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Best Philosophy Books

Most-published philosophy books from ancient Greece to modern thought.

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Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll1,865Alice (fictitious character : carroll), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, JUVENILE FICTION3,546guj, jpn, por
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde1,890British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Conduct of life, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Appearance (Philosophy)3,011arm, cos, jpn
HamletWilliam Shakespeare1,603performing arts, Stage history, Reyes, reinas, soberanos, Venganza2,388arm, guj, sin
Don Quijote de la ManchaMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra1,600Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de), Quotations, Knights and knighthood, Social life and customs1,591jpn, ori, alb
The Art of War孙武, Sun Tzu 1,900Open Library Staff Picks, Early works to 1800, Military art and science, great_books_of_the_western_world1,434jpn, por, cmn
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli1,515Political science, early works to 1800, Machiavel, Nicolas, 1469-1527. Prince, Classic Literature, Fiction1,407jpn, por, spa
Through the Looking-GlassLewis Carroll1,865Fantasy, Fiction, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English1,378ger, jpn, ukr
WaldenHenry David Thoreau1,854Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs1,138eng, fre, chi
CandideVoltaire1,746Conduct of life, Readers, Literatura francesa, Satire1,079spa, rus, und
πολιτείαΠλάτων1,554Political science, Early works to 1800, Utopias, Ouvrages avant 1800794guj, por, dan
Leaves of GrassWalt Whitman1,855Manuscripts, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Gay poets, Presidents755pol, heb, spa
The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer, John E. Cunningham1,478Death, English Narrative poetry, Juvenile poetry, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature722est, enm, rus
Le petit princeAntoine de Saint-Exupéry1,943adventure, fantasy, friendship, love688arm, jpn, por
As a man thinkethJames Allen1,902New Thought, Conduct of life, Miniature books, Specimens657ger, mal, hin
Tao te Ching老子1,842Chinese Philosophy, Chinese language materials, Peace, Tao648heb, spa, may
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius1,626Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Stoics, Classic Literature642arm, spa, cze
The ProphetKahlil Gibran, R. Black1,900American Prose poems, Lebanese, Prose, Essays Classic Literature569arm, heb, guj
OrthodoxyGilbert Keith Chesterton1,874Apologetics, Christianity, History, Essence, genius, nature551eng, ger, pol
Also sprach ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche1,883Classic Literature, Fiction, Filosofie, Filosofía550epo, spa, ita
Saint Francis of AssisiGilbert Keith Chesterton, Doyle Kim1,923Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality547eng, ger, spa
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking GlassLewis Carroll1,889adventure and adventurers, adventure and adventurers, fiction, adventure stories, adventure travel543pol, spa, rus
De rerum naturaTitus Lucretius Carus1,486Latin Didactic poetry, Ancient Philosophy, Poetry, Translations into English537spa, rus, und
La PoeticaAristotle1,479Metaphysics, Early works to 1800, Metaphysica (Aristoteles), Rhetoric, ancient498heb, spa, per
The Book of TeaOkakura Kakuzō, Okakura Kakuzō1,900Japanese tea ceremony, Social life and customs, Tea, Philosophy475epo, heb, spa
L’étrangerAlbert Camus1,942Philosophical Novels, Murder, Fiction, Medicine in Literature468jpn, por, spa
On LibertyJohn Stuart Mill1,859Liberté, Morale, Politique, Liberty465heb, spa, jpn
Manifest der Kommunistischen ParteiKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels1,848Communism, Sources, Capitalism, Socialism458arm, por, dan
