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 to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna
$36.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A timely critique investigating how four women philosophers persevered in a field that often suppressed and disregarded the insights of female thinkers. As a young woman growing up in a small, religious community, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this strange wor ...Show more
Jurassic Park and Philosophy: The Truth Is Terrifying by Nicolas Michaud
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy
Twenty-one philosophers investigate the implications of the Jurassic Park franchise for our lives, our values, and our future. Human beings live and thrive by modifying nature, but when do the risks of changing nature outweigh the likely benefits? If it's true that "Life will find a way," should we view ...Show more
The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Enquiry into Human Freedom by John Gray
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In The Soul of the Marionette, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every actio ...Show more
Post-God Nation by Roy Williams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
At the time of Federation 98% of Australians identified themselves as Christians. Now only 5% regularly go to Church. The reasons for this steep decline in faith are broad - they include the failings of the Church itself; its relentless negativity and hypocrisy as well as misunderstandings about what be ...Show more
Mindfulness and the Big Questions: Philosophy for Now by Ben Irvine
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Mindfulness Series
Why am I here? Do I really know anything? What does it all mean? These are questions we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives. Mindfulness & The Big Questions offers an enlightening approach to these universal existential conundrums, and explores how mindfulness can reveal hidden solutions to ...Show more
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition ...Show more
A Guide to the Good Life - The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B Irvine
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, a ...Show more
The Black Mirror - Fragments of an Obituary for Life by Raymond Tallis
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"Inspired by E. M. Forster's thought that 'Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him', The Black Mirror takes death as an external viewpoint from which we may see our lives more clearly. Raymond Tallis looks back on his world from the standpoint of his future corpse. He reflects on the senses th ...Show more
A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
$37.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | 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
How to Outwit Aristotle: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Philosophy by Peter Cave
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How to know that you exist. How to be an object of desire. How to think like a bat. How to bring meaning to life. From the realm of the unconscious to the principles of logic, How to Outwit Aristotle will help you think like a philosopher. Witty and accessible, this is a superb introduction to the subje ...Show more
Bedside Book of Philosophy by Michael Picard
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The Bedside Book of Philosophy will expand your mind, put your neurons through their paces and question the foundations of your opinions and knowledge itself. You'll discover that you can't even trust your own senses - even though they are all you have. Filled with philosophical puzzles that have intrig ...Show more