An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture

5 best books like An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture (Ernst Cassirer): Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte, The Human Condition, The Volcano Lover: A Romance, Between Past and Future, Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy

Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte

Author	Horacio Quiroga
ISBN	1406832588

One of the first books I read in Spanish and thoroughly enjoyed. A series of dark, sometimes morbid short stories that are simple, but vividly written, taking place mostly in the jungle in the early 20th century. Knowing the story of the author makes the book only more interesting: Quiroga was an Argentinian/Uruguayan...

The Human Condition

Author	Hannah Arendt
ISBN	0226025985

A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is a in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable....

The Volcano Lover: A Romance

Author

Susan Sontag

Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and peopled with many of the great figures of the day, this unconventional, bestselling historical romance from the National Book Award-winning author of In America touches on themes...

Between Past and Future

Author	Hannah Arendt
ISBN	0143104810

Arendt’s penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute a major contribution to political philosophy. In this book she describes the perplexing crises which modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words...

Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy

Author	Hannah Arendt
ISBN	0226025950

Hannah Arendt's last philosophical work was an intended three-part project entitled The Life of the Mind. Unfortunately, Arendt lived to complete only the first two parts, Thinking and Willing. Of the third, Judging, only the title page, with epigraphs from Cato and Goethe, was found after her death....