ConfessionsAugustine of Hippo1,482Religious aspects of Truth, Christian saints, Christianity, Spiritual life449heb, spa, rus
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle, J. A. Smith1,558Ethics, Early works to 1800, Morale ancienne, Ouvrages avant 1800416heb, guj, spa
Jenseits von Gut und BöseFriedrich Nietzsche1,885Ethics, Philosophy, Translations into English, Good and evil.415spa, ger, fre
PenséesBlaise Pascal, Philippe Sellier1,670Apologetic works, Apologetics, Apologétique, Auteurs catholiques395ger, lat, fre
Der AntichristFriedrich Nietzsche1,895Christianity, Controversial literature, Antichrist, Christianity, controversial literature384eng, ger, spa
कामसूत्रVatsyāyana1,883Sex customs, Love, Sexual intercourse, Sex381spa, ger, hun
The golden boughJames George Frazer, Theodor Herzl Gaster1,890Mythology, Magic, Superstition, Religion371ita, eng, fre
ΣυμπόσιονΠλάτων1,559Love, Early works to 1800, Soul, Rhetoric350eng, ita, ger
Dialogues Concerning Natural ReligionDavid Hume1,779Natural theology, Early works to 1800, Early works to 1900, Religion340fre, eng
À reboursJoris-Karl Huysmans1,884Aesthetics, Fiction, Fiction, general, Translations from French336spa, und, ger
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain1,894Balloon ascensions, Travel, Tom Sawyer (Fictitious character), Americans333eng, fin
LivesPlutarch1,564Biography, Classical biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, ancient322heb, guj, rus
An essay on manAlexander Pope1,733Poetry, Human beings, English Philosophy, Theological anthropology315ita, ger, fre
A Vindication of Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft1,792Women's rights, Women, education, great britain, Feminism, Women309eng
A Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf1,929Authorship, Economic conditions, Feminism, Feminist theory303pol, heb, spa
EssaisMontaigne, Michel de1,600Translations into Chinese, Philosophy, French essays, Translations into English294spa, rus, und
ΦαίδωνΠλάτων1,713Immortality, Immortality (Philosophy), Early works to 1800, Biblioteca Nacional (Spain)291pol, roa, spa
The Problems of PhilosophyBertrand Russell1,900Philosophy, Introductions, Theory of Knowledge, Metaphysics288spa, eng
HistoryHerodotus1,494Ancient History, History, Early works to 1800, Plataea, Battle of, Plataiai, Greece, 479 B.C.282spa, und, lat
Summa TheologicaThomas Aquinas, Kennedy, Daniel Joseph, 1862-19301,467Anthropology, Attributes, Catholic Church, Catholic Theology277arm, pol, mul
Rights of ManThomas Paine1,791History, Politics and government, Political science, Causes276chi, eng, fre
The Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James, Dr. William James1,817Religious Psychology, Religion, Conversion, Experience (Religion)266eng
The Coming RaceEdward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton1,871Underground areas, Subterranean civilization in fiction, Utopias, Subterranean Civilization262eng
Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau1,800Résistance au gouvernement, Resistance to Government, Désobéissance civile, [document]261eng, por, fre
BushidōInazo Nitobe, Stefano Daniel1,899Bushido, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Vida social y costumbres258spa, rus, jpn
ἈνάβασιςXenophon1,623History, Cyrus, the younger, approximately 423 b.c.-approximately 401 b.c., Iran, history, to 640, Greece, history, to 146 b.c.252spa, ita, grc
PoeticsAristotle1,536Early works to 1800, Aesthetics, Poetry, Poetics252heb, spa, und
The History of Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson1,759Ethiopia, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Princes, Fiction249spa, mul, dut
Les confessionsJean-Jacques Rousseau1,782French Authors, Biography, Correspondence, Critique et interprétation244spa, ger, fre
