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READINGWESTERN
PHILOSOPHY,FROMTHE
GREEKSTONOW
SectionsthatDIVIDEwillbeinREDandbold
Purpleisspecialsectionorsomethingthatrequiresalotofattentionandshouldbereadcarefully!
Greenandboldisworks/wordsnotinEnglish
>Memearrows,italicsandhighlightedgreenareusedforquoting
Bluetextinboldarethinkerswecoverinthisguide,alsobluetextwillbegivenwhenathinkerisfirstmentioned

Titlesofworkswillbeinitalicswhenreferredtoin
normaltext

FORNEWFAGS:

FORNEWFAGSWANTINGTOLEARNPHILOSOPHY,FIRSTTHINGSTODO:
1.ReadtheprefaceandIntroduction,understandwhatitsfor(pedagogy)
2.Spend5minutesSKIMMINGthroughtheactualreadingmanual(gotowhereitsays
THISIS
WHERETHEGUIDEACTUALLYSTARTS
).Youdontneedtounderstandorknowanythingin
theactualguideyet.
3.Gaspinhorrorattheamountofphilosophicalthought
4.Learnthehistoryofphilosophyandbasicconceptsusingthebooksandlinksprovidedinthe
introduction.MAKESUREYOUREALLYDOLEARNIT!
5.Gobackto
THISISWHERETHEGUIDEACTUALLYSTARTS

andstartwiththeGreeks!
6.AfterstartingwiththeGreeksdiscusson/lit/todevelopyourowninterestsinthefieldof
philosophyforexamplePhilofMind.

ONHELPINGTHECONSTRUCTIONOFTHISGUIDEUSESUGGESTIONMODETOMAKESUGGESTIONSTOO!

PASSAGESORUSETHREAD!IFTHEYAREGOODIWILLADDIT!!!

Ifyouhavegoodknowledgeonthempleasesuggestlargeedits!!


Iftherearemissingphilosopherspleasescrolldowntolastpagesofthisdocand
addthem

INTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANK

Forindexofcontents

Preface
Aclarificationforthealreadyknowledgeable,newfagspleasereadtoo!
ThiswasaprojectIconjuredupwithsomehelpofanonsduringdevelopment,acomprehensive
guidetoWesternPhilosophy.ThePrefaceaimstoclarifytoalreadyphilosophically
knowledgeablepeopleonthepurposeofthisguideandthephilosophicallyuninitiatedonthe
pathofknowledgeandwisdom.
TheguideisnotadetailedexplanationofthePhilosopher
andtheirideas(anddefinitelynotareplacement).

Yougetthatbyreadingthem,foran
overviewofPhilosophycheckthe
Introduction

butthisisacommentary/guideonwhattotexts
toread,whotoread,andTranslations/Editionstoacquire.

Whymakeanotherguide?Wealreadyhavetons!
Theyusuallyjumbletherequiredreadingorderorpresenthorrible/inferiortranslationslikethis
guide
https://warosu.org/lit/thread/S6360534#p6360560
ormissimportantworksof
philosophers.Eventhoughtheoneaboveisbetterthanmostguidesitmissescriticalpeoplelike
FUCKINGHAS

LACAN
BUTNO
FREUD
orhashorribletranslationsgiven!

Willthisguideshutdownphilosophyon/lit/duetoexplainingeverything?
Thisguideonlycontainsasentenceorareallyshortparagraphonaphilosopher,sono.I
actuallyhopethisguidewillenrichthealreadywellestablisheddiscussionintosomethingmore
coherent.

Whoshouldreadthisguide?
ThepeopleIhadinmindwhenwritingthosewhowantedtostudyphilosophyseriously.Idonot
meanacademicallybutasaveryserioushobbyattheveryleast.Thisguideisnotforhacks,
pseudointellectualsordilettanteswhowanttoimpresswomenorsomethingofthelike.

Isthisguideaimedtoreplaceanyrealinstitutionsofeducation?
NONONONONONONONONONO

HowdoIreadthisguide?:
Itsoptimisedinthebestwaytoreadforpedagogicalpurposes,nobullshiton
butbutitsnot
historical!!
FuckoffdoesthisguidelooklikeachronologicalHistoryofWesternPhilosophyto
you?

Onbias
IamaMarxistandanatheist,mymaininterestsinphilosophyarePoststructuralism,
Structuralism,CriticalTheory,Lacanianpsychoanalysis,Schelling,Schopenhauerand
PhilosophyofMusic(sobasicallyAesthetics).Havingadmittedthesepossiblevectorsofbiasof
coursedoesnotabsolvemeofanymistakesduetobiasinthisguide.

SinceyouareaMarxistwillyoucover
Marx
?

Yesforafewreasons.FirstoffIthinkitisfairtosay/lit/hasafairamountofLeftists(Imean
LeftistsingeneralandnotMarxists).Secondofall,Marxhasaverylargeinfluenceon
Continentalthinkersand/lit/lovesContinentalthinkers(AlsotherearesomeAnalyticthinkers
influencedbyMarxtoo!).Three,ifyou'rearightwingeroraliberal

whynotreadittocritiqueit?
Four,OnecanjustreadMarxasanmaterialistcritiqueofHegelsmetaphysicsperhaps?

YoumissedXXXauthor!Howdareyou!
Iwillbecoveringphilosopherswhohavehadalargeinfluenceandnotyourobscurefavourite
blogger.Iwilltrytobeunbiasedaspossibleinmycoverageandcoverinfluentialphilosophers
regardlessofmyownpersonalopinionaboutthem.

YoumissedXworkofY
Iwillcoverthemainworksofphilosophersandnotsomethingtheywroteinanobscurejournal.I
donotomitworksdueignorancebutduetothisfollowingreason,thisguidewillbe
comprehensivebutnotoverwhelmingtoaninitiate.

Onthecostofthebooks
Highlyexpensivebookswillonlybeoptedoptionalandsomecheaperalternativesofworkswill
bepresented,ifyoureadthewholecanonproperlyitwillnotbecheap,whenbuying2ndhand
pickoneswithUNMARKEDINTERIORS!
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Collectedworks&Essentialworkseditions

vsmultipleindividualeditions
Ihavechosentranslationsandscholarlysupportovercheapercollectedworks.Collected
workseditionsandEssentialworkseditionswillusuallyonlybepresentediftheyhavethebest
supportapparatus.Itisalsoimportanttocheckthecontentsbeforebuyingcollectedworksjust
incaseyoudontbuyoverlappingtexts.YoucancheckusingAmazonpreviewandGoogle
books
.
.

Regardingonpresentingeditionsofworksintheoriginallanguage:

Iwilldeemifitsnecessarytoalsopresenteditionsofphilosophersworksintheiroriginal
languageforfurtherreadingmaterial.

Furthernoteontranslations:
Imaypointtoeditionsintheiroriginallanguageforfurtherreading,thesearentexactly
necessarybutservethepurposeofbetterunderstandingthetext.Ialsopickliteraltranslations
overlooseones.Iamalsoawareasneweditionsofworkscomeoutthislistmaybecome
outdated,asofwritingIprovidethebestandlatesteditions.

Introduction
Specificallyforthenewfagsofphilosophy,whenyoufinishthisyouwillhaveagood
graspofthehistoryPhilosophyfromtheGreekstoNietzscheattheveryleastandearly
Analytic&Continentalhistory.
What'sAnalyticandContinentalphilosophymentionedinthepreface?
Toputitinsimplewordstherewasarupturebetweentwogroupsofphilosopherswhohad
differentviewsonmethodologyandwhatphilosophyshouldbeintheearly20thCentury.The
breakbeganwith
GottlobFrege,G.E.Moore,BertrandRussell
and

LudwigWittgenstein

on
theAnalyticside
EdmundHusserl

and
MartinHeidegger

ontheContinentalside.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/74/Analytic_versus_Continental_Philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?
v
=xiISBhwxaY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3Ke1tF9dU
Alsocheckouttheverylastpageofthisguide.

DoIneedtoreadeveryoneandeverythingonthislist?
Itisyourdecisiononwhattoread,buttherearephilosophersthatyouwillneedtoread
regardlessifyoulikethemornottounderstandWesternphilosophy(likeKant).Asyoudevelop
certainphilosophicalinterestsyouwillfindoutwhatyouwanttoread.ForexampleIdeveloped
aninterestinPhilosophyofMusicandthusIwillreadPhilosophyofMusic.

Howlongwillittaketoreadallofthis?HowdoIreadaphilosophicaltext?
Yearsofcourse,Imeanyoureallyarea/lit/patricianwhoswillingtospendyearsreadingand
alsoreadforthevirtueofreadingright?Withregardstohowtoread:readslowly,takenotes,
andunderlinepassagesofinterest.

Readingorder
Readingorderisveryimportant.Puttingitinverynaivetermsphilosophersaffirm,
negateortransformapreviousphilosophersideas.Youwillnotunderstand

Aristotle
if
youdonotread
Plato
firstforexample.

THERESSOMUCHSTUFFI'MBOGGEDDOWN!
Sticktothestuffintheintroductionokay?Lateronyouwillfindoutyourspecific
interestsmaychoosetospecialiseinaspecificfieldofphilosophy.

Wherethefucktobuyallthesebooks?
ImostlybuymostofthebooksonAmazonbutseriouslyjustsearchtheISBNonline.Or
downloadthemoffRussiansiteslikelibgen.AlsogooglePDFs.

ShouldIreadtheworksintheiroriginallanguages?
Ifyoucanfluentlythenyesyou

willbenefitalot,notnecessarybuthighlyrecommended.

ShouldIditchathinkerbecauseIcantreadthemintheiroriginallanguage?
No,thisiswheregoodscholarlytranslationscomeintoplay.Jokesonyouifthere'sno
translation

Basicterminology
Philosophyhasit'sownterminologytopreciselyexplicateideas,conceptsandsoandso
onwhichyouneedtobefamiliarwith,somebasictermsarelistedbelow.

Concentrateonthefivefieldsofphilosophyshowninyellowfirstandthencheckout
thesewordsbelow.Usetheresourcesbelowtofindoutthemeaning.
IgnorethesubsectionsonLogicfornowunlessyousomehowfeelconfident
(PoliticalPhilosophy)LogosEmpiricismAreteRationalismArche
(Socraticdialogue)IdealismMaterialismTeleologyPhysis
aprioriaposterioribeingNoussubjectDialecticessenceform

Encyclopedias,whereyousearchstuff!:
Wikipediaofcourse
ButIwouldn'tgotowikipediafirstasitisnotscholarlyeditedbyprofessionals.Onlygoodfor
specificinformationlikebiographicalinformationorsomethingobscure.
StanfordEncyclopediaofPhilosophy,

plato.stanford.edu
OnlineEncyclopediaeditedandwrittenbyAcademics,highlyrecommended.
InternetEncyclopediaofPhilosophy
iep.utm.edu

AnotherhighlyrecommendedEncyclopedia,alsoeditedandwrittenbyAcademics.
PhilosophyBasics

philosophybasics.com
Iincludedthisonebecauseofthelaymenlanguageusedandexplainstopicsmuchmorebriefly,
theothertwowikisarealotbetterthoughbuthereitis.

Lecturesandtalksonbasicsofphilosophy:
RickRoderick

rickroderick.org
SomeguywhowaswiththeTheTeachingCompany,coversbroadrangeoftopicsand
philosophers,heevenreachesupto20thcenturythinkerslike
Derrida
!
BryanMagee
'sThegreatphilosophersTVseries(1987)*
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFF9E7ADD88FBA144
BryanMageeindiscussionwithfamousphilosophersandscholarslike
Searle
,
Marcuse
,
Ayer
etcina45minutetvprogramaboutthehistoryofWesternPhilosophy.
NOTE:ThelinkaboveaboveincludessomepartsoftheTVseries
MenofIdeas
alsohostedby
BryanMageebutIamunabletofindthefullversionof
MenofIdeas
online,anywaysheresthe
imdbpages:
imdb.com/title/tt1046679
imdb.com/title/tt1043128
GregoryB.Sadler

lectures
youtube.com/channel/UCEtxsMx4qsoitFwjBdLU_gA

Someprofessordecidedtouploadsomeofhislecturestoyoutube,haven'twatchedmuchofhis
videosbuthisintroductoryvideosarefine.There'sevenalecturewherehehasalecturewith
freshmenwhereheexplainsthephilosophicaltermslistedabove.
PartiallyExaminedlife

partiallyexaminedlife.com
Aphilosophypodcastthat'snotplebatall(Keepreadingtothe
purple
textbelowformoreinfo)
Historyofphilosophy

http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/
Focusesonlesserknownphilosophers,withoutanygaps.


BooksontheHistoryofWesternPhilosophy
:
Thesebooksbelowdoesasweepingofthehistoryofphilosophy,agoodoverviewonwhats
happenedinthehistoryofphilosophy.Youdon'thavetoreadthemallbutmerelypickone.
RECOMMENDEDTOREADONEBEFORESTARTINGTHEGREEKS!DontreadBertrand
Russellsone,itsbiased.
FrederickCopleston
's
HistoryofPhilosophy
(194675)
Ahuge11volumecoveringfromthepresocraticstoearlyAnalytic/Continentalphilosophy,note
thattheauthorisaJesuitpriestandmayhavesomethomisticbiases.
BryanMagee
's
TheStoryofPhilosophy
ISBN:

078947994X
BryanMageeisatitagain!Thisisashort240pagebookusinglaymenlanguage!Enoughsaid.
WillDurant's
TheStoryofPhilosophy
(1924witharevisedsecondeditionreleasedin1933

andsinglevolumeHardcover1926)
Theoldest(butnottheworst!),althoughnotaphilosopherintheproperWillDuranthaswritten
acomprehensivemultivolumebookfromtheGreekstoNietzsche.Healsohaswrittenan11
volumesetonhistory"TheStoryofCivilization"withhiswifeAriel(Unfortunatelytheybothdied
beforegettingpastNapoleon).Therearealsoaudiorecordingsfloatingaroundontheinternetof
bothbooks.
ANewHistoryofWesternPhilosophyISBN:
0199656495
Suggestedbyanon,averynewbookbyawellacclaimedscholarAnthonyKenny.

DEGENERATEPEDAGOGUESTOAVOID,
IMPORTANTSECTIONFORNEWFAGS:
Listofyoutubechannelsorwebsitesandspecificpeopletoavoid
1
.PhilosophyTube(YTchannel)
2.
Wisecrack
3.
InspiringPhilosophy
4.AlainDeBottonandhispopularYTchannelandwebsiteSchoolofLife
Thereasonbeingaveryimportantone,thelevelofphilosophicdepthandseriousness
andrealpedagogicalpotentialoftheselistedwouldbecommonlyreferredtoaspop
philosophy.Theytalkaboutphilosophy(specificallyphilosophersthatwouldgeneratepage
views)butwateritdownsomuch(to5minutevideos)itsnotworthyourtime,youareactually
betterofffindingsomeobscurechannelwhodoesntbowdowntoanysuperegoinjunctionsto
makeeverythingsomewhatentertaining.Thelasttwoarejustdegenerate.Justavoidany
channelclaimingthatphilosophywillmakeyourlifebetterbecausethatswhatthesepeopleand
youtubechannelssellpopphilosophyas.Notsayingphilosophycouldntimproveyourlifebut
itsaredflagyoushouldbekeenontherarechancephilosophyspringsupinthepublic
discourse

ONTHEEDITIONS/TranslationsTOBUY:

IshallbeginbystatingthattherearemanytranslationsofthesameworkanditisKEYtohaving
therighttranslation,ahorriblycompilededitionortranslationcanhaveyoucompletely
misunderstandaphilosopher!Worksinoriginallanguagesarealsocheapertobuy.

