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The Frontiers of Knowledge by A C Grayling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks ...Show more
On Getting Off - Sex and Philosophy by Damon Young
$25.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The curious reader's companion to sex. 'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.' — Samuel Johnson Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explo ...Show more
Life: a User's Manual - Philosophy for (almost) Any Eventuality by Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How should I live? What is my purpose? Can I find happiness? Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B. Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions a ...Show more
Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger
$50.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a jobbing critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance to teach schoolchildren in a provincial Austrian village, seeking spiritual clarity. Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and align his fortunes with the ...Show more
The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well by Julian Baggini
$33.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosop ...Show more
The Fourfold Remedy - Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: pleasure. All we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word 'Epicurean' with the enjoyment of fine food and wine and decadent self-indul ...Show more
Is It Tomorrow Yet? - Paradoxes of the Pandemic by Ivan Krastev
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'We are able to imagine anything because we are being besieged by something that was considered unimaginable...'Beneath the panic and bluster, beneath the confusing speeches and the conflicting advice, the Coronavirus pandemic acted, changing our world in the most profound ways. The tragic human cost an ...Show more
Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World by Michael Pollan
$25.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What shall we have for dinner? Such a simple question has grown to have a very complicated answer. We can eat almost anything nature has to offer, but deciding what we should eat stirs anxiety. Should we choose the organic apple or the conventional? If organic, local or imported? Wild fish or farmed? Lo ...Show more
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Rée
$27.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In Witcraft Jonathan Rée offers compelling intellectual portraits of celebrated British and American philosophers such as Locke, Hume, Emerson, Mill and James. But he also does much more. He draws attention to the philosophical work of literary authors like William Hazlitt and George Eliot, and dozens o ...Show more
Silence - in the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarctic, climbing Everest, or on the train at rush hour. 'Quietly, wisely, Silence makes a case for dumbing the din of modern life, and learning to lis ...Show more
Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
$28.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The "Consolations of Philosophy" is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life. It is the inspiration for the TV series "Philsophy: A Guide to Happiness. Alain de Botton, bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life", has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosoph ...Show more
Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
$20.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Little Histories Ser.
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging b ...Show more