I have some philosophy books that are in my TBR. I just want to check what’s on you all’s shelves of philosophy books that you are reading or refer to when needed or are just your favorites?
*History of Western Philosophy* by Bertrand Russell
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These are not philosophy books exactly but they did blow my mind:
Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong
The Medium Is The Message by Marshall McLuhan
Cultish by Amanda Montell
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
I also love Plato The Republic is essential. But try to read as much as you can for these books to make sense.
Plato’s Pharmacy by Jacques Derrida
Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze
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plato and a platypus walk into a bar, the pleasure of the text – barthes, notes to myself – hugh prather, the social contract – rousseau, The New Negro: An Interpretation – alain leroy locke
a whole lot of books by Ortega y Gasset, Anton Lavey, and Amartya Sen.
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the pig that wants to be eaten
the gay science
beyond good and evil
determined (neuroscience, but the implications are philosophical)
no exit
the myth of sisyphus
the stranger
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Being and Time;
Truth and Method;
The ideology of Aesthetic;
Phenomenology of Spirit
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Currently reading: The Grasshopper, by Bernard Suits.
Up next: Zhuangzi, translated by Chris Fraser.
On my shelf: way more books than I can list here.
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How To Be Perfect by Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place
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*History of Western Philosophy* by Bertrand Russell
These are not philosophy books exactly but they did blow my mind:
Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong
The Medium Is The Message by Marshall McLuhan
Cultish by Amanda Montell
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
I also love Plato The Republic is essential. But try to read as much as you can for these books to make sense.
Plato’s Pharmacy by Jacques Derrida
Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze
plato and a platypus walk into a bar, the pleasure of the text – barthes, notes to myself – hugh prather, the social contract – rousseau, The New Negro: An Interpretation – alain leroy locke
a whole lot of books by Ortega y Gasset, Anton Lavey, and Amartya Sen.
the pig that wants to be eaten
the gay science
beyond good and evil
determined (neuroscience, but the implications are philosophical)
no exit
the myth of sisyphus
the stranger
Being and Time;
Truth and Method;
The ideology of Aesthetic;
Phenomenology of Spirit
Currently reading: The Grasshopper, by Bernard Suits.
Up next: Zhuangzi, translated by Chris Fraser.
On my shelf: way more books than I can list here.
How To Be Perfect by Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place