Philosophy Book Summaries

Time of the Magicians

Wolfram Eilenberger

Time of the Magicians

Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy

Humanly Possible

Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope

On Liberty

The iconic political text on how to balance authority, society and individuality

Living Presence

A Sufi Way to Mindfulness and the Essential Self

The Ethics of Ambiguity

Simone de Beauvoir

The Ethics of Ambiguity

A foundational text of existentialist philosophy

The Myth of Sisyphus

An influential existentialist essay about living your life with greater passion and freedom

The Bible Recap

A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

How to Live a Good Life

ed. Massimo Pigliucci, Skye C. Cleary and Daniel A. Kaufman

How to Live a Good Life

A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

Sovereign Self

Acharya Shunya

Sovereign Self

Claim Your Inner Joy and Freedom with the Empowering Wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

A Pocket Oracle

The Way of Zen

The history and core principles of the Eastern philosophy of Zen

The Power Of Meaning

Crafting a Life That Matters

The Art of Rhetoric

Uncover Persuasion and the Principles Behind Oratorical Skill

Knowledge

Jennifer Nagel

Knowledge

A Very Short Introduction

Philosophy for Life

And Other Dangerous Situations

On the Shortness of Life

Life Is Long If You Know How To Use It

How to Have Impossible Conversations

A Very Practical Guide

On Having No Head

Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt's landmark work about Europe's anti-Semitic and imperialist roots

Awaken Your Genius

Escape Conformity, Ignite Creativity, and Become Extraordinary

Life Is Hard

How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

Truth

How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality

How to Be a Stoic

Ancient Wisdom For Modern Living

To Have Or To Be?

A classic about the psyche and socioeconomic change

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

The Daily Dad

Ryan Holiday

The Daily Dad

366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids

The Common Good

Spread the word of the good deed before it’s too late

Becoming Beauvoir

A Life