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A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives
by David Stuttard • 2014
From Homer to Plutarch, fifty Greek lives reveal a civilization built on myth, war, and reinvention.
3.82
233
🏛️ Greek City-States👤 Biographical History📜 Myth And History
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives Summary
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives 94%
From Homer to Plutarch, fifty Greek lives reveal a civilization built on myth, war, and reinvention.
by David Stuttard 2014
3.82
233 ratings
🏛️ Greek City-States👤 Biographical History📜 Myth And History
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
by Robin Waterfield • 2018
One culture, a thousand warring city-states: the split that built ancient Greece and doomed it.
3.92
436
🏛️ Ancient Greece🗳️ Democratic Origins🏺 Greek Identity
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens Summary
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens 93%
One culture, a thousand warring city-states: the split that built ancient Greece and doomed it.
by Robin Waterfield 2018
3.92
436 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greece🗳️ Democratic Origins🏺 Greek Identity
The Good Book
by A.C. Grayling • 2011
King Croesus asked a philosopher who was the happiest man alive. The answer destroyed him.
3.71
902
📜 Ancient History🦁 Persian Empire⚔️ Greek-Persian Wars
The Good Book Summary
The Good Book 92%
King Croesus asked a philosopher who was the happiest man alive. The answer destroyed him.
by A.C. Grayling 2011
3.71
902 ratings
📜 Ancient History🦁 Persian Empire⚔️ Greek-Persian Wars
The Complete World of Greek Mythology
by Richard Buxton • 2004
No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.
4.23
2k+
🏛️ Greek Mythology🔮 Myth And Ritual📜 Classical Studies
The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary
The Complete World of Greek Mythology 92%
No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.
by Richard Buxton 2004
4.23
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Mythology🔮 Myth And Ritual📜 Classical Studies
A History of Histories
by J.W. Burrow • 2007
From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.
3.78
456
📜 Historiography🧠 Intellectual History🔭 Philosophy Of History
A History of Histories Summary
A History of Histories 92%
From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.
by J.W. Burrow 2007
3.78
456 ratings
📜 Historiography🧠 Intellectual History🔭 Philosophy Of History
Ancient Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny • 2004
The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.
3.95
580
🏛️ Classical Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy🧠 Metaphysics
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy 91%
The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.
by Anthony Kenny 2004
3.95
580 ratings
🏛️ Classical Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy🧠 Metaphysics
The Ancient Celts
by Barry Cunliffe • 2018
Two millennia of reinvention: the Celts as barbarians, noble savages, and nationalist ancestors.
3.92
1k+
🏛️ Iron Age Europe⛏️ Celtic Archaeology🏗️ Identity Construction
The Ancient Celts Summary
The Ancient Celts 91%
Two millennia of reinvention: the Celts as barbarians, noble savages, and nationalist ancestors.
by Barry Cunliffe 2018
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Iron Age Europe⛏️ Celtic Archaeology🏗️ Identity Construction
The Chemical Muse
by D.C.A. Hillman • 2008
Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.
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177
🍄 Entheogenic History🏛️ Classical Revisionism🎭 Creative Intoxication
The Chemical Muse Summary
The Chemical Muse 91%
Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.
by D.C.A. Hillman 2008
3.89
177 ratings
🍄 Entheogenic History🏛️ Classical Revisionism🎭 Creative Intoxication
Persian Fire
by Tom Holland • 2005
An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.
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12k+
🏛️ Ancient History🦁 Persian Empire🏺 Ancient Greece
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire 91%
An ancient clash of civilizations: how a tiny Greece stopped a superpower, and invented the West.
by Tom Holland 2005
4.17
12k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient History🦁 Persian Empire🏺 Ancient Greece
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee • 1987
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
4.11
543
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 91%
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1987
4.11
543 ratings
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History
Culture
by Martin Puchner • 2023
Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.
3.92
924
🔄 Cultural Exchange📜 Cultural Transmission🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
Culture Summary
Culture 91%
Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.
by Martin Puchner 2023
3.92
924 ratings
🔄 Cultural Exchange📜 Cultural Transmission🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
The Celts
by Alice Roberts • 2015
Classical writers got the Celts wrong. They were Atlantic traders, not central European barbarians.
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1k+
🏺 Iron Age Europe🍀 Celtic Identity🔍 Archaeological Revisionism
The Celts Summary
The Celts 91%
Classical writers got the Celts wrong. They were Atlantic traders, not central European barbarians.
by Alice Roberts 2015
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏺 Iron Age Europe🍀 Celtic Identity🔍 Archaeological Revisionism
History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
Athens rose, Sparta panicked, and a 27-year catastrophe was the only outcome.