Ongenericsecondaryliteratureseries:
Therearemanygenericphilosophyseriesofsecondary/lit/suchasbooksinthe
Cambridge/Oxford/Blackwell/Routledge
Companions
eries.Franklythesewereprobablymade
tosellandthequalityvariesbywhatitstopicisabout.Onlybuytheoneswhichcontainessays
byreputablescholars.Thisshallbereflectedinthisguide.

Agoodtranslationhas:
1.Unabridgedtext
2.Anintroductoryessaybythetranslatorandeditor
3.Footnotesandannotationsexplainingphilosophicalhistoricalbackgroundoftext(soyou
haveabetterunderstanding)andtranslationdecisionsexplained
(textexplainingtranslation
decisionsareveryimportant!)

Publishers,aquickguideoncommonlyfoundpublishersofphilosophy
Likeliteraturetherearesomegood,okayandshitpublishers:
Best(innoorder):
LoebClassicalLibrary
Hackett
Oxford
Cambridge
SUNYPress(StateUniversityofNewYork)
Clarendon
Midtoptier:
Otheruniversities
Okay:
Dover
Shit:
Penguin

Reasoning:
Althoughexpensive,Loebisthetoptierplaceforclassicaltexts.Thetranslationsarequite
literalandscholarlyandhastheoriginallanguageANDtheenglishtranslationinthesame
volume(Originalonleftpageandtranslationontheright).
Hackett,Oxford,CambridgeandSUNYpressareallspecialistpublishersbelongingtomajor
highereducationinstitutionsandhavedoneimpressiveeditionsofmajorphilosophicalworks.
Editionsofworkscompiledbythesepublishersareusedinscholarlyandacademiccitations
regularly.
DONOTBUYPENGUINTRANSLATIONSIFTHEREAREOTHERONES!

Thisisn'tsomeirrationalhatredofPenguinbutmerelythefactthatPenguinservestoprovide
cheapeditionsofliteratureingeneral(notaspecialistinphilosophy).Thepublishersmentioned
abovepublisheditionsbyscholarswhohavespentyearsandyearsgatheringandcompiling
informationbeforepublishingtheirwork.Sodon'tbuyfromPenguinunlessgivensointhis
guide.
YesPenguinisthatbadcomparedtotheotherpublishers.

*
Unfortunatelythisprogrammecontains
PeterSinger
talkingabout
Hege
l
andMarx,PeterSingerisanEthicistandnotaHegelian
orMarxist.Iwouldskipthistalkandfindsomethingelse.

THISISWHERETHEGUIDE
ACTUALLYSTARTS!
Ancientera,startingwiththe
Greeks:
Startingwiththegreeksshouldbetakenasamemeandatthesametimeseriously,the
WesternphilosophicaltraditiontracesallthewaybacktotheAncientgreekssoseriouslystart
withthegreeks.NOEXCUSES!INUNIVERSITYTHEYSTARTWITHTHEGREEKS!(Also
pleasemakesureyouunderstandallthepreliminarystuffbeforereadinganyfurther)

Spaceleftintentionallyblank

Youhaveprobablyseenthisaround/lit/*alotofthetimebutIwouldliketodiscussthispicture
belowinordertoexplainsomepointsonhowthisimageisrelatedtothisguideandtopointout
itsshortcomings.Remembertofollowthelinesintheimageandreadinorder!

Formoreinformationwatchtheselectures:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL023BCE51342439

PROBLEMS,ontheimage.
WhattoreadintheImage
ItisquiterighttostartoffwithlearningthehistoryandmythologyofAncientGreecesowehave
thatcoveredbutIwouldarguethatoneonlyneedstoread
Mythology,TheIliad,TheOdyssey
andTheHistories
beforemovingontoreadingactualphilosophictextsof
TheFirst
Philosophers:ThePresocraticsandtheSophists
&thecompleteworksofPlatoandAristotlefor
thepurposeofthisguide(Philosophy)

butIamnotstatingphilosophersdonotorshouldnot
readotherliterature(InContinentalphilosophyatleastthereisalotofliteratureinvolved).ButI
amimaginingsomehardcoreGeekyGreekyGreek/lit/patriciansreadytorailagainstmefor
thisdecisionandIthuswillonlypositthisasameaninglesssuggestion.
ButasameaninglesssuggestiontoonlyreadtheseIshallgiveyouonlytherelevantISBNsof
thismeaninglesssuggestion:
Mythology
:
0446574759
TheFirstPhilosophersThePresocraticsandtheSophists
:

019953909X
PlatoCompleteWorks
:
0872203492
CompleteWorksofAristotleVol1
:
069101650X
CompleteWorksofAristotleVol2
:
0691016518
Nooneisstoppingyoufromreadingallofthebooksintheimage!
Variousotherhelpfulitems
1107686199
093522503X
0520040414
019823600X
0415251486
0521067480
0872203867
0521148855
OranythingbyLeoStrauss,SethBernadeteorAlanBloom

ThereisalsoafunbiographicalandphilosophicaltextofGreekphilosophersbyDiogenes
Laertius
TheLivesofEminentPhilosophers
publishedbyLoeb**intwovolumes.Alsohasa
nicetreatiseonEpicureanisminBook10ofVolume2.
Aretheytherighteditions?
Regardingtheeditionsonthepresocratics,PlatoandAristotletheyarethebesteditionsforthe
newcomer(especiallyPlatoandAristotle).Bothcompleteworksaredonebythebestscholars
ofPlatoand

Aristotlespanningthousandsofpagesand

aredefinitelyworthpriceandhave
noreplacements!
TheintroductionsofbothCompleteworksisverylengthyandexplainsin
greatdetail.

HoweverifyouevenwanttogointomoreindepthintoeitherthePresocratics,
PlatoorAristotleIrecommendthefollowing.

WARNING,TILLTHENEXTLINEOFPURPLETEXTYOUSHOULDONLYBOTHERWITH
LATERONORIFYOU'REAHARDCOREGREEKFAN.ITISADVISEDFORNEWFAGS
YOUSKIPTHIS!TOSKIPPLEASEGOTOTHENEXTLINEOFPURPLETEXT.
Varioustranslationsandcommentariesofpresocratictexts:
Duetothefragmentednatureofthetextsitisverygoodtogettherighttranslationand
commentaryofthepresocratics.AntranslationandcommentaryseriesIrecommendisthe
PhoenixPresocraticsserieswhichcovers
Anaxagoras
,
Xenophanes
,
Heraclitus
,
Parmenides
and
Democritus
.

AlsoheressomeMiscstuff
HeraclituscommentariesISBN:
0761833676
1589880706
9780521286459
0940262983
SuperiorParmenidesbook
1930972679

2Scholarly4youtwovolumePresocraticsalternative(seriouslyscholarly)
0521608422

ScholarlyEditionsofPlatoandAristotle
These
reallyarentneeded

butIthoughtIchuckthisinforthehardcoreGreekfansof/lit/,
LoebClassicshasGreekEditionsofPlatoandAristotle(Withenglishtranslationsonthe
righthandpages).Theseeditionsareexpensiveandreallythisisnotessentialreading(Imyself
donothavethese!).
TherealSocrates?
LittleisknowntherearesurvivingnonPlatonicSocraticdialoguesfrom
Xenophon
asoldierand
historian

whicharecompiledbyLoeb
:
067499695X

STARTREADINGHEREAGAIN
REGARDINGTHEREADINGOFTHEPRESOCRATICSFORBEGINNERS
Youmaynotunderstandthepresocraticsfullythefirsttimeyoureadthemandneitherdoyou
needto.Understandingthepresocraticsisaretroactiveprocessinwherebyasyoureadmore
andmorelaterphilosophersyouunderstandmoreaboutthePresocraticsinretrospect.The
mainreasontostartoffwiththepresocraticsistounderstandthatSocrateschangedthe
Philosophicdiscoursefromtalkaboutthe

(Arche)and

(Physis)to

(Arete).
VariousPhilosophersdeal(aprominentexamplewouldbeHeidegger)withthepresocratics
lateroninthehistoryofWesternPhilosophy.

READINGPLATOAND
ARISTOTLEMOREINDEPTH!
Platoisdividedintoanearly,middleandlateperiod.Orderingofthetextswithinthese
periodsisconstantlydebatedbyscholarsasitissometimesnotveryclearinthetext.
(Thereareexceptions)
Earlydialogueisveryeasyandagreatwayforbeginnerstolearnphilosophy.One
shouldstartwiththeTrialofSocrates.
Euthyphro>Apology>Crito>Phaedo

Ofcoursesomemayswitch
Euthyphro
and
Apologya
roundforpedagogicalpurposes,butthisarrangementisapreferential
chronologicaloneofmine.

Ifoundthisexcellentarchivedpost****
>StartwiththeApologyit'sthekeytotherestofthedialogues,andalmostallofthemmake
somereferencetosomeaspectoftheApology.Keepinmindthatit'saworkofphilosophy,and
notahistoricaccount,andyou'llbegoodtogo.
Afterthat,it'sreallyuptoyou,sincethereacoupleofwaystoorderthosedialogues:
1)By*seeming*difficulty:Apology,Euthyphro,Crito,theSymposium,Phaedo,Republic,
Parmenides.Thisishelpfulifyou'rereallyjustlookingtodipintoPlatotoseewhat'sthere.
2)"Developmental"order:(roughlythesameorderasabove).Thismightbeanindicationof
whatorderthedialogueswerewritten,thoughthere'sreallynogoodwaytosaywhetherPlato's
thoughtreallyactuallydevelopsaccordingtothethreebasicperiodssomescholarssayhis
basicapproacheswouldfitwithinRepublicandPhaedobothhavedifferentaccountsofthesoul
butareboth"Middle"perioddialoguesnodialoguecontainsexactlythesameviewsconcerning
theForms,regardlessofperiodSocratesalmostalwaysusesquestionandanswermodesat
somepointoranother,regardlessofwhetheroneistotakehimasPlato'sstrictmouthpiece.
3)"Dramatic"dating:Parmenides,Republic,Symposium,Euthyphro,Apology,Crito,Phaedo.
Thisapproachwouldbethemostrewardingforaphilosophystudentwho'salreadyreadthese
dialoguesbefore,andwantstoseehowPlatowantstopresentSocratesasawholetous.Very
hardtoreadinthisorder,butonegetstoseerelationsthatwouldotherwisebemissed.
Someotherdialoguesthatmightgowellwiththosewouldbe:
Theaetetus,Sophist,Statesman(allofwhichrelatetoParmenidesandthefourdialoguesthat
takeplacearoundSocrates'trialandexecution).
GorgiasandPhaedrus:Bothdealwithrhetoric,buttheGorgiasisconnectedtotheRepublicby
theconcernwithJustice,andthePhaedrustotheSymposiumbytheconcernwithLove.
Cratylus:RelatestotheEuthyphroandthedialoguesattheendofSocrates'lifeingeneral.It's
aboutlanguage,andit'soneofPlato'sfunniestdialogues.
MaybeTimaeusaswell,whichalludestotheRepublic.Otherthanthat,therestaregreatfroma
certainphilosophicperspective,butmaybenotsoessentialtosomeonewho'djustlike
familiarity.

Oneshouldalsoadvise:
Oneshouldnotreaddialoguesthatareofdoubtfulauthenticity,theexceptionbeingforfun.
Read
Meno
beforethe
Republic.
TheUnderrateddialogue
Laws
shouldbereadaftertheRepublic.
Timaeus
shouldbereadespecially,veryimportantinunderstandingPlatoniccosmologyand
introducesthePlatonicdemiurge.

Aristotle
TheorderingofAristotleismuchsimplerastherearefewtextsinthe
CorpusAristotellicum.
InregardstowhatAristotlethoughtaboutAestheticsoneshouldread
OnPoetry.
ForEthicsandPoliticaltheoryoneshouldread
Ethics&Politics.
ForhisMetaphysics&Logiconeshouldread
TheOrganon,Physics,OntheSoul&
Metaphysics.
ForhisworkonRhetoriccheckout
Rhetoric.
Oneshouldgo
Ethics>Politics>OnPoetry>TheOrganon>Physics>Onthe
Soul>Metaphysics>Rhetoric,
fromhiseasierworkstohisharderworks.
RegardingtheOrganon,itisTHEfoundationaltextinLogicandshouldwithoutadoubt
beread
.Itcomprisesof(inorder):
Categories
OnInterpretation
PriorAnalytics
PosteriorAnalytics
Topics
SophisticalRefutations
ReadingthesedrytextsonLogicmaybedifficultandboringbutitisnecessary.Justreadit
slowly.
Alsowatchthisvideo:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=McdM1zQfiv8

MissingPhilosophersfromaboveimage:
IfyouwanttolearnabouttheAncientstakeonEthicsorMaterialismkeepreadingthisor
ifnotskiptoMedievalPhilosophy
Thestartwiththegreeksimageis
missing
EpicureanismandStoicism.herestheirworks

Epicurus
******:
Readthesetwointhefollowingorder,alsoknowing
Democritus
wouldhelpwithexplaining
EpicurussMetaphysics.
TheEssentialEpicurus(GreatBooksinPhilosophy)ISBN:
0879758104
Mostextensive
EnglishtranslationofEpicurusfragments
OntheNatureofThingsISBN
:
9780674992009
NicePoemexplainingEpicureanphilosophy
ALTERNATETRANSLATION:
0872205878
AlsoInvolume2ofthealreadymentioned
LivesofEminentPhilosophers
theresisaLengthy
treatiseonEpicurus
0674992040

Epicurea
ISBN:
110801626X
mostextensivecompilationoftextregardingEpicureanism
(WarningnotinEnglish!Forpeoplewhotrulywanttoachieveastateof

Stoics
,
readinfollowingorder:
DialoguesandessaysISBN:
0199552401
ortry
0226748421

TheDiscoursesofEpictetusTheHandbookFragments
ISBN:
0460873121

*******
MeditationsISBN

048629823X

*Thereisanotherimagelikethisoneexceptitisvastlyinferiorinthepurposeofguidingsomeonenewtothegreeks.Itcanbe
viewedhere:
https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0061/59/1424277756460.jpg
UnfortunatelythisimagebeginswiththreePenguintranslationsandpressuresthefollowerintoreadingthe
Republico
nly
readingPlatos
Apology
beforehand.NextitjumpsrightintoAristotlesdifficult
Metaphysicsw
ithoutinstructingthe
readertoATLEASTreadAristotles
Physics
(AfterAll
Metaphysicsl
iterallymeansAfterPhysics)and
Organon
(Aristotle'sworkonLogic).Finallyitomitsalltheothergreatworkstheywrote(like
Parmenides
,
OnPoetry,

Symposium
etc)andpaintsbothofthephilosophersasmereMetaphysicians.

**
hup.harvard.edu/collection.php?cpk=1031Theyalsohavedigitalversions.
*****https://warosu.org/lit/thread/S6363200
******TextscanalsobefoundOnlinehttp://www.epicurus.info/
*******ThereisalsoanLoebeditionofEpictetusworkforpatricians

SECTIONONPLATONISMAFTERPLATO
Ihaveaddedthissectionforpeopleinterestedinthisesotericpartofphilosophy,Neoplatonism
hasaimmenseinfluenceonChristianity,WesternMysticism,GnosticismandMedieval
philosophy.IfyouarenotinterestedinNeoplatonismskipthissection.HereIhighlyrecommend
Loeboveranyothereditionasthesetextsareobscure!Notethatthispartoftheguideis
especiallyexpensive
NotethatyoushouldofreadAristotle.

ReadingNeoplatonism:NondiscursiveThinkingintheTextsofPlotinus,Proclus,and
Damascius
:
0521039428
Neoplatonism(HackettClassics)ISBN:
0872202879
Neoplatonism(AncientPhilosophies)ISBN:

0520258606

Yourchoice...

