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The Complete Penguin Great Ideas Series

The Penguin Great Ideas series offers groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Acclaimed for their striking look, each elegant volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Titles contained within this series are considered to be world-changing, influential and inspirational. Topics covered include philosophy, politics, science and war.
Here is the series in its entirety, all 120 volumes (to date, 2023), in the order they were published. While it's debatable whether or not all of these ideas are 'great,' there is no debate as to the impact these groundbreaking works have had on the world. Therefore, everyone should read them and decide for themselves.
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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It (Seneca)
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It
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Seneca
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
2
Marcus Aurelius
Confessions of a Sinner (St Augustine)
Confessions of a Sinner
3
St Augustine
The Inner Life (Thomas a Kempis)
The Inner Life
4
Thomas a Kempis
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
5
Niccolò Machiavelli
On Friendship (Michel De Montaigne)
On Friendship
6
Michel De Montaigne
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
7
Jonathan Swift
The Social Contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
The Social Contract
8
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Christians and the Fall of Rome (Edward Gibbon)
The Christians and the Fall of Rome
9
Edward Gibbon
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
10
Thomas Paine
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
11
Mary Wollstonecraft
On the Pleasure of Hating (William Hazlitt)
On the Pleasure of Hating
12
William Hazlitt
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
13
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
On the Suffering of the World (Arthur Schopenhauer)
On the Suffering of the World
14
Arthur Schopenhauer
On Art and Life (John Ruskin)
On Art and Life
15
John Ruskin
On Natural Selection (Charles Darwin)
On Natural Selection
16
Charles Darwin
Why I Am So Wise (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Why I Am So Wise
17
Friedrich Nietzsche
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
18
Virginia Woolf
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
19
Sigmund Freud
Why I Write (George Orwell)
Why I Write
20
George Orwell
The First Ten Books (Confucius)
The First Ten Books
21
Confucius
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War
22
Sun-Tzu
The Symposium (Plato)
The Symposium
23
Plato
Sensation and Sex (Lucretius)
Sensation and Sex
24
Lucretius
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom (Cicero)
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom
25
Cicero
The Revelation of St John the Divine and the Book of Job (King James Bible)
The Revelation of St John the Divine and the Book of Job
26
King James Bible
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan (Marco Polo)
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan
27
Marco Polo
The City of Ladies (Christine De Pizan)
The City of Ladies
28
Christine De Pizan
How to Achieve True Greatness (Baldassare Castiglione)
How to Achieve True Greatness
29
Baldassare Castiglione
Of Empire (Francis Bacon)
Of Empire
30
Francis Bacon
Of Man (Thomas Hobbes)
Of Man
31
Thomas Hobbes
Urne-Burial (Thomas Browne)
Urne-Burial
32
Thomas Browne
Miracles and Idolatry (Voltaire)
Miracles and Idolatry
33
Voltaire
On Suicide (David Hume)
On Suicide
34
David Hume
On the Nature of War (Carl Von Clausewitz)
On the Nature of War
35
Carl Von Clausewitz
Fear and Trembling (Søren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
36
Søren Kierkegaard
Where I Lived, and What I Lived for (Henry David Thoreau)
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
37
Henry David Thoreau
Conspicuous Consumption (Thorstein Veblen)
Conspicuous Consumption
38
Thorstein Veblen
The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
39
Camus
Eichmann and the Holocaust (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann and the Holocaust
40
Hannah Arendt
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