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These seem to be cites that are also sites. What a paradox!

I viewed your cites, er . . . sites. What great sights!

thanks aloooot for all these informations

Sun Tzu - Art of War, has some of the most relevant teachings to offer, most other have only navel gazing babble.

i have never taken a philosophy class (other than critical thinking) and i am as much a beginner now as i was 15 years ago when i started reading philosophy, so taking this into account...

as a complete amateur, i have enjoyed and i recommend modern philosophy by roger scruton and also consolations of philosophy by alain de botton. as someone who has no training in philosophy, both books helped me understand and enjoy philosophy and motivated me to learn more and read more about it.

I have always found that autobiographies, or descriptive books aimed at making clear an authors point of view, make for quite awesome "philosophy" books. Einstein's The World as I see It, Wittgenstein's Culture and Value, etc. are truly fascinating because they do not go on to say anything metaphysical, but show how these men treated day to day life.

The World as I see It is wonderful, and so too is the hard to find autobiography of Einstein. "In the beginning, God created Newton's Laws"... oh, Einstein!

Any book you read in philosophy, no matter how easy, is going to take a couple read throughs no matter what. You see, us philosophers like to do this thing that most people do not do, and thats read the same book 2-40 times. Usually, you have to read a book twice in philosophy to read it once, no matter the difficulty.

Oh yea, and Locke's Essay might be a good place to start. Probably not, but I am going to suggest it anyway. Have a good day!