Philosophy has been of interest to people exactly since the time when a person first began to think about the issues of life and death. And over the course of millennia, humanity has increasingly learned the problems of the universe, giving the world a lot of literary creations.
There are many better philosophical books to read. They help the reader to understand the philosophy of different times, and thus deepen knowledge in general. Some of the creations express this science through an artistic plot, while others express it through the thoughts of the author.
Bhagavad Gita
This is an ancient Indian creation based on Vedic philosophy. The Bhagavad Gita (Song of the Lord) greatly influenced the formation of the Hindu religion. It was originally written in Sanskrit, and the exact date of creation is still unknown. It is assumed that this was somewhere in the first millennium BC. e.
This Upanishad (ancient Indian treatises) contains 18 chapters and about 700 verses that touch on the issues of being, the laws of life and nature, it tells about God, the spirituality of man and much more. Everything is here, from everyday worldly wisdom to philosophy about the meaning of life.
Aristotle "Nicomachean Ethics"
Aristotle was an ancient scientistAncient Greece, who also made a significant contribution to the development and study of ethics as a science. He singled out various philosophical categories, brought out the idea of the soul, and much more. The Nicomachean Ethics is one of his most famous works, written around 300 BC. e.
Lao Tzu "Tao de Ching"
And here we will talk about the philosophy of Ancient China. Lao Tzu is an ancient Chinese great philosopher who is considered the founder of Taoism. He lived in the Zhou era in the VI-V centuries. century BC e. It is he who is credited with the authorship of the Tao de Ching, in which the author talks about the way of the Tao. This book influenced all subsequent generations of Chinese people and the general worldview. Tao is not a religion, but rather a philosophy of life.
John Milton Paradise Lost
This poem was published in 1667. In it, the author talks about Adam (the first man), there is a story about hell, heaven, god, evil and good. This book is a cult to this day.
Benedict Spinoza "Ethics"
This essay was published posthumously in 1677. Benedict Spinoza in his work adhered to pantheism. That is, he united the whole world with God, and argued that every person is also a part of something more.
Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
The author studied philosophy for a very long time before creating one of the most important works of his life, published in 1781. In the Critique of Pure Reason, the emphasis is on reason. Kant explores the cognitive ability of the brain, touches on issues of space and time,contemplates God and more.
Arthur Schopenhauer "The World as Will and Representation"
The author is a great German philosopher and the author of the best philosophical books that cause controversy to this day. The title of the book that became the main book in the life of Arthur Schopenhauer speaks for itself.
He put forward his theory, called palingenesis, analyzed the human will, and also denied reincarnation and had a great influence on the philosophers who followed him and not only. Arthur himself, with his philosophy, is called the “philosopher of pessimism.”
Friedrich Nietzsche "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"
Nietzsche's novel can rightfully be considered one of the best philosophical books of that time. The plot tells about a wandering philosopher. The author wanted to show his main idea: man is an intermediate step between the superman and the animal.
Nietzsche had many more philosophical works. For example, “Beyond Good and Evil.”
Roman Chernyshevsky "What to do?"
The author wrote this novel in 1862-1863 while in prison. The book is based on a love story, but the questions of philosophy are touched upon and revealed very well.
Instead of a conclusion
We have listed only some of the best philosophical books, but there are a large number of them. It is by them that one can study the whole philosophy of all times and peoples, it is thanks to writings, treatises and novels, artistic and non-artistic, that one can understand how this science has always evolved, supplemented anddeveloping; how humanity itself and its attitude to God and many other philosophical topics have changed.
