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What books about German history and humanistic philosophy are worth recommending?
There are few German history books in Chinese, and the common ones are:

"German History" is the first volume of gebhardt's German History Manual, which is a big diary and chronicle manual. According to my experience, remembering important events and interpersonal relationships is enough to surprise my German/Austrian colleagues:)

Thirty years' war history

The subject needs to study German hard. Many things can't be fully understood simply by looking at the translated works; It is best to experience on the spot, go to Germany and Austria ... and experience the local customs, geographical environment, humanistic customs and so on.

Philosophy class

65438 Hao +0 Life Wisdom

Schopenhauer is a famous German philosopher, the founder of voluntarism and modern pessimism. The Wisdom of Life is a late work written by Schopenhauer in 1850, which makes Schopenhauer a world-renowned philosopher. In this book, he temporarily put aside the pessimistic philosophy of voluntarism and discussed the principles that life should follow from a secular perspective. This translation is the first complete German translation in China.

No.2 A Brief History of Philosophy (Color Illustrated Edition)

A Brief History of Philosophy enables a university philosophy professor to understand Kant's meaning through this book after teaching Kant's philosophy for 15 years. The appearance of this book set off a philosophical fever in the United States, which doubled the sales of philosophical masterpieces.

Third, Kant's three criticisms-criticism of pure reason

This book is Kant's three critical works and the most special and meaningful masterpiece of all his philosophical works. It changed the direction and process of the whole western philosophy. Kant 1 1 year, the first edition is 178 1, and the second edition is 1787.

The fundamental guiding ideology is: through the critical investigation of reason itself, that is, human's innate cognitive ability, determine what innate elements it has, that is, universality and inevitability, as well as the source, function, conditions, scope and boundaries of these elements, so as to determine what it can know and what it can't know, and on this basis, make the final judgment and provisions on the fate and future of metaphysics. Its mission is to provide a solid and reliable foundation for real scientific metaphysics.

The book is about 400,000 words. In addition to the preface and general introduction, it is divided into "transcendental element theory" and "transcendental methodology". The Chinese version is directly from German, and the original text was translated by Deng Xiaomang and revised by Yang Zutao. Its translation is excellent and can be called a masterpiece. There are also German-Chinese terminology index, Sino-German terminology comparison and name index at the back of the book, which is very convenient to use.

NO.4 "The Decline of the West" (full translation) (full two volumes) The first full translation in the Chinese world.

This is a masterpiece of the 20th century, and it will be read by all people who are obsessed with the mystery of existence sooner or later. This is a truly landmark work, which not only mourns our ancestors with its pessimism, but also inspires us with its powerful challenge to our existing concepts. -Arthur Gail: Tribune.

Because Nietzsche left an indelible mark on European thought, the philosophical works of Germany or any other European country can't compare with the decline of the West in importance, Excellence and encyclopedic knowledge. -Ernst Boyard: The Independent

Because of his method, his challenge, his attempt to describe the form of civilization and his keen desire for imagination, anyone who wants to grope his way forward in the fog of dusk or dawn should read Bingler. -Charles Beard: The New York Herald Tribune

When I read these chapters full of historical insights, I suspected for the first time that my whole discussion had been handled by Bingler before the question was put forward (let alone the answer was found), and this idea was completely clear in my mind. -Toynbee: "Civilization Tested"

Bingler, an important symbol of modern German mind, combined Goethe's method of observing the phase with Nietzsche's critical spirit, and predicted that western culture would eventually decline from the perspective of comparative morphology of great culture and by describing the spiritual logic and symptoms of the times. From then on, this apocalyptic theory, like a primitive trauma, has been deeply engraved in the western historical process since the 20th century, and its prophetic voice can still arouse a kind of introspective passion in today's era.

NO.5 classic through reading-the history of western philosophy "classic through reading" is a series of classic academic classics compiled in a brand-new and popular way, aiming at guiding readers to read academic classics easily and quickly, thus popularizing social science and natural science classics that have far-reaching influence on mankind. This book is one of the series and the best-selling western philosophy textbook in the world. As a textbook of the history of western philosophy, this book tells the historical process of the emergence, formation, development and evolution of western philosophy from the 6th century BC to the 20th century AD. As for western philosophy in the 20th century, we will leave it to "modern western philosophy" to discuss. Usually different from modern western philosophy, western philosophy in this historical process is also called "classical philosophy".

Existentialism is a kind of humanitarianism

Existentialism is a philosophical school with great influence, wide spread and popularity in modern western philosophy. Its main representative is the French philosopher Sartre, whose thoughts are permeated with various ideologies and lifestyles.

This book consists of two articles: Existentialism is a Humanism and Today's Hope: A Talk with Sartre. The former was published in 1946, and Sartre's article "aims to defend existentialism and resist several criticisms". At the same time, it points out the similarities and differences between it and other philosophical schools, and clarifies all kinds of unintentional misunderstandings and malicious distortions. The second part was published before the death of 1980 Sartre. Among them, Sartre repeatedly emphasized that his existentialism is essentially an optimistic philosophy full of hope for life.

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NO.7 Nietzsche's philosophy of existence (philosopher's cafe)

Philosopher's Cafe (I). Anyone who can breathe the breath of my work knows that this is the air on Gaogang, which is refreshing. A person must be trained to adapt to this kind of air, otherwise he will be in danger of catching a cold. This is a spiritual journey to the master, which may change your life. Philosophy is the knowledge of outlook on life, the perfection of the soul and the poem of life.