The Best Adam Smith Books - The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith

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    The Theory of Moral Sentiments
    by Adam Smith

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    The Best Adam Smith Books - Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment by Charles Griswold

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    Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment
    by Charles Griswold

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    The Best Adam Smith Books - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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    The Wealth of Nations
    by Adam Smith

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    The Best Adam Smith Books - On Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations": A Philosophical Companion by Samuel Fleischacker

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    On Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations": A Philosophical Companion
    by Samuel Fleischacker

The Best Adam Smith Books, recommended by Dennis Rasmussen

Adam Smith tends to be seen as the founder of capitalism and modern economics, but he was, first and foremost, a moral philosopher. Dennis Rasmussen, author of The Infidel and the Professor—a book about Smith’s friendship with David Hume—selects the best books by and about Adam Smith.

    The best books on Immanuel Kant, recommended by Adrian Moore

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of Pure Reason
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

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    Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Critique of the Power of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of the Power of Judgement
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - The Bounds of Sense by Peter Strawson

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    The Bounds of Sense
    by Peter Strawson

The best books on Immanuel Kant, recommended by Adrian Moore

Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, lived in Königsberg, and never travelled very far from Königsberg—but his mind ranged across vast territories, says Oxford philosophy professor, Adrian Moore. He selects five key texts for coming to grips with the work of “the greatest philosopher of all time.”

    The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer, recommended by David Bather Woods

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    The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer - The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics by Arthur Schopenhauer

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    The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics
    by Arthur Schopenhauer

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    The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer

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    The World as Will and Representation
    by Arthur Schopenhauer

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    The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer - Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer

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    Essays and Aphorisms
    by Arthur Schopenhauer

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    The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer - Arthur Schopenhauer: His Life and His Philosophy by Helen Zimmern

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    Arthur Schopenhauer: His Life and His Philosophy
    by Helen Zimmern

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    The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer - The Philosophy of Schopenhauer by Bryan Magee

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    The Philosophy of Schopenhauer
    by Bryan Magee

The best books on Arthur Schopenhauer, recommended by David Bather Woods

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher who held a deeply pessimistic view of the world. He was also, among other things, a misogynist. And yet, he made important contributions to a number of areas of philosophy and had a deep influence on other philosophers. He wrote in a clear style that gained him a wide readership among non-philosophers as well. David Bather Woods, a Schopenhauer expert at the University of Warwick, talks us through his choice of books on the life and work of this remarkable thinker.

    The best books on Søren Kierkegaard, recommended by Clare Carlisle

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    The best books on Søren Kierkegaard - The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air Søren Kierkegaard (trans. by Bruce H. Kirmmse)

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    The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air
    Søren Kierkegaard (trans. by Bruce H. Kirmmse)

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    The best books on Søren Kierkegaard - The Sickness unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard

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    The Sickness unto Death
    by Søren Kierkegaard

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    The best books on Søren Kierkegaard - Stages on Life’s Way Søren Kierkegaard (trans. by Edna V. Hong and Howard H. Hong)

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    Stages on Life’s Way
    Søren Kierkegaard (trans. by Edna V. Hong and Howard H. Hong)

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    The best books on Søren Kierkegaard - Kierkegaard, Pietism and Holiness by Christopher Barnett

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    Kierkegaard, Pietism and Holiness
    by Christopher Barnett

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    The best books on Søren Kierkegaard - Written Images Søren Kierkegaard (ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Joakim Garff, Johnny Kondrup)

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    Written Images
    Søren Kierkegaard (ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Joakim Garff, Johnny Kondrup)

The best books on Søren Kierkegaard, recommended by Clare Carlisle

“It’s not surprising that he died at forty-two, because he burned himself out restlessly, relentlessly pursuing this question of how to be a human being.” Søren Kierkegaard’s latest biographer Clare Carlisle recommends five books for understanding the Danish philosopher’s life and work—and shows how his work often bears witness to the complex, fraught experience of being alive.