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41k+
🏛️ Ancient Greece⚔️ Military History🦅 Power Politics
History of the Peloponnesian War Summary
History of the Peloponnesian War 91%
Athens rose, Sparta panicked, and a 27-year catastrophe was the only outcome.
by Thucydides
3.95
41k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greece⚔️ Military History🦅 Power Politics
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
by Will Durant • 2002
Genius, not economics, is the engine of history: a tour of the minds that built civilization.
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3k+
🧠 Intellectual History🏆 Great Man Theory🏛️ Classical Education
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Summary
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time 91%
Genius, not economics, is the engine of history: a tour of the minds that built civilization.
by Will Durant 2002
3.72
3k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏆 Great Man Theory🏛️ Classical Education
Cynicism
by Ansgar Allen • 2014
Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.
3.71
146
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🗳️ Political Philosophy
Cynicism Summary
Cynicism 91%
Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.
by Ansgar Allen 2014
3.71
146 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🗳️ Political Philosophy
In Search of the Phoenicians
by Josephine Quinn • 2017
The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.
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150
🌊 Ancient Mediterranean⚓ Phoenician History🎭 Identity Construction
In Search of the Phoenicians Summary
In Search of the Phoenicians 91%
The Phoenicians never called themselves that; Greeks, Romans, and modern nations invented them.
by Josephine Quinn 2017
3.67
150 ratings
🌊 Ancient Mediterranean⚓ Phoenician History🎭 Identity Construction
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
3.74
3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 90%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism
Aristotle
by John Sellars • 2023
An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.
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232
🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle 90%
An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.
by John Sellars 2023
3.95
232 ratings
🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning
Decoding the Heavens
by Jo Marchant • 2009
Sponge divers pulled a 2,000-year-old computer from the sea. Decoding its gears took a century.
4.10
566
🏛️ Ancient Technology🔍 Archaeological Mysteries🌌 History Of Astronomy
Decoding the Heavens Summary
Decoding the Heavens 90%
Sponge divers pulled a 2,000-year-old computer from the sea. Decoding its gears took a century.
by Jo Marchant 2009
4.10
566 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Technology🔍 Archaeological Mysteries🌌 History Of Astronomy
On Sparta
by Plutarch
Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.
4.12
2k+
🏛️ Ancient Greek History📜 Classical Biography🗳️ Ancient Political Thought
On Sparta Summary
On Sparta 90%
Lycurgus designed a state that produced fearless soldiers. Wealth broke it faster than any enemy.
by Plutarch
4.12
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greek History📜 Classical Biography🗳️ Ancient Political Thought
The Dawn of Everything
by David Graeber • 2021
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
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27k+
🌍 Big History💡 Intellectual History✊🏽 Decolonizing History
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything 90%
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
by David Graeber 2021
4.19
27k+ ratings
🌍 Big History💡 Intellectual History✊🏽 Decolonizing History
Early Socratic Dialogues
by Plato
Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.
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417
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🏺 Greek Ethics💬 Socratic Method
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues 90%
Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.
by Plato
4.05
417 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🏺 Greek Ethics💬 Socratic Method
The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy
by Peter J. Ahrensdorf • 1995
Plato's Phaedo rigs its own arguments to fail, forcing readers to reason without a teacher.
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16
🏛️ Plato'S Socrates💬 Socratic Method📖 Literary Criticism
The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy Summary
The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy 90%
Plato's Phaedo rigs its own arguments to fail, forcing readers to reason without a teacher.
by Peter J. Ahrensdorf 1995
3.63
16 ratings
🏛️ Plato'S Socrates💬 Socratic Method📖 Literary Criticism
A Study of History, abridged
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee • 1957
History's real units are civilizations, not nations. Their collapses conceal a spiritual purpose.
4.10
224
🏛️ Comparative History📜 Philosophy Of History🔄 Cyclical History
A Study of History, abridged Summary
A Study of History, abridged 90%
History's real units are civilizations, not nations. Their collapses conceal a spiritual purpose.
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1957
4.10
224 ratings
🏛️ Comparative History📜 Philosophy Of History🔄 Cyclical History
The World Until Yesterday
by Jared Diamond • 2012
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
3.78
11k+
🏕️ Traditional Societies👶 Child Rearing⚠️ Risk Perception
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday 90%
What hunter-gatherers knew about raising children, avoiding danger, and ending feuds we forgot.
by Jared Diamond 2012
3.78
11k+ ratings
🏕️ Traditional Societies👶 Child Rearing⚠️ Risk Perception
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon
The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue
4.04
3k+
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogues🧘 Self-Mastery
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates 90%
The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue
by Xenophon
4.04
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogues🧘 Self-Mastery
Atlantis
by Ignatius L. Donnelly • 1882
The case that a sunken Atlantic continent was the single source of all ancient civilization.
