Philosophy Books

Here is a list of books related to Philosophy that I would like to begin reading this year.

Title	Author	Date	Read
Philosophical Classics	James M. Russell (Ed.)	2007
A Year With Rumi: Daily Readings	Coleman Barks	2006
The God Delusion	Richard Dawkins	2006
The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of the Universe	Michael Frayn	2006
The Ethical Imagination	Margaret Somerville	2006
Moral Minds	Marc D. Hauser	2006
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon	Daniel C. Dennett	2006
How To Expand Love	Dalai Lama	2005
The Story of Philosophy	Christoph Delius	2005
Basic Writings of Existentialism	Gordon Marino (Ed.)	2004
The Mystery of Things	A. C. Grayling	2004
The Essence of Buddhism	Jo Burden Smith	2004
The Essence of Sufism	John Baldock	2004
Eastern Philosophy	Kevin Burns	2004
The Beginning of All Wisdom	Steven Stavropoulos	2003
The Philosopher's Toolkit	Julian Baggini	2003
Religion Explained	Pascal Boyer	2001
The World of Zen: The Way to Inner Calm	Stephen Hodge	2000
How To Think About the Great Ideas	Mortimer J. Adler	2000
The Shambala Guide to Taoism	Eva Wong	1997
The Truth About the Truth	Walter Truett Anderson (Ed.)	1995
The Art of Living	Epictetus	1994
Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher	Gregory Vlastos	1991
The Passion of the Western Mind	Richard Tarnas	1991
Charles S. Peirce: Selected Writings	Philip P. Wiener (Ed.)	1958
The Problems of Philosophy	Bertrand Russell	1912

Let me try to identify a few of the above books that are leading candidates. "A Year With Rumi: Daily Readings" by Coleman Barks is an easy one. I like Rumi and a page a day is not onerous. "The World of Zen: The Way to Inner Calm" is another book in a similar vein. Finally I would like to read Bertrand Russell's "The Problems of Philosophy". This was recommended by James Russell as an excellent introduction to philosophy. It also represents a western perspective to balance the two eastern views.

The above list was created on January 7, 2008.

Here is a list of Philosophy books that I have bought this year.

Title	Author	Date	Read
The Tao of Writing	Ralph L. Wahlstrom		2008.05.18

Here is a list of Philosophy books that I have read this year.

Title	Author	Date	Rating
The Tao of Writing	Ralph L. Wahlstrom	May 18/08	2

Here is a list of my favorite Philosophy books that I have read and kept. The rating scale is primarily 4's and 5's. Books less than that fail to make the list. The 5's are books that I recall as being spectacular but the 4's are also very good books. Of course, the reasons behind such a rating are personal and reflect my biases and preferences.

Title	Author	Date	Rating
The Crooked Timber of Humanity	Isaiah Berlin	1990	5