18 books like Nanhua jing

What to read after Nanhua jing — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Lun yu Confucius · 1750 · ★ 3.2 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Here is a translation of the recorded thoughts and deeds that best remember Confucius - informed for the first time by the manuscript version found at Dingzhou in 1973, a partial text dating to 55 b.c.e. and only made available to the scholarly world in 1997. Based on the earliest Analects yet discovered, this translation provides us with a new perspective on the central canonical text that has… Shares Chinese Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, Ethics, Early works to 1800

Lunyu Confucius · 1904 · ★ 3.5 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Formulated in the ruins of a society that had been founded on untenable spiritualistic concepts of governance, Confucius' philosophy postulated a humanistic social order that has survived as China's social ideal ever since." "Confucius' teachings are very literary in nature. The Analects is made up of dialogues, stories, and anecdotes, always aphoristic and full of poetic turns of… Shares Chinese Ethics, Chinese Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy

Gli eroici furori Giordano Bruno · 1887 · 136p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Ethics, Early works to 1800, 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 Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

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

Χαρμίδης Plato · 1977 · ★ 3.5 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate "Crois-tu qu'une ville serait bien gouvernée, si la loi ordonnait à chacun de tisser et de laver son vêtement, de tisser ses chaussures, sa burette à huile, son étrille et le tout le reste de même, sans mettre la main aux affaires d'autrui..." L'évocation de la priorité donnée aux affaires privées n'a rien d'étonnant dans le Charmide pour qui connaît l'entêtement de Platon à souligner l'état… Shares Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

Religio medici Thomas Browne · 1642 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Shares Ethics, Religion, Early works to 1800, Philosophy with this book.

Πρωταγόρας Plato · 1828 · ★ 3.9 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy with this book.

The Alchemist

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho · 2010 · ★ 4.2 Offers an adaptation in graphic novel format of a modern classic about the globe-trotting spiritual journey of a humble shepherd boy. Shares Fables

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

Aesop's Fables Aesop · 2005 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Aesop's Illustrated Fables features more than 400 fables, beautifully illustrated with engravings and color plates by Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Ernest Griset. It includes all of the classic fables whose titles and morals have become part of our common cultural vocabulary, among them "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", "The Tortoise and the Hare", "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse", "The… Shares Fables

Tao te Ching 老子 · 1842 · ★ 4.3 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Challenging "Within ancient Chinese, a sole character possesses a broad, and sometimes contradictory, range of meanings. Moreover, the Tao Te Ching is rife with terms and expressions that have no exact counterpart in English. So while the Tao Te Ching ranks behind only the Bible as the most widely translated book in the world, it remains one of the least understood.". "Jonathan Star's Tao Te Ching: The… Shares Chinese Philosophy, Religion, Philosophy

Self-knowledge John Mason · 1745 · ★ 3.8 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Challenging published 1813. covered in brown (leather or paper?) Hardbound, abt 51/2 by 31/2" written in old fashioned type; f's look like s's Shares Ethics, Early works to 1800

Round the Bend Nevil Shute · 1951 · ★ 4.1 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Tom Cutter runs an air charter service from Arabia to the Far East after the war. His best friend is the Russian-American Connie Shanklin. Connie works for Tom and inspires faith and hope in men of all denominations. Shares Religion, Philosophy

Aids to reflection in the formation of a manly character Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1800 · ★ 4.0 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Ethics, Religion, Philosophy with this book.

Meditations Marcus Aurelius · 1626 · ★ 4.3 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Meditations is a collection of personal reflections and notes by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161 to 180 AD), offering a profound look into the philosophy of Stoicism. It was never intended for publication, making it a raw and intimate self-help manual for the emperor during his campaigns and rule. The central theme revolves around living a good, rational, and virtuous life in… Shares Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

Living Life at the Top

Living Life at the Top Paul Clark · 2013 Shares Religion with this book.

The appetite of tyranny Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1915 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Philosophy, Literature with this book.

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