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🏛️ Ancient Skepticism

From Pyrrho to Sextus Empiricus, ancient thinkers questioned whether certainty was possible — and found liberation in doubt. These works explore a philosophical tradition that challenged dogma millennia before the Enlightenment.
Pyrrhonism
by Adrian Kuzminski • 2008
Ancient Greece had its own Buddhism: suspending belief for tranquility, not skepticism.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy☸️ Comparative Religion🏺 Hellenistic Thought
Pyrrhonism Summary
Pyrrhonism 91%
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
Scepticism
by Duncan Pritchard • 2019
Radical scepticism makes life meaningless. The ancient remedy is intellectual virtue, not certainty.
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🧠 Epistemology❓ Philosophical Scepticism🏛️ Intellectual Virtues
Scepticism Summary
Scepticism 90%
Radical scepticism makes life meaningless. The ancient remedy is intellectual virtue, not certainty.
by Duncan Pritchard 2019
3.56
126 ratings
🧠 Epistemology❓ Philosophical Scepticism🏛️ Intellectual Virtues
Ancient Philosophy
by Julia Annas • 2001
Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.
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853
🏛️ Ancient Ethics📜 Hellenistic Philosophy🌿 Virtue Ethics
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy 90%
Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.
by Julia Annas 2001
3.64
853 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Ethics📜 Hellenistic Philosophy🌿 Virtue Ethics
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass
by Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007
Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.
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270
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Fallacy Spotting📊 Evidence Evaluation
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass Summary
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass 90%
Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.
by Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007
3.58
270 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Fallacy Spotting📊 Evidence Evaluation
The Socratic Method
by Ward Farnsworth • 2021
How to outgrow dogmatic thinking with ancient questioning tactics that reveal hidden contradictions.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🧠 Critical Thinking❓ Questioning Methods
The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method 90%
How to outgrow dogmatic thinking with ancient questioning tactics that reveal hidden contradictions.
by Ward Farnsworth 2021
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1k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🧠 Critical Thinking❓ Questioning Methods
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus
The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.
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🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy🌿 Simple Living💀 Fear Of Death
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness 89%
The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.
by Epicurus
3.80
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy🌿 Simple Living💀 Fear Of Death
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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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🏺 Greek Ethics💬 Socratic Method
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues 89%
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
Knowledge
by Jennifer Nagel • 2014
A concise tour of what it means to know, from Descartes's demon to the broken clock.
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🧠 Epistemology📝 Analytic Philosophy🎯 Cognitive Biases
Knowledge Summary
Knowledge 89%
A concise tour of what it means to know, from Descartes's demon to the broken clock.
by Jennifer Nagel 2014
3.85
1k+ ratings
🧠 Epistemology📝 Analytic Philosophy🎯 Cognitive Biases
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 89%
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
Ancient Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny • 2004
The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.
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580
🏛️ Classical Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy🧠 Metaphysics
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy 89%
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
Elogio de la duda
by Victoria Camps • 2016
Certainty is the enemy of democracy. Doubt is its immune system.
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❓ Skeptical Tradition⚖️ Political Moderation🚫 Anti-Dogmatism
Elogio de la duda Summary
Elogio de la duda 89%
Certainty is the enemy of democracy. Doubt is its immune system.
by Victoria Camps 2016
3.79
176 ratings
❓ Skeptical Tradition⚖️ Political Moderation🚫 Anti-Dogmatism
Stoicism
by John Sellars • 2006
Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.
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457
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Hellenistic Philosophy🏺 Classical Studies
Stoicism Summary
Stoicism 89%
Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.
by John Sellars 2006
4.12
457 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Hellenistic Philosophy🏺 Classical Studies
How to Say No
by Diogenes of Sinope • 2022
Freedom's secret from the man who lived in a jar: say no to everything society worships.
