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Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
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📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 97%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
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3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
A Culture of Growth
by Joel Mokyr • 2016
What fueled modern growth? Not property rights. A cultural shift that made nature a solvable puzzle.
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💰 Economic History📜 Intellectual History🧬 Cultural Evolution🕸️ Knowledge Networks🔬 Philosophy Of Science
A Culture of Growth Summary
A Culture of Growth 94%
What fueled modern growth? Not property rights. A cultural shift that made nature a solvable puzzle.
by Joel Mokyr 2016
3.94
427 ratings
💰 Economic History📜 Intellectual History🧬 Cultural Evolution🕸️ Knowledge Networks🔬 Philosophy Of Science
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
by Ernst Cassirer • 1932
The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.
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💡 Intellectual History🌅 Enlightenment Studies🏛️ Western Philosophy🔬 Scientific Revolution⚖️ Natural Law Theory
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment Summary
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment 93%
The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.
by Ernst Cassirer 1932
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258 ratings
💡 Intellectual History🌅 Enlightenment Studies🏛️ Western Philosophy🔬 Scientific Revolution⚖️ Natural Law Theory
Soul Machine
by George Makari • 2015
Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.
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🧠 Intellectual History🧪 History Of Psychology💭 Philosophy Of Mind💡 Enlightenment Thought⛪ Secularization
Soul Machine Summary
Soul Machine 93%
Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.
by George Makari 2015
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157 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🧪 History Of Psychology💭 Philosophy Of Mind💡 Enlightenment Thought⛪ Secularization
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
by Will Durant • 2002
Genius, not economics, is the engine of history: a tour of the minds that built civilization.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏆 Great Man Theory🏛️ Classical Education🌍 Humanism📖 Autodidacts
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time Summary
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time 92%
Genius, not economics, is the engine of history: a tour of the minds that built civilization.
by Will Durant 2002
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3k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏆 Great Man Theory🏛️ Classical Education🌍 Humanism📖 Autodidacts
The Gifts of Athena
by Joel Mokyr • 2002
The modern economy runs on a feedback loop between understanding nature and manipulating it.
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📈 Economic History🔧 History Of Technology🧠 Knowledge Economies⚙️ Innovation Systems🔬 Science And Industry
The Gifts of Athena Summary
The Gifts of Athena 92%
The modern economy runs on a feedback loop between understanding nature and manipulating it.
by Joel Mokyr 2002
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136 ratings
📈 Economic History🔧 History Of Technology🧠 Knowledge Economies⚙️ Innovation Systems🔬 Science And Industry
Humanly Possible
by Sarah Bakewell • 2023
Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.
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📜 Intellectual History🏛️ Renaissance Humanism🌍 Secular Humanism💡 Freethought🎓 Enlightenment Thought
Humanly Possible Summary
Humanly Possible 92%
Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.
by Sarah Bakewell 2023
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2k+ ratings
📜 Intellectual History🏛️ Renaissance Humanism🌍 Secular Humanism💡 Freethought🎓 Enlightenment Thought
The Passion of the Western Mind
by Richard Tarnas • 1991
Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Western Philosophy🌍 Worldview Shifts⛪ Faith And Reason🏰 Western Civilization
The Passion of the Western Mind Summary
The Passion of the Western Mind 92%
Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.
by Richard Tarnas 1991
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Western Philosophy🌍 Worldview Shifts⛪ Faith And Reason🏰 Western Civilization
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith • 1759
Before he explained markets, Adam Smith explained why you want a promotion more than a full pantry.
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🧠 Moral Psychology🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment💓 Sentimentalism❤️ Moral Emotions🪞 Status And Vanity
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments 92%
Before he explained markets, Adam Smith explained why you want a promotion more than a full pantry.
by Adam Smith 1759
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🧠 Moral Psychology🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment💓 Sentimentalism❤️ Moral Emotions🪞 Status And Vanity
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
by Adam Smith • 1776
Self-interest, not kindness, feeds nations: the hidden mechanism behind all prosperity.
