How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks. Pay attention.As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with real w ...Show more
Jung - An Introduction by Ann Casement
$49.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This book is an introduction to the ideas of the Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst, C. G. Jung. The first chapter describes his early home life whilst subsequent chapters are devoted to his work in various sectors. This started in psychiatry at Burgholzli Hospital in Zurich, where Eugen Bleuler was t ...Show more
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching - A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin's unique take on Taoist philosophy's founding classic. Reflecting more than forty years of ...Show more
Letters From A Stoic by Lucius Seneca
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire unde ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$17.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinati ...Show more
Mythologies by Roland Barthes; Annette Lavers (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'Mythologies' is a series of essays on the codings that command our daily life, from hairstyles in the film Julius Caesar to glossy photographs of gourmet cooking, to the cult of foam in detergents.
Republic by Plato
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Republic (Politeia; Latin: De Re Publica) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man-for this reason, ancient readers used the name ...Show more
Rules - A Short History of What We Live By by Lorraine Daston
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Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Lawrence Stone Lectures
Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of life, from birth through death. We may chafe under the rules we have and yearn for ones we don't, yet no culture could do ...Show more
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing every ...Show more
The Divided Self by R.D. Laing
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, psychiatrist R. D. Laing argued that psychosis is not a medical condition but an outcome of the 'divide ...Show more
The Easter Story (PB) by Russell Punter
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The Easter Story is charmingly retold with John Joven's quirky, vibrant artwork. This picture book is perfect for reading aloud or for beginner readers to share with an adult or read by themselves.
The Enchiridion - A Stoic's Guide to Contentment and Tranquility by George Long (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This lovely hardcover keepsake offers the timeless precepts of one of the most important Greek Stoic philosophers. Epictetus (ca. 50-ca. 130 CE) was born into slavery and had a permanent physical disability. After attaining his freedom, Epictetus spent his career teaching philosophy and advising a daily ...Show more