PicassoPablo Picasso, Jean-Louis Andral1,92620th century, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum, Animals240spa, rus, mul
The Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen1,899Leisure class, Philosophy, Economics, Business236spa, rus, und
Ἀπολογία ΣωκράτουςΠλάτων1,675Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sophists (Greek philosophy), Filosofía griega232spa, ita, grc
Πολιτικά (Politiká)Aristotle1,492Politics and government, Incunabula, Aesthetics, Économie politique224spa, grc, ger
ΓοργίαςΠλάτων1,827Classic Literature, Fiction, Early works to 1800, Ethics224pol, mac, heb
Gitanjali (song offerings)Rabindranath Tagore, Marie Luise Gothein1,910Bengali poetry, Translations into English, Translations from Bengali, English poetry217guj, san, spa
Du contrat socialJean-Jacques Rousseau1,762Peace, The State, Science politique, Economics216spa, fre, chi
Commentaries on the laws of EnglandSir William Blackstone1,721Treatise, Legal Treatise, Common Law, History of Law214eng, fre, ita
MoraliaPlutarch1,500Ancient Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Animals (Philosophy), Biography211heb, cze, mul
Отцы и детиIvan Sergeevich Turgenev1,867Fiction, Social life and customs, Fathers and sons, Social conditions208epo, spa, rus
NieblaMiguel de Unamuno1,914Spanish language, Readers, Fiction, Niebla (Unamuno, Miguel de)206spa, und, fre
SiddharthaHermann Hesse1,922Alegorías, Buddha (The concept), Buddha and Buddhism, Buddhism205guj, spa, rus
UtopiaThomas More1,518Utopias, Proverbs, Bibliography, Utopías198eng, ita, spa
Vom KriegeCarl von Clausewitz1,835Military art and science, War, Strategy, Military194spa, und, ger
Das KapitalKarl Marx1,867Economics, Capital, Communism, Marxian economics189spa, rus, cze
EssaysFrancis Bacon1,618Aphorisms and apothegms, Classical Mythology, Early works to 1800, English essays188jpn, ger, lat
Der ZauberbergThomas Mann1,924Fiction, Sanatoriums, German fiction, Translations into English188spa, rus, ger
Familiar quotations; a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literatureJohn Bartlett1,855English Quotations, Quotations, Aphorisms and apothegms, American Quotations185eng, und
Democracy and EducationJohn Dewey1,916Education, Philosophy, Social aspects, Social aspects of Education184eng, heb
PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli1,998Political science, philosophy, Political ethics, Political leadership, Political science, early works to 1800183eng
WalkingHenry David Thoreau1,914Walking, Nature, Philosophy, Fiction183eng, fre, spa
Emile or EducationJean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Foxley1,762Education, Early works to 1800, Education, early works to 1800, Collections182fre, eng, ger
PharsaliaLucan1,486Campaigns, Criticism and interpretation, Early works to 1800, Facsimiles182und, mul, lat
Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau1,849Resistance to Government, Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862, Authors, biography, Natural history, united states178spa, eng
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie1,936Succès, Psychologie appliquée, Psychologie applique e., Applied Psychology178spa, rus, jpn
Mishneh Torah (Codification of Talmudic laws)Moses Maimonides1,470Jewish law, Early works to 1800, Slavery (Jewish law), Jewish Illumination of books and manuscripts176spa, hun, ger
Histoire naturelleGeorges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc De Buffon1,749Natural history, Early works to 1800, Monkeys, Natural history. [from old catalog]174eng, fre
Principles of internal medicineTinsley Randolph Harrison, Kurt J. Isselbacher1,950Internal medicine, Internal medicine,, Medicine, Practice173eng, fre
Common SenseThomas Paine, Thomas Paine1,776Political science, Politics and government, Monarchy, Early works to 1800171eng, chi, fre
Marius the EpicureanWalter Pater1,885Christianity and other religions, Fiction, Roman, Young men171eng, ita
