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The Labyrinth of Solitude Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz · 1950; revised 1959
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Essays Intermediate Latin American
The Language of Thought Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor · 1975
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Advanced Analytic
The Last U-Turn Syed Raheel Shahzad
Syed Raheel Shahzad
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By the founder
The Latin American Mind Leopoldo Zea
Leopoldo Zea · 1949; English translation 1963
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History Advanced Latin American
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise Peter Abelard and Heloise
Peter Abelard and Heloise · c. 1130s
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Memoir & biography Beginner Medieval Christian
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah · 2018
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Intermediate Analytic
The Life Divine Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo · 1914–1919 (serialised in Arya); revised 1939–1940
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Advanced Indian
The Life You Can Save Peter Singer
Peter Singer · 2009; revised 2019
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Beginner Analytic
The Lion of the Destruction of Principles (Tattvopaplavasiṃha) Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa · c. 8th–9th century CE
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Advanced Indian
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Karl Popper
Karl Popper · 1934 (German, dated 1935); English edition 1959
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Advanced Analytic
The Logical Structure of the World (Der logische Aufbau der Welt) Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap · 1928
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Advanced Analytic
The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Dīgha Nikāya) Pali Canon (the Buddha's discourses)
Pali Canon (the Buddha's discourses) · c. 5th–1st century BCE (transmitted orally; written down c. 1st century BCE)
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Intermediate Buddhist
The Lotus Sutra Anonymous Mahāyāna sutra
Anonymous Mahāyāna sutra · c. 1st century BCE – 2nd century CE (composed in stages)
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Intermediate Buddhist
The Macro-Architecture of the Qur'an Syed Raheel Shahzad
Syed Raheel Shahzad
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Religion & spirituality By the founder
The Masnavi Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī · c. 1258–1273
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Intermediate Persian
The Meaning of Terms in the Analects and Mencius (Gomō jigi) Itō Jinsai
Itō Jinsai · c. 1683; published 1705
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Advanced Japanese & Korean
The Meccan Revelations Ibn ʿArabī
Ibn ʿArabī · begun 1202; second version completed 1238
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Advanced Islamic
The Metaphysics of The Healing Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) · c. 1020s
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Advanced Islamic
The Methods of Ethics Henry Sidgwick
Henry Sidgwick · 1874; 7th edition 1907
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Advanced Modern European
The Miracle of Theism J. L. Mackie
J. L. Mackie · 1982
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Intermediate Analytic
The Mirror of Simple Souls Marguerite Porete
Marguerite Porete · c. 1290–1306
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Advanced Medieval Christian
The Moral Anchor Syed Raheel Shahzad
Syed Raheel Shahzad
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By the founder
The Morality of Freedom Joseph Raz
Joseph Raz · 1986
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Advanced Analytic
The Muqaddimah Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun · 1377
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Intermediate Islamic