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👩‍🏫 Women Philosophers

Books exploring women who have shaped philosophical thought—often from outside the academy—challenging assumptions about who gets to ask the big questions.
How to Think Like a Woman
by Regan Penaluna • 2023
Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.
3.96
2k+
📚 Feminist Philosophy🚫 Academic Sexism🪞 Internalized Misogyny🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy
How to Think Like a Woman Summary
How to Think Like a Woman 92%
Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.
by Regan Penaluna 2023
3.96
2k+ ratings
📚 Feminist Philosophy🚫 Academic Sexism🪞 Internalized Misogyny🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy
The Visionaries
by Wolfram Eilenberger • 2020
Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.
3.91
1k+
👥 Group Biography📖 Intellectual History🖤 Existentialism⛓️ Totalitarianism🗽 Radical Individualism
The Visionaries Summary
The Visionaries 91%
Four women, one war, and the year their philosophies of freedom were forged in darkness.
by Wolfram Eilenberger 2020
3.91
1k+ ratings
👥 Group Biography📖 Intellectual History🖤 Existentialism⛓️ Totalitarianism🗽 Radical Individualism
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft • 1792
Women aren't born inferior; they're trained to be. The 1792 argument that invented modern feminism.
3.92
27k+
🌱 Proto-Feminism🏛️ Political Philosophy🎓 Women's Education💍 Marriage Reform💼 Economic Independence
A Vindication of the Rights of Women Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Women 91%
Women aren't born inferior; they're trained to be. The 1792 argument that invented modern feminism.
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792
3.92
27k+ ratings
🌱 Proto-Feminism🏛️ Political Philosophy🎓 Women's Education💍 Marriage Reform💼 Economic Independence
The Posthuman
by Rosi Braidotti • 2013
Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.
3.82
949
📚 Critical Theory🤖 Posthumanism🐾 Animal Studies🌍 Anthropocene🏛️ Biopolitics
The Posthuman Summary
The Posthuman 90%
Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.
by Rosi Braidotti 2013
3.82
949 ratings
📚 Critical Theory🤖 Posthumanism🐾 Animal Studies🌍 Anthropocene🏛️ Biopolitics
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism
by Cheri Carr • 2019
Deleuze meets feminism: anxiety and not fitting in become creative forces, not symptoms.
5.00
4
⛰️ Continental Philosophy📖 Literary Theory💔 Feminine Anxiety🌊 Affect Theory🔄 Poststructuralism
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism Summary
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism 90%
Deleuze meets feminism: anxiety and not fitting in become creative forces, not symptoms.
by Cheri Carr 2019
5.00
4 ratings
⛰️ Continental Philosophy📖 Literary Theory💔 Feminine Anxiety🌊 Affect Theory🔄 Poststructuralism
The Ethics of Ambiguity
by Simone de Beauvoir • 1947
Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.
4.17
8k+
🧭 Existentialist Ethics🌍 Continental Philosophy🔓 Radical Freedom⚔️ Political Violence🎭 Authenticity
The Ethics of Ambiguity Summary
The Ethics of Ambiguity 90%
Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.
by Simone de Beauvoir 1947
4.17
8k+ ratings
🧭 Existentialist Ethics🌍 Continental Philosophy🔓 Radical Freedom⚔️ Political Violence🎭 Authenticity
A Room of One’s Own
by Virginia Woolf • 1929
Money and a private room: why five centuries of women's genius never reached the page.
4.22
266k+
🧠 Feminist Theory📖 Literary Criticism🏠 Materialist Feminism✍️ The Writer's Life🎨 Gender And Art
A Room of One’s Own Summary
A Room of One’s Own 90%
Money and a private room: why five centuries of women's genius never reached the page.
by Virginia Woolf 1929
4.22
266k+ ratings
🧠 Feminist Theory📖 Literary Criticism🏠 Materialist Feminism✍️ The Writer's Life🎨 Gender And Art
The Philosophy Book
by Will Buckingham • 2010
Why does philosophy matter? A vivid, timeline-driven survey that makes 2,500 years of ideas stick.
