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A Theory of Justice by John Rawls: Fairness as the Foundation of Society
Explore Rawls's influential political philosophy, including the original position, the veil of ignorance, and the two principles of justice that have shaped contemporary debates.
January 15, 2025 · 7 min read -
Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Embodied Consciousness
Explore Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological masterwork on the lived body, perception, and the pre-reflective unity of subject and world.
January 14, 2025 · 7 min read -
Process and Reality by Alfred North Whitehead: A Philosophy of Becoming
Explore Whitehead's Process and Reality, the ambitious metaphysical system that replaces static substance with dynamic process as the fundamental category of existence.
January 13, 2025 · 6 min read -
The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer: A Philosophy of Pessimism
Explore Schopenhauer's masterwork on the metaphysics of will, the nature of suffering, and the paths to liberation through art, compassion, and asceticism.
January 12, 2025 · 6 min read -
Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant: The Foundations of Moral Philosophy
Explore Kant's Critique of Practical Reason, the groundbreaking work establishing the categorical imperative and the autonomy of the will as the basis for all morality.
January 11, 2025 · 8 min read -
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl: Finding Purpose in Suffering
Explore Viktor Frankl's groundbreaking work on logotherapy and human resilience. Learn how to find meaning in life's darkest moments through the wisdom of a Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist.
January 10, 2025 · 4 min read -
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: The Ultimate Guide to Stoic Philosophy
Discover the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations. Learn practical Stoic principles for mental resilience, emotional control, and living a meaningful life from Rome's philosopher-emperor.
January 9, 2025 · 4 min read -
Being and Time by Martin Heidegger: A Complete Guide to Existential Philosophy
Understand Heidegger's Being and Time, the revolutionary work that transformed 20th-century philosophy. Learn about Dasein, authenticity, being-toward-death, and the meaning of existence.
January 8, 2025 · 4 min read -
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
A philosophical novel exploring the death of God, the Übermensch, and eternal recurrence through poetic prophecy.
January 8, 2025 · 1 min read -
Phenomenology of Spirit by G.W.F. Hegel
A monumental work tracing consciousness's journey from naive sense-experience to absolute knowledge through dialectical development.
January 7, 2025 · 1 min read -
Plato's Republic: The Complete Guide to Justice, Philosophy, and the Ideal State
Explore Plato's Republic, the foundational text of Western philosophy. Understand the nature of justice, the allegory of the cave, philosopher-kings, and the structure of the ideal society.
January 7, 2025 · 3 min read -
Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche: A Complete Guide to His Moral Philosophy
Explore Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, his provocative critique of traditional morality. Understand master and slave morality, the will to power, and the free spirit who creates new values.
January 6, 2025 · 4 min read -
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein
A crystalline work of logical philosophy that attempts to define the limits of language and thought.
January 6, 2025 · 1 min read -
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus: Understanding Absurdism and Finding Meaning
Explore Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus, the foundational text of absurdist philosophy. Learn how to find meaning and happiness in a universe that offers none.
January 5, 2025 · 5 min read -
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
The foundational text of modern feminism, analyzing how women have been constructed as 'Other' throughout history.
January 5, 2025 · 1 min read -
Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre: The Complete Guide to Existentialist Freedom
Explore Sartre's Being and Nothingness, the foundational text of existentialism. Understand radical freedom, bad faith, authenticity, and what it means to create your own essence.
January 4, 2025 · 5 min read -
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein's later masterpiece, revolutionizing philosophy through the analysis of language games and forms of life.
January 4, 2025 · 1 min read -
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant: Understanding the Limits of Human Knowledge
Explore Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, the revolutionary work that transformed philosophy. Learn about the Copernican Revolution, phenomena vs. noumena, and the limits of reason.
January 3, 2025 · 5 min read -
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A revolutionary work of political philosophy arguing that legitimate government rests on the consent of the governed.
January 3, 2025 · 1 min read -
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
A foundational work of political philosophy arguing for absolute sovereignty as the solution to the war of all against all.
January 2, 2025 · 1 min read -
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza: The Complete Guide to God, Nature, and Human Freedom
Explore Spinoza's Ethics, the revolutionary work arguing that God and Nature are one. Learn about his geometric method, theory of emotions, and path to human freedom through understanding.
January 2, 2025 · 5 min read -
Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard: Faith, Abraham, and the Leap Beyond Reason
Explore Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, a profound meditation on faith and the Abraham and Isaac story. Understand the teleological suspension of the ethical and the knight of faith.
January 1, 2025 · 6 min read -
Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
The work that launched modern philosophy, introducing systematic doubt and the famous cogito ergo sum.
January 1, 2025 · 1 min read -
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
A masterpiece of empiricist philosophy that challenges our assumptions about causation, miracles, and the limits of reason.
December 31, 2024 · 1 min read -
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
An accessible introduction to philosophical thinking that explores knowledge, reality, and the value of philosophy.
December 30, 2024 · 1 min read