Plutarch
AmiddlePlatonist,unfortunatelylikewithotherancientfigureswedonthavetoomuchofhis
extantwork,whatwehaveofhisphilosophicalworkis
Moralia.
OnecanbuytheLoebEditionin
10volumesor
1481079883

Plotinus

Secondaryliterature

Nature,Contemplation,andtheOneISBN:
094391454X
TherearealotofPlotinusintroductionsandthisisthebestone(becauseIsaidso)

PlotinusthePlatonist:AComparativeAccountofPlatoandPlotinus'Metaphysics
ISBN:

1472575210
Literallytheonlybookonthisveryimportanttopic,suckadick.
Also
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWZrpIHt9H2JRVWNGrsm8o7UsP36NutlM

The"Enneads"ofPlotinus:ACommentary,Volume1ISBN:

069115421X
THEBESTCOMMENTARYEVERONTHEENNEADSFULLSTOP.
Unfortunatelyonly
volumeonehasbeenpublishedatthetimeofwriting
http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/55679heenneadsofplotinusacommentaryvolume1/

Enneads

Plotinus:TheEnneads(LPClassicReprintSeries)ISBN:

0943914558

OnecanbuythisolderbutcheaperandmorepoetictranslationortheLoebedition.Ihighly
recommendtheLoebeditionasA.HArmstronggivesafarsuperiorscholarlytranslationwith
lotsofnotes.AvoidthedegenerateabridgedPenguinedition.

Proclus

Proclus:AnIntroductionISBN:
0521761484
Literallytheonlyintroductionavailable,suckadick.

ProclusWorks(READINORDER!!!)
AtthetimeofwritingProcluscommentaryon
Republicw
asstilluntranslated.
NotethatthereisnotmuchscholarlyworkdoneonProclus,mosttranslationsaredoneby
ThomasTaylor(firstguytotranslate
thecompleteworksofAristotleandofPlato)
whichare
goodbutold.

TheElementsofTheology:ARevisedTextwithTranslation,Introduction,and
Commentary(ClarendonPaperbacks)ISBN:
0198140975
AsummaofProclusNeoplatonism,readreadreadfirst!
Freeoldertranslation
http://www.esotericarchives.com/proclus/metaelem.htm

https://archive.org/details/ProclusOnTheTheologyOfPlatoElectronicEdition
Thiswork
OnTheTheologyofPlato
shouldbereadalongsideProcluscommentarieson
Parmenides
and
Timaeus
below,printISBN
1898910073
http://meuser.awardspace.com/NeoPlatonics/33700322ProclusCommentaryontheTimaeuso
fPlatoallfivebooks.pdf
AgainThomasTaylor,printISBN:
1475067232


NotethatthereisanewertranslationbyCambridgebutitsreallyexpensive.(buyfromAmazon,
itscheaper!)
http://www.cambridge.org/us/search?iFeelLucky=false&currentTheme=Academic_v1&query=Pr
oclus%3A+Commentary+on+Plato%27s+Timaeus

https://mega.co.nz/#!P1VEVbyZ!0cWBjAOkNVEHzNoICR74dh5vedfOQxlGAwtd5v6y6YQ
Iveuploadedthe
Parmenidesc
ommentary

foryouguys,printISBN
0691020892

FurtherReadingonProclus
https://mega.co.nz/#!61tzXbpJ!KgBaGUyxXw7X6JkPHKKVTHsWUie22VC2kbYAFlYexgY
Procluscommentaryon
Cratylus

Proclus:ACommentaryontheFirstBookofEuclid'sElementsISBN:
0691020906

BasicallyNeoplatonicphilosophyofMathematics,freeoldertranslationbelow
http://www.platonicphilosophy.org/files/Proclus%20%20On%20Euclid's%20Elements%20(1%20of%202).pdf

OnecanalsobrowsehereforfreetranslationsonotherNeoplatonicworks
http://www.platonicphilosophy.org/library_topic.html


Kebab(MiddleEastern)Philosophy
Sincenooneon/lit/isreallyknowledgeableinthissection(notusuallyknownoutsideof
specialists)notmuchwillbeherebutIwasluckyenoughtogetareplybyMedievalanonon
this

MedievalAnonhere.MostofthegreatIslamicPhilosophersareincludedintheBoselyand
TweedalecompilationImentioned(ISBN:1
551117150).
Iknowabitaboutthem,thoughIhave
notreadAlFarabi.

AlFarabi
AvicennaTheBookofHealing
AverroesTheIncoherenceoftheIncoherence.
AlGhazaliTheIncoherenceofthePhilosophers.

Formoremysticalthought

SohrevardiTheBookofRadiance.
MedievalAnonhere.Afewthingstoadd.

1.MedievalPhilosophy:Anhistoricalandphilosophicalintroduction,byJohnMarenbonisa
fantasticoverviewoftheperiod.I'mgoingthroughitatthemomentandIamlearningallot.

2.ForFarabi,givenMarenbon'stakeonhimIwouldsuggestthe"AttainmentofHappiness".
Butmyselfsuggestyouinvestigatethissectionifyouhate/loveAristotleasthisisverymuch
centeredonAristotlesLogicandMetaphysics(ThoughthereisalittlebitofNeoplatonism).

MedievalPhilosophylite:
Formostpeopleyoushouldjustread
just
STAugustineandSTAquinas,butyoucanlook
belowforanexpandedMedievalreadinglist.Yesyouhavetoreadthisevenifyou'reanAtheist.
NoFedoratipping!

STAugustine
STAugustineismostfamousforhistwoworks,ConfessionsandCityofGodbuthealsowrote
workssuchas
OntheTrinity
and
OnthefreeChoiceOfTheWill.
Loebalsohasscholarly
versionsofSTAugustine.

TheConfessions,Revised(TheWorksofSaintAugustine:ATranslationforthe21st
Century,Vol.1)ISBN:

1565481542
Confessions(OxfordWorld'sClassics)ISBN:
0199537828
BothareexcellenttranslationsofConfessions,takeyourpick.

Augustine:TheCityofGodagainstthePagans(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryof
PoliticalThought)ISBN:
0521468434
DontbuythemuchmorepopularonebyMarcusDods,ChristfagsdontknowthatCambridge
publishingexists.TheMarcusDodstranslationisover100yearsold.

STAquinas
Aquinas(ABeginner'sGuide)ISBN:

1851686908

ByThomist/ChristianAnalyticPhilosopherEdwardFeser

Aquinas'sShorterSumma:SaintThomas'sOwnConciseVersionofHisSumma
TheologicaISBN:
1928832431
Titlesaysall,aconciseversionoftheSummawrittenbyAquinashimself.Thebooksoriginal
nameis
TheCompendiumofTheology(
editorrenamedit).Olderfreetranslationhere
https://archive.org/details/CompendiumOfTheologyAquinasSt.Thomas3506

IfyouarewillingtoreadthewholethingbecauseyouareadiehardCatholicor
whateverbuyonewithagoodCriticalApparatus.IfyoulookatAmazonreviewscheck
theonestarreviewsfirst.

ExpandedMedievallist.
WantmoreMedievalPhil?HERE!

EarlyMedievalPhilosophy
Augustine
Boethius

PreAristotelianrevival
Anselm
Abelard

Aristotelianrevival
Aquinas
DunsScotus

EarlyEmpiricismandPostTheCondemnationsof1277
WilliamofOckham
JohnBuridan

Whystudythisperiodindepth?WellMedievalanongivesananswer!
14thcenturyScholasticslikeOckhamandBuridanwereincrediblyimportantforstartingupempiricism
andbreakingawayfromtheoldAristotelianway,andthereconciliationofrationalityandfaithwere
seriouslychallengedbythem.Thefoundationsofmodernsciencestartshereaswellwithfigureslike
RogerGrosseteste,thisperiodisunfortunatelyveryobscuretomostpeople.Butthemajorintellectual
shiftandthebirthofsciencealreadybeganatthispoint,andoftenthinkerslikeGalileowereapplyingallot
ofwhatwasfirstsketchedouthere.
Yes,it'salsomoreimportantthanitisgivencreditfor[regardingobscurity].MalebrancheandLeibnizboth
carriedonallotofMedievalideas,whetheritbeMalebranche'sdivineilluminationismorLeibniz'beliefin
thenecessityofsubstancesofsomesort,thewholerationalistsideoftheearlymodernperiodwerenot
sofarawayfromMedievalPhilosopherslikeThomasandScotus,andtheempiricistswerenotsofar
awayfromOckhamandBuridan.

HellDescartes'"cogitoergosum"wasstolenfromaninferencemadebyAugustineinhis"dubitoergo
sum"argumentagainsttheskeptics,andthatargumentisusuallycitedasoneofthepillarsoftheearly
modernperiod.
Funnystory,whenDescarteswasconfrontedaboutrippingoffAugustine(hewenttoaJesuitschool,no
wasgoingtobuythatheneverreadAugustine)hesimplyclaimedthatonceonehadthoughtofanidea
thatitwasthentheiridea,soreallyheonlysharedtheideawithAugustine.Suareztoowasvery
importantfortheearlymodernsandhewasaScholastic.Soforthesakeofhavinggoodhistorical
backgroundfortheEarlyModernperiod,knowledgeofMedievalPhilosophyandtheriseofskepticismin
theRenaissanceisquitevitalinmyopinion.AlongwiththatmodernAnalyticphilosophyhasthesame
focusonformallogicandlanguagethatMedievalPhilosophydid,andmanycurrentlyutilizedconceptsin
AnalyticPhilosophyareMedievalinorigin,suchasDunScotus'HaecceityandAbelard'sDeReandDe
Dictodistinction.

TheobviousoneforBoethiusisTheConsolationofPhilosophy,wherehediscussesfatalism/freewillina
Theologicalcontext.

ForAnselmhisbestknownworksaretheMonologionandtheProslogion.Inthelatercomesthe
OntologicalProofofGod'sexistence.

ForAbelard"Ethics"alsoknownas"KnowYourself"and"TheLettersofAbelardandHeloise."wouldbea
nicesupplement.Heloise,wassecretlybetrothedtoAbelarduntiltheywerediscoveredandHeloise'
unclehiredagangofthugstocastrateAbelard,shewasperhapsthefirstgreatfemalePhilosopherandit
showsinherletterstoAbelard."TheGlossesofPeterAbailardonPorphyry"hasgooddiscussionof
Abelard'saccountofwhyUniversalsareonlylinguisticdevices.

ForJohnDunsScotusTheOrdinatioisconsideredhismostimportantwork,butforsomethingshorter
TractatusdePrimoPrincipio(TreatiseontheFirstPrinciple)wouldbebest.

ForOckhamandBuridanI'llhavetogetbacktoyou,sinceIalwaysstudytheminafragmentedmanner.
Anythingwhodoesn'tlikeScotusoughttocheckoutOckham'scritiqueoftheOrdinatio.

OnesuggestionIwouldhavefortextsisthatpeoplebuy"BasicIssuesinMedievalPhilosophy"2nd
edition,byBosleyandTweedale.Ihasselectionsfrommostofthereallyimportanttopicsintheperiod,
andhassectionsofAristotlenecessarytounderstandthem.Mostimportantlyithasalargeindexthat
clarifiesalltheperiodspecificterminologyatwork,andthereisquiteabitinMedievalPhilosophy.Idon't
seeanyonehavingagoodunderstandingofMedievaltextswithoutunderstandingwhatismeantby
"InstantsofNature","DividedandCompositesenses"or"Perfection"andAristotelianterminologylike
"actvspotency""Thefourcauses"andect,12pagesofthebookcoversterminologyandtheymakenote
inthetextswhenyoushouldbegoingbackandlookingforadefinitionoftheterms.Thisbookalso
includesstrongbackgroundpiecesforeveryincludedissuethatareveryaccessible.

http://www.amazon.com/BasicIssuesMedievalPhilosophyInteractive/dp/1551117150/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UT
F8&qid=1429127291&sr=81&keywords=Issues+In+Medieval+Philosophy

ExpandedWesternMedievallist,WesternChristianMysticismedition:
Wanttoread2mystical4youtexts?NegativeTheology?WanttoreadtextsthatinspireGnosis?
Readthis!NotethatthesearentacompletelistofChristianmysticsbutaselection(Ihavefor
exampleskippedHermesTrismegistusandhavenotdealtwithEasternOrthodoxMysticism)as
thesethinkershaveinfluencesonlaterphilosopherslikeHeidegger,SchellingandHegel
This
sectionisbasicallytheContinentalequivalentoftheabovesection(thoughnotablyDeleuze&
GuattariborrowHaecceityfromDunsScotus)
.NotethatoneshouldbewellversedinPlotinus
andProclus(Neoplatonism)beforeattemptingtostudythissection.
AleadingscholarinthisfieldisBernardMcGinn.BelowIshalllistsomeofhisbooksbutyou
shouldcheckhimoutyourself.

TheFoundationsofMysticism:OriginstotheFifthCentury(ThePresenceofGod:A
HistoryofWesternChristianMysticism,Vol.1)
ThisbookexplainsthetheoriginsofChristianMysticismanddealswithitsNeoplatonic,
HermeticandJewishinfluences.Partofalargerseriesbyaleadingscholarthisisagreatplace
tostart!

https://arcaneknowledgeofthedeep.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/unknowngod.pdf

ToptierbookonearlyNegativeTheology(Whatgodisnot)whichcoversexactlywhatweare
coveringinthissection,printISBN
1620328623

PseudoDionysius
TheguywhosnuckNeoplatonismintoChristianitybasically.1sentencesimplification!
Theophany:TheNeoplatonicPhilosophyofDionysiustheAreopagite(SunySeriesin
AncientGreekPhilosophy)ISBN:
0791471128
SecondarylitexplainingtheNeoplatonicbackgroundofDionysiusandhowheusedit,
especiallyPlotinusandProclus.

PseudoDionysius:TheCompleteWorks(ClassicsofWesternSpirituality)ISBN:
0809128381
Thereisaclassicaloldertranslationhere,foraolderfreetranslationhere.
https://archive.org/details/theworksofdionys00dionuoft

Eriugena
>Moreparticularlywewouldshortlydealwiththechiefrepresentativesofthisphilosophy.Scholastic
philosophyisconsideredtobeginwithJohnScotusErigenawhoflourishedabouttheyear860,andwho
mustnotbeconfusedwiththeDunsScotusofalaterdate.Wedonotquiteknowwhetherhebelongedto
IrelandortoScotland,forScotuspointstoScotland,andErigenatoIreland.Withhimtruephilosophy
firstbegins,andhisphilosophyinthemaincoincideswiththeidealismoftheNeoPlatonists.Hegel,
LecturesonHistoryofPhilosophyPart2
AccordingtoHegelitisthisobscureNeoplatonistscholasticthatreal(Modern?)philosophy
begins(notDescartes).Coulditbetrue?

ThePhilosophyofJohnScottusEriugena:AStudyofIdealismintheMiddleAges
ISBN:
0521892821
>Moran,himselfaProfessionalPhilosopher,explainsEriugena'ssystemandinfluencesin
gooddetail,andwasoneofthereasonsIdecidedtostudyPhilosophy.Anon
ThisnicelittlebookdiscussesErigenaandhisphilosophyalsowithhisinfluenceonlater
philosophers(likeHegelandSchelling)

PeriphyseonontheDivisionofNatureISBN:
1610976304
Unfortunatelythisisabridged(itsstill406pageslongandbetterthannothing).

The
unabridgedone(
0884021734
)
isoutofprint,gottawaitforaDublinAdvancedInstituteedition.

MeisterEckhart
Withsuchacoolnamewhatcouldgowrongfromreadinghim?
SomephilosopherslikeJohn
D.CaputoarguethatHeideggers
Gelassenheit
wasinfluencedbyEckhart
.
Butread
regardlessoftheprevioussentenceifyoulikethissection.

TheMysticalThoughtofMeisterEckhart:TheManfromWhomGodHidNothingISBN:
0824519965
WanderingJoy:MeisterEckhart'sMysticalPhilosophyISBN:

0970109717
ExpectdryAcademicprose
(whichIlike)
,especiallytheoneoneontheright.Greatbooks
though.

TheCompleteMysticalWorksofMeisterEckhartISBN:

0824525175
Therearealotofabridgededitionsbecausechristfagswhoreadthiskindoftext
complainaboutneedingjustadose
Theyareilliterateanddontwanttoread
.But
anywaysthiscompleteeditionhasaniceintroductionbyMcGinn.