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273
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🐕 Classical Cynicism🪴 Minimalist Living
How to Say No Summary
How to Say No 89%
Freedom's secret from the man who lived in a jar: say no to everything society worships.
by Diogenes of Sinope 2022
3.40
273 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🐕 Classical Cynicism🪴 Minimalist Living
Carmide
by Plato
What is temperance? The pursuit leads Socrates to ask whether knowledge can study only itself.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy💬 Socratic Dialogue⚖️ Virtue Ethics
Carmide Summary
Carmide 89%
What is temperance? The pursuit leads Socrates to ask whether knowledge can study only itself.
by Plato
3.53
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy💬 Socratic Dialogue⚖️ Virtue Ethics
How to Think About Weird Things
by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
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🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies
How to Think About Weird Things Summary
How to Think About Weird Things 89%
A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.
by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994
3.97
633 ratings
🔬 Scientific Skepticism👻 Paranormal Claims🪤 Logical Fallacies
Hume
by Alfred Jules Ayer • 1980
Hume's demolition: what we can know without a self, a cause, or a moral law.
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🔍 Empiricism🧐 Skepticism🔗 Causation
Hume Summary
Hume 89%
Hume's demolition: what we can know without a self, a cause, or a moral law.
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1980
3.14
375 ratings
🔍 Empiricism🧐 Skepticism🔗 Causation
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny • 2007
Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.
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🏛️ History Of Philosophy🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy🔮 Metaphysics
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy 89%
Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.
by Anthony Kenny 2007
4.22
520 ratings
🏛️ History Of Philosophy🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy🔮 Metaphysics
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life
by Trevor Curnow • 2012
The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.
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🧠 Applied Philosophy🤔 Critical Thinking❓ Skepticism
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life Summary
A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life 88%
The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.
by Trevor Curnow 2012
3.87
190 ratings
🧠 Applied Philosophy🤔 Critical Thinking❓ Skepticism
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon
The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue
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3k+
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogues🧘 Self-Mastery
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates 88%
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
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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🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle 88%
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
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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🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life🏛️ Ancient Stoicism🧘 Spiritual Exercises
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living 88%
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
Plato's Podcasts
by Mark Vernon • 2009
The ancients never podcasted, yet their advice on desire and resilience still outperforms self-help.
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📜 Applied Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogue🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Plato's Podcasts Summary
Plato's Podcasts 88%
The ancients never podcasted, yet their advice on desire and resilience still outperforms self-help.
by Mark Vernon 2009
3.52
148 ratings
📜 Applied Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogue🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Jag är Zlatan
by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011
How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.
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19k+
🏛️ Western Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primer⚖️ Political Philosophy
Jag är Zlatan Summary
Jag är Zlatan 88%
How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.
by Zlatan Ibrahimović 2011
3.86
19k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primer⚖️ Political Philosophy
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome
by Charles Freeman • 2023
Rome ruled, but Greek thinkers kept advancing philosophy, science, and medicine for 500 years.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Ancient Greece⚔️ Roman Empire
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome Summary
The Children of Athena. Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome 88%
Rome ruled, but Greek thinkers kept advancing philosophy, science, and medicine for 500 years.
by Charles Freeman 2023
3.98
82 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Ancient Greece⚔️ Roman Empire
The Bed of Procrustes
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2010
Real knowledge shrinks, not grows. A contrarian's concentrated case for learning what to ignore.
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🏛️ Practical Philosophy💬 Aphoristic Wisdom🔄 Contrarian Thinking
The Bed of Procrustes Summary
The Bed of Procrustes 88%
Real knowledge shrinks, not grows. A contrarian's concentrated case for learning what to ignore.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2010
3.78
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy💬 Aphoristic Wisdom🔄 Contrarian Thinking
What Can Aristotle Do For You?
by Edith Hall • 2018
From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🛠️ Practical Philosophy
What Can Aristotle Do For You? Summary
What Can Aristotle Do For You? 88%
From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.
by Edith Hall 2018
3.68
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🛠️ Practical Philosophy
Cynicism
by Ansgar Allen • 2014
Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🗳️ Political Philosophy
Cynicism Summary
Cynicism 88%
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
How to Think Like Socrates
by Donald J. Robertson • 2024
Relentless questioning got Socrates killed. It can also make you wiser, calmer, and harder to fool.
