Promise of Politics by Hannah Arendt
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In "The Promise of Politics, "Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of the ...Show more
Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel, Stian Westlake
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From the acclaimed authors of Capitalism without Capital, radical ideas for restoring prosperity in today’s intangible economyThe past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has ha ...Show more
Sayings and Anecdotes - With Other Popular Moralists by Diogenes Cynic Staff; Robin Hard
$18.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Diogenes the Cynic is famed for walking the streets with a lamp in daylight, looking for an honest man. His biting wit and eccentric behavior were legendary, and it was by means of his renowned aphorisms that his moral teachings were transmitted. He scorned the conventions of civilized life, and his asc ...Show more
Shaolin: How to Win Without Conflict by Bernhard Moestl
$37.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The International Bestseller Discover how to win in any situation using the ancient wisdom of the Shaolin monks. The Shaolin monks in China are legendary for their mastery of kung fu, but the secret to their success - their ability to rise to any challenge, handle stress and overcome conflict - lies n ...Show more
Skepticism - The Basics by Comesana Juan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This book introduces students and other interested readers to the philosophical study of skepticism, a central and long-standing subject in philosophy. The first three chapters cover knowledge, providing the necessary foundation for introducing skepticism in the book's final three chapters. Throughout, ...Show more
Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled time ...Show more
Socrates Meets Jesus by Peter Kreeft
$44.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What would happen if Socrates--yes, the Socrates of ancient Athens--suddenly showed up on the campus of a major university and enrolled in its divinity school? What would he think of human progress since his day? How would he react to our values? To our culture? And what would he think of Jesus? Peter K ...Show more
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
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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
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"Dr. Durant's outline includes not only lucid explanations of the great philosophies, but the careers of the philosophers and interpretations based upon the two-fold view, together with a host of good tales and merry quips by and about famous scholars from Socrates to Professor John Dewey."
Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee
$65.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Compiled from Bruce Lee's notes and essays and originally published in 1975, this iconic volume is one of the seminal martial arts guides of its time. The science and philosophy behind the fighting system Lee pioneered himself--jeet kune do--is explained in detail, depicted through hundreds of Lee's own ...Show more
The Age of Reason: Popular Penguins by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Set in the volatile Paris summer of 1938, The Age of Reasonfollows two days in the life of Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, and his circle in the cafes and bars of Montparnasse. Mathieu has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in conveniently separate compartments. But now he is in t ...Show more
The Analysis of Matter by Bertrand Russell; John G. Slater (Introduction by)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
The Analysis of Matter is the product of thirty years of thinking by one of the twentieth century's best-known philosophers. An inquiry into the philosophical foundations of physics, it was written against the background of stunning new developments in physics earlier in the century, above all relativit ...Show more