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The Great BooksDiscourse on the Origin of InequalityJean-Jacques RousseauDiscourse on the Origin of InequalityJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755On 9 lists
Plato The RepublicThe RepublicPlato · c. 375 BCEOn 8 lists
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · 1785On 8 lists
SymposiumPlato · c. 380 BCEOn 7 lists
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 7 lists
On the Nature of ThingsLucretius · c. 55 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksSumma TheologicaThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Summa TheologicaSumma TheologicaThomas Aquinas · 1265-1274On 7 lists
Michel de Montaigne EssaysEssaysMichel de Montaigne · 1580-1595On 7 listsThe Great BooksPoliticsAristotlePoliticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 6 lists
MenoPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 5 listsThe Great BooksEnchiridionEpictetusEnchiridionEpictetus · c. 125 CEOn 5 lists
Leo Tolstoy War and PeaceWar and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1865-1869On 5 lists
George Eliot MiddlemarchMiddlemarchGeorge Eliot · 1871-1872On 5 listsThe Great BooksGospel of MatthewAnonymousGospel of MatthewAnonymous · c. 80-90 CEOn 4 lists
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · c. 170-180On 4 lists
Plotinus The EnneadsThe EnneadsPlotinus · c. 253On 4 listsThe Great BooksGorgiasPlatoGorgiasPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 3 lists
On DutiesCicero · 44 BCEOn 3 lists
UtopiaThomas More · 1516On 3 listsThe Great BooksEthicsBaruch SpinozaEthicsBaruch Spinoza · 1677On 3 lists
CandideVoltaire · 1759On 3 lists
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Karl Marx · 1844On 3 listsThe Great BooksUtilitarianismJohn Stuart MillUtilitarianismJohn Stuart Mill · 1861On 3 lists
PragmatismWilliam James · 1907On 3 lists
The Epic of GilgameshAnonymous · c. 1200 BCEOn 2 lists
The Sayings of ConfuciusConfucius · c. 5th c. BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksProtagorasPlatoProtagorasPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscoursesEpictetusEpictetus DiscoursesDiscoursesEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksEssaysFrancis BaconEssaysFrancis Bacon · 1597-1625On 2 listsThe Great BooksAn Essay on ManAlexander PopeAn Essay on ManAlexander Pope · 1733-1734On 2 listsThe Great BooksCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel KantCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1788On 2 listsThe Great BooksOn the Use and Disadvantage of History for LifeFriedrich NietzscheOn the Use and Disadvantage of History for LifeFriedrich Nietzsche · 1874On 2 listsThe Great BooksThree StoriesGustave FlaubertThree StoriesGustave Flaubert · 1877On 2 listsThe Great BooksFablesAesopFablesAesop · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
Tao Te ChingLaozi · c. 4th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksBuddhist WritingsAnonymousBuddhist WritingsAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcclesiastesAnonymousEcclesiastesAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Stoics ReaderVarious authorsThe Stoics ReaderVarious authors · 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn FriendshipCiceroOn FriendshipCicero · 44 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn Old AgeCiceroOn Old AgeCicero · 44 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOdes and EpodesHoraceOdes and EpodesHorace · 30-13 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMoral and Political EssaysSenecaMoral and Political EssaysSeneca · c. 41-62 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGospel of ThomasAnonymousGospel of ThomasAnonymous · c. 60-140 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMoraliaPlutarchPlutarch MoraliaMoraliaPlutarch · c. 80-120On 1 listThe Great BooksLettersPliny the YoungerLettersPliny the Younger · c. 97-112 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetusThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOutlines of ScepticismSextus EmpiricusOutlines of ScepticismSextus Empiricus · c. 200On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius · 524On 1 listThe Great BooksBodhicaryavataraShantidevaBodhicaryavataraShantideva · c. 700 CEOn 1 list
The Attainment of HappinessAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Political RegimeAl-FarabiThe Political RegimeAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksOn KingshipThomas AquinasOn KingshipThomas Aquinas · c. 1267On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imitation of ChristThomas à KempisThe Imitation of ChristThomas à Kempis · c. 1418-1427On 1 listThe Great BooksFruits of SolitudeWilliam PennFruits of SolitudeWilliam Penn · 1693On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel JohnsonThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel Johnson · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 list
Adam Smith The Theory of Moral SentimentsThe Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smith · 1759On 1 list