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🏛️ Classical Economics🏴 Scottish Enlightenment📈 Free Markets🕸️ Spontaneous Order⚙️ Division Of Labor
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I 92%
Self-interest, not kindness, feeds nations: the hidden mechanism behind all prosperity.
by Adam Smith 1776
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287 ratings
🏛️ Classical Economics🏴 Scottish Enlightenment📈 Free Markets🕸️ Spontaneous Order⚙️ Division Of Labor
Civilization
by Niall Ferguson • 2011
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
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📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory🏦 Institutional Economics📊 Economic History
Civilization Summary
Civilization 92%
Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.
by Niall Ferguson 2011
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10k+ ratings
📈 Rise Of The West⚖️ Comparative History🔭 Macrohistory🏦 Institutional Economics📊 Economic History
New Ideas from Dead Economists
by Todd G. Buchholz • 1989
Trade wars, tax cuts, and inflation panics are arguments long-dead thinkers already had, and won.
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📖 Economic Thought🎓 Economics Primers🏛️ Classical Economics🌀 Keynesian Economics🗳️ Public Choice
New Ideas from Dead Economists Summary
New Ideas from Dead Economists 92%
Trade wars, tax cuts, and inflation panics are arguments long-dead thinkers already had, and won.
by Todd G. Buchholz 1989
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2k+ ratings
📖 Economic Thought🎓 Economics Primers🏛️ Classical Economics🌀 Keynesian Economics🗳️ Public Choice
The Great Debate
by Yuval Levin • 2013
Burke and Paine split over human nature and justice. Their argument became right and left.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Intellectual History⚖️ Left Vs Right🔄 Reform Vs Revolution🕯️ Modern Conservatism
The Great Debate Summary
The Great Debate 92%
Burke and Paine split over human nature and justice. Their argument became right and left.
by Yuval Levin 2013
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1k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Intellectual History⚖️ Left Vs Right🔄 Reform Vs Revolution🕯️ Modern Conservatism
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
by Russell "Russ" Roberts • 2014
Everyone knows Smith the economist. Smith the moral philosopher might actually make you happy.
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🏛️ Moral Philosophy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment🎭 Virtue Ethics🪞 Self-Deception👀 Approval Seeking
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life Summary
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life 92%
Everyone knows Smith the economist. Smith the moral philosopher might actually make you happy.
by Russell "Russ" Roberts 2014
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🏛️ Moral Philosophy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment🎭 Virtue Ethics🪞 Self-Deception👀 Approval Seeking
Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 2020
Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.
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🏛️ Economic History🗽 Classical Liberalism📈 Human Progress🏭 Industrial Revolution💡 Innovation Economics
Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich Summary
Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich 91%
Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.
by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 2020
3.81
164 ratings
🏛️ Economic History🗽 Classical Liberalism📈 Human Progress🏭 Industrial Revolution💡 Innovation Economics
Progress
by Johan Norberg • 2016
Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.
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📈 Progress Studies🌍 Global Development🔍 Declinism Debunked📊 Data-Driven History💡 Enlightenment Values
Progress Summary
Progress 91%
Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.
by Johan Norberg 2016
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2k+ ratings
📈 Progress Studies🌍 Global Development🔍 Declinism Debunked📊 Data-Driven History💡 Enlightenment Values
The Lost History of Liberalism
by Helena Rosenblatt • 2018
Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.
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🏛️ Intellectual History📜 Political Theory🫂 Civic Virtue🗽 Liberal Tradition🏟️ Civic Republicanism
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism 91%
Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018
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448 ratings
🏛️ Intellectual History📜 Political Theory🫂 Civic Virtue🗽 Liberal Tradition🏟️ Civic Republicanism
A History of Histories
by J.W. Burrow • 2007
From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.
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📜 Historiography🧠 Intellectual History🔭 Philosophy Of History🔬 Historical Method✒️ Narrative Craft
A History of Histories Summary
A History of Histories 91%
From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.
by J.W. Burrow 2007
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456 ratings
📜 Historiography🧠 Intellectual History🔭 Philosophy Of History🔬 Historical Method✒️ Narrative Craft
Modern Times
by Paul Johnson • 1983
Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.
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📅 Modern History💡 Intellectual History🏛️ Political History⚖️ Moral Relativism🚫 Totalitarianism
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times 91%
Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.
by Paul Johnson 1983
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3k+ ratings
📅 Modern History💡 Intellectual History🏛️ Political History⚖️ Moral Relativism🚫 Totalitarianism
The Polymath
by Peter Burke • 2020
From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.
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🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Polymathy🎨 Renaissance Humanism🕯️ Enlightenment🔭 History Of Science
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath 91%
From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.
by Peter Burke 2020
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387 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Polymathy🎨 Renaissance Humanism🕯️ Enlightenment🔭 History Of Science
The Rational Optimist
by Matt Ridley • 2010
Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.