4.16
6k+
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📖 Illustrated Reference🚪 Accessible Philosophy☯️ Eastern Philosophy
The Philosophy Book Summary
The Philosophy Book 90%
Why does philosophy matter? A vivid, timeline-driven survey that makes 2,500 years of ideas stick.
by Will Buckingham 2010
4.16
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📖 Illustrated Reference🚪 Accessible Philosophy☯️ Eastern Philosophy
The True Life
by Alain Badiou • 2016
A philosopher's diagnosis: boys can't become men, girls lose girlhood; the solution is corruption.
3.61
555
🏛️ Continental Philosophy⚧️ Gender Studies🎭 Rites Of Passage🔍 Lacanian Psychoanalysis🚩 Post-Marxism
The True Life Summary
The True Life 90%
A philosopher's diagnosis: boys can't become men, girls lose girlhood; the solution is corruption.
by Alain Badiou 2016
3.61
555 ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy⚧️ Gender Studies🎭 Rites Of Passage🔍 Lacanian Psychoanalysis🚩 Post-Marxism
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives
by Manon Garcia • 2018
Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.
3.90
890
🇫🇷 French Feminism✊ Patriarchy Critique👁️ Sexual Objectification🦵 Body Politics💔 Love And Power
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives Summary
We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives 90%
Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.
by Manon Garcia 2018
3.90
890 ratings
🇫🇷 French Feminism✊ Patriarchy Critique👁️ Sexual Objectification🦵 Body Politics💔 Love And Power
Men Explain Things to Me
by Rebecca Solnit • 2014
Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.
3.83
88k+
😊 Feminist Essays🎭 Cultural Criticism⚠️ Gender-Based Violence✊ Modern Feminism🗣️ Women's Voices
Men Explain Things to Me Summary
Men Explain Things to Me 90%
Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.
by Rebecca Solnit 2014
3.83
88k+ ratings
😊 Feminist Essays🎭 Cultural Criticism⚠️ Gender-Based Violence✊ Modern Feminism🗣️ Women's Voices
Philosophy Bites
by David Edmonds • 2012
The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.
3.69
371
📚 Popular Philosophy⚖️ Applied Ethics🐾 Animal Ethics🏛️ Political Philosophy🌍 Multiculturalism
Philosophy Bites Summary
Philosophy Bites 90%
The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.
by David Edmonds 2012
3.69
371 ratings
📚 Popular Philosophy⚖️ Applied Ethics🐾 Animal Ethics🏛️ Political Philosophy🌍 Multiculturalism
Jag är Zlatan
by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011
How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.
3.86
19k+
🏛️ Western Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primer⚖️ Political Philosophy🧠 Epistemology🎯 Virtue Ethics
Jag är Zlatan Summary
Jag är Zlatan 90%
How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.
by Zlatan Ibrahimović 2011
3.86
19k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primer⚖️ Political Philosophy🧠 Epistemology🎯 Virtue Ethics
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
by Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017
A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.
3.49
43
✊ Second Wave Feminism📖 Feminist Theory🎓 Womens Studies⚧️ Gender Roles🏠 Domestic Ideology
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique Summary
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique 89%
A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.
by Elizabeth Whitaker 2017
3.49
43 ratings
✊ Second Wave Feminism📖 Feminist Theory🎓 Womens Studies⚧️ Gender Roles🏠 Domestic Ideology
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson • 2001
Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.
4.12
50
🧩 Narrative Identity📜 Narrative Ethics✊ Counter Storytelling📢 Master Narratives🪞 Internalized Oppression
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair Summary
Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair 89%
Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.
by Hilde Lindemann Nelson 2001
4.12
50 ratings
🧩 Narrative Identity📜 Narrative Ethics✊ Counter Storytelling📢 Master Narratives🪞 Internalized Oppression
Living a Feminist Life
by Sara Ahmed • 2017
Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.
4.30
3k+
📖 Feminist Theory🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism🏛️ University Politics✋ Political Refusal🏠 Everyday Resistance
Living a Feminist Life Summary
Living a Feminist Life 89%
Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.
by Sara Ahmed 2017
4.30
3k+ ratings
📖 Feminist Theory🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism🏛️ University Politics✋ Political Refusal🏠 Everyday Resistance
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir • 1949
Man is the default, and woman is defined as its deviation. The oldest story of civilization.
