Modern Books


The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics)The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics)
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I read this book for a graduate seminar on the philosophy of art. Nietzsche's "Birth of...
The Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of ConsciousnessThe Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness
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The Transcendence of the Ego is Sartre's refutation and response to the phenomenology of Edmund...
Nature, Man and WomanNature, Man and Woman
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This is a beautiful and truly enlightening book. I read it in less than a week because I...
Buckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and WorkBuckminster Fuller's Universe: His Life and Work
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I hate to be contrarian, but this was one of the worst books I have ever read. The author spends...
The Essential Dewey, Volume 1: Pragmatism, Education, DemocracyThe Essential Dewey, Volume 1: Pragmatism, Education, Democracy
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I believe that John Dewey was one of the most important philosophers in history, bar none. But...


A Common Faith (The Terry Lectures Series)A Common Faith (The Terry Lectures Series)
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In this book John Dewey presents a compelling argument for a union of religious and social...
Ethics and Infinity: Conversations With Philippe Nemo (French Edition)Ethics and Infinity: Conversations With Philippe Nemo (French Edition)
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This is as easy to read (and understand) as Levinas can be. It is short and in the form of an...
The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events (A Seth Book)The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events (A Seth Book)
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All the "Seth" books are nothing short of stunning. They are also gripping, mind...
Philosophy and Social HopePhilosophy and Social Hope
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I was reading this book when Richard Rorty passed away recently. I regret that this man is gone....
The Sources of NormativityThe Sources of Normativity
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"The Sources of Normativity", based on Christine Korsgaard's Tanner Lectures, is...


Scientific Inquiry: Readings in the Philosophy of ScienceScientific Inquiry: Readings in the Philosophy of Science
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I took this course from Bob ten years ago, and I've not been thinking straight ever since. This...
The Trouble With Being BornThe Trouble With Being Born
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E.M. Cioran is one of the peripheral (non French [technically], non German, non Anglo-American)...
Re-thinking History (Routledge Classics)Re-thinking History (Routledge Classics)
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Simply put: Had to read this for my history class It sucked This guy was full of himself ...
The Autobiography of Bertrand RussellThe Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
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Caveat emptor: whilst this is a magnificent autobiography published in one quality volume by...
The Unity of Philosophical ExperienceThe Unity of Philosophical Experience
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This is one of my favorite books. I regularly recommend it as the best single book in the...

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (Oxford World's Classics)A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (Oxford World's Classics)
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Burke's Enquiry is a surprising and remarkable little work. If you expect the Burke who fits...
Foucault For BeginnersFoucault For Beginners
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A good introduction to beginning an understanding of a philosopher that has a complex and...
Leibniz: An Intellectual BiographyLeibniz: An Intellectual Biography
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Of all the thinkers of the century of genius that inaugurated modern philosophy, none lived an...
Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the HammerTwilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer
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For the sake of brevity, I will say merely that this translation was entirely successful in its...
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and PhilonousThree Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
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Along with Kant, the only Western Philosopher after Plato, worth reading. Bend your mind, and...

Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning (Wesleyan Paperback)Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning (Wesleyan Paperback)
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One of the reviewers here called Barfield 'a product of his time' and suggested that now he's...
Negative Dialectics (Negative Dialectics Ppr)Negative Dialectics (Negative Dialectics Ppr)
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Philosopher, Sociologist, Musicologist...and the list goes on with the accomplishments of this...
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z (Ayn Rand Library)The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z (Ayn Rand Library)
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Ayn Rand held so many unconventional views it is hard to remember them all. There are times...
Meditations, Objections, and RepliesMeditations, Objections, and Replies
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This edition features reliable, accessible translations; useful editorial materials; and a...
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to FoucaultPhilosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
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It is very rare that a scholar of classical philosophy writes a book that is so accessible to...

The Visible and the Invisible (SPEP)The Visible and the Invisible (SPEP)
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As someone with strong backgrounds in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy I can only...
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human KnowledgeA Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called "Treatise"...
Story of Philosophy (Touchstone Books)Story of Philosophy (Touchstone Books)
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First and foremost this is one of the best books I have ever read. If you are any way inclined...
Maxims (Penguin Classics)Maxims (Penguin Classics)
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La Rochefoucauld isn't for everyone. Let's excuse those who are going to be offended right...
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the LeftContingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left
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Very strange book--courageous, but disappointing in many ways. Butler tries throughout to get...

