The Good State - On the Principles of Democracy by A C Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power ...Show more
Idleness: A Philosophical Essa by Brian O'Connor
$32.99 AUD
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
Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger
$49.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a jobbing critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance to teach schoolchildren in a provincial Austrian village, seeking spiritual clarity. Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and align his fortunes with the ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto and das Kapital by Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels; Robert Weick
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Knickerbocker Classics Ser.
The unabridged versions of these definitive works are now available together as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Robert Weick. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makes this timeless book a perfect travel companion.Considered to be one of the most ...Show more
The Night in Gethsemane by Massimo Recalcati; Ann Goldstein (Translator)
$19.99 AUD
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
Together by Luke Adam Hawker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A beautiful book to connect us after such a challenging time. 'Dark clouds were looming in the distance. We watched them gather, and we wondered... When will it come? How long will it last?' A monumental storm brings huge and sudden change. We follow a man and his dog through the uncertainty that it b ...Show more
Fragments Of An Infinite Memory by Mael Renouard
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"One day, as I was daydreaming on the boulevard Beaumarchais, I had the idea-it came and went in a flash, almost in spite of myself-of doing a Google search to find out what I had been up to and where I had been the previous evening, since my own recollections were confused." So begins Mae Nl Renouard's ...Show more
The Philosophers' Library: Books that Shaped the World by Adam Ferner, Chris Meyns
$49.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
The Philosophers' Library features the most important philosophy manuscripts and books as stepping stones to take your through the history of philosophy. By cataloguing the history of philosophy via its key works, this book reflects the physical results of human thinking and endeavour; brilliant thought ...Show more
The Art of Solitude by Stephen Batchelor
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In a time of social distancing and isolation, a meditation on the beauty of solitude from renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor A Los Angeles Review of Books "Best of the Year" selection "Whatever a soul is, the author goes a long way toward soothing it. A very welcome instance of philosoph ...Show more
The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding - The Story of the Infamous Female Philosopher Hipparchia by Barbara Stok
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
It is the 4th century BC in Greece. Hipparchia is about to marry the rich son of a family friend when she meets Crates. As the marriage approaches, Hipparchia becomes more and more captivated by the views and way of life of this strange philosopher who lives like a wanderer. Gradually she starts to real ...Show more
The Good Place and Philosophy by William Irwin (Series edited by); Kimberly S. Engels (Editor)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Dive into the moral philosophy at the heart of all four seasons of NBC's The Good Place, guided by academic experts including the show's philosophical consultants Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, and featuring a foreword from creator and showrunner Michael Schur Explicitly dedicated to the philosophical ...Show more
Poetics by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Poeticsby Aristotleely, Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song. Two of the parts constitute the medium of imitation, one the manner, and three the objects of imitation. And these complete the list. These elements have been employed, we may say, by the poets to a man; in fact, every play cont ...Show more