4.18
48k+
🧠 Feminist Philosophy✊ Second-Wave Feminism🏗️ Gender As Construct👥 Othering🎭 Myth Of Femininity
The Second Sex Summary
The Second Sex 89%
Man is the default, and woman is defined as its deviation. The oldest story of civilization.
by Simone de Beauvoir 1949
4.18
48k+ ratings
🧠 Feminist Philosophy✊ Second-Wave Feminism🏗️ Gender As Construct👥 Othering🎭 Myth Of Femininity
Real Estate
by Deborah Levy • 2021
She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.
4.28
11k+
🧠 Feminist Memoir🖋️ Writer's Memoir🏠 Home And Identity🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy🍂 Aging And Reinvention
Real Estate Summary
Real Estate 89%
She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.
by Deborah Levy 2021
4.28
11k+ ratings
🧠 Feminist Memoir🖋️ Writer's Memoir🏠 Home And Identity🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy🍂 Aging And Reinvention
The Creation of Patriarchy
by Gerda Lerner • 1986
Patriarchy was invented, not discovered. A historian recovers the ancient blueprint of male power.
4.38
2k+
🏛️ Feminist History👑 Patriarchy⚧️ Gender Systems📜 Ancient Mesopotamia📖 Biblical Origins
The Creation of Patriarchy Summary
The Creation of Patriarchy 89%
Patriarchy was invented, not discovered. A historian recovers the ancient blueprint of male power.
by Gerda Lerner 1986
4.38
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Feminist History👑 Patriarchy⚧️ Gender Systems📜 Ancient Mesopotamia📖 Biblical Origins
Aftermath
by Susan J. Brison • 2001
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
4.35
486
🧠 Philosophy Of Self📚 Trauma Theory✊ Feminist Philosophy📖 Narrative Identity🧩 Traumatic Memory
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 89%
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
by Susan J. Brison 2001
4.35
486 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Self📚 Trauma Theory✊ Feminist Philosophy📖 Narrative Identity🧩 Traumatic Memory
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🧘 Eastern Thought🎨 Creative Process
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🧘 Eastern Thought🎨 Creative Process
Aristotle
by John Sellars • 2023
An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.
3.95
232
🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning🌌 Metaphysics🗳️ Political Philosophy
Aristotle Summary
Aristotle 89%
An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.
by John Sellars 2023
3.95
232 ratings
🏛️ Greek Philosophy⚖️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Logic And Reasoning🌌 Metaphysics🗳️ Political Philosophy
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🛡️ Inner Resilience💊 Philosophy As Therapy
Musonius Rufus Summary
Musonius Rufus 89%
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🛡️ Inner Resilience💊 Philosophy As Therapy
Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton • 1995
Philosophy without the jargon: the big questions, and how to think them through.
3.84
3k+
🏛️ Western Philosophy⚖️ Ethical Theories🗳️ Political Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Philosophy Of Science
Philosophy Summary
Philosophy 89%
Philosophy without the jargon: the big questions, and how to think them through.
by Nigel Warburton 1995
3.84
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy⚖️ Ethical Theories🗳️ Political Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Philosophy Of Science
The Sexual Politics of Meat
by Carol J. Adams • 1990
How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.
4.00
5k+
🍃 Ecofeminism📚 Feminist Theory🐾 Animal Ethics🍽️ Food Politics🐄 Critical Animal Studies
The Sexual Politics of Meat Summary
The Sexual Politics of Meat 89%
How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.
by Carol J. Adams 1990
4.00
5k+ ratings
🍃 Ecofeminism📚 Feminist Theory🐾 Animal Ethics🍽️ Food Politics🐄 Critical Animal Studies
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
by Thomas Cahill • 2006
Never dark: how Catholic Europe's cathedrals and cults launched feminism, science, and modern art.
3.80
5k+
🏰 High Middle Ages👑 Women In History🔮 Female Mystics💕 Courtly Love🔬 Birth Of Science
Mysteries of the Middle Ages Summary
Mysteries of the Middle Ages 89%
Never dark: how Catholic Europe's cathedrals and cults launched feminism, science, and modern art.
by Thomas Cahill 2006
3.80
5k+ ratings
🏰 High Middle Ages👑 Women In History🔮 Female Mystics💕 Courtly Love🔬 Birth Of Science
I Think, Therefore I Am
by Lesley Levene • 2010
The whole arc of Western philosophy, from the Presocratics to Wittgenstein, in one readable survey.
