Eat This Book: The Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene H. Peterson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Continuing Peterson's major evaluation of contemporary Christian spirituality, EAT THIS BOOK focuses on spiritual reading.Taking its title from the angel's instruction to John in the book of Revelation: 'Take it and eat it; it will be bitter in your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth', EAT THIS B ...Show more
Socrates - A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
$27.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This brilliant biography of Socrates by historian Paul Johnson situates the father of philosophy in the fifth century BC Athens that he loved, delving into the geopolitics of the time, his service as a soldier, his wide range of acquaintances and the civic unrest that led to Socrates' trial and death. T ...Show more
Is Your Neighbour a Zombie? Philosophical Riddles, Paradoxes And Conundrums to Stretch Your Mind by Jeremy Stangroom
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Jorge Romero is facing a big problem. His neighbours are convinced he is a soulless zombie. What can he say to persuade them he's a conscious being just like them, and save his neck? Is Your Neighbour a Zombie? brings together philosophical puzzles and problems to challenge your preconceptions and chang ...Show more
The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer; Jim Mason
$23.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was r ...Show more
Ethics 101: Conversations to Have With Your Kids/Parents by Michael Parker
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Category: Philosophy
Would you rather your child was smart or good? Your immediate answer was probably 'both'. But what if you couldn't have both? What if you could have a child who was good but not particularly smart, or a child who was smart, but not particularly good? Which one then? Many homes and almost all school ...Show more
Philosophy For Life by EVANS, JULES
$34.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In his engaging book, Jules Evans explains how ancient philosophy saved his life, and how we can all use it to become happier, wiser and more resilient. Jules imagines a dream school, which includes 12 of the greatest and most colourful thinkers the world has ever known. Each of these ancient philosophe ...Show more
When I Am Playing With My Cat, How Do I Know She Is Not Playing With Me?: Montaigne and Being in Touch With Life by Saul Frampton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his chateau to brood on his own private grief - the deaths of his best friends, his father, his brother, and most recently his first-born child. But finding his mind agitated rather than sett ...Show more
The Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil (C. S. Lewis Signature Classic) by C S Lewis
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: C.S. Lewis Signature Classics Ser.
A milestone in the history of popular theology, The Screwtape Letters is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a jun ...Show more
Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
All of us lead two parallel lives: the life we actually live and the one that we wish for and fantasise about. And this life unlived (the one that never actually happens, the one we might be living but for some reason are not) can occupy an extraordinary part of our mental life. We share our lives, in a ...Show more
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong
$26.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
" An admirable and impressive work of synthesis that will give insight and satisfaction to thousands of lay readers." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDIn this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women h ...Show more
Humanity 2.0 : What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future by Steve Fuller
$46.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creativ ...Show more
How Much is Enough?: The Love of Money, and the Case for the Good Life by Robert Skidelsky
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In recent years, economic growth has been regarded as a self-evident good, with political debate focussed on the best means to achieve it. But there are now signs that this shared assumption is weakening. Anger at 'greedy' bankers and their 'obscene' bonuses has given way to a deeper dissatisfaction wit ...Show more