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Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 Shares Philosophy with this book.

Short studies on great subjects James Anthony Froude · 1867 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Theology, Philosophy with this book.

An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue Francis Hutcheson · 1725 · ★ 5.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Challenging "The Inquiry was written as a critical response to the work of Bernard Mandeville and as a defense of the ideas of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury. It consists of two treatises exploring our aesthetic and our moral abilities. The first treatise argues that human beings possess a natural internal sense of beauty, whereas the second focuses on the "moral sense" that enables us to… Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

Saint Thomas Aquinas Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1933 · ★ 4.0 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Moderate " St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author's unique ability to see the world through the saint's eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous… Shares Theology, Philosophy

Philosopher's Joke

Philosopher's Joke Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1999 · 27p · ≈ 54m · Moderate Shares Philosophy with this book.

Guesses at truth Augustus J. C. Hare · 1827 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares Theology, Philosophy

Meditaciones del Quijote José Ortega y Gasset · 1914 · ★ 2.0 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 247 pages ; 18 cm Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

Kant; a collection of critical essays Robert Paul Wolff · 1967 · ★ 3.5 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Philosophy with this book.

Imaginary portraits Walter Pater · 1887 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Walter Pater is best known for his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) and for his first novel Marius the Epicurean (1885). His short fiction deserves a much wider audience. This edition includes the four intricate and influential narratives he published as Imaginary Portraits in 1887 together with five of his other portraits, published only in periodical form. Fully annotated and… Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

Bible Various authors · 1200 · ★ 4.6 · 1284p · ≈ 42h · Demanding The Bible is a collection of religious texts and scriptures central to Christianity and also foundational to Judaism through the Hebrew Bible. Written and compiled across many centuries by multiple authors and traditions, it includes history, law, poetry, prophecy, wisdom literature, letters, and accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus. Shares Theology

Die Geburt der Tragödie Friedrich Nietzsche · 1872 · ★ 3.9 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the… Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

On Humour Simon Critchley · 2002 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Light Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human. Simon Critchley skilfully probes some of the most perennial but least understood aspects of humour, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our bodies, why we mock death with comedy and why we think it's funny… Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

Biographia literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initially criticized as the product of Coleridge's opiate-driven descent into illness, more recent critics have given the work far more credit and recognition. The book is the origin of the well-known… Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

Tusculanae disputationes Cicero · 1539 · ★ 4.0 · 577p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Cicero composed these discourses while in his villa in Tusculum as he was mourning the death of his daughter, in order to convey his philosophy of how to live wisely and well. They take the form of fictional dialogues between Cicero and his friends, with each one focusing on a particular Stoic theme. The first, “On the Contempt of Death,” reminds us that mortality is nothing to be upset about.… Shares Theology, Philosophy

Enten-eller Søren Kierkegaard · 1843 · ★ 4.2 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy with this book.

Prolegomena Immanuel Kant · 1883 · ★ 4.2 · 301p · ≈ 10h · Challenging "Kant is the central figure of modern philosophy. He sought to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, and he succeeded in permanently changing its problems and methods. This new, revised edition of the Prolegomena, which is the best introduction to the theoretical side of his philosophy, presents his thought clearly by paying careful attention to his original language. Also included are… Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy

Poems Francis Thompson · 1893 · ★ 5.0 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares Theology with this book.

Enneads Plotinus · 1914 · ★ 4.5 · 635p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Shares Aesthetics, Philosophy with this book.

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