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🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy💡 Practical Philosophy❓ Socratic Questioning
How to Think Like Socrates Summary
How to Think Like Socrates 88%
Relentless questioning got Socrates killed. It can also make you wiser, calmer, and harder to fool.
by Donald J. Robertson 2024
4.15
991 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy💡 Practical Philosophy❓ Socratic Questioning
Philosophy
by Edward Craig • 2002
You already ask philosophy's three questions. Here is a pocket guide to 2,500 years of answers.
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📚 Introductory Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy⚖️ Moral Philosophy
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy 88%
You already ask philosophy's three questions. Here is a pocket guide to 2,500 years of answers.
by Edward Craig 2002
3.70
2k+ ratings
📚 Introductory Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy⚖️ Moral Philosophy
The Great Guide
by Julian Baggini • 2021
The philosopher who said reason is only passion's servant also had a recipe for a good life.
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🧭 Practical Philosophy🔍 Empiricism❤️ Emotional Reasoning
The Great Guide Summary
The Great Guide 88%
The philosopher who said reason is only passion's servant also had a recipe for a good life.
by Julian Baggini 2021
3.86
197 ratings
🧭 Practical Philosophy🔍 Empiricism❤️ Emotional Reasoning
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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🏛️ Greek Philosophy❓ Socratic Method🎯 Excellence And Virtue
Plato at the Googleplex Summary
Plato at the Googleplex 88%
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
Open Socrates
by Agnes Callard • 2025
Socrates' brutal insight: your life is governed by two tyrants, and neither one is you.
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🛠️ Applied Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Wisdom🤲 Intellectual Humility
Open Socrates Summary
Open Socrates 88%
Socrates' brutal insight: your life is governed by two tyrants, and neither one is you.
by Agnes Callard 2025
3.88
843 ratings
🛠️ Applied Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Wisdom🤲 Intellectual Humility
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes • 1999
Doubt all you know, arrive at the one truth you cannot deny, and build reality from there.
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💭 Cartesian Philosophy🤔 Epistemology❓ Radical Skepticism
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy 88%
Doubt all you know, arrive at the one truth you cannot deny, and build reality from there.
by René Descartes 1999
3.77
37k+ ratings
💭 Cartesian Philosophy🤔 Epistemology❓ Radical Skepticism
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 88%
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
Six Questions of Socrates
by Christopher Phillips • 2004
Socrates' six questions, asked around the world, reveal the good life has no single answer.
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🗣️ Socratic Dialogue⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Everyday Philosophy
Six Questions of Socrates Summary
Six Questions of Socrates 88%
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 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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🏛️ Classical Rhetoric📜 Literary Theory🏺 Greek Philosophy
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle 88%
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
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato
Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🧠 Intellectual Humility⚔️ Moral Courage
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates 88%
Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.
by Plato
4.12
46k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🧠 Intellectual Humility⚔️ Moral Courage
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
by Edward P.J. Corbett • 1965
Five steps, three appeals, one ancient toolkit that still wins arguments and moves audiences.
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📜 Classical Rhetoric✍️ Persuasive Writing🗣️ Argumentation
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student Summary
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student 88%
Five steps, three appeals, one ancient toolkit that still wins arguments and moves audiences.
by Edward P.J. Corbett 1965
4.18
430 ratings
📜 Classical Rhetoric✍️ Persuasive Writing🗣️ Argumentation
The Greeks and the Irrational
by E.R. Dodds • 1951
How a culture that invented reason was also governed by divine madness, ritual guilt, and astrology.
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🏛️ Ancient Greek Thought🌀 History Of Unreason😳 Shame And Guilt
The Greeks and the Irrational Summary
The Greeks and the Irrational 88%
How a culture that invented reason was also governed by divine madness, ritual guilt, and astrology.
by E.R. Dodds 1951
4.20
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greek Thought🌀 History Of Unreason😳 Shame And Guilt
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
by Simon Critchley • 2019
Greek tragedy's darkest insight: we are not victims of fate. We are its willing accomplices.
