25 Classic Philosophical Books You Have to Read

If you are looking for a general introduction to philosophy, you'll have plenty to choose from in this large anthology; 25 classic philosophical works are collected here with an active table of contents.


The following works are included in the collection:

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine

Alcibiades I by Plato

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

The Analects of Confucius by James Legge

The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

The Basis of Morality by Annie Besant

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura

The Breath of Life by John Burroughs

Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobé

The Conquest of Fear by Basil King

The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

Death by Maurice Maeterlinck

The Idea of God in Early Religions by F. B. Jevons

Initiation into Philosophy by Emile Faguet

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Man And Superman by George Bernard Shaw

Pragmatism by William James

Principles of Philosophy by Rene Descartes

Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear by Arthur Christopher Benson

Fundamental Principals of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza


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