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🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy

A counter-cultural meditation on enough, exploring how contentment with what is sufficient can liberate us from the exhausting pursuit of more.
The Joy of Missing Out
by Svend Brinkmann • 2017
Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.
3.61
1k+
🛑 Self-Restraint📉 Hedonic Adaptation🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Joy of Missing Out Summary
The Joy of Missing Out 92%
Why the good life requires saying no: a philosopher's case for self-restraint over accumulation.
by Svend Brinkmann 2017
3.61
1k+ ratings
🛑 Self-Restraint📉 Hedonic Adaptation🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Art of Frugal Hedonism
by Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017
Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.
3.62
7k+
🧮 Frugal Living🌿 Simple Living🚫 Anti-Consumerism
The Art of Frugal Hedonism Summary
The Art of Frugal Hedonism 92%
Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.
by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017
3.62
7k+ ratings
🧮 Frugal Living🌿 Simple Living🚫 Anti-Consumerism
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert • 2022
Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.
3.39
390
🔨 Anti-Perfectionism🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy🌿 Degrowth Economics
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life 91%
Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.
by Avram Alpert 2022
3.39
390 ratings
🔨 Anti-Perfectionism🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy🌿 Degrowth Economics
Early Retirement Extreme
by Jacob Lund Fisker • 2010
Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.
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4k+
🏦 Financial Independence🧮 Extreme Frugality🌱 Voluntary Simplicity
Early Retirement Extreme Summary
Early Retirement Extreme 91%
Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.
by Jacob Lund Fisker 2010
3.96
4k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence🧮 Extreme Frugality🌱 Voluntary Simplicity
How to Say No
by Diogenes of Sinope • 2022
Freedom's secret from the man who lived in a jar: say no to everything society worships.
3.40
273
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🐕 Classical Cynicism🪴 Minimalist Living
How to Say No Summary
How to Say No 91%
Freedom's secret from the man who lived in a jar: say no to everything society worships.
by Diogenes of Sinope 2022
3.40
273 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🐕 Classical Cynicism🪴 Minimalist Living
Voluntary Simplicity
by Duane Elgin • 1981
Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.
3.62
2k+
🌿 Voluntary Simplicity🛑 Anti-Consumerism🏘️ Intentional Communities
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity 91%
Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.
by Duane Elgin 1981
3.62
2k+ ratings
🌿 Voluntary Simplicity🛑 Anti-Consumerism🏘️ Intentional Communities
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
4.33
9k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution 91%
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health
A Simpler Life
by The School of Life • 2022
Modern life's curse is too much of everything. The real upgrade is learning how to subtract.
3.98
2k+
🏡 Voluntary Simplicity🧭 Intentional Living🪞 Self-Reflection
A Simpler Life Summary
A Simpler Life 91%
Modern life's curse is too much of everything. The real upgrade is learning how to subtract.
by The School of Life 2022
3.98
2k+ ratings
🏡 Voluntary Simplicity🧭 Intentional Living🪞 Self-Reflection
The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life
by Leo Babauta • 2009
Simplify your home, money, health, and relationships, and make space for what truly matters.
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1k+
🏡 Minimalist Living📱 Digital Minimalism🌿 Sustainable Living
The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life Summary
The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life 90%
Simplify your home, money, health, and relationships, and make space for what truly matters.
by Leo Babauta 2009
3.46
1k+ ratings
🏡 Minimalist Living📱 Digital Minimalism🌿 Sustainable Living
Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance
by Haim Shapira • 2009
Happiness hides in idle afternoons and small moments; stop chasing and start collecting.
4.15
841
🏛️ Practical Philosophy📊 Positive Psychology😴 Idleness And Rest
Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance Summary
Happiness and Other Small Things of Absolute Importance 90%
Happiness hides in idle afternoons and small moments; stop chasing and start collecting.
by Haim Shapira 2009
4.15
841 ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy📊 Positive Psychology😴 Idleness And Rest
Slow
by Brooke McAlary • 2018
Your frantic life isn't a scheduling issue. The solution starts with one drawer and one funeral.
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5k+
🐢 Slow Living🏡 Simple Living📵 Digital Minimalism
Slow Summary
Slow 90%
Your frantic life isn't a scheduling issue. The solution starts with one drawer and one funeral.
by Brooke McAlary 2018
3.87
5k+ ratings
🐢 Slow Living🏡 Simple Living📵 Digital Minimalism
Minimalism
by Joshua Fields Millburn • 2011
Decluttering is step one. The real work is filling that space with health, connection, and purpose.
