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Philosophy Book Summaries

100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late
by Luca Dellanna • 2019
A hundred of life's unwritten rules, explained before your next mistake explains them for you.
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116
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late Summary
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late
A hundred of life's unwritten rules, explained before your next mistake explains them for you.
by Luca Dellanna 2019 189 pages
4.16
116 ratings
Awake!
by Mark Vernon • 2025
What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.
4.35
60
Awake! Summary
Awake!
What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.
by Mark Vernon 2025 312 pages
4.35
60 ratings
Me
by Mel R. Thompson • 2009
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
3.55
203
Me Summary
Me
Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.
by Mel R. Thompson 2009 160 pages
3.55
203 ratings
Evolution Controversy, The
by Thomas B. Fowler • 2007
Four schools, three definitions, one unspoken fight: the evolution controversy, surveyed.
4.04
26
Evolution Controversy, The Summary
Evolution Controversy, The
Four schools, three definitions, one unspoken fight: the evolution controversy, surveyed.
by Thomas B. Fowler 2007 384 pages
4.04
26 ratings
The Functions of Social Conflict
by Lewis A. Coser • 1956
Conflict builds the groups it seems to threaten. Without it, societies don't heal; they shatter.
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84
The Functions of Social Conflict Summary
The Functions of Social Conflict
Conflict builds the groups it seems to threaten. Without it, societies don't heal; they shatter.
by Lewis A. Coser 1956 192 pages
3.99
84 ratings
Four Sociological Traditions
by Randall Collins • 1994
Four rival lenses on all of social life: power, exchange, ritual, and the socially constructed self.
3.86
152
Four Sociological Traditions Summary
Four Sociological Traditions
Four rival lenses on all of social life: power, exchange, ritual, and the socially constructed self.
by Randall Collins 1994 336 pages
3.86
152 ratings
Memento Mori
by Joanna Ebenstein • 2024
A daily reminder of death: the ancient, now science-backed practice for the life you actually want.
4.04
283
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
A daily reminder of death: the ancient, now science-backed practice for the life you actually want.
by Joanna Ebenstein 2024 303 pages
4.04
283 ratings
The Psychology of Gender
by Gary W. Wood • 2018
The data: men and women are mostly the same, and pretending otherwise hurts everyone, including men.
3.71
76
The Psychology of Gender Summary
The Psychology of Gender
The data: men and women are mostly the same, and pretending otherwise hurts everyone, including men.
by Gary W. Wood 2018 118 pages
3.71
76 ratings
Choose Wisely
by Barry Schwartz • 2025
Decision theory was built on a casino metaphor. The price: meaning, virtue, and practical wisdom.
3.42
60
Choose Wisely Summary
Choose Wisely
Decision theory was built on a casino metaphor. The price: meaning, virtue, and practical wisdom.
by Barry Schwartz 2025 296 pages
3.42
60 ratings
Desfile
by Rachel Cusk • 2024
Artists invert reality. Their wives learn to live upside down or split themselves in two.
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7k+
Desfile Summary
Desfile
Artists invert reality. Their wives learn to live upside down or split themselves in two.
by Rachel Cusk 2024 152 pages
3.50
7k+ ratings
My Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn • 1997
A telepathic gorilla teaches a girl that civilization, not human nature, is destroying the world.
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10k+
My Ishmael Summary
My Ishmael
A telepathic gorilla teaches a girl that civilization, not human nature, is destroying the world.
by Daniel Quinn 1997 293 pages
4.11
10k+ ratings
American Citizenship
by Judith Nisse Shklar • 1991
Voting and earning: the two pillars of American citizenship, forged in opposition to slavery.
3.60
67
American Citizenship Summary
American Citizenship
Voting and earning: the two pillars of American citizenship, forged in opposition to slavery.
by Judith Nisse Shklar 1991 134 pages
3.60
67 ratings
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays
by Richard M. Ebeling • 1978
Behind every boom is a central bank forcing rates too low. The bust is the cure, not the illness.
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500+
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays Summary
The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays
Behind every boom is a central bank forcing rates too low. The bust is the cure, not the illness.
by Richard M. Ebeling 1978 125 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
by Daniel Bell • 1976
Capitalism demands discipline at work and hedonism at leisure. The contradiction is catching up.
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301
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Summary
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Capitalism demands discipline at work and hedonism at leisure. The contradiction is catching up.
by Daniel Bell 1976 363 pages
3.83
301 ratings
Demian / Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse • 1998
To become himself, a young man must first lose every self he tries on.
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12k+
Demian / Siddhartha Summary
Demian / Siddhartha
To become himself, a young man must first lose every self he tries on.
by Hermann Hesse 1998
4.20
12k+ ratings
Start Making Sense
by Steven J. Heine • 2025
Your brain has a meaninglessness alarm. Why it won't stop ringing, and how to quiet it.
3.98
88
Start Making Sense Summary
Start Making Sense
Your brain has a meaninglessness alarm. Why it won't stop ringing, and how to quiet it.
by Steven J. Heine 2025 352 pages
3.98
88 ratings
The War on the West
by Douglas Murray • 2022
The West is waging a cultural war on itself. No other civilization joins in.
