Philosophy from every tradition, and the books members write and love, of every kind. Each has its own page: what it is, why read it, where to start, and what members thought. Put books on your shelf, rate what you have read, and add the books you think everyone should know.
Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy Jay L. Garfield
Jay L. Garfield · 2015
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Advanced Buddhist
Enneads Plotinus (edited by Porphyry)
Plotinus (edited by Porphyry) · written c. 253–270 CE
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Greek & Roman
Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing Miranda Fricker
Miranda Fricker · 2007
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.7 · 3 reviews
Intermediate Analytic Editors’ pick
Epistemology, Logic, and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis Bimal Krishna Matilal
Bimal Krishna Matilal · 1971
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Indian Editors’ pick
Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge Robert Audi
Robert Audi · 1998
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Analytic Editors’ pick
Escape from Freedom (The Fear of Freedom) Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm · 1941
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Intermediate Continental
Essays Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne · 1580; expanded 1588; posthumous edition 1595
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Essays Intermediate Modern European
Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) Yoshida Kenkō
Yoshida Kenkō · c. 1330–1332
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Essays Beginner Japanese & Korean
Essays on Actions and Events Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson · 1980 (collecting essays from 1963 onward); expanded edition 2001
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Essays Advanced Analytic
Essays: First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841
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Essays Beginner American
Ethics Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza · 1677
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Modern European
Ethics (Rinrigaku) Watsuji Tetsurō
Watsuji Tetsurō · 1937–1949
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Japanese & Korean
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams · 1985
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Advanced Analytic
Ethics for the New Millennium The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)
The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) · 1999
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Beginner Buddhist
Ethics, or Know Yourself (Scito te ipsum) Peter Abelard
Peter Abelard · c. 1135–1140
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong J. L. Mackie
J. L. Mackie · 1977
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Analytic Editors’ pick
Ethics: The Fundamentals Julia Driver
Julia Driver · 2006
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Beginner Analytic Editors’ pick
Euthyphro Plato
Plato · c. 399–390 BCE
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Beginner Greek & Roman
Evidential Commentary on the Meanings of Terms in the Mencius Dai Zhen
Dai Zhen · 1777
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.5 · 2 reviews
Advanced Chinese
Existentia Africana Lewis R. Gordon
Lewis R. Gordon · 2000
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Intermediate African & Africana
Existentialism Is a Humanism Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre · 1946 (lecture 1945)
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Beginner Continental
Experience and Nature John Dewey
John Dewey · 1925; revised 1929
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Advanced American
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman · 1954; fourth edition 1983
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Intermediate Analytic
Fear and Trembling Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard · 1843
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.0 · 2 reviews
Intermediate Modern European