3.42
880
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📖 Introductory Philosophy🏺 Ancient Philosophy🧠 Great Thinkers
I Think, Therefore I Am Summary
I Think, Therefore I Am 89%
The whole arc of Western philosophy, from the Presocratics to Wittgenstein, in one readable survey.
by Lesley Levene 2010
3.42
880 ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📖 Introductory Philosophy🏺 Ancient Philosophy🧠 Great Thinkers
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
by Immanuel Kant • 2004
Kant's early map: everything in human life divides between awe and joy, from love to nations.
3.53
1k+
🎨 Aesthetic Theory🕯️ Enlightenment Thought🏔️ The Sublime🌸 Philosophy Of Beauty🧠 Moral Psychology
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Summary
Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime 89%
Kant's early map: everything in human life divides between awe and joy, from love to nations.
by Immanuel Kant 2004
3.53
1k+ ratings
🎨 Aesthetic Theory🕯️ Enlightenment Thought🏔️ The Sublime🌸 Philosophy Of Beauty🧠 Moral Psychology
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton • 2011
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
4.12
16k+
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy🧭 Philosophy For Beginners🧠 Great Thinkers
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy 89%
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
by Nigel Warburton 2011
4.12
16k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy🧭 Philosophy For Beginners🧠 Great Thinkers
The Hunger Artists
by Maud Ellmann • 1993
Why self-starvation is always a form of writing, from Irish hunger strikers to Kafka.
3.82
50
📖 Literary Criticism🧠 Psychoanalysis🗣️ Body Politics🍽️ Eating Disorders✍️ Writing The Body
The Hunger Artists Summary
The Hunger Artists 89%
Why self-starvation is always a form of writing, from Irish hunger strikers to Kafka.
by Maud Ellmann 1993
3.82
50 ratings
📖 Literary Criticism🧠 Psychoanalysis🗣️ Body Politics🍽️ Eating Disorders✍️ Writing The Body
Plato, Not Prozac!
by Lou Marinoff • 1999
A five-step method that uses philosophy to solve life's everyday problems, no couch required.
3.47
3k+
🧠 Applied Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Wisdom⚖️ Practical Ethics🛋️ Philosophical Counseling💬 Socratic Dialogue
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac! 89%
A five-step method that uses philosophy to solve life's everyday problems, no couch required.
by Lou Marinoff 1999
3.47
3k+ ratings
🧠 Applied Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Wisdom⚖️ Practical Ethics🛋️ Philosophical Counseling💬 Socratic Dialogue
A Brief History of Misogyny
by Jack Holland • 2006
The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.
4.14
3k+
🕰️ Feminist History🏘️ Social History🧹 Witch Hunts✝️ Christianity And Women🔬 Scientific Sexism
A Brief History of Misogyny Summary
A Brief History of Misogyny 89%
The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.
by Jack Holland 2006
4.14
3k+ ratings
🕰️ Feminist History🏘️ Social History🧹 Witch Hunts✝️ Christianity And Women🔬 Scientific Sexism
Feminismo para principiantes
by Nuria Varela • 2005
Universal rights stopped at the front door. What three centuries of feminism built in response.
4.28
4k+
🕰️ Women's History📚 Feminist Theory🏗️ Gender As Construct🌊 Second Wave Feminism🔍 Patriarchy Analysis
Feminismo para principiantes Summary
Feminismo para principiantes 89%
Universal rights stopped at the front door. What three centuries of feminism built in response.
by Nuria Varela 2005
4.28
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Women's History📚 Feminist Theory🏗️ Gender As Construct🌊 Second Wave Feminism🔍 Patriarchy Analysis
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré • 2007
Fifty essential philosophy ideas, each in minutes: from radical doubt to the problem of evil.
3.70
2k+
🏛️ Western Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primers🤔 Epistemology🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know 89%
Fifty essential philosophy ideas, each in minutes: from radical doubt to the problem of evil.
by Ben Dupré 2007
3.70
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy📚 Philosophy Primers🤔 Epistemology🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt
by Peter Gratton • 2020
Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.
