18 books like L'Homme révolté

What to read after L'Homme révolté — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Le neveu de Rameau Denis Diderot · 1862 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares French literature, Philosophy with this book.

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

Reason & violence R. D. Laing · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Existentialism, Philosophy with this book.

La Chute Albert Camus · 1917 · ★ 4.0 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Num bar de marinheiros em Amesterdão, um homem que se apresenta como juiz-penitente enceta conversa com um desconhecido. Entre copos de Genebra e deambulações pelas ruas daquela cidade de canais concêntricos, a fazer lembrar os círculos do inferno, recorda a sua vida passada como respeitável advogado parisiense, insuperável na defesa de causas nobres e nas conquistas amorosas. Mas à medida que a… Shares Existentialism, French literature, Philosophy

Works (La chute / L'exil et le royaume) Albert Camus · 1957 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Existentialism, French literature, Philosophy with this book. Shares Existentialism, French literature, Philosophy

Этика Peter Kropotkin · 1923 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate **Ethics: Origin and Development** is a book by Peter Kropotkin, published posthumously in 1921. It continues the argument of Mutual Aid, that sociable morality is essential to human survival. It was translated into English by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff in 1924. (Source: Wikipedia) Shares Ethics, Philosophy

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Albert Camus · 1955 · ★ 4.2 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide: the question of living or not living in an absurd universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Camus posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal… Shares Existentialism, French literature, Philosophy

How to Survive a Robot Uprising Daniel H. Wilson · 2005 · ★ 3.0 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Revolutions with this book.

Gli eroici furori Giordano Bruno · 1887 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Ethics, Philosophy with this book.

Le mythe de Sisyphe Albert Camus · 1941 · ★ 4.2 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Moderate «Il n'y a qu'un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux : c'est le suicide.» Avec cette formule foudroyante, qui semble rayer d'un trait toute la philosophie, un jeune homme de moins de trente ans commence son analyse de la sensibilité absurde. Il décrit le «mal de l'esprit» dont souffre l'époque actuelle : «L'absurde naît de la confrontation de l'appel humain avec le silence déraisonnable du… Shares Existentialism, French literature, Philosophy

State and Revolution Vladimir Il’ich Lenin · 1900 · ★ 4.3 · 143p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Lenin wrote ‘State and Revolution’ in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police. The book describes the inherent nature of the State as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class’s desire to control all other social classes. Drawing on detailed quotes from Karl Marx and Friedrick Engels, Lenin lays down a Marxist view of the state, describes how a… Shares Revolutions, Philosophy

The Devil's advocate Andrew Neiderman · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton & Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired--money, a chauffeur-driven limo, and a stunning home in a high-rise. Then Milton assigns Kevin one of the most notorious cases of the year, with a file that had been put together prior to the crime. Throwing himself into his… Shares Good and evil

The Malefactor Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1906 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Tall and burly, with features and skin hardened by exposure to the sun and winds of many climates, he looked like a man ready to face all hardships, equal to any emergency. Already one seemed to see the clothes and habits of civilization falling away from him, the former to be replaced by the stern, unlovely outfit of the war correspondent who plays the game. They crowded round him in the club… Shares Good and evil

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 Ethics, Philosophy

Philosopher's Joke

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

Les romans de la table ronde

Les romans de la table ronde Jacques Boulenger · 1922 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares French literature with this book.

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

Principia ethica George Edward Moore · 1903 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Ethics, Philosophy with this book.

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