Philosophy books for beginners?

answers1: maybe an introduction to philosophy textbook would suffice.
answers2: I would recommend The Apology by Plato. It is short, and
very surprisingly (to me) accessible, understandable. It shows you
that philosophy, even the ancients like Socrates, were just people
talking, like you and I might today at a Starbucks. And the issues
then were the same issues now.
answers3: Brian Magee's book is very good.
answers4: https://www.thereadinglists.com/best-philosophy-books-for-beginners/
answers5: Read 'The Great Conversation' by Norman Melchert (secular)
or 'Thales to Dewey' by Gordon Clark (Christian). <br>
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People say to just jump right in to the writings of the greats, but if
you don't have some background to the context of the writings, you may
get lost. It is better, I think, to read at least one history of
philosophy book. They practically all give you background to the
writers' lives and the world they lived in when they wrote. This helps
you to understand why they said what they said. <br>
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I hope you enjoy the subject.
answers6: John Locke - Two Treatises of Government <br>
Plato's Republic <br>
Plato's 5 Dialogues <br>
Descartes Discourse on the Method and Meditations <br>
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Those I think are a great start to philosophy. Plato is a little dense
for new comers but these books really give you the essence to
philosophy
answers7: "The Slightest Philosophy" by Dr. Quee Nelson; <br>
"Ontology Made Easy" by Dr. Amie Thomasson; <br>
"Philosophy for Dummies" by Dr. Tom Morris; <br>
"The Philosophers: Their Lives and the Nature of Their Thought" by
Dr. Ben-Ami-Scharfstein; <br>
"A Comparative History of World Philosophy" by Scharfstein; <br>
"Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings,"
Dr. Louis Pojman; <br>
"Intellectuals," Paul Johnson; <br>
"Return to the One: Plotinus's Guide to God-Realization," Dr. Brian Hines; <br>
"A Philosophy of Universality," Omraam Aivanhov; <br>
"Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing," Soren Kierkegaard; <br>
"The Path of the Higher Self."