How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
With an introduction by comedian and novelist David Baddiel A novel in seven volumes, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is considered a major literary work of the twentieth century. And even more crucially, one that you should have read by now. However, as one of its most distinguishing features is ...Show more
Behold the SpiritA Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion by Alan Watts
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This study of the necessity of mystical religion, also shows how traditional Western doctrine can be reconciled with the intuitive religion of the Orient.
Way of Zen by Alan Watts
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Vintage Spiritual Classics Ser.
In his definitive introduction to Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts explains the principles and practices of this ancient religion to Western readers. With a rare combination of freshness and lucidity, he delves into the origins and history of Zen to explain what it means for the world today with incredible clar ...Show more
Buddhism: Religion of No-Religion by Alan Watts
$19.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Alan Watts Love of Wisdom Ser.
The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures.In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the explosion ...Show more
The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer
$12.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
2015 Reprint of 1915 Edition. "The Basis of Morality" is one of Arthur Schopenhauer's major works in ethics, in which he argues that morality stems from compassion. Schopenhauer begins with a criticism of Kant's "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals," which Schopenhauer considered to be the clearest e ...Show more
The World as Will and Representation: Volume 1 by Arthur Schopenhauer
$37.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good
Volume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought. Corrects nearly 1,000 errors and omissions in the older Haldane-Kemp translation. For the first time, this edition tra ...Show more
Modern Man in Search of a Soul by C. G. Jung
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Harvest Book Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Modern Man in Search of a Soul is widely considered to be one of the most important books of the 20th century, as well as a milestone in the field of psychology. In this book, Jung examines some of the most profound issues of analytical psychology, such as dream analysis, the collective unconscious, arc ...Show more
The Philosophy of Travel by Carlisle ROGERS
$69.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The Philosophy of Travel is a lush cloth-bound hardcover ode to the spirit of exploration, that drive that takes us into the desert, and into ourselves. From the heart, soul and lens of the contemporary voice of Australian travel, Carlisle Rogers, this is a book unlike any other. It is an extraordinary ...Show more
Big Think Book: Discover Philosophy Through 99 Perplexing Problems: Discover Philosophy Through 99 Perplexing Problems by Peter Cave
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What makes me, me - and you, you? What is this thing called 'love'? Does life have a point? Is 'no' the right answer to this question? Philosophy transports us from the wonderful to the weird, from the funny to the very serious indeed. With the aid of tall stories, jokes, fascinating insights and common ...Show more
Requiem for the American Dream: The Principles of Concentrated Weath and Power by Noam Chomsky
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Category: Philosophy
Requiem for the American Dream is a work of some 70,000 words based on four years of interviews with Noam Chomsky on the subject of income equality. Chomsky considers these to be his final, long-form documentary interviews. It is a book that makes Chomsky's breadth and depth accessible, and at the same ...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
Philosophy In The Garden by Damon Young
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his thought tree? In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden ...Show more