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Books like A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Loved A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by Alfred Klemmt? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from essays, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Sharp, cool essays on 1960s America; the book that set the standard for the personal essay.
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The Fire Next Time
Two searing essays on race, faith and America; as urgent now as when they were written.
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The rambler
The Rambler was a British essay periodical edited and principally written by Samuel Johnson. A total of 208 issues were published from 1750-1752, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Essay periodicals were a lo
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Consider the Lobster
Restless, footnote-laden essays on everything from tennis to ethics; brilliant and exhausting in the best way.
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Men Explain Things to Me
The essay collection that helped popularise a now-famous idea; sharp feminist criticism.
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Feel Free
Wide-ranging essays on culture, books and life; smart, generous and curious.
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A Grief Observed
Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the mid
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A Woman of No Importance
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is ann
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A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Thoreau's first book excels at depicting nature around his trip in words.
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Adventures in Contentment
This, I am firmly convinced, is a strange world, as strange a one as I