Philosophy Book Summaries

The Democracy Project Summary
The Democracy Project
A History, a Crisis, a Movement
by David Graeber 2013 352 pages
4.09
1.7K ratings
Politics
History
Anthropology
The Meaning of Things Summary
The Meaning of Things
Applying Philosophy to Life
by A.C. Grayling 2001 208 pages
3.86
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
History
Self Help
The Yoga of Jesus Summary
The Yoga of Jesus
Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels
by Paramahansa Yogananda 2007 160 pages
4.40
1.1K ratings
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan Summary
The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan
A Comprehensive Guide to the Principles and Practice
by Wong Kiew Kit 2002 336 pages
3.97
203 ratings
Martial Arts
Health
Philosophy
On Confidence Summary
On Confidence
by The School of Life 2017 60 pages
3.94
3.1K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Medieval Philosophy Summary
Medieval Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2005 352 pages
3.79
272 ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
Philosophy in the Islamic World Summary
Philosophy in the Islamic World
by Peter S. Adamson 2015 544 pages
4.32
222 ratings
Philosophy
History
Islam
Hector and the Secrets of Love Summary
Hector and the Secrets of Love
by François Lelord 2005 267 pages
3.46
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Romance
Philosophy
The Penguin and the Leviathan Summary
The Penguin and the Leviathan
How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest
by Yochai Benkler 2011 272 pages
3.70
348 ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
The Aristocracy of Talent Summary
The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
by Adrian Wooldridge 2021 481 pages
3.88
482 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Personality Types Summary
Personality Types
Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery
by Don Richard Riso 1987 544 pages
4.17
3.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
The Woman Destroyed Summary
The Woman Destroyed
by Simone de Beauvoir 1967 254 pages
4.02
42.6K ratings
Feminism
Classics
Short Stories
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Peter Kuper 2004 80 pages
3.79
4.7K ratings
Graphic Novels
Classics
Comics
The Dignity of Difference Summary
The Dignity of Difference
How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
by Jonathan Sacks 2002 216 pages
4.28
551 ratings
Religion
Philosophy
Judaism
The Great Initiates Summary
The Great Initiates
A Study of the Secret History of Religions
by Édouard Schuré 1889 480 pages
4.12
521 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Breakfast with Socrates Summary
Breakfast with Socrates
An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day
by Robert Rowland Smith 2009 237 pages
3.28
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Five Archetypes Summary
The Five Archetypes
Discover Your True Nature and Transform Your Life and Relationships
by Carey Davidson 2020 304 pages
3.25
275 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Relationships
The Art of Power Summary
The Art of Power
A Zen Master's Guide to Redefining Power, Achieving True Freedom and Discovering Lasting Happiness in a Stressful World
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2007 240 pages
4.25
3.0K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
Think like a Stoic Summary
Think like a Stoic
Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World
by Massimo Pigliucci 2021 12 pages
4.00
446 ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera 1979 313 pages
3.95
52.5K ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages
4.30
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literature
Virtually Human Summary
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
by Martine Rothblatt 2014 368 pages
3.48
179 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Technology
The Everlasting Man Summary
The Everlasting Man
by G.K. Chesterton 1925 260 pages
4.16
10.3K ratings
Theology
Religion
Philosophy
Hector and the Search for Lost Time Summary
Hector and the Search for Lost Time
by François Lelord 2006 240 pages
3.65
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
German Literature
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed Summary
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter
by Howard Gardner 2010 256 pages
3.48
215 ratings
Education
Philosophy
Psychology
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
The Science of a Curious Dimension
by Dan Falk 2008 329 pages
3.97
532 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.13
282 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence
Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris 2014 243 pages
3.64
1.8K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Sociology
Ståsteder Summary
Ståsteder
by Svend Brinkmann 2018 200 pages
3.77
743 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Danish
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown
A Metamorphosis
by Bruno Latour 2021 180 pages
3.50
276 ratings
Philosophy
Ecology
France
Living a Life of Awareness Summary
Living a Life of Awareness
Daily Meditations on the Toltec Path
by Miguel Ruiz Jr. 2013 224 pages
4.50
463 ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Psychology
Observer Summary
Observer
by Robert Lanza 2023 368 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Fantasy
Gunning for God Summary
Gunning for God
A Critique of the New Atheism
by John C. Lennox 2011 248 pages
4.31
787 ratings
Christian
Religion
Philosophy
Lagom Summary
Lagom
The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
by Linnea Dunne 2017 160 pages
3.59
6.5K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Sweden
The Prophet's Way Summary
The Prophet's Way
A Guide to Living in the Now
by Thom Hartmann 2001 336 pages
4.08
289 ratings
Spirituality
Memoir
Philosophy
Zen Is Right Here Summary
Zen Is Right Here
Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind"
by Shunryu Suzuki 2001 160 pages
4.19
299 ratings
Buddhism
Zen
Spirituality
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Wisdom of the Shamans Summary
Wisdom of the Shamans
What the Ancient Masters Can Teach Us about Love and Life
by Jose Ruiz 2018 176 pages
4.51
1.4K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Eight Limbs of Yoga Summary
The Eight Limbs of Yoga
A Handbook for Living Yoga Philosophy
by Stuart Ray Sarbacker 2015 92 pages
4.17
506 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Hinduism
Happy for No Reason Summary
Happy for No Reason
7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out
by Marci Shimoff 2008 420 pages
4.02
2.8K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
How to Say No Summary
How to Say No
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism
by Diogenes of Sinope 2022 248 pages
3.41
188 ratings
Philosophy
History
About Time Summary
About Time
Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang
by Adam Frank 2011 432 pages
3.88
480 ratings
Science
Physics
History
Basketball and Philosophy Summary
Basketball and Philosophy
Thinking Outside the Paint
by Jerry L. Walls 2007 300 pages
3.05
37 ratings
Philosophy
Basketball
Sports
Stealing from God Summary
Stealing from God
Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case
by Frank Turek 2014 304 pages
4.37
1.5K ratings
Christian
Christianity
Religion
المراقبة السائلة Summary
المراقبة السائلة
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 160 pages
3.79
474 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
Meditation in Action Summary
Meditation in Action
by Chögyam Trungpa 1969 96 pages
4.15
1.5K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom Summary
don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom
The Essential Teachings
by Miguel Ruiz Jr. 2017 261 pages
4.41
438 ratings
Self Help
Spirituality
Education
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote
Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
by Oliver Burkeman 2012 256 pages
4.04
15.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Mushroom at the End of the World Summary
The Mushroom at the End of the World
On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 331 pages
3.97
7.9K ratings
Anthropology
Science
Nature
The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy Summary
The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy
by Jennifer McCartney 2018 150 pages
3.91
2.2K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Humor
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