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The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.97 — 225,740 ratings — published -400
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.84 — 382,663 ratings — published 1532
Leviathan (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.70 — 52,912 ratings — published 1651
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.28 — 347,277 ratings — published 180
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.00 — 60,132 ratings — published -350
Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.96 — 42,364 ratings — published 1781
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.07 — 176,103 ratings — published 1883
The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.80 — 24,001 ratings — published -475
Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.19 — 66,817 ratings — published -399
Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.98 — 42,827 ratings — published -350
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.03 — 113,912 ratings — published 1886
The Social Contract (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.78 — 57,726 ratings — published 1762
The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.09 — 89,827 ratings — published -380
Hegel: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,034 ratings — published 1983
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,020 ratings — published 1926
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.76 — 301,185 ratings — published 1759
Russell: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.54 — 342 ratings — published 1996
Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,220 ratings — published 2003
The Complete Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.23 — 22,057 ratings — published 1580
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,393 ratings — published 1988
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,804 ratings — published 2005
Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.79 — 846 ratings — published 1994
Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.87 — 19,619 ratings — published 1689
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.86 — 17,201 ratings — published 1690
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,024 ratings — published 1997
Descartes: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.39 — 484 ratings — published 2000
Conversations of Socrates (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,973 ratings — published -370
Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.00 — 31,387 ratings — published 1843
On Liberty (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.96 — 43,112 ratings — published 1859
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,945 ratings — published -400
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,878 ratings — published 2010
Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.28 — 1,801 ratings — published 1995
Phaedrus (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.96 — 11,300 ratings — published -370
Plato: Complete Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,040 ratings — published -347
Theological-Political Treatise (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,069 ratings — published 1670
The Art of Rhetoric (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.88 — 6,861 ratings — published -322
The Interpretation of Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.84 — 81,089 ratings — published 1899
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.60 — 282 ratings — published 1995
Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.65 — 857 ratings — published 1986
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.49 — 605 ratings — published 1988
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.94 — 570,116 ratings — published -500
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.93 — 139,310 ratings — published 1938
Metaphysics (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.07 — 18,102 ratings — published -330
Phaedo (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,456 ratings — published -380
Gorgias (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.93 — 14,684 ratings — published -380
The Spirit of the Laws (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,391 ratings — published 1748
The Discourses (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 4.08 — 9,777 ratings — published 1517
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,384 ratings — published 1748
Hume: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.14 — 369 ratings — published 1980
Derrida: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as philosophers)
avg rating 3.24 — 330 ratings — published 2011
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
― Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen
― Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen
“Naive people tend to generalize people as—-good, bad, kind, or evil based on their actions. However, even the smartest person in the world is not the wisest or the most spiritual, in all matters. We are all flawed. Maybe, you didn’t know a few of these things about Einstein, but it puts the notion of perfection to rest. Perfection doesn’t exist in anyone. Nor, does a person’s mistakes make them less valuable to the world.
1. He divorced the mother of his children, which caused Mileva, his wife, to have a break down and be hospitalized.
2.He was a ladies man and was known to have had several affairs; infidelity was listed as a reason for his divorce.
3.He married his cousin.
4.He had an estranged relationship with his son.
5. He had his first child out of wedlock.
6. He urged the FDR to build the Atom bomb, which killed thousands of people.
7. He was Jewish, yet he made many arguments for the possibility of God. Yet, hypocritically he did not believe in the Jewish God or Christianity. He stated, “I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.”
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1. He divorced the mother of his children, which caused Mileva, his wife, to have a break down and be hospitalized.
2.He was a ladies man and was known to have had several affairs; infidelity was listed as a reason for his divorce.
3.He married his cousin.
4.He had an estranged relationship with his son.
5. He had his first child out of wedlock.
6. He urged the FDR to build the Atom bomb, which killed thousands of people.
7. He was Jewish, yet he made many arguments for the possibility of God. Yet, hypocritically he did not believe in the Jewish God or Christianity. He stated, “I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind.”
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