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Books like Phaedo
The best books like Phaedo are The Republic, The Symposium, and Meditations. Phaedo by Plato is about death and immortality, soul, knowledge. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Republic
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Plato · Philosophy
The Republic is Plato's most ambitious work, a sustained inquiry into the nature of justice staged as a dialogue among Socrates and his companions in Athens.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Symposium
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Plato · Philosophy
The Symposium is Plato's dialogue on the nature of love, presented as a series of speeches delivered at a dinner party in Athens around 416 BCE.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius · Philosophy
Meditations is not a book Marcus Aurelius wrote for anyone to read.
A kindred philosophy read.
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- Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology
Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Critique of Pure Reason
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Immanuel Kant · Philosophy
The Critique of Pure Reason is Kant's attempt to resolve a crisis in 18th-century philosophy by asking what human reason can and cannot know.
Both dig into knowledge.
Read the summary → - Discourse on the Method
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René Descartes · Philosophy
The Discourse on the Method is Descartes' intellectual autobiography and the founding document of modern Western philosophy.
Both dig into knowledge.
Read the summary → - The Seat of the Soul
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Gary Zukav · Philosophy
The Seat of the Soul, published in 1989, is Gary Zukav's attempt to construct a framework for human evolution centered not on the five senses but on the soul.
Both dig into soul.
Read the summary → - The Fabric of Reality
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David Deutsch · Science
The Fabric of Reality is David Deutsch's argument that four distinct strands of explanation — quantum physics, epistemology, the theory of evolution, and the theory of computation — are not separate fields but facets of a single unified description of reality.
Both dig into knowledge.
Read the summary → - The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
James Gleick · Science
The Information traces the history of information — as a concept, a technology, and a way of understanding the universe — from the talking drums of West Africa through the telegraph, the printing press, the telephone, and into the digital age.
Both dig into knowledge.
Read the summary → - 1984
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George Orwell · Philosophy
Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's 1949 novel about a future England called Airstrip One, governed by the totalitarian Party under the figurehead Big Brother.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy
Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - A Guide to the Good Life
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William Irvine · Philosophy
William Irvine's book is a modern case for reviving Stoic philosophy as a practical guide to living well.
A kindred philosophy read.
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Books like Phaedo: quick answers
What are the best books like Phaedo?
The best books like Phaedo by Plato are The Republic by Plato, The Symposium by Plato, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Phaedo, such as death and immortality, soul, knowledge.
What should I read after Phaedo?
A natural next read after Phaedo is The Republic by Plato. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are The Symposium by Plato, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.
What books are similar to Phaedo by Plato?
Phaedo centers on death and immortality, soul, knowledge. Books with a similar feel include The Republic by Plato, The Symposium by Plato, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, Discourse on the Method by René Descartes — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