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🤝 Free Trade📜 Economic History🌟 Human Progress🧠 Collective Intelligence🔍 Debunking Pessimism
The Rational Optimist Summary
The Rational Optimist 91%
Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.
by Matt Ridley 2010
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14k+ ratings
🤝 Free Trade📜 Economic History🌟 Human Progress🧠 Collective Intelligence🔍 Debunking Pessimism
The Big Three in Economics
by Mark Skousen • 2007
Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.
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📜 Economic Thought💡 Intellectual History⚖️ Classical Economics🔓 Free Markets🏦 Government Intervention
The Big Three in Economics Summary
The Big Three in Economics 91%
Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.
by Mark Skousen 2007
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863 ratings
📜 Economic Thought💡 Intellectual History⚖️ Classical Economics🔓 Free Markets🏦 Government Intervention
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
by Karen McCreadie • 2009
The 1776 recipe for national wealth: self-interest, specialization, and government that stays out.
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🏛️ Classical Economics💹 Free Markets🌍 Free Trade🏭 Division Of Labor📊 Supply And Demand
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations Summary
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 91%
The 1776 recipe for national wealth: self-interest, specialization, and government that stays out.
by Karen McCreadie 2009
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138 ratings
🏛️ Classical Economics💹 Free Markets🌍 Free Trade🏭 Division Of Labor📊 Supply And Demand
Magnificent Rebels
by Andrea Wulf • 2022
A handful of quarrelsome friends in a German backwater invented the way you think about yourself.
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🧠 Intellectual History🌹 Romantic Movement📖 German Idealism👥 Group Biography💡 Enlightenment Critique
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels 91%
A handful of quarrelsome friends in a German backwater invented the way you think about yourself.
by Andrea Wulf 2022
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2k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🌹 Romantic Movement📖 German Idealism👥 Group Biography💡 Enlightenment Critique
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner • 1953
Why capitalism's greatest thinkers were also its sharpest critics, from Smith to Schumpeter.
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📜 History Of Economic Thought📈 Economic Theory🏛️ Political Economy🧠 Intellectual History🏭 Economic History
The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers 91%
Why capitalism's greatest thinkers were also its sharpest critics, from Smith to Schumpeter.
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953
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9k+ ratings
📜 History Of Economic Thought📈 Economic Theory🏛️ Political Economy🧠 Intellectual History🏭 Economic History
The Empathic Civilization
by Jeremy Rifkin • 2009
Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.
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🏛️ Big History🫂 Empathy Studies📈 Moral Progress⚡ Energy And Civilization🌍 Ecological Philosophy
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization 91%
Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009
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937 ratings
🏛️ Big History🫂 Empathy Studies📈 Moral Progress⚡ Energy And Civilization🌍 Ecological Philosophy
The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith • 2010
How a pin factory explains prosperity, and why free exchange allocates it better than governments.
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🏛️ Political Economy🔧 Division Of Labor🤝 Free Markets📈 Economic Growth⏳ Economic History
The Wealth of Nations Summary
The Wealth of Nations 91%
How a pin factory explains prosperity, and why free exchange allocates it better than governments.
by Adam Smith 2010
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421 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔧 Division Of Labor🤝 Free Markets📈 Economic Growth⏳ Economic History
The Case for Colonialism
by Bruce Gilley • 2023
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
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📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
The Case for Colonialism Summary
The Case for Colonialism 91%
Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.
by Bruce Gilley 2023
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191 ratings
📚 Revisionist History🏗️ State Building👑 Imperial History🌍 Post-Colonial States⏳ Modernization Theory
10 Books That Screwed Up the World
by Benjamin Wiker • 2008
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⛪ Critique Of Secularism⚠️ Dangerous Ideas🔗 Totalitarianism Origins
10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary
10 Books That Screwed Up the World 91%
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
by Benjamin Wiker 2008
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1k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⛪ Critique Of Secularism⚠️ Dangerous Ideas🔗 Totalitarianism Origins
Great Thinkers
by The School of Life • 2016
From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.
