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Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts
THE ART OF WORLDLY WISDOM BY BALTHASAR GRACIAN
Apology / Plato
Title: Apology (The Death of Socrates)
Author: Plato
Translator: Benjamin Jowett
Subjects: Classic; Philosophy
Apology of Socrates is the dialogue that depicts the trial, and is one of four Socratic dialogues, along with Euthyphro, Phaedo, and Crito, through which Plato details the final days of the philosopher Socrates. Socrates defence against the charges of "corrupting the youth" and "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes.
Utopia / Thomas More
Title: Utopia
Author: Thomas More
Subjects: Classic; Non-Fiction; Political Science; Philosophy
The book is about a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries. Utopia was the book that invented a new genre of fiction and made up world, a “Utopia” in its framing. More wrote this story to make a point about collectivism, whether in defense or as a criticism. Must read for every Political Science student.
The Analysis of Mind / Bertrand Russell
Author: Bertrand Russell
Subjects: Psychology; Philosophy
One of his most influential and exciting books, Russell presents an intriguing reconciliation of the materialism of psychology with the anti-materialism of physics. This book established a new conception of the mind and provided one of the most original and interesting externalist accounts of knowledge.
Tao Teh King / Lao-Tze
Title: Tao Teh King
Author: Lao-Tze
Translater: James Legge
Subjects: Atheism; Philosophy; Religion; Dharma; Taoism
It is very short book, but very powerful. You can be lost in english translation but not in original. Read it slowly is necessary to appreciate and understand it. One of the greatest work of all time.
The Kingdom of God Is Within You / Leo Tolstoy
Title: The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life)
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Translator: Constance Garnett
Subjects: Non-Fiction; Philosophy; Religion; Christianity
It was banned in Tolstoy's home country Russia. It lays out a new organization for society based on an interpretation of Christianity focusing on universal love. is a key text for Tolstoyan proponents of nonviolence, of nonviolent resistance, and of the Christian anarchist movement.
Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill
Title: Utilitarianism
Author: John Stuart Mill
Subjects: Non-Fiction; Philosophy; Psychological; Religion
Mill's aim in the book is to explain what utilitarianism is, to show why it is the best theory of ethics, and to defend it against a wide range of criticisms and misunderstandings. It is heavily criticized. But the book did a great deal to popularize utilitarian ethics. Many elements of utilitarianism took from Jeremy Bentham.
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience / Henry David Thoreau
Title: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government)
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Subjects: Essay; Philosophy; Political; Social
Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. It influence: Mohandas Gandhi,
Walden / Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Subjects: Autobiography; Philosophy; Social
It is about simple living in natural surroundings. It is also a kind of personal declaration of independence by Thoreau. It is also a social experiment. Actually Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection by living alone in Walden self dependently. Thoreau inspires.
Siddhartha / Herman Hesse
Title: Siddhartha- An Indian Tale
Author: Herman Hesse
Translator: Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon Chaichenets
Subjects: Fiction; Classic; Philosophy; Religion; Buddhism
It is a spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man (Siddhartha) during the time of the Gautama Buddha. Siddhartha means siddha (achieved) + artha (what was searched for), which together means "he who has found meaning (of existence)". The Buddha is referred as "Gotama".
Beyond Good and Evil / Friedrich Nietzsche
Title: Beyond Good and Evil
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Translator: Helen Zimmern
Subjects: Classic; Non-Fiction; Philosophy; Psychology; Religion
The book is expanding the ideas of Nietzsche's work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Nietzsche accuses past philosophers for blindly accepting dogmatic morality. He offers the "will to power" as an explanation of all behavior; this ties into his "perspective of life", which he regards as "beyond good and evil".
The Prince / Nicolo Machiavelli
Title: The Prince
Author: Nicolo Machiavelli
Translator: W. K. Marriott
Subjects: Classic; Political; Philosophical
The Prince was written as if it were a traditional work. It was especially innovative, written in the vernacular Italian rather than Latin. The Prince is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy, concerning politics and ethics. Must read for political students and interested in political science.
Meditations / Marcus Aurelius
Author: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (The Roman Emperor)
Subjects: Classic; Philosophy; Religion, Ethics
Personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. It is a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. These writings take the form of quotations varying in length from one sentence to long paragraphs.
The Republic / Plato
Title: The Republic
Author: Plato
Translator: B. Jowett
Subjects: Classic; Political; Utopian
The Republic has been the most important, famous and widely read dialogue and work of political writing. It contains Socratic dialogue about the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man. Must read political work of all time.
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