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For philosophy, I recommend A History of Western Philosophy by W. T. Jones. It's a good overview, providing both extensive quotes from primary sources and good summary/analysis of the material.

A little less sure for physics, but The Feynman Lectures are classics.

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Another vote for The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Probably the closest thing to "the" textbook on physics out there.

The Feynman lectures are notorious for being very popular among readers who already understand the physics, but difficult for those learning the physics for the first time.

I doubt anyone will have trouble finding it, but A History of Western Philosophy is actually by Bertrand Russell.

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