Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Ree
$59.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
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
A Summer with Montaigne by Antoine Compagnon; Tina Kover
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Michel de Montaigne embodies the Humanist ideal. Curious, measured, contemplative yet not unworldly, witty, free of prejudice, and urbane. But what does Montaigne have to tell us about how to think and live today? In forty short, erudite and lively chapters written over a single summer, Antoine Compagno ...Show more
The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin by Idries Shah; Idries Shah Foundation Staff (Contribution by)
$23.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Mulla Nasrudin, the wise fool of Eastern folklore, holds a special place in Sufi studies. The Sufis, who believe that deep intuition is the only real guide to knowledge, use the humorous stories of Nasrudin's adventures almost like exercises in Eastern thought. The Sufis ask people to choose a few which ...Show more
A Sceptic's Search for Meaning **NLA** by Mike Willesee
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: 3 Biography
In a career spanning fifty years and thousands of stories, legendary Australian journalist Mike Willesee dared to pose the big questions to the biggest personalities of our time. In his final years, Mike asked the biggest question of all: does God exist? A Sceptic's Search for Meaning is the culminatio ...Show more
After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency by Quentin Meillassoux
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This book is now available for the first time in paperback, the remarkable debut of a former student of Alain Badiou. Quentin Meillassoux, a former student of Alain Badiou, is considered to be one of the most talented and exciting new voices in contemporary French philosophy. Quentin Meillassoux's remar ...Show more
Man and Technics - A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life by Oswald Spengler
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In this new and revised edition of Oswald Spengler's classic, Man and Technics, Spengler makes a number of predictions that today, more than eighty years after the book was first published, have turned out to be remarkably accurate. Spengler predicted that industrialisation would lead to serious environ ...Show more
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A ground-breaking book that examines the place of women in twentieth-century philosophy and is a call to arms for the present day 'Philosophy in a world of women. I reflected, talking with Mary, Pip and Elizabeth, how much I love them.' Two brilliant young scholars uncover the major (and unacknowledge ...Show more
Hiking with Nietzsche - Becoming who you are by John J Kaag
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
A man goes in search of himself in the Swiss Alps with the help of Nietzsche.
The Sovereignty of Good by Iris Murdoch
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
Throughout her distinguished and prolific writing career, she explored questions of good and bad, myth and morality. The framework for Murdoch's questions - and her own conclusions - can be found in the Sovereignty of Good.
The Art of Happiness by Epicurus
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The teachings of Epicurus - about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and friendship-attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced later European thought. Though Epicurus faced hostile opposition for centuries a ...Show more
A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Little Histories Ser. | Reading Level: very good
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