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Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.27 — 372,973 ratings — published 180
The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.97 — 231,112 ratings — published -400
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.02 — 118,630 ratings — published 1886
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.07 — 181,698 ratings — published 1883
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.37 — 922,306 ratings — published 1946
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,490,421 ratings — published 1942
The Prince (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.84 — 396,264 ratings — published 1513
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.29 — 186,701 ratings — published -350
Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.97 — 288,984 ratings — published 1991
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.94 — 590,403 ratings — published -500
A History of Western Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.13 — 42,135 ratings — published 1945
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.09 — 904,696 ratings — published 1922
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.32 — 60,003 ratings — published 64
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.69 — 206,606 ratings — published 1848
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,702,341 ratings — published 1988
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,672 ratings — published -350
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.78 — 249,242 ratings — published 1974
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.21 — 66,572 ratings — published 1942
Being and Nothingness (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.99 — 35,728 ratings — published 1943
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 29 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.13 — 47,108 ratings — published -400
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.76 — 308,065 ratings — published 1759
Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.96 — 43,754 ratings — published 1781
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.93 — 145,023 ratings — published 1938
Atlas Shrugged (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.69 — 410,810 ratings — published 1957
Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.98 — 48,731 ratings — published 1946
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
by (shelved 24 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.16 — 48,367 ratings — published 49
Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.00 — 32,922 ratings — published 1843
The Social Contract (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.78 — 59,610 ratings — published 1762
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,135,256 ratings — published 1866
The Prophet (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.23 — 336,056 ratings — published 1923
The Second Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,832 ratings — published 1949
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,516,184 ratings — published 1915
The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.09 — 94,028 ratings — published -380
Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.19 — 70,118 ratings — published -399
Leviathan (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.70 — 54,487 ratings — published 1651
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.77 — 207,479 ratings — published 1854
Discourses and Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.39 — 12,863 ratings — published 108
Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,640 ratings — published -350
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.16 — 104,589 ratings — published 1942
On Liberty (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.96 — 44,497 ratings — published 1859
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,362 ratings — published 1926
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.40 — 407,194 ratings — published 1879
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.16 — 250,937 ratings — published 1864
Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.11 — 22,096 ratings — published 1677
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,744,140 ratings — published 1945
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,680,747 ratings — published 1948
On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.12 — 37,600 ratings — published 1887
The Problems of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 3.89 — 19,067 ratings — published 1912
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,569,020 ratings — published 1943
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as philosphy)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,382 ratings — published 125
“What is a woman's place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin's words read. I rebel against this question, though so many of my peers ask it. The inherent bias in the inquiry seems invisible to so many of them. They consider themselves progressive because they are willing to challenge many of the assumptions of the past.
They ignore the greater assumption--that a 'place' for women must be defined and set forth to begin with. Half of the population must somehow be reduced to the role arrived at by a single conversation. No matter how broad that role is, it will be--by-nature--a reduction from the infinite variety that is womanhood.
I say that there is no role for women--there is, instead, a role for each woman, and she must make it for herself. For some, it will be the role of scholar; for others, it will be the role of wife. For others, it will be both. For yet others, it will be neither.
Do not mistake me in assuming I value one woman's role above another. My point is not to stratify our society--we have done that far to well already--my point is to diversify our discourse.
A woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses it to be, but in the power to choose that role. It is amazing to me that I even have to make this point, as I see it as the very foundation of our conversation.”
― Words of Radiance
They ignore the greater assumption--that a 'place' for women must be defined and set forth to begin with. Half of the population must somehow be reduced to the role arrived at by a single conversation. No matter how broad that role is, it will be--by-nature--a reduction from the infinite variety that is womanhood.
I say that there is no role for women--there is, instead, a role for each woman, and she must make it for herself. For some, it will be the role of scholar; for others, it will be the role of wife. For others, it will be both. For yet others, it will be neither.
Do not mistake me in assuming I value one woman's role above another. My point is not to stratify our society--we have done that far to well already--my point is to diversify our discourse.
A woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses it to be, but in the power to choose that role. It is amazing to me that I even have to make this point, as I see it as the very foundation of our conversation.”
― Words of Radiance
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― Plato: Complete Works
― Plato: Complete Works
