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Books Every Philosophy Major Should Know

Major (mostly) Works in Philosophy as well as others worth considering and a few anthologies. It may not comprehensive, but it's a start.
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The Story of Philosophy (Will Durant)
The Story of Philosophy
1
Will Durant
A History of Western Philosphy (Bertrand Russell)
A History of Western Philosphy
2
Bertrand Russell
Plato's Republic
Plato's Republic
3
Dialogues of Plato
Dialogues of Plato
4
Aristotle--Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle--Nicomachean Ethics
5
Metaphysics
Metaphysics
6
Aristotle--Poetics
Aristotle--Poetics
7
Politics (Aristotle)
Politics
8
Aristotle
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
9
Marcus Aurelius
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
10
Lao-Tzu
Confucius -- The Analects
Confucius -- The Analects
11
The Discourses
The Discourses
12
City of God
City of God
13
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
14
Essays (Bacon)
Essays
15
Bacon
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
16
Niccolò Machiavelli
Meditations (Descartes)
Meditations
17
Descartes
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
18
Thomas Hobbes
Works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Works of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
19
Ethics (Spinoza)
Ethics
20
Spinoza
Berkeley Principles of Human Knowledge
Berkeley Principles of Human Knowledge
21
Hume's Enquirey Concerning Human Understanding
Hume's Enquirey Concerning Human Understanding
22
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (David Hume)
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
23
David Hume
Kant Critique of Pure Reason
Kant Critique of Pure Reason
24
Critique of Judgment (Kant)
Critique of Judgment
25
Kant
Critique of Practical Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Practical Reason
26
Immanuel Kant
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
27
Adam Smith
Rousseau the Social Contract
Rousseau the Social Contract
28
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
29
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France
30
Two Treatises of Government (John Locke)
Two Treatises of Government
31
John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
32
The World as Will and Representation
The World as Will and Representation
33
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
34
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
35
Mary Wollstonecraft
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
Common Sense, the Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
36
The Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Hegel)
The Phenomenology of Spirit
37
Georg Hegel
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
38
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Capital- Karl Marx
Capital- Karl Marx
39
What Is Property? (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon)
What Is Property?
40
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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