EARLYMODERNPHILOSOPHY,
THETHREEEMPIRICISTSAND
RATIONALISTS:
Ontheorderofreading:
Nomatterwhatyoudoyoushouldread
Descartes
first,theordergoeslikethis:

Rationalists:
Descartes>Spinoza>Leibniz
Empiricists:
Locke>Berkeley>Hume

Descartes
Quicksecondary/lit/
Introductions
0192854097
0521007666
Commentaries/Monographs
0199226970
0415672767
ContinentalPhilosophyleaning/lit/(Challenging!)
1587311763
0226505448
0823227553

ThreeVolumeeditionofDescartesincludingCorrespondence
Vol1.ISBN
:
052128807X
Vol2.ISBN
:
0521288088
Vol3.ISBN
:0521423503

Alsohavethis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfk4aDm95R

Spinoza

Quicksecondary/lit/
AvoidRebeccaGoldstein,herbooksareprobablypopular/lit/
Introductions:
9780691020372
0521544793
0415283302
Commentaries/Monographs
0915145839
0674330374
0195394054
1107636922
0226776883
0674665953(Classic!Butofofprint,justdownloaditoffgenlib)
ContinentalPhilosophyleaning/lit/:
0872862186
0942299507
1859847013
0816636702
0719066476
1844672050

SpinozaCompleteWorksISBN
:
0872206203
OnlyeditionofthecompleteworksofSpinozainenglish,enoughsaid.

TheCollectedWorksofSpinoza
0691072221
069116763X
VolumeIIoutin2016
HAVETHISTOO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNFTN5IBny0

Leibniz*

Quicksecondary/lit/
Introductions
0415283388
0192876201
Commentaries/Monographs
0415171148
0199693099

PhilosophicalEssays(HackettClassics)ISBN
:
0872200620
G.W.Leibniz
sMonadologyanEditionforStudentsISBN
:0822954494
AbittrickerconsideringLeibnizwrotephilosophicalpassagesinscatteredplacesofhis
corpus(whichishuge),theeditionsbelowhaveoneoverlappingtranslation(Monadology)
butrecommendedanywaysasreadingdifferenttranslationsisveryhelpful.Read
DiscoursesfirstandMonadologylast.

Locke
Quicksecondary/lit/
ContinentalPhilosophyleaning/lit/:
1781681341

ThisiswritteninenglishsoPenguincanbeused(ButusetheClarendonoverit!)

AnEssayConcerningHumanUnderstanding(ClarendonEditionoftheWorksofJohn
Locke)ISBN:
0198245955
AnEssayConcerningHumanUnderstanding(TurdClassics)ISBN:
0140434828

Berkeley
:

Berkeley:PhilosophicalWritings(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophy)ISBN:
0521707625

Hume
Introductions

0415283345
0415163196
Commentaries/Monographs
1403915075

ATreatiseofHumanNature(OxfordPhilosophicalTexts)ISBN:
0198751729
EnquiryConcerningHumanUnderstandingandConcerningthePrinciplesofMorals
(ClarendonPress)ISBN:
0198245351
ReadtheTreatisebeforetheEnquiryandheresabonusvideo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsJlsrXQfzI

HonorablementionsofotherPhilosophersofthistime:
Malebranche
IfyoulikeDescartesandtheology(
Theodicy
)
youshouldreadthisguy.Alsooccasionalism.
BlaisePascal
Ifyoulikemoretheologyyoushouldreadthisguy.CommonlyknownforPascalsWager.
FrancisBacon
WroteTheNovumOrganumwhichrejectedAristotelianteleologyandlaidthefoundationsfor
themodernscientificmethod.MostlikelyagoodreadifyoubecomeinterestedinPhilosophyof
Science.
Montaigne
MajorRenaissanceSkepticandHumanistknownforpopularizingthe
essay
asaliterarygenre.
GiordanoBruno
*Deleuzehasabookonleibnizaswellbuthasahorribletranslation

EARLYPOLITICALPHILOSOPHY:
CoveringImportanttextsinearlyPoliticalPhilosophyacrossthe
politicalspectrum.Youshouldreadatextregardlessofyourown
politicalposition,foronehastoknowtheenemy!
StartoffwithHobbes!
Machiavelli
PoliticalRealism
TodayMachiavelliismostlyrememberedforwriting
ThePrince
andbeinganMachiavellian,
unknowntoidiotsMachiavellialsoauthoredotherworkswhichilluminatehisrealthought(he
wasahardcorerepublicanyouknow).Somegoodsecondary/lit/onthisthinkerwouldbeby
Mansfield,ViroliandStrauss.

TheEssentialWritingsofMachiavelli(ModernLibraryClassics)ISBN:
0812974239
Notethatthisbookonlyhasextractsfromsomeofhisotherworks(thoughthiseditionisgood
asithaspreviouslyuntranslatedworks),unabridgededitionsofhisotherworksshallbegiven
here.NotethattheeditionabovehasThePrinceunabridged.

DiscoursesonLivy(OxfordWorld'sClassics)ISBN:
9780199555550
ArtofWar(ChicagoPress)ISBN:
0226500462
FlorentineHistories(PrincetonUniversity)ISBN:
0691008639

OrcheckoutAlbertGilbert'sthreevolume
setifyou'reapatrician.

Hobbes
ConservativePhilosophy
Veryimportanttextduetoitsinfluence,readreadread!!!
Leviathan:WithselectedvariantsfromtheLatineditionof1668(HackettClassics)ISBN:
0872201775
TheresalsoaCambridgeeditionofthisbutsupposedlythateditionhaspoorscholarlynotes.
(DontbuythePenguineditioneither.)BestthingaboutthiseditionisitsMODERNenglish!
Youshouldalsoreadthisbeforereadinganypoliticalphilosophybelow.
ALSOILOVESONGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eejsB6PbaAk

Locke
Libertarianphilosophy
LockeTwoTreatisesofGovernment(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPolitical
Thought)ISBN:
0521357306
IvedecidedtoputLockespoliticaltheoryherebecauseitfitsbetterinrelationtoHobbess
Leviathanthiseditionischosenbecauseitcontainsthefirstandsecondtreatise.Alsoanother
song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kItXvJLnTtk
(Thisoneisntasgoodthough)

Rousseau
Romantic/RevolutionaryPhilosophy
Rousseau:TheBasicPoliticalWritings2ndedition(Hackett)ISBN:
1603846735
Emile:OrOnEducation(translatedbyAlanBloom)ISBN:
0465019315
Warning:DontbuythefirsteditionofHackettasthesecondeditionhasmorecontent.
ThiscollectioncontainsthefamousessayOnthesocialcontractandmanymore.

Montesquieu
LiberalPhilosophy
TheSpiritoftheLaws(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThought)ISBN:
0521369746

Laysthefoundationsforwhatwecalltheseparationofchurchandstate.
PersianLetters:WithRelatedTexts(HackettClassics)ISBN:
1624661807
Acritiqueofsocietyintheformofafictionalnovel.

Voltaire
AntiCatholic,AntiMonotheistic***
Candide(ANortonCriticalEdition)ISBN:
0393960587
Voltaire'sSatiricalmasterpiece.FromthechurchtoLeibnizheattackswithoutmercy.
NotethatVoltaireisnotanAtheistbutaDeist.

Subsectiononwritingsregarding(French)revolution:
ThesetextsareontheFrenchrevolution,theyshouldbereadinthisorderbelow(onecan
switchMaistreandPainearound).ItsalsogoodifyouhavereadRousseauandmaybeVoltaire
aswell.

Price
Radical/RepublicanPhilosophy

PricePoliticalWritingsISBN:
0521409691

Burke
Conservative/TraditionalistPhilosophy
Note:
APhilosophicalEnquiryintotheOriginofOurIdeasoftheSublimeandBeautifulisa
workonAestheticsnotpoliticalphilosophy
,IhadnowhereelsetoputitandIfeltIcouldnot
leaveitout.
APhilosophicalEnquiryintotheOriginofOurIdeasoftheSublimeandBeautiful
(OxfordWorld'sClassics)ISBN:
0199537887
ReflectionsontheRevolutioninFranceISBN:
0199539022
Areactionaryessayonwhytherevolutionwasahorriblething.

Paine
RevolutionaryPhilosophy

RightsofMan,CommonSense,andOtherPoliticalWritings(OxfordWorld'sClassics)
ISBN:
019953800X
ReadRightsofManafterhisotherearlierworks,oneshouldalsocomparethistexttoEdmund
Burke's
ReflectionsontheRevolutioninFrance.

JosephdeMaistre
Conservative/TraditionalistPhilosophy
ConsiderationsonFrance(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThought)ISBN:
0521466288
WithanintroductionbywellknownconservativephilosopherIsaiahBerlin,thisisadefenceof
monarchyaftertheFrenchrevolution.
[ENDSUBSECTION]

Tocqueville
Liberalphilosophy
DemocracyinAmerica:InTwoVolumes(LibertyFund)ISBN:
0865978409
YouareabsolutelyretardedifyoudontgetthiseditionifyouaregoingtoreadTocqueville,
comprehensivetwovolumeeditionforcheap.EXTENSIVESCHOLARSHIPfor20bucks!(at
thetimeofwriting)

IntroductiononUtilitarianism:
ShortwaypointtofoundingUtilitarianismthought,ifyoulovePeterSingerandConsequentialist
ethicsreadthesebooks!

Bentham
AnIntroductiontothePrinciplesofMoralsandLegislation(DoverPhilosophical
Classics)ISBN:
0486454525
Readfirst,influencedJ.S.MillwhofurtherdevelopedhisConsequentialisttheoryinto
Utilitarianism,amongotherthingsBenthamisrecognisedasthefirstanimalrightsactivist.

Mill
TheUtilitarianism(HackettClassics)ISBN:
087220605X
MillsdevelopmentofConsequentialisttheoryintoanproperethicalsystem,mustreadfor
Utilitarians.

J.S.Mill:
'OnLiberty'andOtherWritingsISBN:
0521379172
Utilitarianismandliberalphilosophyappliedtopoliticalthought,aclassicinthehistoryof
politicaltheory.

GERMANIDEALISM:
TounderstandGermanIdealismonemustgoandread
Kant
>
Fichte
>
Schelling
>
Hegel
Ihavementionedtheimportanceoftranslationsacoupleoftimesalready,GermanIdealism
andbeyondiswheretranslationmatterseven
MORE(PENGUINISSTRICTLYBANNED
HERE!)
.

Thelistofbooksinthispartshallbecomprehensiveforaseriousunderstandingof
Kant,Fichte,Schellingand

Hegel.
EachoftheGermanIdealistsisrelatedtoanotherinsomeshapeorform(theyallrelatebackto
Kant)andthusitisimportanttounderstandthepreviousbeforemovingontogainanetworked
knowledgebase,tohelpwiththisIhavealsoincludedsecondaryliteraturethatdealwith
introducingthethinker.IdontthinkthesearenecessarytobuyasidefromKantsone,because
thisguideshouldbestructuredenoughtoreadprimaryworksrightoffthebat.Forexample,I
thinkyouwouldnotneedabookonintroducingearlySchellingsinceyouhavereadFichteand
Kant,butnonethelessIhaveincludedintroductionsforpeoplewhowantthem.Regardingan
Hegelintroductionpleasegotohispartof
SecondaryLiterature
.
Regardingtheorderingof
theseworkstheyareorderedinapedagogicalfashionandthusnotorderedchronologically.
Booksshownshallincludeoverviewsoftheperiod,dictionaries&commentariesoftheIdealists
andmultiplealternativeeditionsofworks.InregardstoeditionsIwillpresenteachworkwith
theiroriginalGermantitle(ifnecessary),thentheEnglishtitleandISBN,ashort
sentence/paragraphandreasonforchoosingtheedition.
Introductoryworks:

GermanPhilosophy17601860:TheLegacyofIdealismISBN:
0521663814
>Inthesecondhalfoftheeighteenthcentury,GermanphilosophydominatedEuropean
philosophy,changingthewayEuropeansandpeopleallovertheworldconceivedof
themselvesandthoughtaboutnature,religion,humanhistory,politics,andthestructureofthe
humanmind.Inthisrichandwiderangingbook,TerryPinkardinterweavesthestoryof
"Germany"changingduringthisperiodfromaloosecollectionofprincipalitiesintoa
newlyemergednationwithadistinctiveculturewithanexaminationofthecurrentsand
complexitiesofitsdevelopingphilosophicalthought.Heexaminesthedominantinfluenceof
Kant,withhisrevolutionaryemphasison"selfdetermination,"andtracesthisinfluence
throughthedevelopmentofromanticismandidealismtothecritiquesofpostKantianthinkers
suchas
Schopenhauer
and
Kierkegaard.

CoversthewholePeriodandevenSchopenhauerandKierkegaardsrelationtoGerman
Idealisminatight390pagebook.

GermanIdealismTheStruggleagainstSubjectivism,17811801ISBN:
0674027175
Afuckingwhooping752pagebookonearlyGermanIdealism(17811801,beforeHegel
publishedhisPhenomenologyandwhenhewasanobody).Highlyrecommendedbecauseit
remindsusthatKant,FichteandSchellingarentjuststeppingstonestoHegel.
Onwhichonetoread:Bothduhh,thisisthepatricianand/lit/erateboardafterallright?

Kant
TranscendentalIdealism
BeforereadingImmanuelKantitisimportantthatyouunderstoodtheRationalistsand
Empiricists,thisishighlyimportant.Secondlyitishelpfultoreadvarioussecondaryliterature
whichsupplementyourreadingofKantswritings.

Secondarywritings:
Kant'sCriticalPhilosophyTheDoctrineoftheFacultiesISBN:

0816614369
WehaveDeleuzeagain,just104pages.
>ProvidesashortintroductiontoKant,emphasizingKant'sownviewofhisphilosophy.Deleuze
offersanoverviewofthewholeofKant's"criticalphilosophy".
DeleuzeispickedbecausethisisaeasywaytogetacquaintedwithDeleuzesmorecomplex
writings(ifyouwanttodoContinentalPhil),thebookitselfisalsoshort,coversthethree
CritiquessystematicallyandIdontthinkyouwanttoreadanother700pagebook.
Butifyou
dowanttoreadanotherlongbookIsuggestabookbyeitherGuyer,Allison,Smithor
Heinrich.

AKantDictionaryISBN:
0631175350
SelfExplanatoryreally,explainsKantianterminologyandconcepts.Highlyrecommended!

Kantsworks
(Readinorder!!!)
PUREREASON
DealswithKantsMetaphysics,EpistemologyandLogic

LecturesonLogic
TheCambridgeEditionoftheWorksofImmanuel

Kant
ISBN:
0521546915
Dover
ISBN:
0486256502
AveryunderratedthingtodoisreadKantsLecturesonLogiclikeonereads
Aristotles
Organon
beforereadinghis
Physics
and
Metaphysics
(Bytheway
youshouldread
Categories
again,youwillneeditforCPR.),thisseriesof
lecturesarebasicallyatextbookguideonKantsTranscendentalLogicinCPR.
CambridgeEditionhas
LecturesBlombergLogic(1770s)
the
ViennaLogic
supplementedbytherecentlydiscovered
HechselLogic(1780s)
andthe
DohnaWundlacken
Logic(1790s)
.Alsoincludedisanewtranslationofthe
JscheLogic,
compiledatKant's
requestfromhislecturesandpublishedin
1800.
Itisawhooping732pagesjustonLogic.The
Doveredition(WhichIhave)isamuchslimmeredition(under200)pagesandonlycontainsthe
1800lectures,ithasalengthytranslator'sintroductionandisalmosthasnotesoneverypage
soitsnotabadeditionifyoudontwanttogothrough700pages.TheCambridgeEditionis
clearlysuperiorexceptinprice.
(
ProlegomenazueinerjedenknftigenMetaphysik,dieals

Wissenschaftwirdauftretenknnen)
ProlegomenatoAnyFutureMetaphysics(Hackett)ISBN
:
0872205932

ThisisbasicallyatrainingwheelforKantsmostinfluentialwork,andlikelyoneofthemost
influentialworksofcontinentalphilosophy.HisprojectintheProlegomenaistoclarifythe
transcendentalaestheticandinvestigatewhethermetaphysicscanreallybepossibleasa
science.KantsaysthatDavidHumesEnquirywokehimFromhisdogmaticslumbersandthus
ledhimtowritethis.
ThiseditioncheaperthantheCambridgeeditionandhasthelettertoMarcusHerz.

