i know of Ayn Rand and Robert pirsig but would like to know some more. Any help would be nice. thanks
2006-09-05 08:49:18 · 12 answers · asked by vick 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
i don't know if you mean ancient, because then you could easily look up aristotle, socrates or rene descartes... but if you want someone more modern siddhartha by hermann hesse is very thought provoking and changed my life (it's partially about understanding versus knowledge). hmm... maybe upton sinclair? the jungle? i'm not sure... good luck.
2006-09-05 08:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by hmbn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The Metaphysical Club" by Louis Menand is a relatively new book with great ideas. It also won the Pulitzer Price. I've read excerpts of it and it's a nice look at American philosophical ideas toward our history.
Metaphysical Club is obviously not a novel so if you're interested in a little fiction that gets philosophical, check out "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess - it has great themes that deal with philosophical and humanistic ideas that are put into action.
2006-09-05 10:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by Paley Pale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking for an History of Philosophy since Pilosophy is made thru the books that Philosopher writes
2006-09-05 08:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by roshpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy has not accomplished something great. An artist or author has finished considered one of those element. yet a logician would not. they only voice their sensible opinion in keeping with basic remark. it would be a touch weird and wonderful to apply "sturdy" using fact the adjective to describe philosophy's consequence in this worldwide, exceedingly from a historic outlook. extremely, i believe that influential worldwide be the observe.
2016-10-01 08:37:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mortimer Adler--Six Great Ideas
2006-09-05 16:29:55 · answer #5 · answered by DanaElayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always been fond of the work of Elzie Segar (the creator of Popeye the Sailor). There's just something sorta "zen" about a sailor who never actually goes near the water...
2006-09-05 08:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Wilde is the classic answer to this question but I dont know if you are looking for modern writers
2006-09-05 09:00:57 · answer #7 · answered by Bored 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxely
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxely
Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxely
Brave New World by Aldous Huxely
Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Human, All-Too-Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Metamorphosis by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche
On the Use and Abuse of History for Life by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche
Thoughts out of Season by Friedrich Nietzsche
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
(1803-1882)
The Young American by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Uncollected Prose by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Transcendentalist by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson
English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, 1st Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, 2nd Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson Vol. 1 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson Vol. 2 by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walking by Henry David Thoreau
Wild Apples by Henry David Thoreau
Excursions by Henry David Thoreau
On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Siddhartha An Indian Tale by Hermann Hesse
A Man by the Name of Ziegler by Hermann Hesse
Thoughts on The Idiot of Dostoevsky by Hermann Hesse
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Trial by Franz Kafka
A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer
On the Improvement of the Understanding by Benedict de Spinoza
The Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza
2006-09-05 09:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by Zholla 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
'Walden' by Henry David Thoreau.
2006-09-05 09:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shakespeare
hemingway
steinbeck --east of eden is great.
at my local library they have a young adult classics section --might wanna check yours and maybe they have a section you could browse. . .
2006-09-05 08:52:54 · answer #10 · answered by sweets 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