3.67
701
🏛️ Lost Civilizations📖 Comparative Mythology🔮 Alternative History
Atlantis Summary
Atlantis 90%
The case that a sunken Atlantic continent was the single source of all ancient civilization.
by Ignatius L. Donnelly 1882
3.67
701 ratings
🏛️ Lost Civilizations📖 Comparative Mythology🔮 Alternative History
The Persian Empire
by John W.I. Lee • 2012
Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.
4.10
520
🏛️ Ancient Persia🕌 Middle Eastern History👑 Ancient Empires
The Persian Empire Summary
The Persian Empire 90%
Greek histories painted Persia as despotism. The empire's own record tells a different story.
by John W.I. Lee 2012
4.10
520 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Persia🕌 Middle Eastern History👑 Ancient Empires
Socrates
by Paul Johnson • 2011
The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.
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2k+
🏛️ Greek Philosophy🪞 Self-Examination🛡️ Moral Courage
Socrates Summary
Socrates 90%
The original rulebreaker's guide to a meaningful life, from the man who died asking questions.
by Paul Johnson 2011
3.73
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Philosophy🪞 Self-Examination🛡️ Moral Courage
The Frontiers of Knowledge
by A.C. Grayling • 2021
Physics, history, brain science: three frontiers where every answer opens a bigger question.
3.99
344
🧪 Philosophy Of Science📚 Intellectual History📜 Historiography
The Frontiers of Knowledge Summary
The Frontiers of Knowledge 90%
Physics, history, brain science: three frontiers where every answer opens a bigger question.
by A.C. Grayling 2021
3.99
344 ratings
🧪 Philosophy Of Science📚 Intellectual History📜 Historiography
The Swerve
by Stephen Greenblatt • 2011
One manuscript, hunted across monasteries, reintroduced a dangerous idea: the soul is mortal.
3.87
35k+
💡 History Of Ideas🖼️ Renaissance Humanism🏛️ Classical Recovery
The Swerve Summary
The Swerve 90%
One manuscript, hunted across monasteries, reintroduced a dangerous idea: the soul is mortal.
by Stephen Greenblatt 2011
3.87
35k+ ratings
💡 History Of Ideas🖼️ Renaissance Humanism🏛️ Classical Recovery
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle
Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.
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2k+
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric📜 Literary Theory🏺 Greek Philosophy
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle 90%
Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.
by Aristotle
4.00
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric📜 Literary Theory🏺 Greek Philosophy
Mythos
by Stephen Fry • 2017
The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.
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167k+
🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings🎙️ Witty Narrator🌌 Creation Myths
Mythos Summary
Mythos 90%
The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.
by Stephen Fry 2017
4.26
167k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings🎙️ Witty Narrator🌌 Creation Myths
Plato at the Googleplex
by Rebecca Goldstein • 2014
Plato, alive today, would walk into Google and ask questions Silicon Valley still cannot answer.
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2k+
🏛️ Greek Philosophy❓ Socratic Method🎯 Excellence And Virtue
Plato at the Googleplex Summary
Plato at the Googleplex 90%
Plato, alive today, would walk into Google and ask questions Silicon Valley still cannot answer.
by Rebecca Goldstein 2014
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Philosophy❓ Socratic Method🎯 Excellence And Virtue
A Short History of the World
by H.G. Wells • 1922
Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.
3.86
3k+
🌍 Big History🔬 Popular Science⏳ Deep Time
A Short History of the World Summary
A Short History of the World 90%
Human history is the final page of a two-billion-year story we are only beginning to read.
by H.G. Wells 1922
3.86
3k+ ratings
🌍 Big History🔬 Popular Science⏳ Deep Time
Pyrrhonism
by Adrian Kuzminski • 2008
Ancient Greece had its own Buddhism: suspending belief for tranquility, not skepticism.
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70
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy☸️ Comparative Religion🏺 Hellenistic Thought
Pyrrhonism Summary
Pyrrhonism 90%
Ancient Greece had its own Buddhism: suspending belief for tranquility, not skepticism.
by Adrian Kuzminski 2008
4.01
70 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy☸️ Comparative Religion🏺 Hellenistic Thought
The Gutenberg Parenthesis
by Jeff Jarvis • 2023
Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.
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218
📖 Print Culture📰 Media History⚙️ History Of Technology
The Gutenberg Parenthesis Summary
The Gutenberg Parenthesis 90%
Before print, knowledge was conversation. Then books fenced it in. The fences are coming down.
by Jeff Jarvis 2023
3.83
218 ratings
📖 Print Culture📰 Media History⚙️ History Of Technology
A Little History of the World
by E.H. Gombrich • 1936
The whole human story, from cave paintings to the Cold War, in one short, elegant book.