BEFOREREADINGCRITIQUEOFPUREREASONWATCHTHIS:
:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzpL_5CI0WQ

Guyer
P
luhar
S
mith
(
KritikderreinenVernunft
)
CritiqueofPureReason
GuyertranslationISBN:
0521657296
PluhartranslationISBN:
0872202577
SmithtranslationISBN:
0230013384
NodoubtKantsgreatestcontributiontophilosophy,nottoomuchisneededtosayaboutthe
importanceofthistext.TakeyourpickontheTranslation,allthreeareusedinAcademia(Smith
translationisangoodoleclassic)butIdeallyitwouldbewiseto
buyone(ortwo)

ofthese
english&theoriginal
German
ifyoucanaffordit(andadictionary,see
KantinGerman

below)
anddoatriplewaycomparison
!IfyouareplanningtobuyKant'sotherworksfromCambridge
EditionofKantforfurtherreading(seetheendnotes)buytheGuyerversionforconsistency.
Youmightofnoticedsomethinghere,noPenguinedition.Thatsright,thisistheperfectplaceto
sayfuckPenguin,forsuchacriticalpieceofPhilosophicalworkthiswouldbetheworstplaceto
useaPenguinedition.Penguinarejustjewswhoreprintedanexpiredcopyrighttranslation!
NO
PENGUIN!!!

PRACTICALREASON
DealswithKantsEthicsandPoliticalPhilosophy


(
GrundlegungzurMetaphysikderSitten)
GroundworkoftheMetaphysicsofMorals
CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophyISBN:
1107401062
HackettClassicsISBN:
087220166X
SortoflikelikeProlegomenaforPracticalReasoning,definitelyreadfirst.
Reasoning:ThetranslatoroftheCambridgeedition(
MaryGregor
)hasalsotranslatedmany
othersuperbworksofKant,itisalsomoreliteralthantheHacketttranslation.Thoughthe
Hacketteditionincludes
OnaSupposedRighttoLiebecauseofPhilanthropicConcerns

andis
cheaper
.

KantPoliticalWritings(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPoliticalThought)ISBN:
0521398371
ContainswellknownPoliticalwritingssuchas
BeantwortungderFrage:WasistAufklrung?
(
AnsweringtheQuestion:WhatIsEnlightenment?),
DieMetaphysikderSitten
(The
MetaphysicsofMorals)&muchmore.
ThecompilationofabovementionedtextsinanunabridgedcheapbookANDMORE!Thereare
alsonootheroverlappingtextssoitfitswellinregardstootherbooksinthis
PracticalReason
section.

(
KritikderpraktischenVernunft)
CritiqueofPracticalReason

KantCritiqueofPracticalReason(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophy)ISBN:
1107467055
CritiqueofPracticalReason(HackettClassics)ISBN:
0872206173
Kantsmagnumopusonmoralethicsandafoundationaltextondeontologicalethics.Kant
exploresthemoralimperativeofaperson,universalityofethicalactandthehypothetical
kingdomofends.
MakesureyoubuytherevisedCambridgeeditioninsteadoftheoldone*,bothtranslationsare
greatwithPluharandGregorrespectively.Ialsoplacedthislastdespitethefactthatsomeof
theworksinthebooksabovedealingwithmoralitywerepublishedafterthisworkduetothefact
thatthisisthehardestone.

JUDGEMENTALREASON
DealswithKantsAesthetics

(KritikderUrteilskraft)
Critique of Judgment
CritiqueofJudgment(HackettClassics)ISBN
:
0872200256
CritiqueofthePowerofJudgment(TheCambridgeEditionofthe
WorksofImmanuelKant)ISBN
:
0521348927
AnotherfoundationaltextbyKant,whereheexploreshowaesthetic
judgementisformed,thesublimeandteleologicaljudgement.
Seeingapatternhere?CambridgeandHackettarethebestpublishers,thereareOxfordand
Dovereditionsbutdontbotherwiththose.

FURTHERREADINGOFKANT:
TheCambridgeEditionoftheWorksofImmanuelKant**
MostCompleteeditionofKantsworkinEnglishwhichalsoincludesalternatetranslationsofsomeoftheworksaboveand
translationsoflesserknownworks.
KantinGerman
IfyouwanttostudyKantextensively(andseriously)youwillhavetoreadhimGerman.Thereis
ImmanuelKant:Werke:
AkademieTextausgabe
whichcanbefoundonGermanAmazon.Thereisalsothe
MeinerVerlag
(MeinerPublisher)&
SuhrkampVerlag(SuhrkampPublisher)editions.TheseareridiculouslyhugeMultiVolumesets.

*Oldunrevisededitionis0521599628
**
http://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/philosophy/philosophytexts/series/cambridgeeditionworksimmanuelkant

OnAnalyticphilosophyanditsrelation
toFichte,SchellingandHegel
SinceAnalyticusuallyphilosophyhasarathernegativetoabsoluteoutrightdismissalofthesethinkersastotalhacks,charlatans
andmastersofobfuscation
(thoughtherehasbeenarecentinterestinHegel)
Ihavedecidedtosteertheguidetoamuchmore
continentalsideforamomentsinceIwouldthinkitwouldbenefitthemajorityofreaderswhowouldbotherreadingthesethree
thinkersasContinentalphilosophyhasgivenmuchmuchmoresupportinreadingthesephilosophers.

Idealismsucksballs!
BertrandRussell
Protip:SkipeverythingbelowtillSchopenhauerifyou'redoingAnalyticphilosophyunlessyouhappentolikesomething
likethePittsburghHegeliansorpragmatistslikeRichardRorty.

Fichte
SubjectiveIdealism
TeacherofSchopenhauerandthefirststepawayfromKant,Fichtepositsthesubjective
Ego
(
Ich
,the
I
)
atthecenterofhisthought.

AlsoinregardstowhopublishesenglishtranslationsofFichteandSchellingtheyareabitneglectedinenglishsotheresusually
onlyonetranslation.Thoughifwereevertobealternatetranslations,translationsbyFichtescholarBreazealearerecommendedfor
Fichte.

Secondarywritings:
Fichte'sTranscendentalPhilosophy:TheOriginalDuplicityofIntelligenceandWill
(ModernEuropeanPhilosophy)ISBN:
0521892732
SinceFichteanscholarshipisnotpopular,thisistheonlyintroductiontoFichte.

Fichte'sWork(Readinorder!!!)

Fichte:EarlyPhilosophicalWritingsISBN:
080148121X
TheVocationofMan(HackettClassics)ISBN:
0872202399
IntroductionstotheWissenschaftslehreandOtherWritings(17971800)(Hackett
Classics)ISBN:
0872202399
Theseareallpreppersforlaterwork,the
IntroductionstotheWissenschaftslehreandOther
Writings
isprobablythemostimportantoutofthesethreetopayextraattentionto.

FichteFoundationsofTranscendentalPhilosophy(Wissenschaftslehre)nova
methodo(179699)ISBN:
0801481384
TheScienceofKnowledgeWiththeFirstandSecondIntroductions(Textsin
GermanPhilosophy)ISBN:
0521270502
Fichtesmostfamousandwidelyreadworkswherehefullyexplicateshisphilosophyof
SubjectiveIdealism(theabsoluteI)andthedoctrinesof
Wissenschaftslehre
.Someof
hismostcomplexandmaturewritingscanbefoundhere.

Fichte:FoundationsofNaturalRightISBN:
0521575915
Fichte:TheSystemofEthicsISBN:

0521577675
Herehispoliticalandethicaltheory,
Fichte
inaarrayofcomplexideasdiscussesthemeaning
offreedominrelationtopositingtherealisationofselfconsciousnessisthecommunicativeact
oftheexternalother.

FURTHERREADINGofFichte:
IhavenotreadanymyselfbutIthinkagoodsuggestionwouldbeFichtescholar
DanielBreazealesessays.Hesreallythe
onlyFichtescholarouttheretoo,goodluck!
TheScienceOfKnowingJ.g.Fichte's1804LecturesOnTheWissenschaftslehre(SunySeriesinContemporary
ContinentalPhilosophy)ISBN:
0791464504
Averyveryrecenttranslation(2005),furthersetsforthhis
Wissenschaftslehre
.
ManyideasweassociatewithSchopenhauerarefoundheresoreadifyou'reanSchopenhauerfan!

FICHTEinGerman:
TakenfromStanfordwiki
JohannGottliebFichte'snachgelasseneWerke
,3vols.,ed.I.H.Fichte(Bonn:AdolphMarcus,183435).
JohannGottliebFichte'ssmmtlicheWerke
,8vols.,ed.I.H.Fichte(Berlin:Veit,184546).[Takentogether,these11volumes,
editedbyFichte'sson,constitutedthefirstattemptatacompleteeditionofhisworksandarestillwidelycitedandreprinted,
mostrecentlybydeGruyter,underthetitle
Fichte'sWerke
.]
J.G.Fichte:GesamtausgabederBayerischenAkademiederWissenschaften
,ed.ErichFuchs,ReinhardLauth,HansJacobs,andHans
Gliwitzky(StuttgartBadCannstatt:Frommann,19642012)42vols.[OrganizedintofourseparateserieswritingspublishedbyFichte,
unpublishedwritings,correspondence,andstudentlecturetranscriptsthismonumentalcriticaleditionsupersedesallearliereditions.]

Schelling
Naturphilosophie
,Identittsphilosophie,PositivePhilosophie
Itshardtopresentjustamodestamountofbookstorepresenttheformerroommateof
Hegelturnedrivalsphilosophyashisphilosophychangedconstantlyoverthespanof
hislife.
ThemajorityoftranslationsarequiterecentandmostofthemarepublishedonlybySUNYduetoneglect.

SecondaryWritings:

SchellingandModernEuropeanPhilosophyanIntroductionISBN:
0415103479
>Thisisabookwrittenforadvancedundergraduatestudentsofphilosophybyanauthorwho,at
thetime,wasProfessorofEuropeanPhilosophyatAngliaPolytechnicUniversityinCambridge.
BowieheregivesadetailedaccountoftheideasofaGermanphilosopherwhoseworktendsto
getoverlookedasitwasproducedbetweenthatofthemuchmoreinfluentialphilosophers,Kant
andHegel
.

SchellingsWork(Readinorder!!!)
EarlySchelling

Schellings
Naturphilosophie
(NaturalPhilosophy)istobefoundhere
ThePhilosophicalRupturebetweenFichteandSchelling:SelectedTextsand
Correspondence(18001802)(SunySeriesinContemporaryContinental
Philosophy)ISBN:
1438440189
>
Thisvolumebringstogetherthelettersthetwophilosophersexchangedbetween1800
and1802andthetextsthateachpennedwiththeotherinmind.Thebookpresentsan
unparalleledopportunitytoobserveanimportantsetofFichte'sandSchellings
philosophicalexchangesandhasthepotentialtoaffectonesunderstandingof
postKantianphilosophyinalastingwayThiswellconceivedandcarefullyedited
volumeshinesabrightlightonacrucialandformativetimeinthelivesofbothFichteand
Schelling
ThisbookisplacedheretodrawlinesofFichtesandSchellingsPhilosophybefore
delvingintoSchellingsworkproper.


IdeasforaPhilosophyofNature(TextsinGermanPhilosophy)ISBN:
0521357330
SystemofTranscendentalIdealismISBN:

0813914582
HereSchellingdevelopsideason
Naturphilosophie
whichwillculminateinhis
FirstOutlineof
aSystemofthePhilosophyofNature,
hereSchellingisanantiNewtonianandinstead
incorporatesanneoplatonicviewofnature.Inthe
SystemofTranscendentalIdealism
Schelling
goesbacktoFichteanterminology(whichhelaterabandons).Heendeavourstoexplainthe
emergenceofthethinkingsubjectfromnatureintermsofanabsoluteIcomingretrospectively
toknowitselfinahistoryofselfconsciousnessthatformsthematerialofthesystem.The
System

ofTranscendentalIdealismr
ecountsthehistoryofwhichthetranscendentalsubjectis
theresult.
FirstOutlineofaSystemofthePhilosophyofNatureISBN:
0813914582
Schellingsculminationandfullexpositionofhis
Naturphilosophie
.

ThePhilosophyofArtISBN:
0816616841
InthePhilosophyofArtSchellingsetsoutanorderedsystemontheoryofartbasedonGerman
Idealism.Herehedealswithvariousformsofartincludingmusic,painting,sculpture,narrative,
poetryandendswithtragedy.ForSchellingtheGeniusandhisworksofartaretheconscious
andtheunconsciousbeing"="inone.

MiddleSchelling
Schellings
Identittsphilosophie
&
Weltalter
PhilosophyandReligionISBN:

0882145932

>
AnimportantearlyworkoftheGermanidealistphilosopherF.W.J.Schelling.

PhilosophyandReligion(1804)isconsideredaprecursortohismajorworkon
freedom,hisPhilosophicalInquiriesintotheNatureofHumanFreedom(1809).In
PhilosophyandReligion,Schellingraisesthequestionofhowphilosophycancome
totermswiththefailureofapproachingthehighestprincipleofbeing,theAbsolute
(orGod).
UnfortunatelytherealstartingpointofSchellings

Identittsphilosophie
hasnot

beentranslated
(
SystemderNaturphilosophieinsbesondere)
andthusherewith
thisbookwestartwithSchellings
Identittsphilosophie
.
PhilosophicalInvestigationsintotheEssenceofHumanFreedom(SunySeriesin
ContemporaryContinentalPhilosophy)ISBN:
0791468747
Thisworkdealswiththeconceptionoffreedom(AlsoKantianradicalevil)andhasinfluences
fromthetheosophistJakobBhme(BhmealsoinfluencesHegelandothers,youshould
googlethis).CelebratedbyZizekashisbestworkandalsodrawntheireofHeidegger!


TheAbyssofFreedom/AgesoftheWorld(TheBody,InTheory:Historiesof
CulturalMaterialism)ISBN:

0472066528
TheAgesoftheWorld:(Fragment)fromtheHandwrittenRemains,ThirdVersion(C.
1815)(SunySeriesinContemporaryContinentalPhilosophy)ISBN:

079144418X
ThesetwoaretranslationsofSchellingsunfinishedwork
Weltalter
,ashortbutverycomplex
andimportantworktounderstandingSchelling.TheSUNYtranslationcontainsa1815version
oftheworkwhiletheotheronecontainsthe1813onewithanessaybyZizek(Lacanrequiredto
fullyunderstandthisZizekianessay!)

LateSchelling
PositivePhilosophie
IfoneistoreadlateSchellingitbedoneafterHegel!Hereonefindsaverydifferent
SchellingwhobecameareactionaryandconvertedtoCatholicism.