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🏛️ Western Philosophy☸️ Eastern Philosophy🛠️ Practical Philosophy📜 Intellectual History⚖️ Political Theory
Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers 91%
From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.
by The School of Life 2016
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2k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy☸️ Eastern Philosophy🛠️ Practical Philosophy📜 Intellectual History⚖️ Political Theory
The Dawn of Everything
by David Graeber • 2021
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
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🌍 Big History💡 Intellectual History✊🏽 Decolonizing History🗣️ Indigenous Philosophy🏴 Anarchist Anthropology
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything 91%
The story of human progress was built to bury indigenous challenges to European society.
by David Graeber 2021
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🌍 Big History💡 Intellectual History✊🏽 Decolonizing History🗣️ Indigenous Philosophy🏴 Anarchist Anthropology
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton • 2011
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
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🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy🧭 Philosophy For Beginners🧠 Great Thinkers
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy 91%
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
by Nigel Warburton 2011
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🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy🧭 Philosophy For Beginners🧠 Great Thinkers
The Great Guide
by Julian Baggini • 2021
The philosopher who said reason is only passion's servant also had a recipe for a good life.
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🧭 Practical Philosophy🔍 Empiricism❤️ Emotional Reasoning🌿 The Good Life🕯️ Death Acceptance
The Great Guide Summary
The Great Guide 91%
The philosopher who said reason is only passion's servant also had a recipe for a good life.
by Julian Baggini 2021
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197 ratings
🧭 Practical Philosophy🔍 Empiricism❤️ Emotional Reasoning🌿 The Good Life🕯️ Death Acceptance
Industry and Empire
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968
Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.
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📈 Economic History🏭 Industrial Revolution🇬🇧 British History🏛️ Marxist Historiography👥 History From Below
Industry and Empire Summary
Industry and Empire 91%
Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968
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574 ratings
📈 Economic History🏭 Industrial Revolution🇬🇧 British History🏛️ Marxist Historiography👥 History From Below
Conquests and Cultures
by Thomas Sowell • 1998
Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.
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🌍 Comparative History💰 Economic History🧠 Human Capital🏔️ Geographic Determinism🔄 Cultural Diffusion
Conquests and Cultures Summary
Conquests and Cultures 91%
Geography blocked Africa, conquests lifted Britain, and human capital explains the gap.
by Thomas Sowell 1998
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🌍 Comparative History💰 Economic History🧠 Human Capital🏔️ Geographic Determinism🔄 Cultural Diffusion
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
by Steven Pinker • 2016
Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?
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🏛️ Human Progress📊 Data-Driven Optimism🧠 Cognitive Biases☢️ Existential Risk💡 Enlightenment Values
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? Summary
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? 91%
Four thinkers debate: are we actually getting better, or just trading old problems for bigger ones?
by Steven Pinker 2016
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2k+ ratings
🏛️ Human Progress📊 Data-Driven Optimism🧠 Cognitive Biases☢️ Existential Risk💡 Enlightenment Values
Free Speech
by Jacob Mchangama • 2022
Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.
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📚 Intellectual History🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Censorship🏛️ Classical Liberalism⛓️ Authoritarianism
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech 91%
Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.
by Jacob Mchangama 2022
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500 ratings
📚 Intellectual History🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Censorship🏛️ Classical Liberalism⛓️ Authoritarianism
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowellm • 2009
The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy📢 Social Criticism🧠 Intellectual Overreach📜 Classical Liberalism⚙️ Social Engineering
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society 91%
The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.
by Thomas Sowellm 2009
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4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📢 Social Criticism🧠 Intellectual Overreach📜 Classical Liberalism⚙️ Social Engineering
Fearless
by Max Lucado • 2009
Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.
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🏛️ Western Philosophy🗳️ Political Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primer💡 History Of Ideas⚖️ Moral Philosophy
Fearless Summary
Fearless 91%
Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.
by Max Lucado 2009
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13k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy🗳️ Political Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primer💡 History Of Ideas⚖️ Moral Philosophy
The Victory of Reason
by Rodney Stark • 2005
The 'Dark Ages' were an era of explosive innovation, lit by the Church's obsession with reason.
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🏰 Medieval Innovation💰 Origins Of Capitalism⛪️ Church And State🗽 Political Freedom✝️ Faith And Reason
The Victory of Reason Summary
The Victory of Reason 91%
The 'Dark Ages' were an era of explosive innovation, lit by the Church's obsession with reason.
by Rodney Stark 2005
3.99
927 ratings
🏰 Medieval Innovation💰 Origins Of Capitalism⛪️ Church And State🗽 Political Freedom✝️ Faith And Reason
The Frontiers of Knowledge
by A.C. Grayling • 2021
Physics, history, brain science: three frontiers where every answer opens a bigger question.
