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Meditations Meditations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 388,834 ratings — published 180
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 232,659 ratings — published -400
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Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 189,647 ratings — published -350
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 185,918 ratings — published 1883
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Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 122,035 ratings — published 1886
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Letters from a Stoic Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 62,652 ratings — published 64
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A History of Western Philosophy A History of Western Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 42,577 ratings — published 1945
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,555,772 ratings — published 1942
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 64,179 ratings — published -350
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Ethics Ethics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 22,639 ratings — published 1677
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The Symposium The Symposium (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 96,820 ratings — published -380
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 24,753 ratings — published 1967
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Routledge Classics) Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Routledge Classics)
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avg rating 4.10 — 23,358 ratings — published 1921
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Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 44,843 ratings — published 1781
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Phenomenology of Spirit Phenomenology of Spirit (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 21,408 ratings — published 1807
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 294,254 ratings — published 1991
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Being and Time Being and Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 28,980 ratings — published 1927
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 31,440 ratings — published 1962
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The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 67,393 ratings — published 1942
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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas) On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
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avg rating 4.15 — 50,164 ratings — published 49
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Meditations on First Philosophy Meditations on First Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 31,034 ratings — published 1641
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Existentialism is a Humanism Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 50,268 ratings — published 1946
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The Trouble With Being Born The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 12,308 ratings — published 1973
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On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 38,810 ratings — published 1887
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Philosophical Investigations Philosophical Investigations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 16,301 ratings — published 1953
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The Problems of Philosophy The Problems of Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 19,349 ratings — published 1912
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 951,927 ratings — published 1946
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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo) The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
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avg rating 4.13 — 48,029 ratings — published -400
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Apology Apology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 72,237 ratings — published -399
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The Birth of Tragedy The Birth of Tragedy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 22,751 ratings — published 1871
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The World as Will and Representation, Volume I The World as Will and Representation, Volume I (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 11,549 ratings — published 1818
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Leviathan Leviathan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 55,407 ratings — published 1651
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Being and Nothingness Being and Nothingness (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 36,193 ratings — published 1943
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The Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 85,320 ratings — published -400
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The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 39,504 ratings — published 125
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The Myth of Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 112,350 ratings — published 1942
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The Wisdom of Life The Wisdom of Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 17,318 ratings — published 1851
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The Art of War The Art of War (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 603,956 ratings — published -500
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On the Aesthetic Education of Man On the Aesthetic Education of Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 1,959 ratings — published 1794
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After Virtue After Virtue (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 6,786 ratings — published 1982
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What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.62 — 6,844 ratings — published 1987
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The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 21,712 ratings — published 1882
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On the Heights of Despair On the Heights of Despair (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 9,941 ratings — published 1934
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Candide Candide (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 315,694 ratings — published 1759
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 574,292 ratings — published 1984
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 38,848 ratings — published 1975
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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 28,365 ratings — published 2008
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Fear and Trembling Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 33,982 ratings — published 1843
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In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha) In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)
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avg rating 4.21 — 4,498 ratings — published 2005
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 6,303 ratings — published 1976
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“The Great Pyramid, that monument to spirituality that the Agashan Teachers hold in such high esteem, is built according to the principles of Pi and Phi.”
― William Eisen, The English Cabalah Volume 2, The Mysteries of Phi

Jonathan  Black
“Highly complex numbers like the Comma of Pythagoras, Pi and Phi (sometimes called the Golden Proportion), are known as irrational numbers. They lie deep in the structure of the physical universe, and were seen by the Egyptians as the principles controlling creation, the principles by which matter is precipitated from the cosmic mind.

Today scientists recognize the Comma of Pythagoras, Pi and the Golden Proportion as well as the closely related Fibonacci sequence are universal constants that describe complex patterns in astronomy, music and physics. ...

To the Egyptians these numbers were also the secret harmonies of the cosmos and they incorporated them as rhythms and proportions in the construction of their pyramids and temples.”
― Jonathan Black, Mark Booth

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