The Consolations Of Philosophy / Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a ...Show more
New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: A\New History of Western Philosophy Ser.
This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us ...Show more
Assholes : A Theory by Aaron James
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What is it for someone to be an asshole? Although most of us are forced to deal with such people every day, few of us could easily say exactly what an asshole is. And as prevalent as they are, no one has offered a sustained analytical treatment of the subject. Assholes are arguably part of the human soc ...Show more
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
$39.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe from you? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? Why is it so easy to see the flaws in others' arguments, and less in our own? Jonathan Haidt, one of the ...Show more
The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths by John Gray
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This is the powerful, beautiful and chilling sequel to the bestselling Straw Dogs John Gray draws on an extraordinary array of memoirs, poems, fiction and philosophy to make us re-imagine our place in the world. Writers as varied as Ballard, Borges, Freud and Conrad are mesmerised by forms of human extr ...Show more
What Would Gandhi Do? by Michael Kirby
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Specials
Former High Court justice Michael Kirby reflects on the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, analysing how the Mahatma might respond to some pressing issues facing modern society
Handy Philosophy Answer Book by Naomi Zack
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Combining a basic history of philosophical thought with the often quirky personal stories of famous philosophers, this comprehensive introduction to the world of philosophy answers more than 1,000 questions, ranging from What was the Enlightenment? to Why did the Pythagorians avoid fava beans? Analysing ...Show more
The Challenge of Things - Thinking Through Troubled Times by A. C. Grayling
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular. The Challenge of Things joins earlier collections like The Reason of Things and Thinking of Answers, but this time to collect Grayling's recent writ ...Show more
The Path What the Great Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life by Michael Puett
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In the first book of its kind, The Path draws on the work of six of the great - but largely unknown - Chinese philosophers to offer a fresh and revolutionary guide to human flourishing. By examining the teachings of Chinese thinkers, and explaining what they reveal about our daily lives - from greeting ...Show more
The Art of Reading by Damon Young
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"In The Art of Reading, philosopher Damon Young delights in the pleasures of this intimate pursuit through a rich sample of literature: from Virginia Woolf's diaries to Batman comics. He writes with honesty and humour about the blunders and revelations of his own bookish life.Devoting each chapter to a ...Show more
How to Think - A Guide for the Perplexed by Alan Jacobs
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.Most of us don't want to think, writes the American essayist Alan Jacobs. Thinking is trouble. It can force us out of famili ...Show more
LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By Brick by William Irwin
$25.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is “very”! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, ...Show more