Greatest Book on Philosophy Ever Written (Grapevine edition)

The Prince The Problems of Philosophy The Republic Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None are among the Greatest Book on Philosophy included in this collection. The Prince by Niccol Machiavelli explains why the Italian princes lost their states. He dedicates the work to Lorenzo de Medici since he thinks that only he can save Italy. The book continues to impact its readers and the secret ruler in them with its many historical allusions. The Problems of Philosophy - One of the best philosophers of the past 200 years and a logician on par with Aristotle was Bertrand Russell. As the 125th anniversary of the Nobel laureates birth draws near his writings continue to elicit discussion because of their unparalleled impact and timeliness. One of Russells most well-known publications The Problems of Philosophy has become required reading for philosophy students. The Republic - The traditional translation of Western philosophys founding text One of the most important works in the history of philosophy is generally agreed to be Platos Republic. It is an investigation into the idea of the ideal community and the ideal individual within it and is presented as a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a book titled Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future which was first released in 1886. With a more critical and polemical stance it builds upon and develops the concepts of his earlier book Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Nietzsche accuses earlier philosophers in Beyond Good and Evil of lacking critical thinking skills and accepting dogmatic premises out of hand when thinking about morality. He accuses them specifically of building elaborate metaphysical systems on the notion that the good man is the antithesis of the wicked man rather than merely another expression of the same fundamental impulses that manifest more clearly in the evil man. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None - Nietzsches greatest work on the subjects of God morality and political idealism is Thus Spake Zarathustra. He chooses Zarathustra (Zoroaster) a renowned moral philosopher from ancient Persia as the protagonist because in his words Zarathustra invented the most portentous error morality thus he should also be the first to see that error. Zarathustra must therefore reverse his own original doctrine. He decides to look for the truth or to shoot straight as Nietzsche put it and eventually discovers the solution.