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Books like The Art Spirit

12 books with a reading profile close to The Art Spirit by Robert Henri. Deep and inward-looking; a moderate read.

1

The Weight of Glory

by C.S. Lewis

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Originally delivered as a series of wartime sermons, this collection centers on the transition from temporal desire to eternal reality.
2

The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Written as a set of instructions for the inner life, this text posits that spiritual progress requires the systematic rejection of worldly vanity and the active suppression of the ego.
3

The little flowers of the glorious Messer St. Francis and of his friars

by Francis of Assisi, Heywood, William, 1857-1919

Also inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

This collection of legends and anecdotes captures the early history of the Franciscan order, centering on the ministry of Saint Francis and his close companions like Brother Leo and Brother Bernard.
4

Mere Christianity

by C.S. Lewis

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

C.S.
5

Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám

by Omar Khayyam, Tomoyé Press Bkp Cu-Banc

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

The Rubá'iyát of Omar Khayyám presents a series of four-line stanzas, or quatrains, attributed to the eleventh-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyám and translated into English by Edward FitzGerald.
6

The Practice of the Presence of God

by Brother Lawrence

Also inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Brother Lawrence, a seventeenth-century lay brother in a Carmelite monastery, suggests that spiritual devotion belongs in the kitchen and the garden as much as the chapel.
7

The Cost of Discipleship

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Dietrich Bonhoeffer centers his argument on the distinction between cheap grace and costly grace.
8

Letters from a Stoic

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

This collection of correspondence from the statesman Seneca to his friend Lucilius provides a practical blueprint for the Roman school of Stoicism.
9

Letters from a Stoic

by Seneca

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Lucius Annaeus Seneca authored this collection of practical correspondence addressed to his friend Lucilius.
10

Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

by Rob Bell

Also deep · philosophy, inspirational

Rob Bell challenges traditional Christian interpretations of eternal punishment and the exclusivity of salvation.
11

The Last Day of a Condemned Man

by Victor Hugo

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, classic literature

Focused on the final six weeks of a prisoner awaiting execution in nineteenth-century France, Victor Hugo’s novel follows an unnamed protagonist from his trial at the Bicêtre Hospital to the guillotine at Place de Grève.
12

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, inspirational

Marcus Aurelius wrote these personal journals while leading military campaigns, using the pages to practice Stoic exercises rather than to address an audience.

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