OntheHistoryofModernPhilosophy(TextsinGermanPhilosophy)ISBN:

052140861X
>OntheHistoryofModernPhilosophyisakeytransitionaltextinthehistoryofEuropean
philosophy.InitF.W.J.SchellingsurveysphilosophyfromDescartestoGermanIdealismand
showswhytheIdealistprojectisultimatelydoomedtofailure.Schelling'sworktracesthepathof
philosophyfromDescartesthroughSpinoza,Leibniz,Kant,Fichte,Jacobi,toHegeland
Schelling'sownwork.TheextensivecritiquesofHegelprefiguremanyoftheargumentstobe
foundinFeuerbach,Kierkegaard,Marx,Nietzsche,Heidegger,andDerrida.

FURTHERREADINGofSchelling
TheGroundingofPositivePhilosophyTheBerlinLectures(SunySeriesinContemporaryContinental
Philosophy)ISBN:
0791471306
LecturesinBerlin(1842)areinpartacritiqueofHegelwhichgroundsSchellingsphilosophyasexistential
PositivePhilosophyandtheseseriesoflectureswereinterestinglyattendedby
Kierkegaard,
Engels
,
Feuerbach
,
Marx
,and
Bakunin
.

PhilosophiesofNatureafterSchellingISBN:
1847064329
ForbigSchellingfansthisisa
veryveryveryverygoodwork

onSchellinginrelationtotodays
contemporaryphilosophyandisalsoasmallwindowtotodayscuttingedgediscourseinContinental
Philosophybutitssomeadvancedshit

sojustbecareful!ThereasonIputthishereisbecausetherenot
manybooksonSchellingandaSchellingfanhavingdifficultywiththisbookcanpickitbackuplaterwhen

wemoveto
IainHamiltonGrant
and
SpeculativeRealism.

TheNewSchellingISBN:

Iain Hamilton Grant joins


Alberto Toscano,

J
rgenHabermas
,SlavojZizekandothersinconnecting
SchellingtootherthinkerslikeMarx,
Nietzsche
,Freud,
Sartre
,Deleuze,

andLacan.

Ofcoursewehavenot
coveredthesethinkersyetbutIhadnowhereelsetoputthis!

OranythingbyJasonM.Wirth

Hegel
AbsoluteIdealism
BeforegoinganyfurtherIsuggestrevisingAristotle's
Organon
againandrereadHeraclitus.If
youhaventreadHeraclituspleasegobackandcheckoutHeraclitus.ThissectiononHegelwill
beverylong,ifyouarethinking
butbutIjustwantonebooktounderstandeverything
Hegelsaid!!!
gofuckoffandnowearentgoingtostartwith
Phnomenologiedes
Geistes,thatstheworstthingtodo.

Secondaryliterature:
Ofcourseyoumayask,willZizekbehereduetohismemestatus?NotexactlyashereIhave
includedonlybookswhichrequirenoadvancedknowledgeoflaterthinkers,forexampleZizeks
readingofHegelrequiresadvancedknowledgeoflaterthinkerslikeLacanandMarxwhichwe
havenotgottenintoyet.SameforotherHegelianslike
FredricJameson
,Ihaveincludedhis

TheHegelVariations:OnthePhenomenologyofSpirit
butnothis
ValencesoftheDialectic

whichrefersto
Lukcs,Heidegger,Sartre,Derrida,and
Althusser
andmore.Youwillsee
ZizeksandJamesonsotherworksintheirownsectionsbutfornowyoucanhaveZizekinthe
formofhimexplainingtheHegeliandialecticintheformofajoke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmJVsaxoQSw

TherewillalsobenoGeneralintroductionsfordumbassesorcompanionbooksinthe
secondaryliteraturesection.Why?Becausethere'salready1000pagesofintroducingGerman
Idealismalready(Youshouldofreadbothintroductions).IfyouwanttoknowHegelsrelationto
theearlierGermanIdealistsforexampleyoureadHegelhimself(thisexamplewillbepresented
inmoredetailin
Hegelsworks
).

Butifyoumustusealayman'sguideusethisone
0521003873
.

DONOTPICKPETER
SINGERsone(
019280197X
)
!YesIdohatePeterSingerforbeingastupidliberalwho
unknowinglyshillsforneoliberalcapitalism(Thisisnottherightplacetoexplainwhy)butthisis
notthereasoninrelationtoHegel.PeterSingerisanAnalyticPhilosopherwhoseworkdeals
withEthicsandNOTHEGEL,healsomakestheverycommonmistakeofreducingHegels
dialectictoThesisAntithesisSynthesistriad,averygravemistake!
Readingsecondaryliteratureshouldreadprior,alongsideorafterthecorrespondingprimary
work(dependsontheworks),forexampleacommentaryonHegelslogicshouldbereadin
conjunctiontoHegelsworksonLogic.

Wherethesecondaryliteraturelistingactuallystarts:
HegelianDictionaries:

0631175334
http://www.london.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/students/philosophy/ba_course_materials/ba_19t
hc_hegel_glossary_01.pdf
http://files.meetup.com/1730494/Hegel.Dictionary.pdf

IntroductiontotheReadingofHegelLecturesonthePhenomenologyofSpiritISBN
:
0801492033
http://parrhesiajournal.org/parrhesia20/parrhesia20_kojeve.pdf
GenesisandStructureofHegel's"PhenomenologyofSpirit"ISBN:
0810105942
TherearetwoclassicaltextsonHegelthat
everyoneshouldhavewhenreadingHegel
(whichalsoshouldbereadandboughtfirstbeforeanyothersecondaryliterature
below!)
,
JeanHyppolite
s

GenesisandStructureofHegel's"PhenomenologyofSpirit"
and
AlexandreKojeve
s
IntroductiontotheReadingofHegel:LecturesonthePhenomenologyof
Spirit
.
AsthetitlessaythesearereadingsonHegels
PhnomenologiedesGeistes
ThesetwotextshadahugeimpactonhowHegelwasdealtwithin20thcenturyContinental
PhilosophyandinfluencedmanyphilosopherslikeDerrida,FoucaultandDeleuzeetc.
AlexandreKojeve
and
JeanHyppolite
makethetwoopposingcampsofHegelians.
Kojeve
had
aHumanistand
Hyppolite
basicallyhadaprotopostmodernreadingof
Hegel
.

Pourlesfrancophones:
TheenglishtranslationofKojeve'sworkisactuallyabridged,here'stheFrench:
2070295281
Here'sHyppoliteinFrenchandcontemporaryContinentalphilosopherAlainBadiousdealingswithhim:
ISBN:
2700700090
https://vimeo.com/60266579
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10CFy0la5XA

Quicknoteononlinelectures:
ThereareonlinelecturesmainlyonHegelsPhenomenology,Idontknowwhichonesaregoodorbadeitherandaactualprofessor
lecturingyouinclassismuchbetteranyways.

Moresecondaryliterature(Holyfuckthispartislongright?):
AbovewastheBAREconservativeminimumonsecondaryliterature!TotrulyunderstandHegel
morereadingisrequired!TherearetonsandtonsofHegelinterpretationsandcommentaries
outthere,hereIreallysuggestyoushouldfindonerightforyouforyourself!IfIclaimthatthe
followingbooksarethebestbooksonHegelsomeonenomatterwhatwillcryoutagainstme
duetothesheeramountofscholarshipdoneonHegel,sotakethefollowingreallyasmy
subjectiveopinionandexploretheHegelscholarshipforyourself!!SorryifImissanyofyour
favouriteworksonHegel.
BUYMULTIPLEWORKSONHEGELFORDIFFERENTVIEWS!THEREISNOONESIZE
FITSALL!
Thesecondaryliteratureinthefollowing
divisions
arenotorderedinanyway(forexamplebestontoporalphabetically)
Imtoopoor!Ispentmymoneyonbuyingthetwoclassicalcommentariesalreadyandotherthings!
YoudonthavetobuyALLofthese(seriouslyifyouarentthatinterestedinHegeljustbuy1ornone)butbuykindleversionsor
secondhand?JustrememberthoughsomekindleversionsareabsolutetrashandbuysecondhandwithCLEANinsidessoyoucan
rapethevalueofthecopyyourselfwithyourownhighlighting,notesandunderlining.Mysympathieswithyourbudget.

WorksonHegelsPhenomenology:

TheHegelVariations:OnthePhenomenologyofSpiritISBN:
1844676161
AveryrecentpublicationandinterpretationofHegel(2010),usefulforunderstandingtodays
academicHegel.Itisamere144pagesbutdonotbefooledasitisdense!TheMarxistliterary
andpoliticaltheoristFredricJamesongivesamorefluidandopeninterpretationofHegels
systemthanopposedtoatraditionallyclosedoneandforthemorememeinclinedthisbookis
Zizekapproved!(ZizekhimselfalsogivesamoreopeninterpretationofHegelandisfriends
withJameson).

Hegel'sLadder(Vol1&2)ISBN:
0872202801
Loandbehold!Anapprox
1500page
commentaryinTWOVOLUMES!Thisfuckhuge
commentaryissupposedly30yearsofscholarshipintheactualisationbyH.S.Harrisandisa
wordbyword,sentencebysentenceanalysisofJUSTthePhenomenologyofSpirit!Itsalso
reallyexpensive.MusthaveforbuddingHegelianwizards!Note:Nocoverart,thisscholarship
istooseriousforthat!
IntheSpiritofHegelISBN:
0195036506
>Inthisbook,Solomoncapturestheboldandexhilaratingspirit,presentingthePhenomenology
asathoroughlypersonalaswellasphilosophicalwork.Hebeginswithahistoricalintroduction,
whichlaysthegroundworkforasectionbysectionanalysisofthe
Phenomenology.

Agoodreplacementforcuckswhodontwanttoread
HegelsLadder(
notsayingthisbookisnt
goodinitself!).


HegelonSelfConsciousness:DesireandDeathinthePhenomenologyofSpirit
(PrincetonMonographsinPhilosophy)ISBN:
0691163413
Probablytheeasiestduetothepagecount(amere120)butnottheleastcomplex!Asthetitle
says
thefamedAmericanHegelianscholar
RobertB.Pippin
offersaninterpretationandfocus
onHegelspassagesonselfconsciousness,forHegel
"selfconsciousnessisdesireitself".
Hegel'sPhenomenology:TheSocialityofReasonISBN:
052156834X
Pinkarddevelopsanindependentphilosophicalaccountofthegeneraltheoryofknowledge,
culture,andhistorycontainedinPhenomenology.ThebookreconstructsHegel'stheoretical
philosophyandshowsitsconnectiontoethicalandpoliticaltheory.

WorkonHegelsScienceofLogic:

TheOpeningofHegel'sLogic:FromBeingtoInfinity(HistoryofPhilosophySeries)ISBN:
1557532575
>HegelsLogichasfewercommentariesthanhisotherworksbutisjustacrucialandthisbook
notonlyintroducesHegelsScienceofLogicitalsodealswithcontemporariesofHegelornear
contemporaries(Schelling,Trendelenburg,Kierkegaard)andmovingallthewaythrough
moderntimes(
Derrida,Pippin
etc).ThereadergetsbothanintroductiontoHegel'slogicandan
introductiontothehistoricaldebatessurroundingtheinterpretationofHegel'sthoughtandlogic.

AnIntroductiontoHegel'sLogic(HackettClassics)ISBN:
0872204243
Imgoingtoplaythecounterfactualgamehere,thisoddballisaintroductionofHegelslogicina
mere152pagesfromanphilosopherwhomakesreferencesto

Analyticphilosophers

when

explainingHegelsLogic.
FormoreinfoonAnalyticsdealingwithHegelcheckoutthe
PittsburghHegelians.

TheIdeaofHegel's"ScienceofLogic"ISBN:

022606588X
>RosenhasnointerestinsoftpedalingHegel'sapparenttheologicalclaims,asmanyrecent
promotersofa"nonmetaphysical"oressentiallyKantianHegelhavewantedtodo.Rosentakes
Hegel'sstatementsabout"God"atfacevalue,notasreferringtoGodascommonlyunderstood,
butasreferringtosomethingthatdeservestheeminencetraditionallyassignedtoGod.Rosen
doesthisbecauseheagreeswithHegelthatmodernthoughtandmodernlifeingeneralarein
deeptrouble,andrequirewhatmayseemtobeprettydrasticmeasurestosavethem.Weare
constantlythreatenedby"thenihilismofmultipleandmutuallyexclusivepartialviews,
perspectives,interpretations,oropinionsabouthumanlife"(72).Thisamountsto"chaos."To
overcomeit,wemustfind"intelligibility"intheworldandourexperience.Theeffortofwestern
philosophysinceAnaxagorasandSocrateshasbeenpreciselytofindsuchintelligibility,and
Hegel,asRoseninterpretshim,aimstocontinueandconsummatethiseffort.Rosenagreeswith
HegelthatthemajoreffortofImmanuelKanttothissameendwasunsuccessful,inasmuchas
Kantlocatedintelligibilitynotintheworldassuch,butonlyinthecategoriesbywhichthe
transcendentalsubjectthinkstheworld.Hegel'saimistofindintelligibilityintheworldorin
beingassuch,andthustobridgethegulfbetweensubjectandobjectwhichKanthadfailedto
bridge.

Hegel
sworks(ReadinOrder!!!)
TheHegelstarterskit!

EarlyTheologicalWritings(WorksinContinentalPhilosophy)ISBN:
0812210220
HegelFaithandKnowledgeISBN:
088706826X
TheDifferenceBetweenFichte'sandSchelling'sSystemofPhilosophyISBN:
0887068278
LecturesonLogicISBN:

0253351677
TheseneglectedcollectionofshortworksareexcellenttrainingwheelsforHegelsmostwell
knownandveryverydifficultworks
PhnomenologiedesGeistes,

WissenschaftderLogik&
GrundlinienderPhilosophiedesRechts.
EarlyTheologicalWritings
illuminateHegelslater
conceptionofGodandtheAbsolutewhile

both
FaithandKnowledge
&
Th
eDifferenceBetween
Fichte'sandSchelling'sSystemofPhilosophy
giveanaccountof
Hegelsrelationtothe
earlierGermanIdealistsinHISOWNWORDS
andthusthisis
BETTERthanany
commentatorcangiveonthissubject!!!
IntheformerHegelgiveshiscritiqueofKantand
commentaryofFichteandSchellinginthelatter.LecturesonLogicareacompilationonthe
Berlinlecturesregardinglogic,easytoreadinlectureformatthiswillhelptoilluminateHegels
dialecticalthinking.
READTHISSTUFFANDPHIL.OFHISTORYFIRST!

Philosophyofhistory
ThePhilosophyofHistory(DoverPhilosophicalClassics)ISBN:
0486437558
LecturesonthePhilosophyofWorldHistory(CambridgeStudiesinthe
HistoryandTheoryofPoliticsISBN:
0521281458
HegellecturesonhisPhilosophyofhistorybutunfortunatelytherehavenotbeenfull
translationsoftheselectures,formoreHegellecturesonPhilosophyofHistoryscrolldownto
OUPlectures

in

FURTHERREADINGONHEGELdivision
.
Alsopleasenotethesetwobooks
shownherecontaindifferentmaterialswhicharemeanttosupplementeachothersobuyboth
(unlessyoubuytheOUPlecturesedition)!Formoreinforeadthis
http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/27787lecturesonthephilosophyofworldhistoryvolimanuscriptsoft
heintroductionandthelecturesof18223/

ThisiswhatanordinaryEncyclopediaturnsintowhenitstouchedby
Hegelswizardry!
(EnzyklopdiederphilosophischenWissenschaftenimGrundrisse)
TheEncyclopediaofPhilosophicalSciences

TheEncyclopaediaLogic:PartIoftheEncyclopaediaofthePhilosophicalScienceswith
the
Zustze
(HackettClassics)ISBN:
0872200701
Hegel'sPhilosophyofNature:EncyclopaediaofthePhilosophicalSciences(1830),PartII
(Hegel'sEncyclopediaofthePhilosophicalSciences)ISBN:
0199272670
Hegel:PhilosophyofMind:ArevisedversionoftheWallaceandMillertranslationISBN:
0199593027
BasicallyatextbookHegelwroteoutlininghismatureworkssothiswouldthenextlogicalplace
toread.TheEncyclopediaissplitupintothreepartsLogic,PhilosophyofNatureand
PhilosophyofMind(Nottobeconfusedwith
PhnomenologiedesGeistes
)eachoutlining
criticalpointsofHegelsphilosophy.Thetranslationspresented(sequentially)areHackett
(
ZustzearenotestakenbyHegelsstudents)
,OxfordandarevisedOxfordedition.On
alternatetranslationsthereisanCambridgetranslationofpartone(9780521829144)butIopted
forHackettduetoitbeinganestablishededition(Beingconservativehere!),
BUTfroman
academicreviewingsiteheresadifferentopinion:
https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24778encyclopediaofthephilosophicalsciencesinbasicoutlinepartiscienceoflogic/

Thereis

onlyonetranslationofPart2andwithinregardstoPart3the2010revisededitionoftheold
OxfordeditionbyMichaelInwoodissuperbandshouldnotbereplacedwithanythingelse!

