

These should be books that will get you points on a number of answer lines: not to deny the merits of The Phenomenology of Spirit, but it doesn't belong here.įrom Socrates to Sartre: the Philosophic Quest by T.Z. If Kierkegaard recommends it, it can't be wrong! If you know of any such books, share them here.

Also, reading packet after packet gets boring after a while, and all the clues you've learned start to blend together: it's a nice change to focus on one subject for a while. If nothing else, they give you a knowledge base to build up with clues from packets. However, there are books that can give you a decent background in minor areas like, let's say, philosophy, Stuart monarchs, Japanese Myth, etc. Everyone knows you can't get deep knowledge on specific subjects without lots of studying.