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388
🏛️ Greek Tragedy🎭 Tragedy And Philosophy📜 Dramatic Theory
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us Summary
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us 88%
Greek tragedy's darkest insight: we are not victims of fate. We are its willing accomplices.
by Simon Critchley 2019
3.89
388 ratings
🏛️ Greek Tragedy🎭 Tragedy And Philosophy📜 Dramatic Theory
Socratic Logic
by Peter Kreeft • 2003
Reason with precision, argue with force, and catch every fallacy: a classical logic course.
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468
🧠 Critical Thinking🏛️ Classical Education💬 Argumentation
Socratic Logic Summary
Socratic Logic 88%
Reason with precision, argue with force, and catch every fallacy: a classical logic course.
by Peter Kreeft 2003
4.31
468 ratings
🧠 Critical Thinking🏛️ Classical Education💬 Argumentation
The Generosity Factor
by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 1902
Four passengers debate truth on a train; the relativist watches his worldview unravel.
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📚 Epistemology🎯 Objective Truth💬 Socratic Dialogue
The Generosity Factor Summary
The Generosity Factor 88%
Four passengers debate truth on a train; the relativist watches his worldview unravel.
by Kenneth H. Blanchard 1902
4.12
848 ratings
📚 Epistemology🎯 Objective Truth💬 Socratic Dialogue
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
by Thomas Cathcart • 2007
Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.
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🏛️ Popular Philosophy🌍 Western Philosophy🎭 Educational Humor
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar 88%
Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.
by Thomas Cathcart 2007
3.76
18k+ ratings
🏛️ Popular Philosophy🌍 Western Philosophy🎭 Educational Humor
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume • 1748
If a book contains neither math nor experiment, it is worthless. A philosopher explains why.
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🔬 Empiricism📚 Epistemology🤔 Skepticism
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 88%
If a book contains neither math nor experiment, it is worthless. A philosopher explains why.
by David Hume 1748
3.94
23k+ ratings
🔬 Empiricism📚 Epistemology🤔 Skepticism
Living for Pleasure
by Emily A. Austin • 2022
Most pleasures make you anxious. The Epicureans knew which ones don't, and why.
4.19
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🏛️ Modern Epicureanism📜 Ancient Wisdom🧠 Philosophical Self-Help
Living for Pleasure Summary
Living for Pleasure 88%
Most pleasures make you anxious. The Epicureans knew which ones don't, and why.
by Emily A. Austin 2022
4.19
323 ratings
🏛️ Modern Epicureanism📜 Ancient Wisdom🧠 Philosophical Self-Help
Philosophy As a Way of Life
by Pierre Hadot • 1981
Ancient philosophy trained the self like a muscle. Modernity forgot the exercises.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🏹 Stoicism🍃 Epicureanism
Philosophy As a Way of Life Summary
Philosophy As a Way of Life 88%
Ancient philosophy trained the self like a muscle. Modernity forgot the exercises.
by Pierre Hadot 1981
4.31
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🏹 Stoicism🍃 Epicureanism
Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine
by Seneca • 2018
Life is long enough. You just trade it away to crowds, clients, and tomorrow.
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🔥 Stoicism🏛️ Ancient Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics
Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine Summary
Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine 88%
Life is long enough. You just trade it away to crowds, clients, and tomorrow.
by Seneca 2018
3.99
2k+ ratings
🔥 Stoicism🏛️ Ancient Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics
The First Scientist
by Carlo Rovelli • 2005
26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.
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🏛️ Pre-Socratic Thought🌌 Early Cosmology🔬 Scientific Naturalism
The First Scientist Summary
The First Scientist 88%
26 centuries ago, one man freed the Earth from its supports and nature from its gods.
by Carlo Rovelli 2005
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Pre-Socratic Thought🌌 Early Cosmology🔬 Scientific Naturalism
Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Shermer • 1997
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
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🔍 Skeptical Inquiry🔬 Pseudoscience🧠 Cognitive Biases
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things 88%
The smarter you are, the better you are at defending beliefs reason never built.
by Michael Shermer 1997
3.86
10k+ ratings
🔍 Skeptical Inquiry🔬 Pseudoscience🧠 Cognitive Biases
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton • 2011
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
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🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy 88%
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
by Nigel Warburton 2011
4.12
16k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy
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