Idleness: A Philosophical Essa by Brian O'Connor
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Category: Philosophy
The case for idleness as freedom from usefulness, performance, and the opinion of others For millennia, idleness and laziness have been seen as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral fa ...Show more
The Night in Gethsemane by Massimo Recalcati; Ann Goldstein (Translator)
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Category: Philosophy
Highly regarded philosopher and psychoanalyst, Massimo Recalcati has penned a gripping, erudite meditation on suffering, doubt, betrayal, and the potential for renewal that dwells in our most painful moments. For Recalcati, Jesus's reckoning in the Garden of Gethsemane is at once an instance of human w ...Show more
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life... by Daniel Klein
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Category: Philosophy
A humorous and philosophical trip through life, from the New York Times-bestselling author of Travels with Epicurus. As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world's greatest thinkers, hoping to find some guidance on how to live the best life he ...Show more
Touch : The Science of Hand, Heart and Mind by David Linden
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Category: Philosophy
Touch is the sense that makes us human. If you are born blind or deaf, your body and brain will mostly develop normally and you can live a rich life. But deprive a baby of social touch and they will have higher life-long levels of stress and fear. From why brushing fingers with a waiter will make you le ...Show more
Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips
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Category: Philosophy
Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips. We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves ...Show more
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor, Lec Lec Lec Lec Lec
$36.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha's teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? This is one man's confession." In his classic "Buddhism Without Beliefs," Stephen Batchelor offered a profound, secular approach to the teachings of the Budd ...Show more
Liberty in the Age of Terror: A defence of civil liberties and enlightenment news by A.C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy
"The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our o ...Show more
What Kind of Creatures are We? by Noam Chomsky
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy Ser.
Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection on al ...Show more
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray
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Category: Philosophy
When you explore older atheisms, you will find some of your firmest convictions - secular or religious - are highly questionable. If this prospect disturbs you, what you are looking for may be freedom from thought.'For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a shrill, narrow derision of rel ...Show more
The Infidel and the Professor - David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought by Dennis C. Rasmussen
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Category: Philosophy
The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendshipsâe"and how it influenced modern thought David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as âeoethe Great Infidelâe� for his skeptical religious views and deemed un ...Show more
Insomnia by The School of Life
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Category: Philosophy
A book to offer guidance, companionship and consolation to the restless insomniac; analysis and philosophy combine to provide comfort on even the longest of sleepless nights. Not being able to sleep is deeply frightening. We panic about our ability to cope with the demands of the next day; we panic that ...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