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Beginner-Friendly Philosophy Books (From Every Era of History)

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Jared Henderson

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In addition to supporting my project, you get book reviews, essays, and readalong posts about great works of philosophy.

I've been revising and expanding my list of beginnerfriendly philosophy books. Now I have recommendations for historical overviews, ancient Greece, medieval philosophy, modern philosophy, and more.

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast: https://historyofphilosophy.net/
Early Modern Texts: https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/
Overthink's video on Sartre:    • Sartre, Existentialism is a Humanism  

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A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: https://amzn.to/3KamDhG
Copleston's History of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3wMBETR
Russell's History of Western Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3V7VRg5
Plato's Five Dialogues: https://amzn.to/4bx1drm
Plato's Republic: https://amzn.to/4dNPwhi
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: https://amzn.to/3WOFJBJ
Aristotle Reader: https://amzn.to/3WK5FON
Hellenistic Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3wFy1PF
Epictetus' Complete Works: https://amzn.to/3V7neXN
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: https://amzn.to/3wH856c
Seneca's Letters on Ethics: https://amzn.to/4asrC8f
Seneca's Hardship & Happiness: https://amzn.to/3ypf986
Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/44RUdCx
Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3yt8Foy'>https://amzn.to/3yt8Foy
Four Chinese Classics: https://amzn.to/3yt8Foy'>https://amzn.to/3yt8Foy
Sarma's Classical Indian Philosophy: https://amzn.to/4az58Cu
Medieval Philosophy Anthology: https://amzn.to/3yteN0a
Pasnau's Metaphysical Themes: https://amzn.to/3K6pQit
Augustine's Confessions: https://amzn.to/3Ka1d4l
Augustine's City of God: https://amzn.to/3K6pYOZ
A Maimonide's Reader: https://amzn.to/3QXQePd
Classical Arabic Philosophy: https://amzn.to/4apopGl
The Praise of Folly: https://amzn.to/4atZjX3
Early Modern Anthology: https://amzn.to/3ylUhyk
Renaissance Reader: https://amzn.to/3yCLdVR
Descartes' Discourse and Meditations: https://amzn.to/3wQUt8j
Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding: https://amzn.to/4btfy80
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: https://amzn.to/3wTnvUR
Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman: https://amzn.to/4bqrBmy
J.S. Mill's Utilitarianism: https://amzn.to/4azssQp
J.S. Mill's On Liberty: https://amzn.to/3WOGIBV
Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil: https://amzn.to/4bJuZZj
Nietzsche's The Gay Science: https://amzn.to/4dMrtPU
Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling: https://amzn.to/3K8as4S
James' Pragmatism: https://amzn.to/3QOtwJ9
de Beauvoir's Second Sex: https://amzn.to/4dR8Iuw
Sartre's Existentialism is a Humanism: https://amzn.to/3ylUIss
Russell's Problems of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/44NyhbZ
Ayer's Language, Truth, and Logic: https://amzn.to/3V5G1CS
Austin's How to Do Things With Words: https://amzn.to/3Rh8G5N

→ Timestamps
00:00 Beginning
01:10 Historical Overviews
05:57 Ancient Greek Philosophy
10:35 Ancient Roman Philosophy
15:38 Eastern Philosophy
18:07 Medieval Philosophy
21:13 Early Modern Philosophy
25:45 Late Modern Philosophy
32:31 20th Century Philosophy

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