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Goodreads "Best World Philosophy Books"

"The Best World Philosophy Books Ever Written (or edited, as the case may be)" (Goodreads)
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
1
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
2
Plato
Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant)
Critique of Pure Reason
3
Immanuel Kant
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
4
Marcus Aurelius
Being and Time (Martin Heidegger)
Being and Time
5
Martin Heidegger
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
6
Albert Camus
Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
7
Lao Tzu
Apology (Plato)
Apology
8
Plato
Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
Phenomenology of Spirit
9
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
10
Hermann Hesse
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
11
Niccolò Machiavelli
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
12
Voltaire
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fear and Trembling (Sǿren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
14
Sǿren Kierkegaard
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
15
David Hume
The Symposium (Plato)
The Symposium
16
Plato
The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Nicomachean Ethics
17
Aristotle
Philosophical Investigations (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Philosophical Investigations
18
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
19
Albert Camus
Ethics (Baruch Spinoza)
Ethics
20
Baruch Spinoza
Discourse on Method & Meditations (René Descartes)
Discourse on Method & Meditations
21
René Descartes
Capital (Karl Marx)
Capital
22
Karl Marx
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
23
Friedrich Nietzsche
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
24
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Metaphysics (Aristotle)
The Metaphysics
25
Aristotle
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
26
Jean-Paul Sartre
A History of Western Philosophy (Bertrand Russell)
A History of Western Philosophy
27
Bertrand Russell
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
28
Sun Tzu
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
29
Charles Darwin
On the Genealogy of Morals /Ecce Homo (Friedrich Nietzsche)
On the Genealogy of Morals /Ecce Homo
30
Friedrich Nietzsche
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
31
Robert Pirsig
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
32
Aristotle
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
33
St. Augustine
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
34
Albert Camus
A Treatise of Human Nature (David Hume)
A Treatise of Human Nature
35
David Hume
Human, All Too Human (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Human, All Too Human
36
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
37
Jean-Paul Sartre
Plato: Complete Works (Plato)
Plato: Complete Works
38
Plato
Phenomenology of Perception (Maurice Merleau-Ponty)
Phenomenology of Perception
39
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
40
Sigmund Freud
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