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		ulvund on July 10, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books? I would not recommend any compilations of philosophy. The great thing about philosophy is reading the rationales and the results, not only the results. "Ricard+Revel - The Monk and the Philosopher" http://www.amazon.com/Monk-Philosopher-Father-Discuss-Meanin... "Socrates(/Plato) - The Allegory of the Cave" http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html "Plato(/Socrates/others) - Symposium" http://www.amazon.com/Symposium-Plato/dp/0872200760 "Bertrand Russell - The Conquest of Happiness" http://www.amazon.com/Conquest-Happiness-Bertrand-Russell/dp...

hh on July 10, 2010 [–]

I absolutely agree that The Monk and the Philosopher is one of the best book. A frank discussion between a father and son who both have PhD. Every interesting book.

jsc on July 10, 2010 | [–]

Actually Jean-Francois Revel did not have a PhD (he explains why in his autobiography "Le voleur dans la maison vide").

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