Philosophy Book Summaries

The Mind & the Brain Summary
The Mind & the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 pages
4.10
6.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything Summary
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything
Yes, Anything
by Albert Ellis 2000 215 pages
3.82
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
In Praise of Slowness Summary
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
by Carl HonorΓ© 2004 321 pages
3.65
6.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry
A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
by William Powers 2010 267 pages
3.59
1.9K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Self Help
The meaning of happiness Summary
The meaning of happiness
The quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology & the wisdom of the east
by Alan W. Watts 1940 219 pages
4.08
842 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida 1967 362 pages
4.00
7.9K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
France
Spiritual Enlightenment Summary
Spiritual Enlightenment
The Damnedest Thing
by Jed McKenna 2002 296 pages
4.38
2.0K ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Psychology
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Dalai Lama XIV 1998 322 pages
4.17
122.1K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Self Help
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem Summary
How to Raise Your Self-Esteem
The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence
by Nathaniel Branden 1987 176 pages
3.92
823 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
An Introduction to Decision Theory Summary
An Introduction to Decision Theory
by Martin Peterson 2009 328 pages
3.77
127 ratings
Philosophy
Mathematics
Textbooks
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 592 pages
4.27
699 ratings
History
Science
Biography
How to Think More About Sex Summary
How to Think More About Sex
by Alain de Botton 2012 144 pages
3.47
5.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sexuality
The Secret of the Soul Summary
The Secret of the Soul
Using Out-of-Body Experiences to Understand Our True Nature
by William Buhlman 2001 272 pages
4.21
358 ratings
Spirituality
Metaphysics
Philosophy
The Mind of God Summary
The Mind of God
The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
by Paul C.W. Davies 1992 256 pages
3.87
1.9K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Dawn of Everything Summary
The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
by David Graeber 2021 692 pages
4.19
23.5K ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Radical Markets Summary
Radical Markets
Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
by Eric A. Posner 2018 368 pages
3.95
1.5K ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Summary
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke 1757 208 pages
3.69
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Ethics Summary
Ethics
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1955 608 pages
4.19
2.0K ratings
Theology
Philosophy
Christian
Covert Persuasion Summary
Covert Persuasion
Psychological Tactics and Tricks to Win the Game
by Kevin Hogan 2006 240 pages
3.60
542 ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Active Life Summary
The Active Life
A Spirituality of Work, Creativity, and Caring
by Parker J. Palmer 1990 162 pages
4.13
438 ratings
Spirituality
Self Help
Philosophy
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us
Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016 256 pages
3.51
522 ratings
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters Summary
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
The Education of a Craftsman
by Peter Korn 2013 176 pages
3.73
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Art
Memoir
Knowledge, Reality, and Value Summary
Knowledge, Reality, and Value
A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy
by Michael Huemer 2021 357 pages
4.33
231 ratings
Philosophy
Metaphysics
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness
What the Best Minds Think about the Brain, Free Will, and What It Means to Be Human
by Susan Blackmore 2005 274 pages
4.02
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
by RenΓ© Descartes 1637 103 pages
3.77
35.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
God, Freedom, and Evil Summary
God, Freedom, and Evil
by Alvin Plantinga 1973 122 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Theology
Religion
The Edge of Reason Summary
The Edge of Reason
A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
by Julian Baggini 2016 272 pages
3.97
137 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Conscience Summary
Conscience
The Origins of Moral Intuition
by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages
3.77
406 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Zen Habits Summary
Zen Habits
Mastering the Art of Change
by Leo Babauta 2015 234 pages
3.80
595 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Productivity
The True Life Summary
The True Life
by Alain Badiou 2016 80 pages
3.62
529 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
The Stuff of Thought Summary
The Stuff of Thought
Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2007 499 pages
3.91
11.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Linguistics
1984 Summary
1984
by Michael Dean 1949 71 pages
4.41
33.6K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Crimes Against Logic Summary
Crimes Against Logic
Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders
by Jamie Whyte 2004 157 pages
3.67
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Politics
Your Life As Art Summary
Your Life As Art
by Robert Fritz 2002 254 pages
4.22
130 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
As You Think Summary
As You Think
by James Allen 1987 112 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Courage to Be Happy Summary
The Courage to Be Happy
Discover the Power of Positive Psychology and Choose Happiness Every Day
by Ichiro Kishimi 2024 304 pages
3.82
453 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Philosophy
Living Your Unlived Life Summary
Living Your Unlived Life
Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life
by Robert A. Johnson 2007 259 pages
3.89
515 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry
How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being
by William Davies 2015 320 pages
3.65
1.3K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
Just So Summary
Just So
Money, Materialism, and the Ineffable, Intelligent Universe
by Alan W. Watts 2020 216 pages
4.24
344 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Spirituality
Aspiration Summary
Aspiration
The Agency of Becoming
by Agnes Callard 2018 304 pages
3.76
189 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
The Great Mental Models Summary
The Great Mental Models
General Thinking Concepts
by Shane Parrish 2018 216 pages
4.08
9.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
It Works Summary
It Works
The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True!
by R.H.J. 1926 28 pages
4.24
3.2K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Secret Power of Yoga Summary
The Secret Power of Yoga
A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras
by Nischala Joy Devi 2007 301 pages
4.10
1.1K ratings
Spirituality
Personal Development
Health
Winning Through Intimidation Summary
Winning Through Intimidation
by Robert J. Ringer 1974 304 pages
3.95
990 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
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
Breakfast with Seneca Summary
Breakfast with Seneca
A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
by David Fideler 2021 288 pages
4.27
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
Ibn Khaldun Summary
Ibn Khaldun
An Intellectual Biography
by Robert Irwin 2018 256 pages
3.63
327 ratings
History
Biography
Philosophy
The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human
Who We Are and Who We Can Be
by Dexter Dias 2018 816 pages
4.17
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness Summary
Transcending the Levels of Consciousness
The Stairway to Enlightenment
by David R. Hawkins 2006 414 pages
4.43
1.5K ratings
Spirituality
Psychology
Self Help
Calculated Risks Summary
Calculated Risks
How to Know When Numbers Deceive You
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2002 320 pages
3.98
654 ratings
Psychology
Science
Mathematics
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