4 January 2025

Top Books on Philosophy

Classics:

  • Meditations
  • The Republic
  • Nicomachean
  • Meditations on First Philosophy

Modern/Contemporary:

  • Being and Time
  • The Myth of Sisyphus
  • Existentialism is a Humanism
  • The Ethics of Ambiguity
  • The Order of Things
  • The Interpretation of Dreams
  • No Logo

Intros:

  • Sophie's World
  • The Story of Philosophy

Deep Dives:

  • Critique of Pure Reason
  • Being and Nothingness
  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Ethical/Political:

  • The Prince
  • Utilitarianism
  • On Liberty
Consciousness:
  • What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
  • The Conscious Mind
  • Consciousness Explained
  • I am a Strange Loop
  • The Enigma of Consciousness
  • The Astonishing Hypthesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul
  • Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Nihilism:
  • The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
  • Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction
  • The Trouble With Being Born
  • The Will to Power
  • The Gay Science
  • The Stranger
  • Notes from Underground
  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra
  • The Myth of Sisyphus

    Stoicism:

    • Letters from Stoic
    • Discourses and Selected Writings
    • How to Be Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
    • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
    • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
    • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
    • Meditations

      Existentialism:

      • Fear and Trembling
      • Existentialism is a Humanism
      • The Myth of Sisyphus
      • Thus Spoke Zarathustra
      • Being and Nothingness
      • The Plague
      • Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre
      • Notes from Underground
      • The Stranger
      Metaphysics:
      • Metaphysics
      • Critique of Pure Reason
      • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
      • Being and Time
      • Naming and Necessity
      • On the Plurality of Worlds
      • Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction 
      • The Metaphysics Within Us: The Hidden Dimensions of Our Everyday Lives
      Epistemology:
      • The Problem of Philosophy
      • Knowledge and Its Limits
      • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
      • Gettier Problems and the Analysis of Knowledge
      Philosophy of Mind:
      • The Mind-Body Problem
      • Consciousness Explained
      • I am a Strange Loop
      • Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension
      Ethics and Morality:
      • The Republic
      • Nicomachean
      • Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
      • The Moral Limits of Markets: The High Price of Putting a Price on Everything
      • Utilitarianism
      • On Liberty
      • Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
      • The Ethics of Ambiguity
      • Beyond Good and Evil
      • On The Genealogy of Morals