3.69
11k+
🏠 Minimalist Living🧭 Intentional Living✨ Life Design
Minimalism Summary
Minimalism 90%
Decluttering is step one. The real work is filling that space with health, connection, and purpose.
by Joshua Fields Millburn 2011
3.69
11k+ ratings
🏠 Minimalist Living🧭 Intentional Living✨ Life Design
Goodbye, Things
by Fumio Sasaki • 2015
Your possessions are an invisible to-do list. The Japanese case for owning less.
3.80
45k+
🏠 Minimalist Living🧹 Decluttering🌿 Simple Living
Goodbye, Things Summary
Goodbye, Things 90%
Your possessions are an invisible to-do list. The Japanese case for owning less.
by Fumio Sasaki 2015
3.80
45k+ ratings
🏠 Minimalist Living🧹 Decluttering🌿 Simple Living
What It Takes To Be Free
by Darius Foroux • 2019
Twelve principles that break obligation, guilt, and debt, so you can finally run your own life.
4.10
700
🕊️ Personal Freedom🧭 Value-Based Living🏛️ Modern Stoicism
What It Takes To Be Free Summary
What It Takes To Be Free 90%
Twelve principles that break obligation, guilt, and debt, so you can finally run your own life.
by Darius Foroux 2019
4.10
700 ratings
🕊️ Personal Freedom🧭 Value-Based Living🏛️ Modern Stoicism
On the Shortness of Life
by Seneca
Life feels short because we hand our hours to people and pursuits that don't matter.
4.16
47k+
🏛️ Stoicism🏺 Ancient Wisdom⏳ Time Management
On the Shortness of Life Summary
On the Shortness of Life 90%
Life feels short because we hand our hours to people and pursuits that don't matter.
by Seneca
4.16
47k+ ratings
🏛️ Stoicism🏺 Ancient Wisdom⏳ Time Management
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan
by Liesl Clark • 2020
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
3.44
2k+
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary
The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 90%
A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.
by Liesl Clark 2020
3.44
2k+ ratings
🧩 Anti-Consumerism🎁 Gift Economies🤝 Sharing Economy
The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell • 1930
Envy, boredom, and the fear of others: a philosopher's diagnosis of modern unhappiness, with a cure.
4.02
16k+
🧠 Philosophical Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔨 Meaningful Work
The Conquest of Happiness Summary
The Conquest of Happiness 90%
Envy, boredom, and the fear of others: a philosopher's diagnosis of modern unhappiness, with a cure.
by Bertrand Russell 1930
4.02
16k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophical Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔨 Meaningful Work
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky • 2012
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
3.56
2k+
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 90%
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
by Robert Skidelsky 2012
3.56
2k+ ratings
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics
Freedom of Simplicity
by Richard J. Foster • 1981
A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.
4.21
3k+
🏡 Simple Living🙏 Spiritual Disciplines😌 Contentment
Freedom of Simplicity Summary
Freedom of Simplicity 90%
A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.
by Richard J. Foster 1981
4.21
3k+ ratings
🏡 Simple Living🙏 Spiritual Disciplines😌 Contentment
Living for Pleasure
by Emily A. Austin • 2022
Most pleasures make you anxious. The Epicureans knew which ones don't, and why.
4.19
323
🏛️ Modern Epicureanism📜 Ancient Wisdom🧠 Philosophical Self-Help
Living for Pleasure Summary
Living for Pleasure 90%
Most pleasures make you anxious. The Epicureans knew which ones don't, and why.
by Emily A. Austin 2022
4.19
323 ratings
🏛️ Modern Epicureanism📜 Ancient Wisdom🧠 Philosophical Self-Help
The Little Book of Contentment
by Leo Babauta • 2013
Stop trying to fix yourself. Learn to accept yourself, and watch the growth follow naturally.
3.86
1k+
🧘 Contentment Practice🧠 Mindfulness Practice💖 Self-Acceptance
The Little Book of Contentment Summary
The Little Book of Contentment 90%
Stop trying to fix yourself. Learn to accept yourself, and watch the growth follow naturally.
by Leo Babauta 2013
3.86
1k+ ratings
🧘 Contentment Practice🧠 Mindfulness Practice💖 Self-Acceptance
Musonius Rufus
by Musonius Rufus
Why farmers make better philosophers than professors, and women need philosophy as much as men.
