Top 5 Philosophy books for beginners

A question I get all the time is "where do I start with philosophy?". It is a tricky question to answer because if someone already has philosophical interests I would recommend they start there. However, here are my list of 5 philosophy books I would recommend someone start their journey with. They cover a variety of topics from epistemology to logic to ethics, and I hope you give some of them a read. They are well worth it.

00:00 intro
00:18: The Problems of Philosophy
01:25: Nicomachean Ethics
02:46: The Consolations of Philosophy
04:10: Meditations
04:50: ???

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[scrubfive]

I love Gregory Hays' translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

[lordxaradar]

I would recommended also the "Problems and Theories of Philosophy" by K. Ajdukiewicz

[rafailgounadakis]

I bought the book of Aristotles. I am a greek student, currently studying ancient greek and i have translated that same book many times. Btw it is named after either his father or son, both having the same name(Νικόμαχος)

[SeraphimVolker]

What I recommend is an anthology on world philosophy. It's what I started on myself and it helped me a good deal in becoming familiar with the complicated world of philosophy.
I'd also strongly beginning in a sort of chronological order, beginning with the Hellenistic Greeks and moving forward to Ayn Rand. Not that Ayn Rand is good, I think she sucks, but it becomes painfully obvious how ridiculous she is once you've been aquatinted with any previous philosopher.

[Artisticfish]

I love ur channel so much. Thank you so much for making such a wonderful video about such a vital topic

[vaiapatta]

Does there exist something like a roadmap of all philosophy? Like a big conceptual diagram of philosophical currents?