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Philosophy Tier List

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Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
The Genealogy of Morals (Nietzsche)
Politics (Aristotle)
Second Treatise of Government (Locke)
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Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche)
The Apology (Plato)
Leviathan (Hobbes)
The Republic (Plato)
The Prison Notebooks (Gramsci)
The Discourses (Machiavelli)
The Prince (Machiavelli)
Meditations (Aurelius)
The Stranger (Camus)
The Metamorphosis (Kafka)
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Notes From the Underground (Dostoyevsky)
The Human Condition (Arendt)
The Castle (Kafka)
On Liberty (Mill)
Utilitarianism (Mill)
C
Aesthetics (Kant)
Aesthetics (Hegel)
The History of Sexuality (Foucault)
Should Trees have Standing (Stone)
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Arendt)
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A Vindication on The Rights of Women - Wollestonecraft
The Social Contract (Rousseau)
The German Ideology (Marx)
The Philosophy of Right (Hegel)
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Capital vol. 1 (Marx)
The Phenomenology of Spirit (Hegel)
Imperialism (Lenin)
Created Sep 13, 2026
Dive into the intellectual arena with this comprehensive ranking of foundational philosophical texts. From the political blueprints of Locke's *Second Treatise* and Hobbes's *Leviathan* to the ethical explorations in Aristotle's *Nicomachean Ethics* and Mill's *Utilitarianism*, discover where these giants of thought stand. Explore the radical critiques of Nietzsche in *The Genealogy of Morals* and Marx's seismic analysis in *Capital Vol. 1*. We also consider existentialist cornerstones like Camus's *The Stranger* and literary philosophical gems such as Kafka's *The Metamorphosis*. This is your guide to the titans of Western thought, ranked by their enduring impact and profound insights.

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