Jean-Jacques Rousseau EmileEmileJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson The Lives of the PoetsThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel Johnson · 1779-1781On 1 listThe Great BooksPoems and SongsRobert BurnsRobert Burns Poems and SongsPoems and SongsRobert Burns · 1786-1796On 1 list
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and LegislationJeremy Bentham · 1789On 1 listThe Great BooksStudies in PessimismArthur SchopenhauerStudies in PessimismArthur Schopenhauer · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman The Idea of a UniversityThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry Newman · 1852On 1 list
WaldenHenry David Thoreau · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksWalkingHenry David ThoreauWalkingHenry David Thoreau · 1851On 1 list
Leo Tolstoy Anna KareninaAnna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1875-1878On 1 listThe Great BooksThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883-1885On 1 list
Uncle VanyaAnton Chekhov · 1897On 1 list
William James The Varieties of Religious ExperienceThe Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James · 1902On 1 listThe Great BooksMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard ShawMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksThe AmbassadorsHenry JamesHenry James The AmbassadorsThe AmbassadorsHenry James · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Life of ReasonGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana The Life of ReasonThe Life of ReasonGeorge Santayana · 1905-1906On 1 listThe Great BooksTwenty-Three TalesLeo TolstoyTwenty-Three TalesLeo Tolstoy · 1872On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Acquisitive SocietyR. H. TawneyThe Acquisitive SocietyR. H. Tawney · 1920On 1 listThe Great BooksExperience and NatureJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Experience and NatureExperience and NatureJohn Dewey · 1925On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Aims of Education and Other EssaysAlfred North WhiteheadThe Aims of Education and Other EssaysAlfred North Whitehead · 1929On 1 list
The Two Sources of Morality and ReligionHenri Bergson · 1932On 1 listThe Great BooksAdventures of IdeasAlfred North WhiteheadAdventures of IdeasAlfred North Whitehead · 1933On 1 list
A Mathematician's ApologyG. H. Hardy · 1940On 1 listThe Great BooksPersons and PlacesGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana Persons and PlacesPersons and PlacesGeorge Santayana · 1944-1953On 1 list
Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 listThe Great BooksVeritatis SplendorPope John Paul IIVeritatis SplendorPope John Paul II · 1993On 1 list
Plato The RepublicThe RepublicPlato · c. 375 BCEOn 8 listsGroundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · 1785On 8 listsSymposiumPlato · c. 380 BCEOn 7 listsNicomachean EthicsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 7 listsOn the Nature of ThingsLucretius · c. 55 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksSumma TheologicaThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Summa TheologicaSumma TheologicaThomas Aquinas · 1265-1274On 7 listsMichel de Montaigne EssaysEssaysMichel de Montaigne · 1580-1595On 7 listsThe Great BooksPoliticsAristotlePoliticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 6 listsMenoPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 5 listsThe Great BooksEnchiridionEpictetusEnchiridionEpictetus · c. 125 CEOn 5 listsLeo Tolstoy War and PeaceWar and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1865-1869On 5 listsGeorge Eliot MiddlemarchMiddlemarchGeorge Eliot · 1871-1872On 5 listsThe Great BooksGospel of MatthewAnonymousGospel of MatthewAnonymous · c. 80-90 CEOn 4 listsMeditationsMarcus Aurelius · c. 170-180On 4 listsPlotinus The EnneadsThe EnneadsPlotinus · c. 253On 4 listsThe Great BooksGorgiasPlatoGorgiasPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 3 listsOn DutiesCicero · 44 BCEOn 3 listsUtopiaThomas More · 1516On 3 listsThe Great BooksEthicsBaruch SpinozaEthicsBaruch Spinoza · 1677On 3 listsCandideVoltaire · 1759On 3 listsEconomic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Karl Marx · 1844On 3 listsThe Great BooksUtilitarianismJohn Stuart MillUtilitarianismJohn Stuart Mill · 1861On 3 listsPragmatismWilliam James · 1907On 3 listsThe Epic of GilgameshAnonymous · c. 1200 BCEOn 2 listsThe Sayings of ConfuciusConfucius · c. 5th c. BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksProtagorasPlatoProtagorasPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscoursesEpictetusEpictetus DiscoursesDiscoursesEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksEssaysFrancis BaconEssaysFrancis Bacon · 1597-1625On 2 listsThe Great BooksAn Essay on ManAlexander PopeAn Essay on ManAlexander Pope · 1733-1734On 2 listsThe Great BooksCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel KantCritique of Practical ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1788On 2 listsThe Great BooksOn the Use and Disadvantage of History for LifeFriedrich NietzscheOn the Use and Disadvantage of History for