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Best Philosophy Books
The works that have shaped how humanity thinks about existence, ethics, knowledge, and the good life. From ancient Stoicism to modern practical philosophy, these books wrestle with the questions that matter most.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius · 180
Republic
Plato · 375 BC
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle · 340 BC
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche · 1886
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu · 400 BC
The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama · 1998
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl · 1946
The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain de Botton · 2000
Letters from a Stoic
Seneca · 65
Critique of Pure Reason
Immanuel Kant · 1781
Being and Nothingness
Jean-Paul Sartre · 1943
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762
Discourses and Selected Writings
Epictetus · 108
The Analects
Confucius · 479 BC
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine · 2008
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday · 2014
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday · 2016
Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday · 2019
The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday · 2016
The Practicing Stoic
Ward Farnsworth · 2018
How to Live
Sarah Bakewell · 2010
The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt · 2006
Letters on Ethics
Epicurus · 270 BC