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Totality and Infinity Summary
Totality and Infinity
An Essay on Exteriority
by Emmanuel Levinas 1961 314 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Essays
The Maniac Summary
The Maniac
by Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pages
4.34
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
Filozofia dla zabieganych Summary
Filozofia dla zabieganych
by Jonny Thomson 2021 304 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
In Search of the Multiverse Summary
In Search of the Multiverse
by John Gribbin 2009 250 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Riddles in Hinduism Summary
Riddles in Hinduism
The Annotated Critical Selection
by B.R. Ambedkar 1954 296 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Religion
India
History
Social Identity Summary
Social Identity
by Richard Jenkins 1996 232 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
The Common Sense of Science Summary
The Common Sense of Science
With a New Preface by Sir Hermann Bondi
by J. Bronowski 1951 160 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
20th Century
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
An Introduction to Decision Theory Summary
An Introduction to Decision Theory
by Martin Peterson 2009 328 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Mathematics
Textbooks
On the Shortness of Life Summary
On the Shortness of Life
Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
by Seneca 106 pages
4.17
40k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils
Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza
by Eyal Weizman 2012 208 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Wider Than the Sky Summary
Wider Than the Sky
The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
by Gerald M. Edelman 2004 224 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Lectures on the Will to Know Summary
Lectures on the Will to Know
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
by Michel Foucault 2014 293 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Last Three Minutes Summary
The Last Three Minutes
by Paul C.W. Davies 1995 176 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
How to Build a Time Machine Summary
How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul C.W. Davies 2001 144 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Time Travel
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
1k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Religion
The Demon in the Machine Summary
The Demon in the Machine
How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
by Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
The Goldilocks Enigma Summary
The Goldilocks Enigma
Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?
by Paul C.W. Davies 2006 350 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato
A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles
by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Travel
Philosophy
Walking
Language, Truth and Logic Summary
Language, Truth and Logic
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 pages
3.75
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Linguistics
Hume Summary
Hume
A Very Short Introduction
by Alfred Jules Ayer 1980 125 pages
3.14
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Religion
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 67 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism
The Essays
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890 76 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Classics
Counsels and Maxims Summary
Counsels and Maxims
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 pages
4.19
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Briefly Summary
Briefly
Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics: Book I-III, VI and X
by David Mills Daniel 2007 96 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
College
A Beautiful Math Summary
A Beautiful Math
John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
by Tom Siegfried 2006 272 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
What Has Government Done to Our Money? Summary
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
by Murray N. Rothbard 2018 116 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
To Explain the World Summary
To Explain the World
The Discovery of Modern Science
by Steven Weinberg 2015 432 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
Science
History
Physics
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2004 341 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
Learning to Love Midlife Summary
Learning to Love Midlife
12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
by Chip Conley 2024 240 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
Medieval Philosophy Summary
Medieval Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2005 352 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
The Rise of Modern Philosophy Summary
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny 2006 356 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Wittgenstein Summary
Wittgenstein
by Anthony Kenny 1973 256 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
German Literature
Philosophy in the Modern World Summary
Philosophy in the Modern World
by Anthony Kenny 2007 368 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Reference
Socrates Summary
Socrates
A Man for Our Times
by Paul Johnson 2011 224 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Dancing Universe Summary
The Dancing Universe
From Creation Myths to the Big Bang
by Marcelo Gleiser 1997 352 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
The Island of Knowledge Summary
The Island of Knowledge
The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
by Marcelo Gleiser 2014 359 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
A Tear at the Edge of Creation Summary
A Tear at the Edge of Creation
A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Universe
by Marcelo Gleiser 2010 304 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected Summary
The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected
A Natural Philosopher’s Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything
by Marcelo Gleiser 2016 192 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Summary
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
by George Berkeley 1710 80 pages
3.72
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1713 105 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
A Sense of the Mysterious Summary
A Sense of the Mysterious
Science and the Human Spirit
by Alan Lightman 2005 224 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Mind Summary
Mind
A Brief Introduction
by John Rogers Searle 2004 224 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Neuroscience
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John R. Searle 2005 113 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
The Mechanical Mind Summary
The Mechanical Mind
A Philosophical Introduction to Minds, Machines and Mental Representation
by Tim Crane 1996 272 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Brain-Wise Summary
Brain-Wise
Studies in Neurophilosophy
by Patricia S. Churchland 2002 438 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Science
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Summary
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard 2007 185 pages
3.43
4k+ ratings
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