Philosophy Book Summaries

Joy Summary
Joy
The Happiness That Comes from Within
by Osho 2004 174 pages
4.19
2.4K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Insight Meditation Summary
Insight Meditation
The Practice of Freedom
by Joseph Goldstein 1993 179 pages
4.26
1.3K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Psychology
Ibn Khaldun Summary
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
by Robert Irwin 2018 256 pages
3.63
327 ratings
History
Biography
Philosophy
The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages
3.93
7.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
Why Science Does Not Disprove God Summary
Why Science Does Not Disprove God
by Amir D. Aczel 2013 304 pages
3.79
633 ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Life Worth Living Summary
Life Worth Living
A Guide to What Matters Most
by Miroslav Volf 2023 352 pages
3.67
1.5K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
Socrates in the City Summary
Socrates in the City
Conversations on "Life, God, and Other Small Topics"
by Eric Metaxas 2011 400 pages
4.04
501 ratings
Philosophy
Christian
Religion
Listen, Little Man! Summary
Listen, Little Man!
by Wilhelm Reich 1946 144 pages
3.97
8.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Politics
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom Summary
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom
by Dalai Lama XIV 1997 128 pages
4.23
3.0K ratings
Buddhism
Spirituality
Philosophy
The Power of Unwavering Focus Summary
The Power of Unwavering Focus
by Dandapani 2022 352 pages
4.33
682 ratings
Self Help
Productivity
Psychology
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe Summary
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Quanta and Fields
by Sean Carroll 2024 304 pages
4.15
455 ratings
Science
Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Meditations on Violence Summary
Meditations on Violence
A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence
by Rory Miller 2008 202 pages
4.33
1.8K ratings
Martial Arts
Psychology
Philosophy
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity
How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 pages
3.60
512 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Race
The Art of Solitude Summary
The Art of Solitude
by Stephen Batchelor 2020 200 pages
3.62
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Buddhism
Spirituality
The Rise of Modern Philosophy Summary
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2006 356 pages
3.82
263 ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Being Human Summary
Being Human
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.34
777 ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
God Is Red Summary
God Is Red
A Native View of Religion
by Vine Deloria Jr. 1972 325 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Religion
Native American
History
Why? The Purpose of the Universe Summary
Why? The Purpose of the Universe
by Philip Goff 2023 208 pages
3.76
345 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Religion
Dialogues and Essays Summary
Dialogues and Essays
by Seneca 304 pages
4.31
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita
A Walkthrough for Westerners
by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 192 pages
4.35
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Religion
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
A Personal History of Our Times
by Howard Zinn 1994 214 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
History
Politics
Memoir
Thinking Summary
Thinking
The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction
by John Brockman 2013 432 pages
3.69
978 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners Summary
No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners
Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings
by Noah Rasheta 2018 147 pages
4.44
5.7K ratings
Buddhism
Philosophy
Religion
A Field Guide to Lies Summary
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel J. Levitin 2016 292 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Elephant and the Flea Summary
The Elephant and the Flea
Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist
by Charles B. Handy 2001 240 pages
4.07
193 ratings
Business
Philosophy
Management
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem Summary
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem
by Wayne W. Dyer 2001 288 pages
4.22
7.6K ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky 1937 240 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier 2010 221 pages
3.56
6.3K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Slow Summary
Slow
Simple Living for a Frantic World
by Brooke McAlary 2018 288 pages
3.88
5.1K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Health
Identity Summary
Identity
by Milan Kundera 1997 176 pages
3.69
31.6K ratings
Novels
Czech Literature
Literature
Applied Economics Summary
Applied Economics
Thinking Beyond Stage One
by Thomas Sowell 2003 256 pages
4.18
2.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Play Anything Summary
Play Anything
The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
by Ian Bogost 2016 288 pages
3.17
551 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Games
The Logic of Political Survival Summary
The Logic of Political Survival
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2003 550 pages
3.97
155 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
The Yamas & Niyamas Summary
The Yamas & Niyamas
Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice
by Deborah Adele 2009 192 pages
4.52
6.8K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Self Help
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity
Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin 1981 240 pages
3.62
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Sustainability
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure Summary
Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure
by Ferraiolo William 2017 184 pages
4.16
116 ratings
Philosophy
Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
How We Can Build the Ideal World
by Rutger Bregman 2014 262 pages
4.22
40.8K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients Summary
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients
by Sheldon B. Kopp 1972 256 pages
3.99
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Code Dependent Summary
Code Dependent
Living in the Shadow of AI
by Madhumita Murgia 2024 320 pages
4.07
1.8K ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Science
A Job to Love Summary
A Job to Love
by The School of Life 2017 142 pages
4.03
1.4K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Art of Peace Summary
The Art of Peace
by Morihei Ueshiba 1992 192 pages
4.21
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Martial Arts
Spirituality
Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.77
406 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
365 Tao Summary
365 Tao
Daily Meditations
by Ming-Dao Deng 1992 400 pages
4.11
3.6K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Taoism
The Cow in the Parking Lot Summary
The Cow in the Parking Lot
A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
by Leonard Scheff 2008 198 pages
3.99
2.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Buddhism
Calm Summary
Calm
Educate Yourself in the Art of Remaining Calm, and Learn how to Defend Yourself from Panic and Fury
by The School of Life 2016 136 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Truth vs. Falsehood Summary
Truth vs. Falsehood
How to Tell the Difference
by David R. Hawkins 2005 456 pages
4.32
513 ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Philosophy
Lessons in Stoicism Summary
Lessons in Stoicism
What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us About How to Live
by John Sellars 2019 96 pages
4.20
6.0K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Homo Sacer Summary
Homo Sacer
Sovereign Power and Bare Life
by Giorgio Agamben 1994 208 pages
4.06
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Hidden School Summary
The Hidden School
Return of the Peaceful Warrior
by Dan Millman 2017 304 pages
4.14
790 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
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