4.08
884
🏛️ Stoic Philosophy🧭 Practical Ethics🧘 Simple Living
Musonius Rufus Summary
Musonius Rufus 90%
Why farmers make better philosophers than professors, and women need philosophy as much as men.
by Musonius Rufus
4.08
884 ratings
🏛️ Stoic Philosophy🧭 Practical Ethics🧘 Simple Living
Things That Matter
by Joshua Becker • 2022
Autopilot living ends in regret. Identify what matters and cut everything that does not.
3.81
4k+
🏠 Modern Minimalism🔍 Purpose And Meaning🎯 Distraction And Focus
Things That Matter Summary
Things That Matter 90%
Autopilot living ends in regret. Identify what matters and cut everything that does not.
by Joshua Becker 2022
3.81
4k+ ratings
🏠 Modern Minimalism🔍 Purpose And Meaning🎯 Distraction And Focus
You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap)
by Tammy Strobel • 2012
128 square feet, zero debt, no car. The counterintuitive math of buying happiness for cheap.
3.67
3k+
🏡 Voluntary Simplicity💸 Debt Freedom🏠 Tiny House Living
You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap) Summary
You Can Buy Happiness (and It's Cheap) 90%
128 square feet, zero debt, no car. The counterintuitive math of buying happiness for cheap.
by Tammy Strobel 2012
3.67
3k+ ratings
🏡 Voluntary Simplicity💸 Debt Freedom🏠 Tiny House Living
To Have or To Be?
by Erich Fromm • 1976
Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.
4.18
14k+
🧠 Humanistic Psychology📖 Critical Theory🏛️ Frankfurt School
To Have or To Be? Summary
To Have or To Be? 90%
Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.
by Erich Fromm 1976
4.18
14k+ ratings
🧠 Humanistic Psychology📖 Critical Theory🏛️ Frankfurt School
Everything That Remains
by Joshua Fields Millburn • 2013
He left his corner office, got rid of everything, and discovered what actually makes life rich.
3.81
10k+
🏠 Minimalist Living📖 Transformation Memoir🧭 Intentional Living
Everything That Remains Summary
Everything That Remains 90%
He left his corner office, got rid of everything, and discovered what actually makes life rich.
by Joshua Fields Millburn 2013
3.81
10k+ ratings
🏠 Minimalist Living📖 Transformation Memoir🧭 Intentional Living
A Guide to the Good Life
by William B. Irvine • 2008
A philosophy of joy that begins by picturing loss. The ancient Stoic practice, step by step.
4.19
27k+
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🧠 Practical Philosophy📜 Ancient Wisdom
A Guide to the Good Life Summary
A Guide to the Good Life 90%
A philosophy of joy that begins by picturing loss. The ancient Stoic practice, step by step.
by William B. Irvine 2008
4.19
27k+ ratings
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🧠 Practical Philosophy📜 Ancient Wisdom
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide
by Francine Jay • 2010
Your stuff is a full-time job you didn't apply for. Here's how to quit.
3.78
13k+
🏡 Minimalist Living🗂️ Home Organization🧹 Decluttering Methods
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide Summary
The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide 89%
Your stuff is a full-time job you didn't apply for. Here's how to quit.
by Francine Jay 2010
3.78
13k+ ratings
🏡 Minimalist Living🗂️ Home Organization🧹 Decluttering Methods
Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine
by Seneca • 2018
Life is long enough. You just trade it away to crowds, clients, and tomorrow.
3.99
2k+
🔥 Stoicism🏛️ Ancient Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics
Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine Summary
Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine 89%
Life is long enough. You just trade it away to crowds, clients, and tomorrow.
by Seneca 2018
3.99
2k+ ratings
🔥 Stoicism🏛️ Ancient Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics
On Desire
by William B. Irvine • 2005
Your desires are not your own; biology and society scripted them. Philosophy can rewrite the code.
