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Sophist Plato
Plato · c. 360 BCE
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Advanced Greek & Roman
Sources of the Self Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor · 1989
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History Advanced Continental
Speculum of the Other Woman Luce Irigaray
Luce Irigaray · 1974
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Advanced Continental
Spheres of Justice Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer · 1983
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Intermediate Analytic
Studies in the Way of Words Paul Grice
Paul Grice · 1989 (collecting papers from 1957 onward)
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Essays Advanced Analytic
Summa contra Gentiles Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas · c. 1259–1265
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Advanced Medieval Christian
Summa of Logic William of Ockham
William of Ockham · c. 1323
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Advanced Medieval Christian
Summa Theologiae Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas · 1265–1274 (unfinished)
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Advanced Medieval Christian
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom · 2014
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Intermediate Analytic
Symposium Plato
Plato · c. 385–370 BCE
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Beginner Greek & Roman
System of Transcendental Idealism F. W. J. Schelling
F. W. J. Schelling · 1800
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Advanced Modern European
Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto Bryan W. Van Norden
Bryan W. Van Norden · 2017
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Beginner Chinese
Taking Rights Seriously Ronald Dworkin
Ronald Dworkin · 1977; enlarged edition 1978
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Advanced Analytic
Tannishō (A Record in Lament of Divergences) Yuien, recording the teaching of Shinran
Yuien, recording the teaching of Shinran · late 13th century
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Beginner Japanese & Korean
Tattvacintāmaṇi (The Jewel of Reflection on Reality) Gaṅgeśa
Gaṅgeśa · c. 14th century CE
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Advanced Indian
Tattvārtha Sūtra (That Which Is) Umāsvāti (Umāsvāmī in the Digambara tradition)
Umāsvāti (Umāsvāmī in the Digambara tradition) · c. 2nd–5th century CE (dates debated)
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Intermediate Indian
Teaching to Transgress bell hooks
bell hooks · 1994
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Essays Beginner African & Africana
Teaching, Practice, Faith and Realisation (Kyōgyōshinshō) Shinran
Shinran · begun c. 1224; revised over the following decades
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Advanced Buddhist
Teachings on Style and the Flower (Fūshikaden) Zeami Motokiyo
Zeami Motokiyo · c. 1400–1418
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Intermediate Japanese & Korean
Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning Yi Hwang (Toegye)
Yi Hwang (Toegye) · 1568
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Intermediate Japanese & Korean
Testimony: A Philosophical Study C. A. J. Coady
C. A. J. Coady · 1992
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Advanced Analytic Editors’ pick
The Aesthetic Experience According to Abhinavagupta Raniero Gnoli
Raniero Gnoli · 1956
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Advanced Indian Editors’ pick
The American Evasion of Philosophy Cornel West
Cornel West · 1989
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Advanced American
The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen · 2005
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Essays Intermediate Indian