LEISURE THE BASIS OF CULTURELEISURE THE BASIS OF CULTURE
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I read this book for the first time about ten years ago, and have just re-read it. Both readings...
Lectures on the History of Political PhilosophyLectures on the History of Political Philosophy
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This is an excellent set of lectures that give a fresh and fascinating insight into the ideas...
The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected ReadingsThe Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected Readings
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This book has short narratives followed by well chosen 10-20 page excerpts from Copernicus,...
Pragmatism: A ReaderPragmatism: A Reader
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A very well written and illustrative introduction about history of pragmatism and its...
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Habermas: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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It's nice of these Oxford University Press dudes to introduce me to a guy like (whatever his...

Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and SurveyModern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey
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"Modern Philosophy" provides an excellent overview of philosophical thought. Ideas are...
The Bakhtin Reader: Selected Writings of Bakhtin, Medvedev, VoloshinovThe Bakhtin Reader: Selected Writings of Bakhtin, Medvedev, Voloshinov
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Incessantly cited by critics, Bakhtin's work none the less remains relatively unavailable:...
Philosophy in the Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4Philosophy in the Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4
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A good read; valuable for a newcomer to the discipline, or for anyone who is looking for a...
The Myth of Analysis: Three Essays in Archetypl PsychologyThe Myth of Analysis: Three Essays in Archetypl Psychology
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right off the start, I'm at odds with Hillman. He quotes Aristotle on opening page. I favor...
A Spinoza Reader: The Ethics and Other WorksA Spinoza Reader: The Ethics and Other Works
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This literally wonderful introduction to one of the world's great philosophers by one of his...

Culture and ValueCulture and Value
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This is Wittgenstein's least interesting book, being only random notes dealing with art,...
The Essential Spinoza: Ethics And Related WritingsThe Essential Spinoza: Ethics And Related Writings
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For us Spinozists most one-volume compendia are welcome, and none more so than this one edited...
Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North WhiteheadProcess-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead
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Prof. Mesle has accomplished an amazing feat by making one of the most important 20th Century...
The Logic of SenseThe Logic of Sense
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Let me state right of the bat that this book is head-deep in psychoanalytic terminology and to...
Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great PhilosophersWittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
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Wittgenstein's Poker is a journalistic account of a short debate between Ludwig Wittgenstein and...

Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the College de France, 1973--1974Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the College de France, 1973--1974
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This late addition to the Foucault corpus is a further installment in the College de France...
The Symbolism of EvilThe Symbolism of Evil
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Symbolism of Evil is a Beacon Press publication.
DiscoursesDiscourses
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The 16th century Florentine statesman Niccolò Machiavelli is mostly known for his work...
Thoughts and MeditationsThoughts and Meditations
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"I saw no poverty; neither did I encounter excess. I saw fraternity and equality...
Hobbes and Republican LibertyHobbes and Republican Liberty
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Quentin Skinner is one of the foremost historians in the world, and in Hobbes and Republican...

The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
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I have studies about relationship between Immunology and Psychopathology including Heidegger....
A Grammar of MotivesA Grammar of Motives
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This tome is a complete compendium of Western thought. An excellent book that makes me want to...
Selected Philosophical Works (Bacon) (Hackett Publishing Co.)Selected Philosophical Works (Bacon) (Hackett Publishing Co.)
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The most comprehensive collection available in paperback of Bacon's philosophical and...
"What Is an Apparatus?" and Other Essays (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)"What Is an Apparatus?" and Other Essays (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
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The three essays collected in this book offer a succinct introduction to Agamben's recent work...
Philosophical Problems: An Annotated Anthology, Reprint (2nd Edition)Philosophical Problems: An Annotated Anthology, Reprint (2nd Edition)
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Baker and Bonjour lead you step-by-step through a survey of western-tradition analytical...
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