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24 books recommended for fans of Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza, tied together by themes of Rationalism, Emotions, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, and History & Surveys.

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Kant’s Critiques The Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason, the Critique of Judgement

Immanuel Kant

Themes: Rationalism • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

Hume, Reason and Morality A Legacy of Contradiction

Sophie Botros

Themes: Rationalism • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

Within Reason A Life of Spinoza

Margaret Gullan-Whur

Themes: Rationalism • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

The Individual Without Passions Modern Individualism and the Loss of the Social Bond

Elena Pulcini

Themes: Rationalism • Emotions • History & Surveys

Routledge Revivals The Power of Shame (1985): A Rational Perspective

Agnes. Heller

Themes: Rationalism • Emotions • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Spirit Guides and Angels How I Communicate with Heaven

Kevin Hunter

Themes: Rationalism • Emotions • Ethics & Moral Philosophy

How to Be a Stoic Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

Massimo Pigliucci

Themes: Emotions • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

Sayings and Anecdotes With Other Popular Moralists

Diogenes

Themes: Emotions • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

Enlightenment Now The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Steven Pinker

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

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Fear and Trembling A Dialectical Lyric

Søren Kierkegaard

Themes: Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys • Movements

#11

Humankind A Hopeful History

Rutger Bregman

Themes: Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys • Movements

#12

On the Heights of Despair

E. M. Cioran

Themes: Emotions • History & Surveys • Movements

#13

The Last Word

Thomas Nagel

Themes: Rationalism • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

#14

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Themes: Rationalism • Ethics & Moral Philosophy • History & Surveys

#15

Discourse on Method

René Descartes

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#16

Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#17

Leibniz Perception, Apperception, and Thought

Robert McRae

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#18

An Introduction To Kant’s Critical Philosophy (1914)

George Tapley Whitney

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#19

Seasons of Freethought The Collected Works of G.W. Foote

Tristan Vick

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#20

The Territories of Human Reason Science and Theology in an Age of Multiple Rationalities

Alister E. McGrath

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#21

Through the Eyes of Descartes Seeing, Thinking, Writing

Cecilia Sjöholm

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#22

The Rationalists Critical Essays on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz

Derk Pereboom

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#23

The Rationalists Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysics — Rene Descartes

René Descartes

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

#24

Robert Boyle and the Limits of Reason

Jan W. Wojcik

Themes: Rationalism • History & Surveys • Movements

Fans of Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza will find 24 titles here, all united by Rationalism, Emotions, Ethics & Moral Philosophy. Authors represented include Immanuel Kant, Sophie Botros, Margaret Gullan-Whur, Elena Pulcini, and others.