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Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.76 — 303,569 ratings — published 1759
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.15 — 455,996 ratings — published 1997
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.08 — 884,849 ratings — published 1922
The Social Contract (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.78 — 58,377 ratings — published 1762
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.17 — 220,854 ratings — published 2005
The Enlightenment, Volume 1: The Rise of Modern Paganism (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.14 — 433 ratings — published 1966
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.19 — 526,252 ratings — published 1997
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,607,048 ratings — published 1988
Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.20 — 402 ratings — published 2001
Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.96 — 42,805 ratings — published 1781
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.94 — 22,530 ratings — published 1748
Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.87 — 19,661 ratings — published 1689
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.28 — 355,892 ratings — published 180
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.37 — 890,672 ratings — published 1946
Leviathan (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.70 — 53,424 ratings — published 1651
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.29 — 183,739 ratings — published -350
Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.59 — 300,276 ratings — published 1726
The Spirit of the Laws (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,413 ratings — published 1748
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.68 — 333,148 ratings — published 1719
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.20 — 32,556 ratings — published 2018
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.89 — 35,119 ratings — published 1776
A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.95 — 12,737 ratings — published 1739
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.86 — 17,260 ratings — published 1690
The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.26 — 809 ratings — published 2020
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.20 — 145,976 ratings — published 2007
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.60 — 9,187 ratings — published 1773
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.66 — 68 ratings — published 2020
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.79 — 19,086 ratings — published 1755
The Enlightenment, Volume 2: The Science of Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.07 — 187 ratings — published 1969
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,357 ratings — published 1790
An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment? (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,183 ratings — published 1784
The Crisis of the European Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.03 — 348 ratings — published 1935
Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,263 ratings — published 1947
Letters on England (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,836 ratings — published 1733
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.18 — 84,241 ratings — published 1994
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.83 — 22,844 ratings — published 1785
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,094 ratings — published 1779
Second Treatise of Government (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 16 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.78 — 24,272 ratings — published 1689
Jacques the Fatalist (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.79 — 9,786 ratings — published 1796
The Nun (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.75 — 8,978 ratings — published 1796
Philosophical Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,281 ratings — published 1764
Common Sense (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.00 — 39,917 ratings — published 1776
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.12 — 257 ratings — published 1932
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.92 — 27,171 ratings — published 1792
The Secret (The Secret, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.74 — 536,636 ratings — published 2006
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,426,296 ratings — published 2016
The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,368 ratings — published 2016
Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.30 — 105 ratings — published 2006
The Age of Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,448 ratings — published 1794
Les liaisons dangereuses (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as enlightenment)
avg rating 4.05 — 59,385 ratings — published 1782
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“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,
The proper study of mankind is Man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,
He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little or too much;
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused or disabused;
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd;
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,
Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;
Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,
Correct old time, and regulate the sun;
Go, soar with Plato to th’ empyreal sphere,
To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;
Or tread the mazy round his followers trod,
And quitting sense call imitating God;
As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,
And turn their heads to imitate the sun.
Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule—
Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!”
― An Essay on Man
The proper study of mankind is Man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,
He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little or too much;
Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused or disabused;
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd;
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,
Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;
Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,
Correct old time, and regulate the sun;
Go, soar with Plato to th’ empyreal sphere,
To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;
Or tread the mazy round his followers trod,
And quitting sense call imitating God;
As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,
And turn their heads to imitate the sun.
Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule—
Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!”
― An Essay on Man
