Top Philosophy Books by Algorithm

Top 3

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John Frame

A History of Western Philosophy and Theology

Christians should evaluate philosophy by biblical criteria. This will shed greater light on the developments in the history of philosophy and better prepare us for the intellectual challenges of our time. The fall of Adam brought intellectual as well as moral corruption on the human race, and the effects of the fall can be seen in the work of philosophers, most of whom try to understand the world autonomously―through reasoning apart from God’s revelation…







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Carl Jung

Aion

Aion is one of a number of major works that Jung wrote during his seventies that were concerned with the relations between psychology, alchemy and religion. He is particularly concerned in this volume with the rise of Christianity and with the figure of Christ. He explores how Christianity came about when it did, the importance of the figure of Christ and the identification of the figure of Christ with the archetype of the Self.

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Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest – and who offered proof that everything can be taken away from us except the ability to choose our attitude in any given set of circumstances. 

Top 30

  1. Great Thinkers The School of Life
  2. Works of Love Soren Kierkegaard
  3. Factfulness Hans Rosling
  4. I See Satan Fall Like Lightning Rene Girard
  5. Rationality: from AI to Zombies Eliezer Yudkowsky
  6. Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? Michael J. Sandel
  7. Exclusion & Embrace Miraslov Volf
  8. Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview J.P. Moreland
  9. Classical Philosophy Peter S. Adamson
  10. The Discourses Epictetus
  11. Meditations Marcus Aurelius
  12. The Socratic Method Ward Farnsworth
  13. Socratic Logic Peter Kreeft
  14. Leisure: The Basis of Culture Josef Pieper
  15. Jesus the Great Philosopher Jonathan Pennington
  16. The Enchiridion & the Discourses Epictetus
  17. The Basic Works of Aristotle
  18. The Existentialist Cafe Sarah Bakewell
  19. The History of Philosophy Volume 3 Frederick Charles Copleston
  20. Plato’s Republic David Roochnik
  21. The Prophet Kahlil Gibran
  22. Whose Justice? Which Rationality? Alasdair Macintyre
  23. Escape from Reason Francis A Schaeffer
  24. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing Soren Kierkegaard
  25. A New History of Western Philosophy Anthony Kenny
  26. The Portable Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche
  27. Sources of the Self Charles Margrave Taylor
  28. Tractates & The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius
  29. Homeric Hymns | The Epic Cycle | The Homerica Hesiod
  30. Holy the Firm Annie Dillard

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