    The best books on Marx and Marxism, recommended by Terrell Carver

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    The best books on Marx and Marxism - Karl Marx by Isaiah Berlin

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    Karl Marx
    by Isaiah Berlin

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    The best books on Marx and Marxism - Karl Marx: His Life and Thought by David McLellan

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    Karl Marx: His Life and Thought
    by David McLellan

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    The best books on Marx and Marxism - Karl Marx's Theory of History by G. A. Cohen

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    Karl Marx's Theory of History
    by G. A. Cohen

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    The best books on Marx and Marxism - The Young Karl Marx by David Leopold

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    The Young Karl Marx
    by David Leopold

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    The best books on Marx and Marxism - Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life by Jonathan Sperber

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    Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life
    by Jonathan Sperber

The best books on Marx and Marxism, recommended by Terrell Carver

Few people have had their ideas reinvented as many times as the German intellectual and political activist, Karl Marx. Professor of political theory, Terrell Carver, takes us through the most influential books, in English, about Marx, Marxism and his friend, publicist and financial backer, Friedrich Engels.

    The Best Nietzsche Books, recommended by Brian Leiter

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    The Best Nietzsche Books - Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography by Rüdiger Safranski & translator Shelley Frisch

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    Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography
    by Rüdiger Safranski & translator Shelley Frisch

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    The Best Nietzsche Books - Nietzsche on Truth and Philosophy by Maudemarie Clark

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    Nietzsche on Truth and Philosophy
    by Maudemarie Clark

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    The Best Nietzsche Books - Nietzsche’s System by John Richardson

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    Nietzsche’s System
    by John Richardson

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    The Best Nietzsche Books - Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche & translated by Walter Kaufmann

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    Beyond Good and Evil
    by Friedrich Nietzsche & translated by Walter Kaufmann

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    The Best Nietzsche Books - On the Genealogy of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche

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    On the Genealogy of Morality
    by Friedrich Nietzsche

The Best Nietzsche Books, recommended by Brian Leiter

Relativist, atheist, existentialist, Nazi. All have been said of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, some with more reason than others. In 2011, we asked Nietzsche expert Brian Leiter to explain the appeal of the controversial philosopher and to recommend books by and about him. This September (2020) our philosophy editor, Nigel Warburton, asked Brian about some of the latest Nietzsche books, notable works that have come out in the decade since we first spoke to him.

    The best books on Wittgenstein, recommended by Peter Hacker

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    The best books on Wittgenstein - Ludwig Wittgenstein by Edward Kanterian

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    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    by Edward Kanterian

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    The best books on Wittgenstein - Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk

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    Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
    by Ray Monk

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    The best books on Wittgenstein - Recollections of Wittgenstein by (ed.) Rush Rhees

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    Recollections of Wittgenstein
    by (ed.) Rush Rhees

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    The best books on Wittgenstein - Wittgenstein by Severin Schroeder

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    Wittgenstein
    by Severin Schroeder

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    The best books on Wittgenstein - The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy by Friedrich Waismann

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    The Principles of Linguistic Philosophy
    by Friedrich Waismann

The best books on Wittgenstein, recommended by Peter Hacker

A pioneering figure in analytic philosophy, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) is a clear example of philosophical genius. A profoundly intense, tortured, and solitary man, he produced two masterpieces of philosophy with fundamentally opposed views of language — both of which have been wildly influential. Peter Hacker introduces us to perhaps the most important philosopher since Kant, and explains why Wittgenstein would be horrified by Noam Chomsky.

    The best books on Hannah Arendt, recommended by Samantha Rose Hill

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    The best books on Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

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    The Origins of Totalitarianism
    by Hannah Arendt

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    The best books on Hannah Arendt - The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt

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    The Human Condition
    by Hannah Arendt

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    The best books on Hannah Arendt - Men in Dark Times by Hannah Arendt

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    Men in Dark Times
    by Hannah Arendt

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    The best books on Hannah Arendt - Thinking Without a Banister by Hannah Arendt

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    Thinking Without a Banister
    by Hannah Arendt

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    The best books on Hannah Arendt - Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

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    Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World
    by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

The best books on Hannah Arendt, recommended by Samantha Rose Hill

Unimpressed by the response of philosophers to the rise of Nazism in her native Germany, Hannah Arendt rejected the notion of being a philosopher and said she was a political theorist. Samantha Rose Hill of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College talks us through Hannah Arendt’s life and work—and suggests which books to read if we want to learn more about her and her ideas.