🏛️ Political Theory🏴 Totalitarianism📚 Continental Philosophy🔍 Phenomenology🏙️ Public Space
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt Summary
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt 89%
Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.
by Peter Gratton 2020
🏛️ Political Theory🏴 Totalitarianism📚 Continental Philosophy🔍 Phenomenology🏙️ Public Space
Women & Power
by Mary Beard • 2017
Women have been silenced since Homer. The answer isn't fitting into power but redefining it.
4.02
40k+
🏛️ Women In Politics🤫 Silencing Of Women🏺 Myth And Misogyny🎤 Gendered Speech⚡ Redefining Power
Women & Power Summary
Women & Power 89%
Women have been silenced since Homer. The answer isn't fitting into power but redefining it.
by Mary Beard 2017
4.02
40k+ ratings
🏛️ Women In Politics🤫 Silencing Of Women🏺 Myth And Misogyny🎤 Gendered Speech⚡ Redefining Power
The Book of Woman
by Osho • 1976
Why the pill was history's greatest revolution and marriage is still its ugliest invention.
3.79
4k+
♀️ Gender Studies🕉️ Spiritual Feminism🌺 Sacred Sexuality🎭 Social Conditioning💍 Critique Of Marriage
The Book of Woman Summary
The Book of Woman 89%
Why the pill was history's greatest revolution and marriage is still its ugliest invention.
by Osho 1976
3.79
4k+ ratings
♀️ Gender Studies🕉️ Spiritual Feminism🌺 Sacred Sexuality🎭 Social Conditioning💍 Critique Of Marriage
The Socratic Method
by Ward Farnsworth • 2021
How to outgrow dogmatic thinking with ancient questioning tactics that reveal hidden contradictions.
4.26
1k+
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🧠 Critical Thinking❓ Questioning Methods📜 Virtue Ethics🧱 Stoicism
The Socratic Method Summary
The Socratic Method 89%
How to outgrow dogmatic thinking with ancient questioning tactics that reveal hidden contradictions.
by Ward Farnsworth 2021
4.26
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Philosophy🧠 Critical Thinking❓ Questioning Methods📜 Virtue Ethics🧱 Stoicism
Feminism Is for Everybody
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.
4.16
29k+
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🗣️ Consciousness Raising🩺 Reproductive Rights💄 Beauty Standards👶 Feminist Parenting
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody 89%
Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.
by bell hooks 2000
4.16
29k+ ratings
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🗣️ Consciousness Raising🩺 Reproductive Rights💄 Beauty Standards👶 Feminist Parenting
A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny • 2007
Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.
4.22
520
🏛️ History Of Philosophy🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy🔮 Metaphysics🔍 Epistemology⚖️ Ethics And Virtue
A New History of Western Philosophy Summary
A New History of Western Philosophy 89%
Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.
by Anthony Kenny 2007
4.22
520 ratings
🏛️ History Of Philosophy🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy🔮 Metaphysics🔍 Epistemology⚖️ Ethics And Virtue
Breakfast with Socrates
by Robert Rowland Smith • 2009
Waking up, getting dressed, sitting in traffic: every mundane moment hides a philosophical question.
3.28
2k+
🧠 Popular Philosophy🌅 Everyday Philosophy🔧 Applied Philosophy🔄 Everyday Rituals🪞 Self-Examination
Breakfast with Socrates Summary
Breakfast with Socrates 89%
Waking up, getting dressed, sitting in traffic: every mundane moment hides a philosophical question.
by Robert Rowland Smith 2009
3.28
2k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Philosophy🌅 Everyday Philosophy🔧 Applied Philosophy🔄 Everyday Rituals🪞 Self-Examination
The Stone Reader
by Peter Catapano • 2015
From the New York Times: 133 philosophers debate mind, morals, God, and the good life.
3.83
453
🌍 Public Philosophy🔬 Philosophy Of Science⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧠 Consciousness Studies🧬 Evolutionary Ethics
The Stone Reader Summary
The Stone Reader 89%
From the New York Times: 133 philosophers debate mind, morals, God, and the good life.
by Peter Catapano 2015
3.83
453 ratings
🌍 Public Philosophy🔬 Philosophy Of Science⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧠 Consciousness Studies🧬 Evolutionary Ethics
Ancient Philosophy
by Julia Annas • 2001
Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.
