13.8 · Western Philosophy Foundations
Deepen
Section titled “Deepen”Sophie’s World
The entire history of Western philosophy as a novel, written for a fourteen-year-old. The most painless entry that exists, and not a dumbed-down one.
The Problems of Philosophy
Short, rigorous, clear. Free. The best hundred pages on what philosophy actually asks.
Reference
Section titled “Reference”Beyond Good and Evil
"Nietzsche’s self-overcoming" is in my hierarchy. Difficult and easily misread — read with a companion text, not alone.
Existentialism Is a Humanism
One lecture. Radical freedom and total responsibility, with nowhere to hide.
Cross-listed here
Section titled “Cross-listed here”Read once, counts twice. The full entry lives in another cluster.
Nicomachean Ethics
Full entry in cluster 5.1.