Best Philosophy Books

Great philosophy books to help you expand your horizons, find inspiration, and discover a world of new ideas and reflections.

Standing on Giants’ Shoulders

Fundamental questions about life, time, people and culture have interested people for a thousand years. This means that we can benefit from the experience of the greatest philosophers. We can find answers to the questions that interest us and avoid unnecessary mistakes.

On this page, I have collected a small selection of the best and easy-to-read books on philosophy that will not only help you broaden your horizons, but also lead you to new and unexpected ideas.

Best Philosophy Books

Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

eBook Print | Audiobook

Discourses and Selected Writings

Epictetus

eBook Print | Audiobook

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

eBook Print | Audiobook

The Wisdom of Life

Arthur Schopenhauer

eBook Print | Audiobook

On The Shortness Of Life

Seneca Lucius Annaeus

eBook Print | Audiobook

Complete Essays

Michel de Montaigne

eBook Print | Audiobook

Siddhartha

Herman Hesse

eBook Print | Audiobook

The Book of Lord Shang

Yang Shang

eBook Print 

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

eBook Print 

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

eBook Print | Audiobook

More Philosophy Books

Walden: Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau

eBook Print | Audiobook

Testament

Jean Meslier

eBook Print 

The Authentic Reactionary: Selected Scholia

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Print 

The Revolt of the Masses

José Ortega y Gasset

eBook Print | Audiobook

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell

eBook Print | Audiobook

On the Genealogy of Morals

Friedrich Nietzsche

eBook Print | Audiobook

How to Be a Stoic

Massimo Pigliucci

eBook Print | Audiobook

«It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop»

— Confucius

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