NOMORE

TRAININGWHEELSHERE!

HegelsPhenomenologyofSpiritISBN:
0198245971
ThePhenomenologyofMind(PhilosophicalClassics)
0486432513
DraftofTerryPinkardstranslationlink:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21288399/Phenomenology%20translation%20English%20German.pdf

(PhnomenologiedesGeistes)

PhenomenologyofSpirit(Mind)

Ifyousomehowdontknowalready,
geist
isalsotranslatedasMindandthe
HegeliandialecticisNOT
ThesisAntithesisSynthesisseriouslyholyfuck!Dontgetthiswrong!ThiswasmadeupbyaguynamedHeinrichMoritz
Chalybuswhoisrightlyignoredtodayforhishorribleinterpretation.

Hegelslegendarywork!Whenoneadvisestoreadslowlywordbyworditreallydoesmatter
here!ThistextisabsolutelycrucialtounderstandingHegeland
mustmustmustreadfor
Continentalphilosophy!

Ifonecouldeverproperlysumupthistextinonephraseitwouldbe
TheRationalaloneisReal.Therearetwoclassictranslations,MillerandBaille.Bothare

useful(Millerisveryverymuchpreferred).RegardingHardbackversionsofthesetranslations
from3rdpartypublisherstheycanbefoundhere
1616405562andhere
8120814738butI
cannotcommentontheirqualityasIdonothavethemsoproceedwithcare!TheTerryPinkard
translationisanewoneunderconstructionbutavailableonlineforfreeandwillbepublishedin
the
CambridgeHegelTranslations(
Whichisalsounderconstructionatthetimeofwriting)Since
thisissuchahardbooktoreadIsuggestyoureadthisusingallthreetranslationswith
referencetotheoriginal
German!

(
WissenschaftderLogik)
ScienceofLogic

GeorgWilhelmFriedrichHegelTheScienceofLogic(CambridgeHegelTranslations)
ISBN:
1107499631
Hegel'sScienceofLogic:
1573922803
InAmericaIheartheyliketoignorethisworkdespiteitbeing

justasimportant

as
Phenomenology.OnthetranslationhereIwillrefertoanarticlebelow
https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24722thescienceoflogic/

ThereviewrecommendsthenewGiovanniovertheoldonebutforthepurposesofuniversity
coursesandthemoreconservativeIhavepresentedtheMilleroneaswellduetoitbeingawell
acceptedtranslation,thenewGiovanniwasonlypublishedontheFebruary12th,2015.

(GrundlinienderPhilosophiedesRechts)
ElementsofthePhilosophyofRight(Law)
HegelElementsofthePhilosophyofRight(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPolitical
Thought)ISBN:
0521348889
Hegelsexquisitepoliticalthoughthere,hereHegelshareshisthoughtswiththePrussian
MonarchyandHegelsidealstatewhichinfluencedthinkersrangingfromthefarlefttothefar
right!

LecturesonthePhilosophyofSpirit18278
Youareprobablysurprisedthisishere(onlytranslatedin2007).ThisisanotherBerlinlecture
whereHegelcoverssubjectivespiritinpart3oftheencyclopaediasciencesandthis

bookhas
newinformationonmaterialassociatedwiththe
PhnomenologiedesGeistes,
includingthe
notorious'struggleforrecognition'inchapter4andthusthisiscrucialtounderstandHegel.For
moreinfolookat
OUPHegellectures
below.

FURTHERREADINGONHEGEL
WARNING:READINGTHESEWILLTURNYOUINTOANHEGELIANWIZARDADDICTEDTOCOCAINE(LIKEZIZEK).

TheYoungHegelStudiesintheRelationsbetweenDialecticsandEconomicsISBN:
0262620332
IfyouwantaHegelthat'sHegeltheMarxistbeforeMarxandHegelthecriticaltheoristhereitis!Herethe
founderofWesternMarxism
GeorgLukcs
presentsHegelnotasaHegelianasweknowbutassomeone
whoprecededMarxsmaterialism.


Hegel'sIdealism:TheSatisfactionsofSelfConsciousness
IfyouwantsomethingmoreMetaphysicalhereitis!PippinpresentsHegelas
>neitherasaprecritical
metaphysiciannorasasocialtheorist,butasacriticalphilosopherwhosedisagreementswithKant,especially
ontheissueofintuitions,enrichtheidealistargumentsagainstempiricism,realism,andnaturalism.Intheface
ofthedismissalofabsoluteidealismaseitherunintelligibleorimplausible,Pippinexplainsanddefendsan
originalaccountofthephilosophicalbasisforHegel'sclaimsaboutthehistoricalandsocialnatureof
selfconsciousnessandofknowledgeitself.

TheOUPHegellectures
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/category/academic/series/philosophy/hegel.do
Warning:ForHegelianwizardsonly!

IfyouhavemoneyandwanttobecomeatrueHegelianwizardthenhave
theseseriesofBerlinlectures!Theselecturesarereallyreallyreally
recentlytranslatedandsomevolumesinthisseriescontaintheonly
EnglishtranslationsofHegelslectures!Translationsincludepicrelated,
theonlyenglishtranslationofthe18278Philosophyofspiritlectures
whichcontainslecturesonSubjectiveSpiritinPart3ofthe
EncyclopaediaScience!

AtthetimeofwritingatranslationofHegelsPhilosophyofWorldHistory
18221823Lecturesinfullwithprobablymoretocome!Ifyouwantmore
HegelonPhilosophyofWorldHistoryhereitis!Anothergoodieisthis
seriescontainsnewtranslationsofLecturesonHistoryofPhilosophy
whereHegelstartsfromtheancientstohimself,ifyouwantwhatHegel
thoughtoftheHistoryofPhilosophywhynotbuythewordsoftheman
himself?Asofthetimeofwritingthereare11Volumesinthisseries
eachcontaininguniquematerial!

NOTE:Ifyoubuy
Hegel'sAesthetics:LecturesonFineArt,Vol.I&2
dontbuythe
Hegel:LecturesonthePhilosophyof
ArtTheHothoTranscriptof1823BerlinLectures
whichisinthisseries!

Hegel'sAesthetics:LecturesonFineArt,Vol.IISBN:
0198238169
Hegel'sAesthetics:LecturesonFineArt,Vol.IIISBN:
9780198238171
BasicallyacompilationlecturesHegelhadinhislastdecadeofhislife(BerlinPeriod)intwovolumestranslatedbyT.MKnox,
thisis
theonlyindeptheditiononHegelsAestheticsavailable(attimeofwriting),allothereditionsareturdanddontincludethesame
amountofmaterialasthisone.Theonlydownsideisthatitisexpensive(atthetimeofwritingacheapercopythanamazoncanbe
foundfromthepublisherOxfordsonlinestore).TheseLectureshavemorepagesthan
Hegel:LecturesonthePhilosophyofArtTheHothoTranscriptof1823

BerlinLectures
intheOUPseriesabove.

I
ntroductoryLecturesonAesthetics
(PenguinClassics)ISBN:
014043335X
ToopoorfortheLecturesabove?PenguinhasHegelIntroductorylecturesonAestheticsforafewdollarsinthesingledigit!Ireally
suggestthelecturesabovethough!

AftertheBeautiful:HegelandthePhilosophyofPictorialModernismISBN:
022607949X
>InhisBerlinlecturesonfineart,Hegelarguedthatartinvolvesauniqueformofaestheticintelligibilitytheexpressionofadistinct
collectiveselfunderstandingthatdevelopsthroughhistoricaltime.Hegelsapproachtoarthasbeeninfluentialinanumberof
differentcontexts,butinatwistofhistoricalironyHegelwoulddiejustbeforethemostradicalartisticrevolutioninhistory:
modernism.InAftertheBeautiful,RobertB.Pippin,lookingatmodernistpaintingsbyartistssuchasdouardManetandPaul
CzannethroughHegelslens,doeswhatHegelneverhadthechancetodo.
OnceagainPippinispresented!ThisbookisaperfectcompaniontotheT.MKnoxeditionsabove!

HegelandtheHermeticTraditionISBN:
0801474507
TheHeterodoxHegelISBN:

079142006X

ThesetwobooksclaimthatHegel(AlsootherRomanticfiguresofthistime)wereinfluencedby
the2mystical4youthatincludes
Baader,Bhme,Brunowhichstretchesallthewaybacktoearly
NeoplatonismandGnosticism.

AnatomyofMisremembering:VonBalthasarsResponsetoPhilosophical
Modernity.Volume1HegelISBN:
0824525620

>Thiscompellingworkisthemostcomprehensiveandsophisticatedaccountto
dateoftherelationshipbetweenHansUrsvonBalthasaraSwisstheologianand
CatholicpriestandtheGermanphilosopherGeorgHegel.Whileunderscoringthe
depthandbreadthofBalthasarsengagementwiththephilosopher,authorCyril
OReganarguesthatBalthasaristhemostconcertedlyantiHegeliantheologianof
the20thcentury.Forhim,itisessentialtoengageHegelbecauseofhiscorrections
ofscleroticformsofpremodernChristianthought,butevenmoreimportantlyto
resistandcorrecthissystematicthought,whichrepresentsacomprehensive
misrememberingoftheChristianthought,practices,andformsoflife.Animportant
andoriginalwork,thisbookaddressesatopicthatputsthepossibilityofan
authenticpostmoderntheologyatstake.
RecommendedformorereadingonHegelstheology,againbybasedRegan.

HegelinGerman(alsocheckStanford):
AgaintherearetwoeditionsofHegelfromMeiner&SuhrkampVerlag
SuhrkampVerlag:Awhooping20volumeedition,thisisthestandardeditionusedinacademia.
3518097180
Note:ItseemsthatitscheaperonamazonthanontheirPublisherwebsite!

MeinerVerlag:Smaller6volumeedition
3787327606

AgainImreallysorryifImissedafavouriteworkonHegelofyours!!

FURTHERREADINGSONGERMANIDEALISM
Jakob Bhme (Jacob Boehme)
GermanTheosophistwhowrotelotsofmysticalwritingsandinfluencedSchelling,Hegeland
Schopenhauer.Youcanreadandlearnabouthimhereforfree.Orbuybettertranslationson
Amazonorwhatever.Ifyoureadthestuffin
ExpandedWesternMedievallist,Western
ChristianMysticismedition
youwillhaveabetterunderstandingthansomeoneelsethathas
notasBoehmeisverymuchinthelineofGnosticandmysticalthought.
http://www.jacobboehmeonline.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93TrDJv8_I

Alsosomesecondary/lit/.Notethatyourgettingintosomeprettyhereticalmysticalshithere.

TheLaterPhilosophyofSchelling:TheInfluenceofBoehmeontheWorksof18091815
ISBN:
0838717551
Titlesaysallreally,prettyrarebookonasuchaspecifictopic,notrecommendedunlessyou're
reallyinterested.Iguessifyoureallyreallyliked
PhilosophicalInvestigationsintotheEssenceof
HumanFreedom
and
AgesoftheWorld
(mainlytheusageof
Grund
/
Ungrund
butalsoother
things
)tryandfindacheapcopyasitseemstobeoutofprint.

Science,Meaning,&Evolution:TheCosmologyofJacobBoehmeISBN:

0930407202
WhenIfirstsawthisbookIwassurpriseditwaswrittenbyatheoreticalphysicistconsidering
weliveinScientificdogmatisttimes.Titlesaysall.

GnosticApocalypse:JacobBoehme'sHauntedNarrativeISBN:
0791450228
GnosticReturninModernityISBN:
0791450228
Againfrom
CyrilO'Regan
wegetmore2mystical4you.SeriouslythoughallofthisBoehmestuff
aboveisprettyspecific.

MoreFurtherreadings:


Mythology,Madness,andLaughter:SubjectivityinGermanIdealismISBN:
1441191054
Itwouldhelpifyou'refamiliarwithZizekstheoreticalworkonGermanIdealisminsomeway,
whetheritwouldbeinbooks,articlesorhisjokes,IamnottoosureonthisTBHasIhavenot
readitatthetimeofwritingthisandthusnotsureifZizekusesLacanhereasoneshouldread
LacanbeforeseriouslyreadingZizekstheoreticalwork(whenhementionsLacan).Itwouldalso
helpifyouhappentobefamiliarwithMarkusGabrielworktoo!

GermanRomanticPoetry
Thatsright!OnemustatleastmentioninpassingtheinfluenceSchlegel,Goethe,
Novalis,HlderlinandSchiller!TheirInfluenceincludesSchopenhauer,Schelling,Fichte,Hegel,
Nietzsche,FreudandHeidegger.HeresaquicklistonvariousgoodbooksontheGerman
Romantics(secondarylit):
0521001110
0804727392
0791459489
0791470849
0674019806
0674055160
067402737X

Lebensphilosophie
(Schopenhauer,NietzscheandKierkegaard)
Schopenhauer
Behold!ThegreatantiHegelian!(InterestinglyhewasinfluencedbyMeisterEckhart)

>AtfirstFichteandSchellingshineastheheroesofthisepochtobefollowedbythemanwho
isquiteunworthyevenofthem,andgreatlytheirinferiorinpointoftalentImeanthestupid
andclumsycharlatanHegel.
SchopenhauerhadinfluencesfromKant,FichteandSchelling(Schopenhauerevenbriefly
attendedFichteslecturesin1812).

Secondaryliterature

JokesonSchopie,comparedtoHegelthereislittlephilosophicalsecondaryliterature.But
unlikeHegel,Schopenhauerinfluencedmanyartists,scientistsandwritersincludingWagner,
Tolstoy,Santayana,Mann,Borges,EinsteinandSchrdinger.Oneshouldfullyappreciate
Schopenhauerbyreadingthenonphilosopherswhoheinfluenced.

Wagner:
IwilldepartfromwhatisusuallydoneinthissectionbypresentingyouWagnersDerRingDes
Nibelungenonyoutube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrYuriFerro/videos

ThePhilosophyofSchopenhauerISBN:
0198237227
IbetyoudidntexpecttoseeBryanMageeagaindidyou?Ifyouaregoingtobuyabookon
Schopenhaueritsgottabethisone.Mageegivesabalancebetweenanexplanationofhislife
andhisPhilosophy.

SchopenhauerandtheWildYearsofPhilosophyISBN:

0674792769
Thisoneisbiographicalcomparedtotheoneabovebutaverydetailedbiography.

Schopiesworks(Readinorder!!!):

OntheFourfoldRootofthePrincipleofSufficientReasonISBN:
9780521872713
OnedoesnotstartwithWorldWillandRepresentationbutthiswork,Schopenhauers
dissertation.IdeasincludingTheworldasrepresentationdevelopherefirst!
TheeditionI
havepresentedisanexpensivebutverynewandverygoodeditionofSchopenhauers
work,rememberthiseditioncomesfromCambridgewhoalsohavedonescholarly
acceptedtranslationsofHegelandKant.
Whythesetranslations?Theoldtranslationsdone
byE.JPaynewereokaybutE.JPaynewasNOTaphilosopherorascholarbutmerelya
enthusiastofSchopie!Itstimeforthenewtranslationstotakereign!

