Books To Read Philosophy

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Books to read philosophy. Jay garfield is doris silbert professor of philosophy at smith college. How to read philosophy books. In the early days of history almost all human knowledge could fit into a single academic discipline and that was philosophy.

Letters from a stoic by seneca. The communist manifesto karl marx. For chinese philosophy i would recommend three books.

Read it it is practical philosophy embodied. Well now we have this book. 5 classic philosophy books the analects by confucius translated by d c.

It is imminently readable and perfectly accessible. For those interested in philosophy you won t want to. Lau confucius was a chinese philosopher who lived in the 6th century bce.

One needs to read the books and thinkers in order that s one common. It s also a great everyday. Seneca like marcus was also a powerful man in rome.

You cannot read this book and not come away with a phrase or a line that will helpful to you next time you are in trouble. First published in 1886 beyond good and evil expands on the ideas of renowned german philosopher friedrich nietzsche. His teachings provided founding principles for confucianism a philosophy known for its emphasis on morality education and family.