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Philosophical Tutorials for College Preparation and General Study

David Hume,
18th century Scottish Philosopher.

Renee Descartes,
17th century French Philosopher.

Plato and Aristotle,
in Raphael's "School of Athens.

The Death of Socrates
from Plato's dialouge the Crito.

Immanuel Kant,
18th century German Philosopher.

Books for Beginners

The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant

An old but still very good introduction to the history of philosophy in one text.

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, Author and Paulette Moller, translator

A very good book introducing philosophy in the form of a novel, it starts a bit slow but is otherwise a very productive read..

Before and After Socrates by F.M. Cornford

A powerful and very readable text on Ancient Greek philosophy.

Some Thoughts on Thinking by Jonathan Finch

My first, and to date, only book in philosophy, based off of a series of popular lectures, it is designed without any technical language and with the first-time student in mind

A few Links to some places to buy Books, other sites, of course, can be used, these are merely suggestions.