Philosophy is a reflection on life and an exploration in the spiritual field. It can't provide you with bread, but it can provide a way to make bread. The methodology is philosophical meditation.
Philosophy provides you with a weapon of thinking. In this impetuous world, philosophy can bring you peace of mind and awakening of ideology.
I hope this 10 book will take you into a new journey of thought exploration ~
1, Sophie's world Stan Judd
Douban score: 8.5 points
The author Jostan Judd1952 was born in Norway and has been a philosophy teacher in high school for many years. Since 1986 published his first work, he has become a world-class writer in Norway. After the publication of 199 1, Sophie's World became a best seller in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Germany, with a sales volume of 3 million copies.
Sophie, a four-year-old girl, came home from school and found a mysterious letter. Under the guidance of a mysterious tutor, I began to think about the fundamental problems that the masters thought from ancient Greece to Kant to Freud.
Sophie uses the girl's natural understanding and acquired knowledge to try to solve these mysteries, but the truth is far more bizarre and bizarre than she imagined. ...
Sophie's world is a world full of wisdom and dreams. It will awaken everyone's deep admiration for life and their concern and curiosity about the ultimate meaning of life.
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Life is sad and serious. We came to this beautiful world, met each other, greeted each other and traveled briefly together. Then we lost each other and disappeared for no reason, just as we suddenly came into this world for no reason.
When we grow up, we not only get used to gravity, but also get used to everything in the world soon. In the process of growing up, we seem to have lost our curiosity about the world. Because of this, we have lost some extremely important ability (which is also the ability that philosophers want to restore people).
2. A Brief History of Philosophy? Durant/Liang Chun
Douban score: 8.4 points
Author will? Durant's A Brief History of Philosophy is also the winner of Pulitzer Prize (1968) and Medal of Freedom (1977).
A Brief History of Philosophy, through the analysis of philosophical schools, philosophical times, philosophical development and the formation of philosophical views of philosophical masters, you can have a thorough understanding of the long history of philosophy in the shortest time and in the simplest way.
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Life is a struggle with sleep. At first we overcame it, but we were conquered by it. Sleep is a fragment of death, borrowed to maintain and restore the part of life consumed during the day.
3, "The Big Problem" Bert Solomon
Douban score: 9.0
The author Robert Solomon is a world-famous philosophy teacher and lecturer. He is now a centennial professor and distinguished professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and has taught at Princeton University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California.
Introduction to Philosophy is a must-read, with vivid and concise description. Organize materials according to major issues, and with the deepening of discussion, let readers unconsciously become familiar with the most important viewpoints in the history of philosophy. Experience the fun of thinking.
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What's your answer? How do you feel about yourself? What are your ultimate goals, expectations, hopes and fears? Suppose an angel is observing human activities in Yun Rui, just as we are studying a nest of ants.
What will the angels say about this busy life? What does this life look like in the eyes of angels? Name three or four things you don't want to end in your life. How many of these things have you finished or started? What are the things you could have done now but didn't do (why not)?
4. What have philosophers done? Lin Xinhao
Douban score: 8.7 points
Author Lin Xinhao, male, freelance writer.
Many grotesque problems that we have thought or not thought about have been seriously raised by philosophers thousands of years ago, and they have been trying to find evidence, and they have been blushing. In the long history that the whole world is busy with exploration, reclamation, fighting, going to heaven and development, these philosophers are nervously clinging to the truth of this world and the meaning of life.
Starting with Socrates, open this book and thoroughly understand the philosophers in human history and their final answers after exhausting their life experiences and thinking hard.
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Zhi Nuo has a famous metaphor that human knowledge is like a circle. The more knowledge, the longer the circumference of the circle, and the more ignorant you will find yourself.
So Socrates, the most wise man in Athens at that time, thought he was the most ignorant, so that he felt that his answer was insignificant and he had to ask others questions to learn.
② Doubt is the core spirit of philosophy.
(3) fame and fortune, laughing and laughing, can't be drunk, stretch yourself and live a happy life. Isn't this more interesting than keeping a dog for life?
5, "Russell on a Happy Life"] Bertrand Russell
Douban score: 8.9 points
This is written by the famous English philosopher Bertrand Russell. Russell is one of the most outstanding philosophers in the 20th century, as well as a famous mathematician, essayist and social activist. It has had a great influence on the ideological culture and social life in the 20th century, and is known as the "wise man of the century".
Although each chapter of this book is short, it has a deep philosophy ~
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The root of the problem is that people overemphasize the success of competition, so that it becomes the main source of happiness. There is no denying that success makes it easier to love life. Similarly, in a sense, money greatly contributes to happiness.
