William Vickerman: Here's a list to get you started.I would start with "History of Philosophy" by Frederick Copleston, S.J., and "History of Political Philosophy", edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey.After that try the main texts below:Plato -- The Republic (get Allan Bloom's translation & read his essay), The Laws (get Thomas L. Pangle's translation)Aristotle -- Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, MetaphysicsThucydides -- The War of the Peloponnesians and the AtheniansSt.Augustine -- The City of GodDante -- The Divine ComedyMaimonides -- the guide of the PerplexedSt. Aquinas -- Summa TheologicaMachiavelli -- The Prince, The Discourses on the First ten books of Titus LiviusBacon -- New Atlantis, Advancement of LearningDescartes -- Discourse on Method, MeditationsHobbes -- LeviathanLocke -- Two Treatises of government, An essay concerning Human UnderstandingMilton -- Paradise LostShakespeare -- Hamlet, King Lear,Spinoza -- Theologico-Political TreatiseHume -- Treatise of Hu! man Understanding, Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingRousseau -- Social Contract, Discourse on the Sciences and ArtsSmith -- The Wealth of NationsBurke -- Reflections on the Revolution in FranceKant -- Critique of pure Reason, Critique of Practical ReasonHegel -- Phenomenolgy of the MindMarx -- CapitalNietzsche -- Beyond Good and evil, Thus spoke ZarathustraHusserl -- Logical InvestigationsHeidegger -- Being and TimeWittgenstein -- Philosophical InvestigationsPopper -- The Logic of Scientific Discovery, The open Society and its Enemies...Show more
Misty Vagle: well you can always take refresher courses at college.
Mikel Bethay: Sophie's World and Since Socrates. Fabulous books both.
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