TheWorldasWillandRepresentationVol1ISBN:
9781107414778
Nowyoureadthis!YoushouldcheckouttheappendixforacritiqueofKant.

TheWorldasWillandRepresentationVol2ASIN:

B00700YVIU
Atthetimeofwritingvolume2hasnotbeingtranslatedsowewillhavetosticktotheold
translation

FurtherreadingofSchopenhauer:

TheTwoFundamentalProblemsofEthicsISBN:
9781107414747
>
ArthurSchopenhauer'sTheTwoFundamentalProblemsofEthics(1841)consistsoftwo
groundbreakingessays:'OntheFreedomoftheWill'and'OntheBasisofMorals'.Theessays
makeoriginalcontributionstoethicsanddisplaySchopenhauer'serudition,prosestyleandflair
forphilosophicalcontroversy,aswellasphilosophicalviewsthatcontrastsharplywiththe
positionsofbothKantandNietzsche.Writtenaccessibly,theydonotpresupposetheintricate
metaphysicswhichSchopenhauerconstructselsewhere.
Iguessyoucanimpressyournonphilosophicalfriends(wowwhatagreatfeat!)withthisbook
asitdoesntneedrequireanypreviousknowledgeofKantorSchopenhauer.

ParergaandParalipomenaISBN:

9780521871389
>DescribedbySchopenhauerhimselfas'incomparablymorepopularthaneverythinguptill
now',theParergaisamiscellanyofessaysaddressingthemesthatcomplementhisworkThe
WorldasWillandRepresentation,alongwithmoredivergent,speculativepieces.
Atthetimeofwritingthisisthelastpublishededitionfromcambridge,ifyouwantmoregood
Schopenhauertranslationsyouwillhavetowait.

P.SOnAmazonitsmuchcheaperthanontheofficialcambridgewebsite.
SincethesetranslationsmayberatherexpensiveIhavepresentedolderbutfreeonlinetranslations(whichareabsolutelytrashand
withoutscholarlysupport)forthedisenfranchised.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648

ONEVERYTHINGBELOW:
Thereisnoorderingbelowunlessmentioned,youcanreadKierkegaardbeforeNietzscheor
whatever

NeoKantiansandBritishIdealists
Notwidelyreadtoday(Imyselfhavenot),justsayingnooneisstoppingyoufromreading
them.Thisisjustheretoremindyou

Nietzsche
IgnoreeverythingyouknowaboutNietzschefrompopculture(legodisdeadXD)andactually
readthisguy(andbeforeNietzschereadSchopenhauer).
Alsothereisnoexcusefornot
buyingthefuckingWALTERKAUFMANNtranslations!Youhavenoexcusenottobuy
Kaufmanntranslationsastheyarecheapandallothertranslationsaretrash(besides
Hollingdale)!
ThoughIdidfindanamusingpostonwarosuregardingKaufmann.

Thisiswhathappenswhennazishillstrytodophilosophy.

Secondaryliterature:

Nietzsche:Philosopher,Psychologist,AntichristISBN:
0691019835
AgainKaufmannistheauthorityonNietzschescholarship,noexcuseslikethatcuckholdabove!
Alsohavethis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7McmNdiFuI

Nietzsche:APhilosophicalBiographyISBN:
0393323803
Anotherexcellentbiographybytheauthorof
SchopenhauerandtheWildYearsofPhilosophy,

RdigerSafranski
.

Nietzsche(ArgumentsofthePhilosophers)
0415090717
Thisbookandthetwobelowhaveabitmorephilosophicaldepthandthusifyoudontwanta
biographyyoushouldbuythesebooks.
Schacht
isaleadingNietzschescholarandthusyou're
ingoodhands.

NietzscheandPhilosophy(ColumbiaClassicsinPhilosophy)
0231138776
DeleuzeagainbutthistimefocusesonNietzscheswilltopowerandeternalrecurrence.
AgainagreatbookforNietzscheansandawouldbeDeleuzian.

Nietzsche'sTeaching:AnInterpretationof"ThusSpokeZarathustra"ISBN:

0300044305
Titlesaysallreally,ainterpretationofNietzschesmostfamousworkLampertarespected
Scholar.

Nietzsche'sworks:
Ishalldosomethingabitdifferenthere,pleasescrollalltheway
downbelowNietzschesworksforthereadingorder.

UntimelyMeditations(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophy)ISBN:

0521585848
KaufmanndidnottranslatethisworkbutHollingdalesworkisstillfine.Startingpointfor
Nietzschenewbies.

TheGayScience:WithaPreludeinRhymesandanAppendixofSongs

ISBN:
0394719859
SingalongwithyourfriendswiththisbookofNietzscheanrhymesandsongs!

ThePortableNietzsche(PortableLibrary)ISBN:
0140150625
>ThePortableNietzscheincludesKaufmannsdefinitivetranslationsofthecompleteand
unabridgedtextsofNietzschesfourmajorworks:TwilightoftheIdols,TheAntichrist,
NietzscheContraWagnerandThusSpokeZarathustra.

BasicWritingsofNietzsche(ModernLibraryClassics)ISBN:

0679783393
.>
BasicWritingsofNietzsche
gathersthecompletetextsoffiveofNietzschesmostimportant
works,fromhisfirstbooktohislast:
TheBirthofTragedy,BeyondGoodandEvil,Onthe
GenealogyofMorals,TheCaseofWagner,
and
EcceHomo
.

Human,AllTooHuman:ABookforFreeSpirits,RevisedEditionISBN:
0803283687
NoKaufmanntranslationsonthisoneeither.ItseitherthistranslationorHollingdale
0521567041

Readingorder:
UntimelyMeditations
Human,AllTooHuman:ABookforFreeSpirits
TheGayScience
TheBirthofTragedy
BeyondGoodandEvil
GenealogyofMorals
ThusSpokeZarathustra

TheCaseofWagner
TheTwilightoftheIdols
TheAntichrist
EcceHomo
NietzscheContraWagner

Nononoyoudontread
ThusSpokeZarathustra
first,readingNietzscheispretty
straightforwardasitsmostlychronological.ForstartingNietzscheoneshouldalwaysremind
themselvesofNietzschesconnectionwithSchopenhauer,agoodwaytodothatisread
SchopenhauerasEducatorin
UntimelyMeditations.

FurtherreadingsonNietzsche:

TheWilltoPowerISBN:
0394704371
BasedKaufmannincollaborationwith
R.J.HollingdaletranslatesNietzschesposthumous
work.Lifeaffirmationatitspurest!

Nietzsches
Philosophy:TheFilm.
AFILM?you
mayask,WHYAFILM?.This
filmisnotfor
plebconsumeristmoviegoers
wholiketo
watchthenewsuperherofilmbut
for
connoisseursoffilmasanart
form.Thisfilm
hasnoactionandthefilmitself
istakeninamere36longshotssoitwilldefinitelybeboringanduninterestingfortheless
artisticallyintelligent(Ireallytriedtosoundnotelitistherebutseriouslythisfilmisnotforplebs
butrealNietzscheans).ThefilmisanHungarianfilmdirectedbyBlaTarrwhohasalsomade
othergreatfilmssuchas
Damnation
and
Satantango.
Andno,thereisnooneplayingNietzsche

inthisfilm(butthatsactuallypartiallywhythefilmissogood,itdoesnotneedaNietzscheto
beaNietzscheanfilm).

SeriouslythoughjustlookonIMDBandWikipediaIvespoonfedyouenoughinfo.

RememberwhenpiratingtonotusefuckingYIFYtorrents!Theyaretheequivalentof
PenguinBooks.

Forsubtitlesgotoopensubtitles.org

Attherequestofsometripfagifonethinksartfilmsaretooboringandwantsomeactionone
shouldwatchBladeRunner.ItsagreatSciFifilmsoyoushouldwatchitregardlessifyoulike
Nietzscheornot!

NietzscheMusic
DidyouknowNietzschewasaselftaughtmusicianandcomposedmusic?
UnfortunatelyhismusicisratheresotericandtherecordingsonCDsarehardtocomeby
(overpriced)soheresNietzschesmusicforfree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBO1B3Wf4mk

Kierkegaard
Firstoff,BUYTHEHONGTRANSLATIONS!TheybeatPenguinanyday.
Before
readingKierkegaardoneshouldbeawareofHegelsandSchellingsinfluence
(rememberthatKierkegaardattendedlateSchellingslectures)soreadthemfirst.Also
readtheBible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYO0vsI6UM

ToanyfedoraAtheistswholoveSamHarriswhorefusetoreadKierkegaardfuckyouandreadhim.ArealAtheistcanintotheology.

Secondaryliterature:
SrenKierkegaard:ABiographyISBN:

0691127883
Awhooping800+pagebiographyonKierkegaard,nomoresecondaryliteratureafterthis!

Kierkegaards
order!!!):

works(Readin

Either/OrPart1&2ISBN:
0691020418&0691020426
DespitewritingearlierworksKierkegaardregardsthisworkashisstartingpointofauthorship,
theseearlyworksoutlinewhatKierkegaardisaboutquitenicely!

FearandTrembling/RepetitionISBN:
0691020264
In
FearandTrembling
KierkegaarddiscussesthestoryofAbrahamandtheAnxietypresent.In
RepetitionunderthenameConstantineConstantiusplayfullyexploresloveandhappiness,the
passageoftimeandtheimportanceofthepassageoftime.HereisaHubertDreyfuslectureon
FearandTrembling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIWraaouu4

WorksofLoveISBN:
0691059160
Thisworkdealswithlove(duh!)
,
theChristianconceptionof
agape(

)
loveincontrast
witheroticlove(

)orpreferentiallove(

)giventofriendsandfamily.

TheSicknessUntoDeathISBN:

0691020280
Dealingmainlywithdespair,Kierkegaardrelatesthistotheconceptoftheoriginalsin,thefallof
man.HeresaDreyfuslectureonthiswork
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLzCsOAVlOZwO6WGMfb7Dofv9WvFE0Oau

PhilosophicalFragments/JohannesClimacusISBN:

0691020361
WrittenunderthenameJohannesClimacusthisbookisprobablyKierkegaardsmost
antiHegelianmoment.

FurtherreadingsonKierkegaard:
OneshouldalsotakealookattherestoftheHongtranslationsforexample

ConcludingUnscientificPostscripttoPhilosophicalFragments,Volume1&2ISBN:
0691020817
0691020825
TheSequeltoPhilosophicalFragmentsthesetwobookscontinuetheattackonHegel!

Bergson
HenriBergson
OntheplacementofBergsonherenotethatBergsonistodaymoreengagedbyContinental
philosophers(likeDeleuze)butonemustremember.

SoBergsonbelongsherewithWhitehead,thoughifyoudontwanttoreadBergsonbefore
Whiteheadwhatever.RecommendedtoreadBergsonifyoulikeDeleuzeorvitalism.

ProcessPhilosophy
Whitehead
Probablythelastphilosopherboth(some)Continentalsand(some)Analyticslike,happenedto
write
PrincipiaMathematica
withBertrandRussellbuthisideasarealsodiscussedby
ContinentalslikeJudithButler(ononeoccasion),GrahamHarmanandBrunoLatourtoday.
TherearealsocontemporarystrictWhiteheadianphilosopherslikeNicholasRescherbutIfor
onedonotknowanythingaboutthesepeople.

0226752933

Sociologylite

Iwilljusthavethethreesociologistswhoarewidelyacceptedasthefoundersofsociology,this
isntasociologyguidebutaPhilosophyguide.Inregardswhotoreadfirsttakeyourpick.
Ifyou'reanidiotaskingwhysociologistsareonthisguidewellSociologyhasinfluenced
philosopherslikeLukacs,Bourdieu,Habermasetc

Supplementalreadings:

CapitalismandModernSocialTheoryAnAnalysisoftheWritingsofMarx,Durkheimand
MaxWeberISBN:
0521097851
BasedAnthonyGiddens(whoisaveryreputablesociologisthimself)publishedthisbookwhich
hasbecomeaclassicinteachingSociology.Giddensgivesnotatextbookexplanationbuta
fullyfledgedcommentaryandanalysis.

MaxWeber
MaxWeberiswidelyconsideredoneofthefoundersofsociology(alongwithMarxand
Durkheim)
Besideshisworksoneconomy,societyandgovernment,Weberwrotealotonthesociologyof
religion.

SecondaryLiterature:

MaxWeber'sComparativeHistoricalSociologyISBN:
0226423034
KalbergisoneofthebestWeberscholarsandhaswrittenthisbookasacompaniontoThe
ProtestantEthic.ReadafterWebersworks.

WebersWorks(READINORDER!!!):

EconomyandSocietyAnOutlineofInterpretiveSociologyISBN:

0520035003
HereWeberoutlineshisWeberianterminologyandideas(conceptualapparatuses)forthe
generalpublicandthusisagreatintroductiontoWeber.
Notethatthisisin2volumesdueto
itsmassivesizesomakesureyoureceivetwovolumeswhenyoubuyit!

TheProtestantEthicandtheSpiritofCapitalismISBN:

0199747253
Probablythemostinfluentialbookinsociology,enoughsaid.
Notethattherearelikeabajilliondifferenteditionsandtranslationsonthiswork,Ihavechosen
theeditionabovebecauseitistranslatedandeditedbyKalberg(italsohappenstobethemost
recenttranslation).AgainavoidthePenguinedition.


Durkheim

EmileDurkheim:HisLifeandWork:AHistoricalandCriticalStudyISBN:
0804712832

TheElementaryFormsofReligiousLifeISBN:
0029079373
DontgettheOxfordtranslationofthisseminalwork,itsactuallyabridged!

QuickMetaphilosophy
ThereisalotofbantzwhenoneclaimsthattheContinental/Analyticdistinctionis/isnot
nominalistormerelysociological/geopoliticalandthereis/isnotanymethodologicaldistinction
betweenAnalyticandContinentalPhilosophy.ForexamplesomeAnalyticphilosophers
claimthereisnoContinentalPhilosophybecausethepartsofwhatcomprisesaidPhilosophy
(Phenomenology,Existentialism,Structuralismetc)arequitedistinctonecannotlumpthemall
underthenameContinentalPhilosophy.MetaphilosophicalbooksfromboththeContinental
andAnalyticsidesarebelow.
DivideIsreal.

0192853597
0521694264
0674644735
0631214143
0748624716
0773538089
DontbefooledbythetitleofthebookbySimonCritchley,Itreallyisnotaintroductionbuta
sneakyMetaphilosophicalbook(butitalsoexplainsthehistoryofContinentalPhilosophy
startingfromKant).AlsomindPippinsbookasitisundecipherable
(Hegelian,jokes!).

https://philosophynow.org/issues/74/Analytic_versus_Continental_Philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?
v
=xiISBhwxaY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3Ke1tF9dU

Marxism:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g6XaOX8RldHRg_JradONkS99oE6uC5dc9EuyOa5rips/edit?usp=sharing

ContinentalPhilosophy:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fBYpm4MHyKM80sTzQaBiYLI0vJKkE80h2b10JR5cwg/e
dit

AnalyticPhilosophy:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YrXfvjz4NCyLlob9bo_N9fpoYBsaCTbLoGP5TctJTs/edit

Movedtotheirowngoogledocsforfilesizereasons

MarxistnonphilosopherswillgoundertheMarxismsectionbutMarxistphilosophers(likeZizek)willgoto
theirrespectiveContinental/Analyticplace.
IhaveplacedPhil.ofSciencerightunderAnalyticPhilosophyasPhil.ofScienceisalmostcompletely
dominatedbytheAnalytictradition,BUTtherearesomeexceptionssuchasCanguilhemandBachelard.

Theconceptofthepolitical.
ThenTheoryoftheConstitution.
ThenPoliticalTheology.

PierreTeilhardde
Chardin(hegel)

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