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Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6 7 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard
Princeton University Press, 1983
Theological Tour de Force
+ Yes, yes, yes (you must read this)...
+ sacrifice and loss
+ and isaac cried out, "if i have no father on earth, then you
+ Was Kierkegaard a "Knight of faith"?
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Fichte: The System of Ethics (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Cambridge University Press, 2005
Fichte's System of Ethics, originally published in 1798, is at once the most accessible presentation of its author's comprehensive philosophical project, The Science of Knowledge or Wissenschaftslehre, and the most important work in moral philosophy written between Kant and Hegel. This study integrates the discussion of our moral duties into the systematic framework of a transcendental theory of ...
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Ethics (Penguin Classics)4 reviews
Benedictus de Spinoza
Penguin Classics, 2005
The best translation of the "Ethics" in the english language
+ Unsurpassed brilliance
+ Spinoz's Ethics
+ Philosophy by a Master
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Five Dialogues 10 reviews
Plato
Hackett Publishing Company, 2002
The Core of Greek Philosophy Contained 156 Pages
+ Excellent Choice
+ A Great Read for anyone who desires a great lesson in Logic!
+ The trial, imprisonment, and death of Socrates
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The Confessions of St. Augustine 12 reviews
Augustine
Revell, 1997
Unique look into a brilliant mind
+ Great Intro to St. Augustine
+ A must read
+ Hey, part of it is missing!!!
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Critique of Pure Reason37 reviews
Immanuel Kant
Cambridge University Press, 1999
a good translation
+ The Issue of Translation
+ Poor Binding
+ seminal work of the greatest of philosophers
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Being and Time51 reviews
Martin Heidegger
HarperOne, 1962
Some Thoughts on Approaching Being and Time
+ The World Isn't a Dead Construct
+ At the heart of contemporary continental philosophy
+ To learn Heidegger, don't start with Heidegger
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The Metaphysics (Penguin Classics)13 reviews
Aristotle
Penguin Classics, 1999
Key Philosopher of the Western tradition
+ What is The Meaning Of Being?
+ What is The Meaning Of Being?
+ The classic work
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Basic Political Writings5 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Hackett Publishing Company, 1987
Rousseau Comments on Society and the General Will of Man
+ Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains
+ A great collection of works by an unequalled thinker
+ Rousseau's influence on Kant
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A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia22 reviews
Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari, ...
University of Minnesota Press, 1987
You blew it off in grad school, now go back and read it....
+ Worth one's time
+ a magnum opus of the late 20th century
+ more art than philosophy
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Readings In Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales To Aristotle3 reviews
Hackett Publishing Company, 2005
This is the one to buy if you're buying only one
+ A Must Have For Philosophy Students, and Anybody else interested in the "Celebrities" of Ancient Greek thought.
+ Good choice
In my reading I frequently come across references to Greek philosophy. When I go to the bookstore, though, I see an entire shelf of books for Plato, and another for Aristotle. Presocratics are separate. How to choose? Fortunately, there is this volume. It is a large collection, filling 890 large ...
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Meditations (Penguin Classics)111 reviews
Marcus Aurelius
Penguin Classics, 2006
Emperor of Rome and himself
+ I bet even Marcus Aurelius would like this translation.
+ Profound!
+ The Hays translation: interesting and readable.
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Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation 50th Anniversary ...12 reviews
Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. Anscombe, ...
Wiley-Blackwell, 1991
A fine book
+ A sea change in philosophy
+ The key text.
+ Nice Version of a Contemporary Classic
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Being And Nothingness58 reviews
Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel E. Barnes
Washington Square Press, 1993
I liked being, I skipped nothingness.
+ Sartre's magnum opus
+ Being and Nothingness
+ Excellent service.
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Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics)38 reviews
Karl Marx
Penguin Classics, 1992
please read the book before reviewing it!
+ A good solid anti-capitalist who thought he was also a scientist
+ Essential
+ Doors of Perception
+ Fascinating, Intelligent, and Obsolete.
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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections12 reviews
Walter Benjamin
Schocken, 1969
Just a quick note
+ Of Benjamin, Dwarfs and Angels
+ Clarity and Brilliance
+ Brilliance
+ Indispensable reading
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed.11 reviews
Rene Descartes, Donald Cress
Hackett Pub Co Inc, 1999
Rene Descarte
+ The Cart was put before the horse
+ It is what it is...I recommend a book with more commentary for beginners
+ Readable translation of two seminal works of philosophy
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Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books)47 reviews
G. W. F. Hegel
Oxford University Press, USA, 1979
Kant go all the way
+ Solid Version
+ good book good translation
+ This Book Is a Theory of Creation and Applies Plato's Negative
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The Principles of Mathematics6 reviews
Bertrand Russell
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
Russell's Magnum Opus
+ Excellent Introduction to Mathematics and its Conceptual Structure
+ An interesting read after the Principia
+ Classic
+ Spliting Hairs Infinitesimally
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Nicomachean Ethics40 reviews
Aristotle
Hackett Publishing Company
Translations differ
+ A must-have translation.
+ For those who want a theory to excellence
+ Aristotle continues to hit home
+ We Reach Our Complete Perfection Through Habit
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