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🧪 Philosophy Of Science📚 Intellectual History📜 Historiography🌍 Big History🔬 Popular Science
The Frontiers of Knowledge Summary
The Frontiers of Knowledge 91%
Physics, history, brain science: three frontiers where every answer opens a bigger question.
by A.C. Grayling 2021
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344 ratings
🧪 Philosophy Of Science📚 Intellectual History📜 Historiography🌍 Big History🔬 Popular Science
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee • 1987
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
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🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History🤝 Cultural Encounters🏰 Imperial Legacies
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 91%
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1987
4.11
543 ratings
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History🤝 Cultural Encounters🏰 Imperial Legacies
The Order of Things
by Michel Foucault • 1966
Thought is governed by hidden rules that have collapsed twice. 'Man' was their latest product.
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🏛️ Continental Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🔍 Epistemology🧩 Structuralism🗂️ Knowledge Systems
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things 91%
Thought is governed by hidden rules that have collapsed twice. 'Man' was their latest product.
by Michel Foucault 1966
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10k+ ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🔍 Epistemology🧩 Structuralism🗂️ Knowledge Systems
Cynicism
by Ansgar Allen • 2014
Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.
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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🗳️ Political Philosophy💬 Social Critique🔄 Value Subversion
Cynicism Summary
Cynicism 91%
Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.
by Ansgar Allen 2014
3.71
146 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🗳️ Political Philosophy💬 Social Critique🔄 Value Subversion
The Aristocracy of Talent
by Adrian Wooldridge • 2021
How talent beat inheritance: the 2,500-year rise of meritocracy, and why it now faces revolt.
3.88
531
🏆 Meritocracy📈 Social Mobility💡 History Of Ideas🧠 Intelligence And Society📝 Standardized Testing
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent 91%
How talent beat inheritance: the 2,500-year rise of meritocracy, and why it now faces revolt.
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021
3.88
531 ratings
🏆 Meritocracy📈 Social Mobility💡 History Of Ideas🧠 Intelligence And Society📝 Standardized Testing
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby • 2008
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
3.85
3k+
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History📺 Media Criticism🔬 Science Denial
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason 91%
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
by Susan Jacoby 2008
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History📺 Media Criticism🔬 Science Denial
The Birth of Plenty
by William J. Bernstein • 2004
Four conditions built the modern world; without them, even silver empires collapse.
4.19
858
📜 Economic History🏛️ Institutional Economics🔐 Property Rights🔬 Scientific Revolution💹 Capital Markets
The Birth of Plenty Summary
The Birth of Plenty 91%
Four conditions built the modern world; without them, even silver empires collapse.
by William J. Bernstein 2004
4.19
858 ratings
📜 Economic History🏛️ Institutional Economics🔐 Property Rights🔬 Scientific Revolution💹 Capital Markets
Vienna
by Richard Cockett • 2023
Vienna's thinkers built the modern mind. When fascism drove them out, they rebuilt it globally.
3.95
561
📚 Intellectual History🏛️ Viennese Modernism💰 Austrian Economics🛋️ Psychoanalysis History✈️ Diaspora And Exile
Vienna Summary
Vienna 91%
Vienna's thinkers built the modern mind. When fascism drove them out, they rebuilt it globally.
by Richard Cockett 2023
3.95
561 ratings
📚 Intellectual History🏛️ Viennese Modernism💰 Austrian Economics🛋️ Psychoanalysis History✈️ Diaspora And Exile
Enlightenment Now
by Steven Pinker • 2018
The world is getting better, by the numbers. The credit belongs to ideals we are abandoning.
4.19
33k+
📊 Data-Driven Optimism🌍 Global Development🕊️ Decline Of Violence🌱 Environmental Optimism⚠️ Existential Risk
Enlightenment Now Summary
Enlightenment Now 90%
The world is getting better, by the numbers. The credit belongs to ideals we are abandoning.
by Steven Pinker 2018
4.19
33k+ ratings
📊 Data-Driven Optimism🌍 Global Development🕊️ Decline Of Violence🌱 Environmental Optimism⚠️ Existential Risk
First Principles
by Thomas E. Ricks • 2020
Locke and Montesquieu get the credit. America's founders were actually reading Cicero and Cato.
4.06
4k+
🏛️ Founding Fathers📜 Early American Republic📚 Intellectual History🏺 Greco-Roman Thought🫡 Civic Virtue
First Principles Summary
First Principles 90%
Locke and Montesquieu get the credit. America's founders were actually reading Cicero and Cato.
by Thomas E. Ricks 2020
4.06
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Founding Fathers📜 Early American Republic📚 Intellectual History🏺 Greco-Roman Thought🫡 Civic Virtue
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