ΠρωταγόραςΠλάτων1,828Sophists (Greek philosophy), Philosophy, ancient, Plato, Early works to 1800167ita, lat, spa
Das SchloßFranz Kafka1,926Fiction, Bureaucracy, Castles, Criticism and interpretation166eng, fre, chi
The "genius"Theodore Dreiser1,915American fiction, Translations into Russian, Romance Norte Americano, American fiction (fictional works by one author)164ger, heb, rus
Dei delitte e delle peneCesare Beccaria1,764Punishment, Crime and criminals, Capital punishment, Torture164spa, und, ger
Discours de la méthodeRené Descartes1,644Methodology, Science, Modern Philosophy, Early works to 1800163eng, heb, ita
ΤίμαιοςΠλάτων1,520Metaphysics, Early works to 1800, Cosmology, Ancient Philosophy163spa, ita, grc
ΘεαίτητοςΠλάτων1,861Theory of Knowledge, Ancient Philosophy, Early works to 1800, Collected works159heb, spa, lat
Life on the MississippiMark Twain1,883American Authors, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Juvenile literature157eng, chi, ger
Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūseiKokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)1,991Art, Sculpture, Seals (Numismatics), Painting156chi, jpn
Philosophical essays concerning human understandingDavid Hume1,900Theory of Knowledge, Ethics, Early works to 1800, English Philosophy155und, fre, eng
Kritik der reinen VernunftImmanuel Kant1,781Reason, Causation, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy153eng, por, fre
ΜένωνΠλάτων1,869Early works to 1800, Virtue, Socrates, Virtue and virtues150heb, spa, und
La ChuteAlbert Camus1,917Conscience, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Existentialism, Fiction145eng, ita, cat
The Story of PhilosophyWill Durant1,926Philosophers, Philosophy, History, Biography141urd, eng, spa
An autobiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi1,927Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Biography, Statesmen140eng, chi, ara
Der Untergang des AbendlandesOswald Spengler, Charles Francis Atkinson1,918Civilization, History, Philosophy, Kulturphilosophie139spa, und, ger
ΦαῖδροςΠλάτων1,792Early works to 1800, Love, Rhetoric, Ancient Rhetoric138guj, heb, spa
The DefendantGilbert Keith Chesterton1,901Essays, History, Nonfiction, English essays138ger, eng, spa
Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticismMatthew Arnold, Matthew Arnold1,869Social conditions, Culture, open_syllabus_project, Kulturkritik138chi, eng, und
Darkwater; voices from within the veilW. E. B. Du Bois1,920Race relations, African Americans, Inner cities, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001136eng
The master key system in twenty-four parts with questionnaire and glossaryCharles F. Haanel, Ruth L. Miller1,919New Thought, Self-actualization (Psychology), Mental discipline, Success135eng, chi, ind
Principles of Political EconomyJohn Stuart Mill1,848Economics, Classical school of economics, Socialism, Money133ger, eng, fre
Государство и революцияVladimir Il’ich Lenin1,900State, The, Socialism, Revolutions, The State132eng, por, fre
De officiisCicero1,465Ancient Ethics, Biography, Concordances, Conduct of life129arm, spa, mul
Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und LiteraturArnold Hauser, S. Godman1,951Art and society, History, Literature, Art128ger, eng, und
Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblosMiguel de Unamuno1,900Immortality, Christianity, Faith and reason, The Tragic127eng, spa, fre
Εὐθύφρων / Κρίτων / Φαίδων / Ἀπολογία ΣωκράτουςΠλάτων1,871Philosophers, Biography, Socrates, Socrates.126fre, gre, ita
L'Évolution créatriceHenri Bergson, CHAILLAND1,907Evolution, Life, Metaphysics, Life (Biology)125pol, und, ger
The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith1,776Economische filosofie, Communism, Finance, Business123ger, eng
CyropaediaXenophon1,527Biography, Cyrus, King of Persia, d. 529 B.C., Cyrus, in fiction, Early works to 1800122spa, rus, cze