4.10
32k+
📖 Young Historians✍️ Narrative History🏺 Ancient Worlds
A Little History of the World Summary
A Little History of the World 90%
The whole human story, from cave paintings to the Cold War, in one short, elegant book.
by E.H. Gombrich 1936
4.10
32k+ ratings
📖 Young Historians✍️ Narrative History🏺 Ancient Worlds
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon
An army of 10,000 Greeks, betrayed and stranded in Persia, must fight its way home.
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10k+
🏛️ Ancient Greece📜 Military Memoirs🚩 Leadership Under Crisis
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition 90%
An army of 10,000 Greeks, betrayed and stranded in Persia, must fight its way home.
by Xenophon
4.11
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greece📜 Military Memoirs🚩 Leadership Under Crisis
The Art of Rhetoric
by Aristotle
Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.
3.87
7k+
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric📜 Greek Philosophy🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion
The Art of Rhetoric Summary
The Art of Rhetoric 90%
Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.
by Aristotle
3.87
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Classical Rhetoric📜 Greek Philosophy🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion
Dangerous Games
by Margaret MacMillan • 2008
History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.
3.64
2k+
🏛️ Public History🧠 Collective Memory📜 Historiography
Dangerous Games Summary
Dangerous Games 90%
History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.
by Margaret MacMillan 2008
3.64
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Public History🧠 Collective Memory📜 Historiography
Greek to Me
by Mary Norris • 2019
One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.
3.63
2k+
🏛️ Greek Language✈️ Travel Memoir📖 Language Obsession
Greek to Me Summary
Greek to Me 90%
One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.
by Mary Norris 2019
3.63
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Language✈️ Travel Memoir📖 Language Obsession
1177 B.C.
by Eric H. Cline • 2014
The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.
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13k+
🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean🗿 Bronze Age💥 Systems Collapse
1177 B.C. Summary
1177 B.C. 90%
The Bronze Age had trade routes and diplomacy. A cascade of disasters brought it down.
by Eric H. Cline 2014
3.74
13k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Mediterranean🗿 Bronze Age💥 Systems Collapse
Humanly Possible
by Sarah Bakewell • 2023
Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.
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2k+
📜 Intellectual History🏛️ Renaissance Humanism🌍 Secular Humanism
Humanly Possible Summary
Humanly Possible 90%
Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.
by Sarah Bakewell 2023
4.01
2k+ ratings
📜 Intellectual History🏛️ Renaissance Humanism🌍 Secular Humanism
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1
by Michel Foucault • 1976
The West didn't silence sex. It turned it into a science, then demanded everyone talk.
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26k+
📜 History Of Sexuality🧠 Power And Knowledge🏛️ Biopolitics
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 Summary
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 90%
The West didn't silence sex. It turned it into a science, then demanded everyone talk.
by Michel Foucault 1976
4.02
26k+ ratings
📜 History Of Sexuality🧠 Power And Knowledge🏛️ Biopolitics
The Art of Living
by John Sellars • 2003
Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.
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75
🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life🏛️ Ancient Stoicism🧘 Spiritual Exercises
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living 90%
Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.
by John Sellars 2003
4.09
75 ratings
🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life🏛️ Ancient Stoicism🧘 Spiritual Exercises
Tacitus' Annals
by Ronald Mellor • 2010
Tacitus turned history into a mirror for tyrants. Here is how to read his darkest masterpiece.
4.21
24
🏛️ Ancient Rome📜 Classical Literature🏺 Roman Historiography
Tacitus' Annals Summary
Tacitus' Annals 90%
Tacitus turned history into a mirror for tyrants. Here is how to read his darkest masterpiece.
by Ronald Mellor 2010
4.21
24 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Rome📜 Classical Literature🏺 Roman Historiography
Soul Machine
by George Makari • 2015
Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.
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157
🧠 Intellectual History🧪 History Of Psychology💭 Philosophy Of Mind
Soul Machine Summary
Soul Machine 90%
Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.
by George Makari 2015
3.82
157 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🧪 History Of Psychology💭 Philosophy Of Mind
Six Questions of Socrates
by Christopher Phillips • 2004
Socrates' six questions, asked around the world, reveal the good life has no single answer.
3.70
389
🗣️ Socratic Dialogue⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Everyday Philosophy
Six Questions of Socrates Summary
Six Questions of Socrates 90%
Socrates' six questions, asked around the world, reveal the good life has no single answer.
by Christopher Phillips 2004
3.70
389 ratings
🗣️ Socratic Dialogue⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Everyday Philosophy
The Passion of the Western Mind
by Richard Tarnas • 1991
Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Western Philosophy🌍 Worldview Shifts
The Passion of the Western Mind Summary
The Passion of the Western Mind 90%
Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.
by Richard Tarnas 1991
4.24
2k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Western Philosophy🌍 Worldview Shifts
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