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200 Words to Help You Talk about Philosophy by Anja Steinbauer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: 200 Words Ser.
If you have ever felt at a disadvantage when joining in a conversation on a subject that you aren't confident about, this new series is for you. Each book features definitions of two hundred words frequently used to describe and discuss a smart subject. Philosophy can be baffling, as well as fascinating ...Show more
Big Ideas for Curious Minds by The School Of Life
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Category: Philosophy
Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions: about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet sadly, too often, this inborn curiosity is not developed and with age the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness chil ...Show more
Children's Book of Philosophy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Children's...
From Socrates and Aristotle to Kant and Confucius, meet the thinkers and theories which shaped our world. Find answers to life's big questions such as 'Who am I?' or 'Should I ever tell a lie?' and what philosophy is. How do you know whether you're awake or dreaming? Is the world real? Why do we need ru ...Show more
Kant (The Great Philosophers) by Ralph Walker
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Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Great Philosophers Ser.
'Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.' Kant In today's increasingly fractured world of oppression and uncertainty, Kant's moral philosophy is more important than ever before. And never has the need for moral absolutes been more pressing than in this age of doubt, disillusion and cyn ...Show more
Marx (The Great Philosophers) by Terry Eagleton
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Category: Philosophy
'We are free when, like artists, we produce without the goad of physical necessity' Karl Marx For Marx, freedom entailed release from commercial labour. In this highly engaging account, Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and ownership which lie at the core of Marx's thinking. ...Show more
Nietzsche (The Great Philosophers) by Ronald Hayman
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Category: Philosophy
'God is dead', announced Nietzsche - before going on to abolish himself. Envious contemporaries of Nietzsche ridiculed him as a mad man - and yet they came closer than they knew in characterising a philosopher in whose thought ambivalence approximated to disintegration of the self. While the nineteent ...Show more
Philosophy in 40 Ideas by The School The School of Life
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy is a discipline committed to helping us live wiser and less sorrowful lives. This book artfully draws together 40 of the greatest and most useful ideas found in philosophy, taking us on a journey around key concepts from both Eastern and Western cultures.We are invited to sample the distincti ...Show more
Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner
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Category: Philosophy
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled time ...Show more
Socrates (The Great Philosophers) by Anthony Gottlieb
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.' So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of its founding father. Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His wo ...Show more
The Art of War (Popular Penguin) by Sun-tzu
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also rel ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy (Popular Penguin) by Alain de Botton
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. Fro ...Show more
The Godless Gospel - Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.