LifeFriedrich Nietzsche · 1874On 2 listsThe Great BooksThree StoriesGustave FlaubertThree StoriesGustave Flaubert · 1877On 2 listsThe Great BooksFablesAesopFablesAesop · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 listTao Te ChingLaozi · c. 4th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksBuddhist WritingsAnonymousBuddhist WritingsAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcclesiastesAnonymousEcclesiastesAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Stoics ReaderVarious authorsThe Stoics ReaderVarious authors · 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn FriendshipCiceroOn FriendshipCicero · 44 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn Old AgeCiceroOn Old AgeCicero · 44 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOdes and EpodesHoraceOdes and EpodesHorace · 30-13 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMoral and Political EssaysSenecaMoral and Political EssaysSeneca · c. 41-62 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGospel of ThomasAnonymousGospel of ThomasAnonymous · c. 60-140 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMoraliaPlutarchPlutarch MoraliaMoraliaPlutarch · c. 80-120On 1 listThe Great BooksLettersPliny the YoungerLettersPliny the Younger · c. 97-112 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetusThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOutlines of ScepticismSextus EmpiricusOutlines of ScepticismSextus Empiricus · c. 200On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius · 524On 1 listThe Great BooksBodhicaryavataraShantidevaBodhicaryavataraShantideva · c. 700 CEOn 1 listThe Attainment of HappinessAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Political RegimeAl-FarabiThe Political RegimeAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksOn KingshipThomas AquinasOn KingshipThomas Aquinas · c. 1267On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imitation of ChristThomas à KempisThe Imitation of ChristThomas à Kempis · c. 1418-1427On 1 listThe Great BooksFruits of SolitudeWilliam PennFruits of SolitudeWilliam Penn · 1693On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel JohnsonThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel Johnson · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listAdam Smith The Theory of Moral SentimentsThe Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smith · 1759On 1 listJean-Jacques Rousseau EmileEmileJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson The Lives of the PoetsThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel Johnson · 1779-1781On 1 listThe Great BooksPoems and SongsRobert BurnsRobert Burns Poems and SongsPoems and SongsRobert Burns · 1786-1796On 1 listAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and LegislationJeremy Bentham · 1789On 1 listThe Great BooksStudies in PessimismArthur SchopenhauerStudies in PessimismArthur Schopenhauer · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman The Idea of a UniversityThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry Newman · 1852On 1 listWaldenHenry David Thoreau · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksWalkingHenry David ThoreauWalkingHenry David Thoreau · 1851On 1 listLeo Tolstoy Anna KareninaAnna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1875-1878On 1 listThe Great BooksThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883-1885On 1 listUncle VanyaAnton Chekhov · 1897On 1 listWilliam James The Varieties of Religious ExperienceThe Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James · 1902On 1 listThe Great BooksMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard ShawMan and SupermanGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksThe AmbassadorsHenry JamesHenry James The AmbassadorsThe AmbassadorsHenry James · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Life of ReasonGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana The Life of ReasonThe Life of ReasonGeorge Santayana · 1905-1906On 1 listThe Great BooksTwenty-Three TalesLeo TolstoyTwenty-Three TalesLeo Tolstoy · 1872On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Acquisitive SocietyR. H. TawneyThe Acquisitive SocietyR. H. Tawney · 1920On 1 listThe Great BooksExperience and NatureJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Experience and NatureExperience and NatureJohn Dewey · 1925On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Aims of Education and Other EssaysAlfred North WhiteheadThe Aims of Education and Other EssaysAlfred North Whitehead · 1929On 1 listThe Two Sources of Morality and ReligionHenri Bergson · 1932On 1 listThe Great BooksAdventures of IdeasAlfred North WhiteheadAdventures of IdeasAlfred North Whitehead · 1933On 1 listA Mathematician's ApologyG. H. Hardy · 1940On 1 listThe Great BooksPersons and PlacesGeorge SantayanaGeorge Santayana Persons and PlacesPersons and PlacesGeorge Santayana · 1944-1953On 1 listWaiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 listThe Great BooksVeritatis SplendorPope John Paul IIVeritatis SplendorPope John Paul II · 1993On 1 list