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Philosophy Book Summaries

The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
Fear Summary
Fear
A Powerful Guide to Overcoming Uncertainties and Personal Terrors, and Finding Peace and Freedom from Anxiety, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2012 164 pages
4.15
8k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
The Great Work of Your Life Summary
The Great Work of Your Life
by Stephen Cope 2012 304 pages
4.32
2k+ ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Science Delusion Summary
The Science Delusion
Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry
by Rupert Sheldrake 2012 392 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It Summary
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
by Kamal Ravikant 2012 59 pages
3.87
15k+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Journeys of Socrates Summary
The Journeys of Socrates
by Dan Millman 2005 336 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist
In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
by Frans de Waal 2013 289 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Constructive Living Summary
Constructive Living
by David K. Reynolds 1984 120 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
by Maria Konnikova 2013 273 pages
3.54
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Conscious Dreaming Summary
Conscious Dreaming
A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life
by Robert Moss 1996 384 pages
4.23
500+ ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
The Trauma of Everyday Life Summary
The Trauma of Everyday Life
by Mark Epstein 2013 240 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Philosophy
What Money Can't Buy Summary
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
by Michael J. Sandel 2012 256 pages
3.93
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The DAO of Capital Summary
The DAO of Capital
Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
by Mark Spitznagel 2013 368 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Art of Communicating Summary
The Art of Communicating
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2013 176 pages
4.11
11k+ ratings
Self Help
Buddhism
Communication
Mind & Cosmos Summary
Mind & Cosmos
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
by Thomas Nagel 2012 144 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
A Universe from Nothing Summary
A Universe from Nothing
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2012 204 pages
3.94
29k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Free Will Summary
Free Will
by Sam Harris 2012 96 pages
3.86
36k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1818 534 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
From Dictatorship to Democracy Summary
From Dictatorship to Democracy
by Gene Sharp 1993 93 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Occupy Summary
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky 2012 128 pages
3.60
2k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Making a New Science
by James Gleick 1987 352 pages
4.04
39k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages
3.92
25k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Price of Everything Summary
The Price of Everything
A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity
by Russell Roberts 2008 224 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Summary
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
by Dale Carnegie 1944 358 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Battle for God Summary
The Battle for God
by Karen Armstrong 2000 480 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Religion
History
Philosophy
The Science of Good and Evil Summary
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer 2004 368 pages
3.91
3k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Moral Tribes Summary
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by Joshua D. Greene 2013 432 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Moral Minds Summary
Moral Minds
How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong
by Marc Hauser 2006 512 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Personality Types Summary
Personality Types
Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery
by Don Richard Riso 1987 544 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Matrix and Philosophy Summary
The Matrix and Philosophy
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
by William Irwin 2002 280 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Film
Pop Culture
Basketball and Philosophy Summary
Basketball and Philosophy
Thinking Outside the Paint
by Jerry L. Walls 2007 300 pages
3.05
10+ ratings
Philosophy
Basketball
Sports
Breaking Bad and Philosophy Summary
Breaking Bad and Philosophy
Badder Living through Chemistry
by Robert Arp 2012 242 pages
3.30
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Pop Culture
Essays
Come, Let Us Reason Summary
Come, Let Us Reason
An Introduction to Logical Thinking
by Norman L. Geisler 1990 232 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Christian
Peace Is Every Step Summary
Peace Is Every Step
The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
by Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 134 pages
4.31
44k+ ratings
Spirituality
Buddhism
Self Help
Walk Like a Buddha Summary
Walk Like a Buddha
Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again
by Lodro Rinzler 2013 224 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Self Help
Godless Summary
Godless
How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
by Dan Barker 2008 392 pages
3.97
7k+ ratings
Religion
Atheism
Philosophy
المراقبة السائلة Summary
المراقبة السائلة
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 160 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
Mandela's Way Summary
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
by Richard Stengel 2009 243 pages
4.10
3k+ ratings
Biography
History
Self Help
The Architecture of Happiness Summary
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton 2006 288 pages
3.86
13k+ ratings
Architecture
Philosophy
Art
The Introvert's Way Summary
The Introvert's Way
Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
by Sophia Dembling 2012 198 pages
3.67
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 480 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
Thinking Summary
Thinking
The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction
by John Brockman 2013 432 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
by Don Lattin 2010 256 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
History
Psychology
Biography
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 1963 562 pages
3.87
29k+ ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Stumbling on Happiness Summary
Stumbling on Happiness
by Daniel Todd Gilbert 2006 263 pages
3.83
62k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan 1977 271 pages
4.19
20k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Evolution
The Secret Power of Yoga Summary
The Secret Power of Yoga
A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras
by Nischala Joy Devi 2007 301 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Spirituality
Personal Development
Health
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Summary
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
by John Gray 2012 368 pages
3.58
100k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
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