Once beyond this meaning, things will be different. Success is one of the elements of happiness. If you get it at the expense of all other factors, then the price is undoubtedly too high.
The secret of happiness is to expand your interest as much as possible and make your reaction to people and things as Yu Youshan as possible.
The more things a person is interested in, the more chances he has to be happy, and the less likely he is to be influenced by fate, because if he loses one thing, he can mend it and move on to another.
6. A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy Feng Youlan
Douban score: 8.8 points
Feng Youlan was born in Tanghe, Henan. He was hired as a professor by the University of Pennsylvania to teach the history of China's philosophy. His English lecture notes were later edited into A Brief History of China's Philosophy.
The first choice of China's philosophy. The Systematic Classification of China's Philosophy introduces China's ancient philosophy, culture, politics and thoughts. I recommend you to know about Chinese studies and don't miss it.
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In order to think, we must first understand what we can think; In other words, before we start thinking about life, we must first think about our thoughts.
(2) Philosophy is a reflection on the life system. Before thinking about life, you should first think about your thoughts.
7. The wisdom of life? Schopenhauer
Douban score: 9.3 points
Schopenhauer is a famous German philosopher, the founder of voluntarism and modern pessimism.
This book expounds my view on life. The things discussed in this book are very close to our secular life, such as health, wealth, reputation, honor, health preservation and the principles that should be followed in dealing with people. The wisdom of life made Schopenhauer famous in his later years.
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What everyone sees in others is equal to his own, because everyone can only understand and know others according to his own thoughts and intelligence. If this person's intellectual quality belongs to the lower class, then other people's thoughts, wisdom and even the greatest gifted intelligence can't have an effect on him, and he has no idea about other people's ideological level.
A person who lacks spiritual thoughts cannot see the spiritual thoughts that others have. Evaluating the value of a thing is actually the result of its own value and the knowledge of the judge.
8, "Your First Philosophy Book" Thomas Nagel
Douban score: 7.8 points
Thomas nagel is a professor of philosophy and law at new york University, a member of the American Academy of Humanities and a British scholar. He is a leading figure in political philosophy, ethics and philosophy of mind in contemporary western philosophy.
This book is as famous as Russell's History of Western Philosophy and is a must-read for an introduction to philosophy. In this little book, nagel, the leader of contemporary western philosophy, fully shows us the true purport of philosophical thinking with vivid language, superb analytical skills and profound and calm insight.
He told us how to know the existence of the outside world; How to know the inner existence of others; How to judge the right or wrong behavior; How to face the fear of death; How to find the meaning of life? I hope that your examination of life will begin with your first philosophy book.
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(1) Our joys and sorrows, successes and failures, gains and losses, no matter how much we care and how important we are to ourselves, all become insignificant from a broader perspective.
A dream that you will never wake up is not a dream at all: it is reality-the real world in which you live.
9, "Meditation" Marcus Aurelius
Douban score: 8.2 points
Marcus Aurelius (A.D./KOLOC-0/2/KOLOC-0/-/KOLOC-0/80), a famous "imperial philosopher" and emperor of the Roman Empire, received a good education in Greek literature and Latin literature, rhetoric, philosophy, law and painting, and was one of the representatives of the later Stoic school.
Meditation is a book written by the ancient Roman emperor Aurelius, and most of the contents were written by him in Lawton on the pommel horse. The works come from Aurelius' feelings about himself and his chaotic world in the palace, and he pursues a calm and philosophical life. This work is a milestone of Stoicism.
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Life is too short to die, and everything after death has nothing to do with yourself. So focus on the present, not the past and the future.
This is a shame: when your body has not decayed, your soul decayed in life first.
If you don't pay attention to what others are thinking, a person will rarely be considered unhappy, while those who don't pay attention to their inner activities are bound to be unfortunate.
10 philosophy invitation? Fernando Savater
Douban score: 8.5 points
Fernando Sabat, a famous philosopher and professor of philosophy at the Central University of Madrid, Spain, is known as "Spain's Sartre".
This book reveals how the problems in philosophy are closely related to today's daily life, and expounds the problems that we must face ourselves: Who am I taking for granted? What does it mean for me to live in this world? In what sense am I free? How does the idea of death affect my life?
This book does not intend to answer all these questions once and for all, but hopes to continue to raise them in an increasingly rich and meaningful way, and at the same time try to make some answers to help us live with these questions rationally.
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People are not what they are, but what they are not. -Hegel
Philosophy is about life, not what it means to live and how to live better.