I Kinda Like Philosophy; What Should I Read?

Here are some good, accessible yet challenging classics.

• Laozi, The Tao Te Ching
• Plato, Alcibiades I
• Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
• Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy
• Pascal, Pensees
• Dosteyevsky, Brothers Karamasov
• Thomas Nagel, What Does it All Mean?
• JP Moreland, The God Question

No, Seriously, I Really Like Philosophy; What Should I Do?

OK, OK! Try these. Cut your teeth on Aristotle or Kant. It’ll give you the burn that only philosophy can.

• Read Plato, Republic,
• Aristotle, Metaphysics,
• Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica,
• Nietzsche, Geneaology of Morals, and
• Kant, Metaphysics of Morals.
• Talk to your professors.
• Read about what it’s like to be a professional academic.