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9k+
The War on the West Summary
The War on the West
The West is waging a cultural war on itself. No other civilization joins in.
by Douglas Murray 2022 308 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Rights Talk
by Mary Ann Glendon • 1991
American law won't require you to rescue a drowning stranger. That gap explains our broken politics.
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124
Rights Talk Summary
Rights Talk
American law won't require you to rescue a drowning stranger. That gap explains our broken politics.
by Mary Ann Glendon 1991 236 pages
4.06
124 ratings
The Ideological Brain
by Leor Zmigrod • 2025
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
3.66
500+
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
by Leor Zmigrod 2025 292 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
L'empathie est politique
by Samah Karaki • 2024
Feeling another's pain isn't neutral: it's a biased, exhausting act shaped by politics.
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146
L'empathie est politique Summary
L'empathie est politique
Feeling another's pain isn't neutral: it's a biased, exhausting act shaped by politics.
by Samah Karaki 2024 223 pages
4.35
146 ratings
Democracy for Realists
by Christopher H. Achen • 2016
Voters punish presidents for shark attacks, vote their tribe, and ignore policy.
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1k+
Democracy for Realists Summary
Democracy for Realists
Voters punish presidents for shark attacks, vote their tribe, and ignore policy.
by Christopher H. Achen 2016 408 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Resistance
by Alastair Crooke • 2009
The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.
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36
Resistance Summary
Resistance
The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.
by Alastair Crooke 2009 328 pages
4.00
36 ratings
The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon • 1961
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
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33k+
The Wretched of the Earth Summary
The Wretched of the Earth
Colonialism can only be overthrown by violence that destroys oppressor and oppressed self at once.
by Frantz Fanon 1961 251 pages
4.35
33k+ ratings
Man Is Not Alone
by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1951
Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.
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500+
Man Is Not Alone Summary
Man Is Not Alone
Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.
by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1951 320 pages
4.41
500+ ratings
The Great Math War
by Jason Socrates Bardi • 2025
A feud among mathematicians, a world war, and a proof that ended the search for certainty.
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60
The Great Math War Summary
The Great Math War
A feud among mathematicians, a world war, and a proof that ended the search for certainty.
by Jason Socrates Bardi 2025 416 pages
3.77
60 ratings
Durable Inequality
by Charles Tilly • 1998
Inequality's engine is organizational: categories let institutions extract, hoard, and reproduce.
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114
Durable Inequality Summary
Durable Inequality
Inequality's engine is organizational: categories let institutions extract, hoard, and reproduce.
by Charles Tilly 1998 312 pages
4.03
114 ratings
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
by Thomas Cahill • 2004
Greek soldiers, poets, thinkers assembled the Western mind. Their answers remain our questions.
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3k+
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Summary
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Greek soldiers, poets, thinkers assembled the Western mind. Their answers remain our questions.
by Thomas Cahill 2004 304 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
On Character
by Stanley McChrystal • 2025
Good beliefs aren't enough. A general on the discipline that turns them into character.
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1k+
On Character Summary
On Character
Good beliefs aren't enough. A general on the discipline that turns them into character.
by Stanley McChrystal 2025 300 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Inventing the Individual
by Larry Siedentop • 2014
Liberalism wasn't born against Christianity. Christianity invented the individual.
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500+
Inventing the Individual Summary
Inventing the Individual
Liberalism wasn't born against Christianity. Christianity invented the individual.
by Larry Siedentop 2014 416 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Love Thy Body
by Nancy R. Pearcey • 2018
Abortion, hookup culture, and gender ideology share a hidden premise: the body is not the self.
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4k+
Love Thy Body Summary
Love Thy Body
Abortion, hookup culture, and gender ideology share a hidden premise: the body is not the self.
by Nancy R. Pearcey 2018 336 pages
4.58
4k+ ratings
The Dark Side of Democracy
by Michael Mann • 2004
Modernity's worst mass killings were not by tyrants alone, but by democracies that turned ethnic.
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159
The Dark Side of Democracy Summary
The Dark Side of Democracy
Modernity's worst mass killings were not by tyrants alone, but by democracies that turned ethnic.
by Michael Mann 2004 592 pages
4.06
159 ratings
The Cyclic Universe
by Howard Burton • 2013
An infinite cycle: the far future of one universe ignites the Big Bang of the next.
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28
The Cyclic Universe Summary
The Cyclic Universe
An infinite cycle: the far future of one universe ignites the Big Bang of the next.
by Howard Burton 2013 86 pages
4.25
28 ratings
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement
by Charles T. Munger
Your brain is wired to misjudge. Munger's checklist turns those flaws into patterns you can fix.
4.50
353
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement Summary
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement
Your brain is wired to misjudge. Munger's checklist turns those flaws into patterns you can fix.
by Charles T. Munger 21 pages
4.50
353 ratings
Games People Play
by Scott P. Stevens • 2008
Why cooperation fails, why auctions overpay, and how to spot the game in every interaction.
