19 Best Philosophers Books

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• Ryan Shea

  Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.

• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Arianna Huffington

  "I find [this book] so inspirational and instructive, it lives on my nightstand." - Arianna Huffington

• Stewart Brand

  Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

• Chip Conley

  "I have given [this book] away to a number of people." - Chip Conley

• Ryan Holiday

  "The private thoughts of the most powerful man in the world, admonishing himself on how to be better, more just, more immune to temptation, wiser." - Ryan Holiday

• Adam Robinson

  "Someone would get more benefit from reading ten books multiple times. Like [this book]." - Adam Robinson

• Austen Allred

  Austen Allred recommended this book on his website.

• Shane Parrish

  "Really helped foster my interest in philosophy." - Shane Parrish

• Joe Rogan

  "It's really wild when you think about how long that guy lived and how applicable some of his thoughts are today." - Joe Rogan

• Lex Fridman

  Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

• Mark Manson

  Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

• Ankur Warikoo

  "Incredible book." - Ankur Warikoo

• James Clear

  "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear

• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Jason Nemer

  "Oftentimes before meditation, I’ll just open [this book] randomly to a page and read about something and then just have that be what I steep in as I sit." - Jason Nemer

• Soman Chainani

  "I remember reading it and being like okay, this makes no sense. But you just keep reading it again and again and slowly, I started to get the point of it." - Soman Chainani

• Jack Dorsey

  One of Jack Dorsey's answers to "what are the books that had a major influence on you?"

• Jack Ma

  Jack Ma always carries a copy of this book.

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• Terry Crews

  "Incredible." - Terry Crews

• Jimmy Fallon

  "Talks about the meaning of life, and I believe you come out a better person from reading it." - Jimmy Fallon

• Tony Robbins

  "Taught me that if you change the meaning, you change everything." - Tony Robbins

• Simon Sinek

  "Single most important book you can read." - Simon Sinek

• Michael Gervais

  "Outlines methods to discover deep meaning and purpose in life." - Michael Gervais

• Daniel Pink

  "A hugely important book for me." - Daniel Pink

• Ev Williams

  On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

• Bryan Johnson

  "His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson

• Dustin Moskovitz

  Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.

• Sam Altman

  This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

• Chelsea Handler

  "One of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring." - Chelsea Handler

• Ryan Holiday

  "Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering." - Ryan Holiday

• Maria Popova

  "A meditation on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught [the author] about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived." - Maria Popova

• Aniela Gregorek

  "A book I have gifted to many people because it changed the way I think about human suffering and grace in life." - Aniela Gregorek

• Fedor Holz

  "[From it] I interpreted that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, and that having meaning in our life is essential." - Fedor Holz

• Turia Pitt

  "[If people are] doing a bit of soul searching, hands down [I give them this book]." - Turia Pitt

• Chip Conley

  "If I were to take the meaning of [this book], and turn it into an equation, it would be despair equals suffering minus meaning." - Chip Conley

• Dave Elitch

  Dave Elitch mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

• PewDiePie

  "A great tool to help people. [...] In case something really bad happens, I feel like, from reading this book, I'm better equipped to handle it." - PewDiePie

• Shane Parrish

  "As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz." - Shane Parrish

• Phil Jackson

  "An important book for me." - Phil Jackson

• Tom Bilyeu

  Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.

• Lex Fridman

  "I reread [this book] quite often." - Lex Fridman

• Mark Manson

  Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

• Alastair Humphreys

  "Slim but packed with wisdom that I often come back to. I really recommend you read it." - Alastair Humphreys

• Steve Kerr

  "Incredibly inspiring." - Steve Kerr

• Robin Black

  "One of the great books ever written exists because of one of the worst times in human history. From suffering comes beauty." - Robin Black

• Jim Kwik

  "Illustrates that it’s not our circumstances but the decisions we make that diminish or develop us." - Jim Kwik

• Michael Hyatt

  Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.

• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.

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• Travis Kalanick

  "It became [Travis Kalanick's bible]." - Mike Isaac

• Vlad Tenev

  "I like the classics such as The Republic by Plato and The Art of War by Sun Tzu." - Vlad Tenev

• Fred Wilson

  "Has to get onto my list." - Fred Wilson

• Lex Fridman

  Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

• Elon Musk

  "I've read [this book] many times." - Elon Musk

• Patrick Bet-David

  Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.