The Everlasting ManGilbert Keith Chesterton1,925Religion, Apologetic works, Catholic Church, Christianity and other religions122spa, pol, fre
The KybalionThree Initiates1,912Psychology, Philosophy, Spirituality, Occultism122eng, spa
De l'esprit des loisCharles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu1,748Derecho, Filosofía, Jurisprudence, great_books_of_the_western_world121heb, spa, ger
Institutio Christianae religionisJean Calvin1,53616th century, Aphorisms and apothegms, Bible, Bible - Commentaries120spa, lat, dut
A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking1,988Cosmologie, Temps (durée), Espace-temps, Vulgarisation scientifique119pol, spa, rus
A Study of HistoryArnold J. Toynbee, D.C Somervell1,900Civilization, Philosophy, History, Maps119rus, und, fre
De consolatione philosophiaeBoethius1,483Incunabula, God, Miniature books, Medieval Education118roa, spa, enm
The guide of the perplexed of MaimonidesMoses Maimonides1,473Jewish Philosophy, Jews, Judaism, Medieval Philosophy116eng, heb, ita
ΝόμοιΠλάτων1,562Utopias, Political science, Political science & theory, Natural law115gre, spa, grc
Sein und ZeitMartin Heidegger1,927Espace et temps, Ontologie, Existentialism, Space and time114eng, por, fre
The Light of AsiaEdwin Arnold1,879Poetry, Buddhas, Buddha (The concept), Buddhism114guj, mal, fre
AreopagiticaJohn Milton, John Milton1,644Freedom of the press, Early works to 1800, Liberty of the press, Education113fre, eng, dan
A treatise of human natureDavid Hume1,739Philosophy, English Philosophy, Natural theology, Early works to 1900113fre, eng
Sartor resartusThomas Carlyle1,800Fiction, Philosophers, Conduct of life, Clothing and dress113lat, eng, fre
Two Treatises on GovernmentJohn Locke, Ian Shapiro1,689Early works to 1800, Political science, Liberty, open_syllabus_project112und, eng, fre
The Maine WoodsHenry David Thoreau1,803Description and travel, Travel, American Authors, Biography112eng
ΦίληβοςΠλάτων1,779Philebus (Plato), Pleasure, Philosophy, ancient, Early works to 1800111und, ger, lat
... Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagenViktor E. Frankl1,946Nazi concentration camps, psychotherapy, meaning of life, freedom of choice111spa, ita, ger
ΠαρμενίδηςΠλάτων1,728Early works to 1800, Ontology, Dialectic, Reasoning111eng, ger, spa
De civitate DeiAugustine of Hippo1,440Latin Manuscripts, Kingdom of God, Theology, Apologetics109eng, fre, ger
PoemsMatthew Arnold1,853Philosophy, Education, Poetry (poetic works by one author), English poetry107ger, eng
Goethe's WerkeJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1,800Translations into English, Knowledge, Science, German Authors105ger, eng
Dieu et l’ÉtatMikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin1,882Anarchism, Atheism, Christianity, Controversial literature105jpn, ita, fre
Tuesdays with MorrieMitch Albom1,994memoir, ALS, sociology, Nightline104cat, spa, kor
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematicaSir Isaac Newton1,687Mechanics, Dynamics of a particle, Gravitation, Tides104eng, lat
Lun yuConfucius1,750Chinese Philosophy, 儒家, Translations into English, Chinese classics103spa, und, jpn
MemorabiliaXenophon1,650Ancient Philosophers, Biography, Early works to 1800, Trials, litigation102heb, spa, mul
Three guineasVirginia Woolf, Mark Hussey1,938War, Peace, Women, Social conditions102spa, ger, por
History of European moralsWilliam Edward Hartpole Lecky1,869Ethics, History, Moral conditions, Philosophy102eng, chi, ger
A Modern UtopiaH. G. Wells1,900Utopias, Fiction, Science Fiction, Classic Literature102spa, ita, dut
ΕὐθύφρωνΠλάτων1,880Religion, Greek language, Readers, Greek Dialogues102eng, gre, grc
The Art of LovingErich Fromm1,956Love, Liefde, Amour, Amor101pol, spa, jpn
Biographia literariaSamuel Taylor Coleridge1,817Criticism, Literature, Philosophy, Poetry100kor, lat, eng
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