Great Thinkers School of Life (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Library
Typically, great thinkers have been included in encyclopedic works on the basis of reputation and historic influence. The School of Life takes a different approach, focusing instead on the thinkers whose ideas are the most helpful to our lives now. This is a collection of sixty of the most important and ...Show more
Heaven in Disorder by Slavoj Zizek
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
As we emerge (though perhaps only temporarily) from the pandemic, other crises move center stage: outrageous inequality, climate disaster, desperate refugees, mounting tensions of a new cold war. The abiding motif of our time is relentless chaos. Acknowledging the possibilities for new beginnings at suc ...Show more
How To Be A Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living by Massimo Pigliucci
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'In this thought-provoking book, Massimo Pigliucci shares his journey of discovering the power of Stoic practices in a philosophical dialogue with one of Stoicism's greatest teachers.' RYAN HOLIDAY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY AND THE DAILY STOIC Who am I? What am I doing? How ought ...Show more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of ...Show more
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life by Epictetus
$7.97 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How ...Show more
How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
How to Die - Ancient Guide / End of Life by Seneca; James S. Romm (Editor, Introduction by)
$37.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
"It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always," and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and again in all his writings, yet he never treated it in a complete work. How to Die gathers ...Show more
How to Grow Old - Ancient Wisdom for ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Introduction by, Translator)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all-and why you might ...Show more
How to Teach Philosophy To Your Dog by ANTHONY MCGOWAN
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
We're doing philosophy now, and that means following the argument wherever it leads, like that time you chased a rabbit and ended up with your head stuck in a hole.'Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet ...Show more
How to Win An Argument - Ancient Gde ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; James A. May
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser. | Reading Level: very good
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct-and often failing as a result-we'd win more arguments if we learned th ...Show more
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell; Michael Potter (Foreword by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
"The philosophy of mathematics will naturally be expected to deal with questions at the frontier of knowledge, as to which comparative certainty is not yet attained. But separation of such questions is hardly likely to be fruitful unless the more scientific parts of mathematics are known. A book dealing ...Show more
Kant (The Great Philosophers) by Ralph Walker
$12.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Great Philosophers Ser.
'Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.' KantIn 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 cynic ...Show more