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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
Sartre - A Philosophical Biography by Thomas R. Flynn
$36.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Regarded as the father of existentialist philosophy, he was also a political critic, moralist, playwright, novelist, and author of biographies and short stories. Thomas R. Flynn provides the first book-length ...Show more
Philosophers: Their Lives and Works by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this book brings together more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers. Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, the biographies trace the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired t ...Show more
Witcraft: A History of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Ree
$59.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In Witcraft Jonathan R e 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
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
What if you're not who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be...wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable,philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Susie realis ...Show more
When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher by Marie Robert
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
How can Kant comfort you when you get dumped via text message? How can Aristotle cure your hangover? How can Heidegger make you feel better when your dog dies? When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face and make li ...Show more
Doctor Strange and Philosophy by William Irwin (Series edited by); Mark D. White (Editor)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Explore the mind and world of the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Stephen Strange Essays from two-dozen philosophers illuminate how essential philosophical concepts, including existentialism, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, combine to make Doctor Strange one of the most com ...Show more
Humankind - Solidarity with Non-Human People by Timothy Morton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What is it that makes humans human' As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever. Acclaimed object-oriented philosopher Timothy Morton invites us to consider this philosophical issue as eminent ...Show more
A History of Philosophy HB by A. C. Grayling
$55.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions 'If there is any such person in Britain as The Thinking Man, it is A. C. Grayling' - The Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of so ...Show more
Scatterlings: Getting Claimed in the Age of Amnesia by Martin Shaw; David Abram (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In Scatterlings, Martin Shaw walks the myth-lines of seven stories based in and around his homeland of Dartmoor, England. Rather than the commentaries on such tales being primarily balanced against other literary sources, Shaw uses what actually occurs on these walks as the main source of information o ...Show more
Ideas That Matter: A Personal Guide for the 21st Century by A.C. Grayling
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This is a book that celebrates the power of ideas: thought can - and does - change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and bioethics are defining our future just as Marxism, feminism or existentialism have influenced our present. So what do we need to know as we move ...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
