Ideas that endure

Philosophy

Foundational texts and contemporary essays on ethics, meaning, knowledge, and the examined life — curated for readers who want depth without pretense.

10 curated titles in this shelf

Philosophy

4.4

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius · 180

Moderate254 pp.

Philosophy

3.9

The Republic

Plato · 380 BCE

Advanced416 pp.

Philosophy

4.0

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle · 340 BCE

Advanced329 pp.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

4.0

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883

Advanced327 pp.

Philosophy

4.2

The Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus · 1942

Challenging212 pp.

Philosophy

4.3

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu · 400 BCE

Moderate96 pp.

Philosophy

4.4

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca · 65

Moderate256 pp.

Philosophy

4.0

Being and Time

Martin Heidegger · 1927

Advanced589 pp.

Philosophy

3.8

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli · 1532

Moderate140 pp.

Philosophy

4.0

Sophie's World

Jostein Gaarder · 1991

Accessible528 pp.