3.91
702
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🔄 Hedonic Adaptation
On Desire Summary
On Desire 89%
Your desires are not your own; biology and society scripted them. Philosophy can rewrite the code.
by William B. Irvine 2005
3.91
702 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🔄 Hedonic Adaptation
Petit traité de vie intérieure
by Frédéric Lenoir • 2010
What Buddha, Socrates, and the Stoics agreed on: twelve lessons for inner peace without dogma.
3.84
915
🔧 Practical Philosophy🌐 Perennial Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Petit traité de vie intérieure Summary
Petit traité de vie intérieure 89%
What Buddha, Socrates, and the Stoics agreed on: twelve lessons for inner peace without dogma.
by Frédéric Lenoir 2010
3.84
915 ratings
🔧 Practical Philosophy🌐 Perennial Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Art of the Good Life
by Rolf Dobelli • 2012
Satisfaction comes from the mistakes you stop making, not the goals you reach. A mental toolkit.
3.99
7k+
📖 Practical Philosophy💸 Behavioral Economics🧠 Mental Models
The Art of the Good Life Summary
The Art of the Good Life 89%
Satisfaction comes from the mistakes you stop making, not the goals you reach. A mental toolkit.
by Rolf Dobelli 2012
3.99
7k+ ratings
📖 Practical Philosophy💸 Behavioral Economics🧠 Mental Models
In Pursuit of Elegance
by Matthew E. May • 2009
The best products, paintings, and traffic systems owe their power to what is missing.
3.79
576
➖ Less Is More✂️ Minimalist Design💼 Business Minimalism
In Pursuit of Elegance Summary
In Pursuit of Elegance 89%
The best products, paintings, and traffic systems owe their power to what is missing.
by Matthew E. May 2009
3.79
576 ratings
➖ Less Is More✂️ Minimalist Design💼 Business Minimalism
The Arrogance of Humanism
by David W. Ehrenfeld • 1978
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
3.97
91
🧠 Environmental Philosophy🔧 Technocritique💰 Ecological Economics
The Arrogance of Humanism Summary
The Arrogance of Humanism 89%
Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.
by David W. Ehrenfeld 1978
3.97
91 ratings
🧠 Environmental Philosophy🔧 Technocritique💰 Ecological Economics
Just So
by Alan W. Watts • 2020
Real wealth is felt, not figured. The self that tallies is a phantom.
4.27
399
🌊 Nonduality🧠 Language And Reality🧘 Present Awareness
Just So Summary
Just So 89%
Real wealth is felt, not figured. The self that tallies is a phantom.
by Alan W. Watts 2020
4.27
399 ratings
🌊 Nonduality🧠 Language And Reality🧘 Present Awareness
The Secret School Of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati
by Josef Wages • 2015
What if working six weeks a year was enough? A two-year experiment in deliberate poverty.
4.12
52
🌿 Transcendentalism🏡 Simple Living🌲 Nature Writing
The Secret School Of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati Summary
The Secret School Of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati 89%
What if working six weeks a year was enough? A two-year experiment in deliberate poverty.
by Josef Wages 2015
4.12
52 ratings
🌿 Transcendentalism🏡 Simple Living🌲 Nature Writing
How to Live
by Derek Sivers • 2021
The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.
4.16
3k+
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🔄 Anti-Self-Help🪓 Self-Reliance
How to Live Summary
How to Live 89%
The case for 27 incompatible ways to live, and the one surprise that resolves them all.
by Derek Sivers 2021
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🔄 Anti-Self-Help🪓 Self-Reliance
How to Have a Life
by Seneca
You guard every dollar but hemorrhage hours. An ancient Stoic on the cure.
3.90
432
🏛️ Stoic Philosophy📜 Classical Wisdom⏳ Time And Mortality
How to Have a Life Summary
How to Have a Life 89%
You guard every dollar but hemorrhage hours. An ancient Stoic on the cure.
by Seneca
3.90
432 ratings
🏛️ Stoic Philosophy📜 Classical Wisdom⏳ Time And Mortality
Utopia
by Thomas More • 1516
Three questions at a roadside cafe reveal why you keep deferring the life you actually want.
3.55
84k+
🧭 Purpose Seeking🌌 Existential Self-Help📖 Allegorical Fables
Utopia Summary
Utopia 89%
Three questions at a roadside cafe reveal why you keep deferring the life you actually want.
by Thomas More 1516
3.55
84k+ ratings
🧭 Purpose Seeking🌌 Existential Self-Help📖 Allegorical Fables
Plato's Podcasts
by Mark Vernon • 2009
The ancients never podcasted, yet their advice on desire and resilience still outperforms self-help.