3.64
853
🏛️ Ancient Ethics📜 Hellenistic Philosophy🌿 Virtue Ethics⚖️ Stoicism🧠 Platonism
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy 89%
Why ancient ideas about happiness, knowledge, and nature still challenge our modern assumptions.
by Julia Annas 2001
3.64
853 ratings
🏛️ Ancient Ethics📜 Hellenistic Philosophy🌿 Virtue Ethics⚖️ Stoicism🧠 Platonism
The Art of Living
by John Sellars • 2003
Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.
4.09
75
🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life🏛️ Ancient Stoicism🧘 Spiritual Exercises💊 Philosophical Therapy⚖️ Virtue Ethics
The Art of Living Summary
The Art of Living 89%
Before philosophy became a classroom subject, it was a set of exercises for curing the soul.
by John Sellars 2003
4.09
75 ratings
🌱 Philosophy As A Way Of Life🏛️ Ancient Stoicism🧘 Spiritual Exercises💊 Philosophical Therapy⚖️ Virtue Ethics
Heidegger
by Michael Watts • 2014
Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.
4.40
143
🏛️ Continental Philosophy🔍 Phenomenology📖 Introductory Philosophy💀 Death And Mortality⚙️ Technology Critique
Heidegger Summary
Heidegger 89%
Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.
by Michael Watts 2014
4.40
143 ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy🔍 Phenomenology📖 Introductory Philosophy💀 Death And Mortality⚙️ Technology Critique
The Everything Philosophy Book
by James Mannion • 2002
A tour of philosophy's major thinkers, from ancient Greeks to the modern self-help aisle.
3.79
48
📜 History Of Philosophy🏫 Introductory Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Philosophy💡 Modern Philosophy☯️ Eastern Philosophy
The Everything Philosophy Book Summary
The Everything Philosophy Book 89%
A tour of philosophy's major thinkers, from ancient Greeks to the modern self-help aisle.
by James Mannion 2002
3.79
48 ratings
📜 History Of Philosophy🏫 Introductory Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Philosophy💡 Modern Philosophy☯️ Eastern Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny • 2004
The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.
3.95
580
🏛️ Classical Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy🧠 Metaphysics⚖️ Ancient Ethics🔍 Epistemology
Ancient Philosophy Summary
Ancient Philosophy 89%
The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.
by Anthony Kenny 2004
3.95
580 ratings
🏛️ Classical Philosophy📜 History Of Philosophy🧠 Metaphysics⚖️ Ancient Ethics🔍 Epistemology
Susan Sontag
by Jonathan Cott • 1978
Intelligence as a pulse, illness as biology, art as a body: the complete Sontag interview.
4.22
3k+
📝 Cultural Criticism🏥 Illness Narratives📷 Photography Criticism✍️ Writer's Vocation⚧️ Gender Stereotypes
Susan Sontag Summary
Susan Sontag 89%
Intelligence as a pulse, illness as biology, art as a body: the complete Sontag interview.
by Jonathan Cott 1978
4.22
3k+ ratings
📝 Cultural Criticism🏥 Illness Narratives📷 Photography Criticism✍️ Writer's Vocation⚧️ Gender Stereotypes
Being And Event
by Alain Badiou • 1988
Set theory is the science of being itself, and the One is nowhere in it.
4.01
1k+
🏛️ Continental Philosophy🔍 Ontology📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics🔄 Post-Structuralism⚡ Political Ontology
Being And Event Summary
Being And Event 89%
Set theory is the science of being itself, and the One is nowhere in it.
by Alain Badiou 1988
4.01
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy🔍 Ontology📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics🔄 Post-Structuralism⚡ Political Ontology
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne • 1974
The planet is dying from male rule. A feminism content with equality won't save it.
3.55
187
🌿 Ecofeminism✊ Radical Feminism🩺 Reproductive Justice🏭 Patriarchy And Capitalism💰 Anti-Capitalist Feminism
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death 89%
The planet is dying from male rule. A feminism content with equality won't save it.
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974
3.55
187 ratings
🌿 Ecofeminism✊ Radical Feminism🩺 Reproductive Justice🏭 Patriarchy And Capitalism💰 Anti-Capitalist Feminism
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