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Nyāya Sūtra Attributed to Gautama (Akṣapāda)
Attributed to Gautama (Akṣapāda) · c. 2nd century CE (traditional date; compiled in layers)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Indian
The Upanishads (the principal Upanishads) Various anonymous Vedic teachers (dialogues feature Yājñavalkya, Uddālaka Āruṇi and others)
Various anonymous Vedic teachers (dialogues feature Yājñavalkya, Uddālaka Āruṇi and others) · c. 8th–3rd century BCE (dates debated)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Indian
Enneads Plotinus (edited by Porphyry)
Plotinus (edited by Porphyry) · written c. 253–270 CE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Greek & Roman
Letters on Ethics (Moral Letters to Lucilius) Seneca
Seneca · c. 62–65 CE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Greek & Roman
Handbook (Enchiridion) Epictetus (compiled by Arrian)
Epictetus (compiled by Arrian) · early 2nd century CE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Greek & Roman
On the Nature of Things Lucretius
Lucretius · mid-1st century BCE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Greek & Roman
Poetics Aristotle
Aristotle · 4th century BCE (c. 335 BCE)
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Greek & Roman
Politics Aristotle
Aristotle · 4th century BCE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Greek & Roman
Phaedo Plato
Plato · c. 385–375 BCE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Greek & Roman
Symposium Plato
Plato · c. 385–370 BCE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Beginner Greek & Roman
A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages Colette Sirat
Colette Sirat · 1985
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Advanced Jewish
A Companion to African Philosophy Kwasi Wiredu (ed.)
Kwasi Wiredu (ed.) · 2004
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Intermediate African & Africana
Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook James W. Heisig, Thomas P. Kasulis and John C. Maraldo (eds)
James W. Heisig, Thomas P. Kasulis and John C. Maraldo (eds) · 2011
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Intermediate Japanese & Korean
Philosophy in the Islamic World Peter Adamson
Peter Adamson · 2016
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.7 · 3 reviews
Beginner Islamic
Classical Indian Philosophy Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri
Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri · 2020
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Beginner Indian
The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance Anthony Gottlieb
Anthony Gottlieb · 2000
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Beginner Greek & Roman
Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique Sally Haslanger
Sally Haslanger · 2012
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Analytic
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah · 2018
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Intermediate Analytic
The Myth of Sisyphus Albert Camus
Albert Camus · 1942
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Beginner Continental
Death Shelly Kagan
Shelly Kagan · 2012
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 3 reviews
Beginner Analytic
The Concept of Law H. L. A. Hart
H. L. A. Hart · 1961
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.3 · 3 reviews
Intermediate Analytic
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick · 1974
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Analytic Editors’ pick
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory David J. Chalmers
David J. Chalmers · 1996
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 3 reviews
Advanced Analytic
Philosophy of Language Scott Soames
Scott Soames · 2010
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Advanced Analytic