What to Read After A History of Western Philosophy
Readers who loved A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where A History of Western Philosophy is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after A History of Western Philosophy
Philosophical essays concerning human understanding
The Story of Philosophy
The Oxford companion to philosophy
Why I am not a Christian
Tractatus logico-philosophicus
The Problems of Philosophy
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed.
Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books)
The conquest of happiness
The Social Contract
On Liberty
Ethics (Penguin Classics)
Language, Truth and Logic
Wittgenstein's poker
History of Philosophy
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Contingency, irony, and solidarity
The enlightenment
Naming and necessity
Essays and aphorisms
On Certainty
Utilitarianism
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
Discourse on the method for conducting one's reason well and for seeking truth in the sciences