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The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Modern European
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes · 1651
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Modern European
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1921 (English 1922)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Analytic
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Modern European
Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico Samuel Ramos
Samuel Ramos · 1934
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Latin American
The Cosmic Race José Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos · 1925
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Latin American
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire · 1968 (first published 1970)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Latin American
Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy H. Odera Oruka (editor)
H. Odera Oruka (editor) · 1990
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner African & Africana
African Philosophy: Myth and Reality Paulin J. Hountondji
Paulin J. Hountondji · 1976 (English translation 1983)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate African & Africana
Black Skin, White Masks Frantz Fanon
Frantz Fanon · 1952
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 5.0 · 2 reviews
Intermediate African & Africana
The Souls of Black Folk W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois · 1903
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner African & Africana
The Book of the City of Ladies Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan · 1405
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Medieval Christian
Summa of Logic William of Ockham
William of Ockham · c. 1323
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Medieval Christian
The City of God Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo · 413–426
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Medieval Christian
Light of the Lord Hasdai Crescas
Hasdai Crescas · 1410
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Advanced Jewish
On the Creation of the World Philo of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria · early 1st century CE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Jewish
The Kuzari Judah Halevi
Judah Halevi · c. 1140
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Jewish
Alberuni's India Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī
Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī · c. 1030
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Islamic
The Ring of the Dove Ibn Ḥazm
Ibn Ḥazm · c. 1022
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 5.0 · 2 reviews
Beginner Islamic
The Revival of the Religious Sciences Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī
Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī · late 11th–early 12th century
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Islamic
The Refinement of Character Miskawayh
Miskawayh · c. 1000 (late 10th or early 11th century)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Islamic
The Conference of the Birds Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār
Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār · c. 1177
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Persian
The Ringstones of Wisdom (Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam) Ibn ʿArabī
Ibn ʿArabī · 1229
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Islamic
Remarks and Admonitions Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) · c. 1030 (late work)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Islamic