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180
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
Why cooperation fails, why auctions overpay, and how to spot the game in every interaction.
by Scott P. Stevens 2008 68 pages
3.99
180 ratings
Visionary
by Graham Hancock • 2022
The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.
4.30
338
Visionary Summary
Visionary
The same non-human intelligence that painted cave walls 35,000 years ago still abducts people today.
by Graham Hancock 2022 640 pages
4.30
338 ratings
Organizing
by Marshall Ganz • 2014
The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.
4.26
19
Organizing Summary
Organizing
The disciplined craft of turning personal stories and living-room meetings into political power.
by Marshall Ganz 2014 50 pages
4.26
19 ratings
Right-Wing Women
by Andrea Dworkin • 1983
The right offers women safety from male violence in exchange for obedience. The men never deliver.
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2k+
Right-Wing Women Summary
Right-Wing Women
The right offers women safety from male violence in exchange for obedience. The men never deliver.
by Andrea Dworkin 1983 255 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
I AM
by Howard Falco • 2010
Two words govern your entire experience. Change what follows them, and your reality shifts.
4.19
471
I AM Summary
I AM
Two words govern your entire experience. Change what follows them, and your reality shifts.
by Howard Falco 2010 352 pages
4.19
471 ratings
The Extended Mind
by Richard Menary • 2008
The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.
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41
The Extended Mind Summary
The Extended Mind
The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.
by Richard Menary 2008 382 pages
3.76
41 ratings
A Escola dos Deuses - Formação dos líderes da nova Economia
by Stefano Elio D'Anna • 2006
What if death is a choice, reality is a dream, and your enemy is your teacher?
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2k+
A Escola dos Deuses - Formação dos líderes da nova Economia Summary
A Escola dos Deuses - Formação dos líderes da nova Economia
What if death is a choice, reality is a dream, and your enemy is your teacher?
by Stefano Elio D'Anna 2006 389 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
The Clock Mirage
by Joseph Mazur • 2020
Physics says time is relative. Biology says it's a cellular rhythm. The clock is a mirage.
3.42
118
The Clock Mirage Summary
The Clock Mirage
Physics says time is relative. Biology says it's a cellular rhythm. The clock is a mirage.
by Joseph Mazur 2020 272 pages
3.42
118 ratings
HOMBRES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA
by Jaime Maristany • 2014
From Moses to Napoleon: the leadership moves that turned ten mortals into history's architects.
3.28
170
HOMBRES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA Summary
HOMBRES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA
From Moses to Napoleon: the leadership moves that turned ten mortals into history's architects.
by Jaime Maristany 2014 116 pages
3.28
170 ratings
How States Think
by John J. Mearsheimer • 2023
Rational foreign policy: a sound theory plus a real debate. The outcome is a separate question.
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500+
How States Think Summary
How States Think
Rational foreign policy: a sound theory plus a real debate. The outcome is a separate question.
by John J. Mearsheimer 2023 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Nationalism
by Liah Greenfeld • 1992
Nationalism was born from aristocratic vanity. One form built liberty; the other, tyranny.
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66
Nationalism Summary
Nationalism
Nationalism was born from aristocratic vanity. One form built liberty; the other, tyranny.
by Liah Greenfeld 1992 596 pages
3.77
66 ratings
In Search of Being
by G.I. Gurdjieff • 2013
Ordinary life is a waking trance. A forgotten path promises to construct a soul from scratch.
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268
In Search of Being Summary
In Search of Being
Ordinary life is a waking trance. A forgotten path promises to construct a soul from scratch.
by G.I. Gurdjieff 2013 288 pages
4.25
268 ratings
Modelos de partido
by Angelo Panebianco • 1982
What drives political parties: internal power, incentives, and institutionalization, not ideology.
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15
Modelos de partido Summary
Modelos de partido
What drives political parties: internal power, incentives, and institutionalization, not ideology.
by Angelo Panebianco 1982 512 pages
3.60
15 ratings
Latter-Day Pamphlets
by Thomas Carlyle • 1850
An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.
3.89
99
Latter-Day Pamphlets Summary
Latter-Day Pamphlets
An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.
by Thomas Carlyle 1850 308 pages
3.89
99 ratings
Why Privacy Matters
by Neil Richards • 2021
Every argument that privacy is dead was made by someone who profits from its funeral.
4.06
177
Why Privacy Matters Summary
Why Privacy Matters
Every argument that privacy is dead was made by someone who profits from its funeral.
by Neil Richards 2021 304 pages
4.06
177 ratings
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
by G.I. Gurdjieff • 1975
You are probably not yet real. Here is what becoming a genuine human being demands.
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Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' Summary
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'
You are probably not yet real. Here is what becoming a genuine human being demands.
by G.I. Gurdjieff 1975 192 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Communicating with Allah
by Bassam Saeh • 2018
The prayer you rush through was built to transform you. Learn what the pauses unlock.
4.39
138
Communicating with Allah Summary
Communicating with Allah
The prayer you rush through was built to transform you. Learn what the pauses unlock.
by Bassam Saeh 2018 176 pages
4.39
138 ratings
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