3.52
148
📜 Applied Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogue🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Plato's Podcasts Summary
Plato's Podcasts 89%
The ancients never podcasted, yet their advice on desire and resilience still outperforms self-help.
by Mark Vernon 2009
3.52
148 ratings
📜 Applied Philosophy🗣️ Socratic Dialogue🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Beyond Wealth
by Alexander Green • 2011
Wealth buys security, not a life. A financial advisor's guide to the other kind of rich.
3.77
623
🏦 Wealth And Meaning🏛️ Modern Stoicism🧠 Positive Psychology
Beyond Wealth Summary
Beyond Wealth 89%
Wealth buys security, not a life. A financial advisor's guide to the other kind of rich.
by Alexander Green 2011
3.77
623 ratings
🏦 Wealth And Meaning🏛️ Modern Stoicism🧠 Positive Psychology
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1
by Seneca
Seneca's letters to a friend: how to stop wasting your one life on what doesn't matter.
4.45
820
🏛️ Stoicism📜 Ancient Wisdom💡 Practical Philosophy
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1 Summary
Moral Letters to Lucilius Volume 1 89%
Seneca's letters to a friend: how to stop wasting your one life on what doesn't matter.
by Seneca
4.45
820 ratings
🏛️ Stoicism📜 Ancient Wisdom💡 Practical Philosophy
A Year of Living Simply
by Kate Humble • 2024
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
3.71
2k+
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply 89%
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
by Kate Humble 2024
3.71
2k+ ratings
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse
Happiness
by Frédéric Lenoir • 2011
The modern duty to be happy is making you miserable. Philosophers knew why centuries ago.
3.93
2k+
📊 Happiness Studies🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help🧘 Inner Work
Happiness Summary
Happiness 89%
The modern duty to be happy is making you miserable. Philosophers knew why centuries ago.
by Frédéric Lenoir 2011
3.93
2k+ ratings
📊 Happiness Studies🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help🧘 Inner Work
On Quality
by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
3.64
387
🏷️ Value Theory☯️ Nonduality🌏 Comparative Philosophy
On Quality Summary
On Quality 89%
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
by Robert M. Pirsig 2021
3.64
387 ratings
🏷️ Value Theory☯️ Nonduality🌏 Comparative Philosophy
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus
The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.
3.80
6k+
🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy🌿 Simple Living💀 Fear Of Death
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness 89%
The father of hedonism lived on bread and water. His definition of pleasure will change yours.
by Epicurus
3.80
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy🌿 Simple Living💀 Fear Of Death
Walden and Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau • 1849
A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.
3.93
39k+
🏞️ American Transcendentalism🌿 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living
Walden and Civil Disobedience Summary
Walden and Civil Disobedience 89%
A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.
by Henry David Thoreau 1849
3.93
39k+ ratings
🏞️ American Transcendentalism🌿 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living
In Emergency, Break Glass
by Nate Anderson • 2022
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
3.91
323
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔧 Technology Critique📱 Attention Economy
In Emergency, Break Glass Summary
In Emergency, Break Glass 89%
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
by Nate Anderson 2022
3.91
323 ratings
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔧 Technology Critique📱 Attention Economy
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)
by Miyamoto Musashi • 1645
A dying samurai's 21 rules, decoded by a monk, a warrior, a teacher, and two businessmen.
3.98
1k+
🗡️ Bushido🏛️ Stoic Living🪨 Minimalist Philosophy
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) Summary
Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone) 89%
A dying samurai's 21 rules, decoded by a monk, a warrior, a teacher, and two businessmen.
by Miyamoto Musashi 1645
3.98
1k+ ratings
🗡️ Bushido🏛️ Stoic Living🪨 Minimalist Philosophy
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations
by Jules Evans • 2012
The Stoics and Epicureans trained the mind like an athlete. Their exercises still build resilience.
4.07
2k+
🏛️ Practical Philosophy💊 Philosophy As Therapy🛡️ Emotional Resilience
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations Summary
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations 89%
The Stoics and Epicureans trained the mind like an athlete. Their exercises still build resilience.
by Jules Evans 2012
4.07
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy💊 Philosophy As Therapy🛡️ Emotional Resilience
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