Philosophy books

[Seraldo Babalu]

Any recommendations for philosophy books? I don't know much about the branches of philosophy, so a beginner's book would work. And maybe a second book that takes a deeper dive into philosophy.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

You having trouble sleeping?

 

[Judge]

Any recommendations for philosophy books? I don't know much about the branches of philosophy, so a beginner's book would work. And maybe a second book that takes a deeper dive into philosophy.

kierkegaard is the only one I really liked
nietzsche is ok
but instead of that read Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

 

[badascan]

the trivium and quadrivium... probably don't count though...

 

[BisexualMMA]

There's actually a pretty good set of audiobooks narrated by Charlton Heston that gives a decent two-hour overview on each of the major names.

"The Giants of Philosophy."

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

Bruce Lee the Tao of Jeet Kune Do

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Anything written by Stephen Hawking

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Any recommendations for philosophy books? I don't know much about the branches of philosophy, so a beginner's book would work. And maybe a second book that takes a deeper dive into philosophy.

Here you go:

your welcome

 

[Jackonfire]

Unconventional and sure to do your head in: R D Laing - The Politics of Experience

I do not experience your experience. But I experience you as experiencing.
I experience myself as experienced by you.
And I experience you as experiencing yourself as experienced by me. And so on.

 

[is normal]

 

[Zombituna]

Discourse on Method-Descartes
It's a pretty short read and a good starting point in philosophy. It's also one out of three philosophy books I have read.
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche
The Myth of Sisyphus - Camus

 

[MusclesMarinara]

I'm not aware of too many things but I know what I know if you know what I mean

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

 

[Gorack]

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The Tao of Pooh is a great introduction to Taoism

Zen in the Martial Arts is very good as is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

 

[bushman505]

You having trouble sleeping?

He’s just looking for interesting things to say when he’s kidding other men’s penoses.

 

[Nimrod]

Journey to Ixtlan by Carlos Castineda

Great book, got me hooked on the subject.

Don't bother with nietzsche, schopenhauer and the like, brilliant stuff but very difficult to read, better of like bisexual said checking out the giants of philosophy series.

Carl Jung has some decent reading, modern man in search of a soul is good, not long finished that.

 

[tonysmasseuse]

I do not experience your experience. But I experience you as experiencing.
I experience myself as experienced by you.
And I experience you as experiencing yourself as experienced by me. And so on.

 

[tonysmasseuse]

Don't bother with () schopenhauer and the like, brilliant stuff but very difficult to read,

You what mate. The difficulty of reading Schopenhauer is half the pleasure! He may not be your boy (he is mine) but honestly, is there a philosopher, past or present, with a more beautiful language?

@Seraldo Babalu I highly recommend The Essential Schopenhauer: Key selections from The World as Will and Representation and Other Writings. (Edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher).

With chapters entitled On the Vanity and Suffering of Life, Metaphysics of the Beautiful and Aesthetics and such, he is obviously not for everyone but honestly he is worth reading for the language alone. Sort of doubles as poetry. Severe, merciless, all-the-time-in-the-world German poetry.

For a quicker route to absolute existential despair, i second Zombituna's suggestion of Albert Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus. It goes right to the meat and bones of existence. No faffing about with Camus.

Not a classic philosophy books as such but Colin Wilson: The Outsider is also an excellent read, if art, intuition, creativity and seeing the world differently is your thing.

 

[sh1tehawke]

I've not read much philosophy but I found "The problems of philosophy" by Bertrand Russell quite readable. It's available as a free ebook online too.

"The Republic" by Plato wasn't too bad either, though I'm sure I missed a lot.

 

[Rimbaud82]