    The Best Books by Albert Camus, recommended by Jamie Lombardi

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    The Best Books by Albert Camus - The Fall by Albert Camus

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    The Fall
    by Albert Camus

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    The Best Books by Albert Camus - The Plague by Albert Camus

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    The Plague
    by Albert Camus

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    The Best Books by Albert Camus - Notebooks 1935-1942: Volume 1 by Albert Camus

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    Notebooks 1935-1942: Volume 1
    by Albert Camus

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    The Best Books by Albert Camus - Lyrical and Critical Essays by Albert Camus

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    Lyrical and Critical Essays
    by Albert Camus

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    The Best Books by Albert Camus - The Rebel by Albert Camus

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    The Rebel
    by Albert Camus

The Best Books by Albert Camus, recommended by Jamie Lombardi

Albert Camus was born in northern Algeria in extreme poverty, but went on to become one of the best-known French philosophers of the 20th century. In 1957, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for illuminating “the problems of the human conscience in our times.” Here, Camus expert Jamie Lombardi talks us through the books that best capture his work and the moral dilemmas he sought to explore.

    The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books, recommended by Kate Kirkpatrick

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    The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books - Philosophical Writings by Simone de Beauvoir

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    Philosophical Writings
    by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books - All Men Are Mortal by Simone de Beauvoir

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    All Men Are Mortal
    by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books - America Day By Day by Simone de Beauvoir

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    America Day By Day
    by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books - The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The Second Sex
    by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books - A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir

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    A Very Easy Death
    by Simone de Beauvoir

The Best Simone de Beauvoir Books, recommended by Kate Kirkpatrick

Simone de Beauvoir is remembered today as the pioneering feminist author of The Second Sex and a close companion of Jean Paul Sartre. But the scope of her intellectual contribution has long been underestimated, argues her latest biographer Kate Kirkpatrick, who offers an introduction to the landscape of Beauvoir’s works, from fiction to philosophy to life writing.

    The best books on Isaiah Berlin, recommended by Henry Hardy

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    The best books on Isaiah Berlin - Liberty by Isaiah Berlin

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    Liberty
    by Isaiah Berlin

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    The best books on Isaiah Berlin - The Proper Study of Mankind by Isaiah Berlin

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    The Proper Study of Mankind
    by Isaiah Berlin

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    The best books on Isaiah Berlin - Personal Impressions by Isaiah Berlin

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    Personal Impressions
    by Isaiah Berlin

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    The best books on Isaiah Berlin - The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History by Isaiah Berlin

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    The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History
    by Isaiah Berlin

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    The best books on Isaiah Berlin - The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin by Henry Hardy

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    The Book of Isaiah: Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin
    by Henry Hardy

The best books on Isaiah Berlin, recommended by Henry Hardy

He was one of the great intellectuals of the 20th century, but a people person with little interest in publishing books. Henry Hardy, the editor who helped publish many of them, chooses the best books by (and one about) Isaiah Berlin.

    The Best Philosophy Books by Women, recommended by Lisa Whiting & Rebecca Buxton

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    The Best Philosophy Books by Women - Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis

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    Women, Race & Class
    by Angela Davis

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    The Best Philosophy Books by Women - Down Girl by Kate Manne

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    Down Girl
    by Kate Manne

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    The Best Philosophy Books by Women - What Is Philosophy for? by Mary Midgley

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    What Is Philosophy for?
    by Mary Midgley

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    The Best Philosophy Books by Women - American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion by Judith Shklar

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    American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion
    by Judith Shklar

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    The Best Philosophy Books by Women - The Rights of Others by Seyla Benhabib

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    The Rights of Others
    by Seyla Benhabib

The Best Philosophy Books by Women, recommended by Lisa Whiting & Rebecca Buxton

When it comes to the big names in philosophy, very few people think of women and the books that make the canon have, traditionally, almost always been written by European or American men. Here, Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting, editors of The Philosopher Queens, a book that collects together articles about the most important women philosophers, talk through their selection of the best philosophy books written by women.

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