Books like Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings
12 books with a reading profile close to Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas Paine. Deep and outward-looking; a moderate read.
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The scholemaster
by Roger Ascham
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
Roger Ascham’s instructional manual argues for a humane approach to Latin pedagogy, rejecting the physical punishment common in Tudor classrooms.
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The Lives of the Artists
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Giorgio Vasari’s seminal text traces the progression of Italian art from its medieval decline to its sixteenth-century peak.
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History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic
Thucydides recounts the twenty-seven-year conflict between the Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
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Utilitarianism
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
John Stuart Mill defends the Greatest Happiness Principle, asserting that actions are right if they promote pleasure and wrong if they produce pain.
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A History of Western Philosophy
Also deep and outward-looking · history, philosophy
Bertrand Russell details the evolution of logical thought from the Pre-Socratics through the rise of logical analysis in the early twentieth century.
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The Wretched of the Earth
by Frantz Fanon
Also deep · history, philosophy
Frantz Fanon analyzes the psychiatric and sociological effects of colonization on both the occupier and the occupied.
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China's New Confucianism
Also deep and outward-looking · history, philosophy
Daniel Bell argues that the Chinese Communist Party is transitioning toward an ideological framework rooted in Confucian ethics rather than Marxist orthodoxy.
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The Histories
by Herodotus
Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic
Herodotus documents the rise of the Persian Empire and its eventual collision with the Greek city-states.
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The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity
Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic
John Boardman tracks the geographic and cultural trajectory of Greek visual culture as it moved beyond its Mediterranean borders toward Britain, central Asia, and China between the eighth century BCE and the early centu…
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Scenes from Deep Time
Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic
In Scenes from Deep Time, M.
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Powers and Prospects
by Noam Chomsky
Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic
In this collection of essays and lectures, Noam Chomsky analyzes the intersection of international relations, geopolitical power, and elite control over economic policy.
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