Philosophy

The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

This is the most important book ever written about warfare and conflict. Lionel Giles' translation is the definitive edition. The Art of War can be used and adapted in every facet of your life. This book explains...

The Critique of Pure Reason

by Immanuel Kant

The Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most influential philosophy books of all times. Kant's influence on modern perception of reason cannot be over estimated. Here Kant redefines reason and gives us the...

Anarchism and Other Essays

by Emma Goldman

Anarchism & Other Essays, published in 1911, is the work of feminist anarchist Emma Goldman. Anarchism is a political philosophy which believes that government, or a governing body is unnecessary. Goldman discusses...

Waking Up in Time: Finding Inner Peace in Times of Accelerating Change

by Peter Russell

In this unique book, visionary scientist Peter Russell updates his classic 1998 manifesto for awakening to the mounting planetary crisis--even while deepening our connection to inner tranquility. Amid fears...

The Way of Zen

by Alan W. Watts

The Way of Zen begins as a succinct guide through the histories of Buddhism and Taoism leading up to the development of Zen Buddhism, which drew deeply from both traditions.  It then goes on to paint a broad...

Beyond Good and Evil

by Freiedrich Nietzche

In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of the Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work attempts...

Advaita Made Easy

by Dennis Waite

Who are you? What happens when you die? Is there a God? Is the universe created? Advaita is a teaching with a tradition of thousands of years which provides totally reasonable answers to all such questions....

This Is It: and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience

by Alan W. Watts

The six essays in this volume all deal with the relationship of mystical experience to ordinary life. The title essay on "cosmic consciousness" includes the author's account of his own ventures into this inward...

The Kingdom of God is Within You

by Leo Tolstoy

Published in 1884, 'The kingdom of God is within you' is perhaps Tolstoy's most significant work of non-fiction. Due to the Russian censors, it was first published in Germany, but its dominant idea of non-violence...

The Critique of Pure Reason

by Immanuel Kant

The Critique of Pure Reason is one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy, and the first of Kant's three Critiques. In it he takes up Hume's argument that cause and effect cannot be experienced by the senses....

As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen

This little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert M. Pirsig

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions....

The Confessions of St. Augustine

by Saint Augustine

The Confessions of St. Augustine is the collection of St. Augustine's thirteen autobiographical books, each singly known as Confessions. In these books he details his sinful youth, his conversion to Christianity,...

Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals

by Immanuel Kant

All duties are either duties of right, that is, juridical duties, or duties of virtue, that is, ethical duties. Juridical duties are such as may be promulgated by external legislation; ethical duties are those...

The Revolution: A Manifesto

by Ron Paul

This Much Is True:

You Have Been Lied To.

The government is expanding.

Taxes are increasing.

More senseless wars are being planned.

Inflation is ballooning.

Our basic freedoms are disappearing.

The Founding Fathers...

Beyond Good and Evil

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Beyong Good and Evil expands on the ideas Nietzsche first published in Thus Spake Zarathustra. Darker in its philosophy, this text questions Christianity as a basis for moral thinking. In its place, Nietzsche...

The Praise of Folly

by Desiderius Erasmus & John Wilson

Erasmus of Rotterdam wrote the essay The Praise of Folly during a week at Sir Thomas More's estate in Bucklersbury. He later refined and extended the piece. In it he personifies Folly as a god, whose companions...

Choiceless Awareness

by Jidda Krishnamurti

The passages in this Study Book have been taken directly from Krishnamurti's talks and books from 1933 through 1967. The compilers began by reading all the passages from this period which contained the phrase...

The Republic

by Plato

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust...

The Wisdom of Life

by Arthur Schopenhauer

In this essay from Schopenhauer's final work, Parerga und Paralipomena (1851), the philosopher favors individual strength of will and independent, reasoned deliberation over the tendency to act on irrational...