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Really Short Philosophy Books You Can Read to Sound Smart

Yeah, turns out there's a bunch of really, really, reeeeeaaaallllyyyy short books on philosophy, politics, and society that you can read and act like you're an expert! Why knew?
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The Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius
1
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
2
Sun Tzu
The Bhagavad Gita (Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa)
The Bhagavad Gita
3
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
4
Voltaire
Capitalism: A Ghost Story (Arundhati Roy)
Capitalism: A Ghost Story
5
Arundhati Roy
Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
Communist Manifesto
6
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Crito
Crito
7
The Dhammapada of the Buddha
The Dhammapada of the Buddha
8
Discourse on Method
Discourse on Method
9
The Discourses (Jean-Jacques Roussea)
The Discourses
10
Jean-Jacques Roussea
Existentialism Is a Humanism
Existentialism Is a Humanism
11
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
12
Soren Kierkegaard
Gender Trouble (Judith Butler)
Gender Trouble
13
Judith Butler
Groundwork of Metaphysics of Morals
Groundwork of Metaphysics of Morals
14
Handbook of a Christian Knight (Desiderius Erasmus)
Handbook of a Christian Knight
15
Desiderius Erasmus
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
16
Marcus Aurelius
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
17
Albert Camus
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
18
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
19
On the Genealogy of Morality
On the Genealogy of Morality
20
Oration on the Dignity of Man (Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola)
Oration on the Dignity of Man
21
Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
Phaedo
Phaedo
22
Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
23
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
24
Niccolò Machiavelli
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
25
Virginia Woolf
Second Treatise of Government
Second Treatise of Government
26
The Sickness Unto Death (Søren Kierkegaard)
The Sickness Unto Death
27
Søren Kierkegaard
The Symposium
The Symposium
28
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
29
Lao-Tzu
Twilight of the Idols
Twilight of the Idols
30
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