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What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought
Paperback,
17/08/2015,
£18.99
£17.09
*A concise introduction to Fanon's thought that contextualises it within the world of philosophy.
Walden
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£6.99
£6.29
In 1845, the author went to live in the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. In this book, he documents his passion for the landscape and wildlife of Walden Pond, and his philosophical and political motivations for rejecting the materialism.
Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Our Visions of the Afterlife
Hardback,
01/06/2016,
£20.99
£18.89
Near-Death Experiences gives an account of the profound meaning and striking transformative effects that near-death experiences engender. They argue that the integrity of scientific inquiry is compatible with genuine understanding of the significance of human spirituality.
Carpe Diem Regained: The Vanishing Art of Seizing the Day
Hardback,
06/04/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
Invites us to confront our mortality and live with passion, consciousness and intention - a life with no regrets. This book unveils ways of seizing the day that humankind has discovered over the centuries, ones that we need to revive, from the personal to the political. It explores the lives of seize-the-day pioneers including nightclub dancers.
End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Paperback,
06/02/2006,
£9.99
£8.99
Beautifully written, accessible and provocative, THE END OF FAITH is an impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith.
Dignity: A History
Paperback,
03/07/2017,
£32.99
£29.69
In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to human dignity. Dignity refers to the fundamental moral worth or status supposedly belonging to all persons equally. But this is relatively new. In this volume, leading scholars across a range of disciplines attempt to clarify the variegated and murky history of "dignity," and explain how it arrived it is current and historically unusual
meaning.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Written in 1887, when Nietzsche was at the height of his powers as a philosopher and writer, On the Genealogy of Morality criticizes the idea that there is just one acceptable moral code.
John Stuart Mill's On Liberty
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
One of the most significant works of political philosophy, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1859) defines and defends individual liberty, a cornerstone of classical liberal thinking.
Rene Descartes' Meditations
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Rene Descartes posed questions about the nature of knowledge and the nature of being that philosophers still debate today. In Meditations, Descartes expands on his most famous pronouncement, "I think, therefore I am," which first appeared in an earlier text.
Soren Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Considered the father of the philosophical movement known as Christian existentialism, which focuses on the living human being, Kierkegaard takes readers on a journey from the human self, its spirit, despair and sin, through to faith in this major 1849 work.
Plato's Symposium
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
More than 2,500 years after it was written, Symposium remains a key text for philosophers, historians, writers, artists and politicians. Plato imagines seven important historical figures, including the philosopher Socrates, debating eros (human love and desire).
Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
In Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein presents a radical approach to the philosophy of language and the mind, setting out a startlingly fresh conception of philosophy itself. Wittgenstein begins from the insight that most philosophical problems trace back to incorrect assumptions about the nature of language.
Alasdair Macintyre's After Virtue
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
One of the most vital and controversial works in twentieth-century world moral philosophy, After Virtue (1981) examines how we think about, talk about, and act out our moral views in the modern world.
Plato's The Republic
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
What is justice? How should an individual and a society behave justly? And how do they learn how to do so? These are just some of the core questions explored in The Republic, considered by many to be Plato's most important work.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Paperback,
04/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Aristotle, a student of Plato, wrote Nicomachean Ethics in 350 BCE, in a time of extraordinary intellectual development. Over two millennia later, his thorough exploration of virtue, reason, and the ultimate human good still forms the basis of the values at the heart of Western civilization.
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Most likely written between 170 and 180, Meditations is a remarkable work, a unique insight into one of the most conscientious and able Roman emperors, Marcus Aurelius, who ruled at the apex of the empire's power.
Immanuel Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£6.50
£5.85
Do we need religion to be good people? When Immanuel Kant tackled this question in 1793, he produced a book that remains a key text in the shaping of Western religious thought.
Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge
Paperback,
01/12/2008,
£19.99
£17.99
Karl Popper described Die Beiden Grundrpobleme der Erkenntnistheorie - The Two Fundamental Problems of Knowledge - as " above all about... the crisis of physics. It asserts the permanence of crisis; if it is right, then crisis is the normal state of a highly developed rational science." Finally available in English for the first time, it is a major contribution to Twentieth century philosophy.
Friendship
Paperback,
01/07/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? The author tracks historical ideas of friendship, gathers a diversity of friendship stories from the annals of myth and literature, and provides unexpected insights into our friends, ourselves, and the role of friendships in an ethical life.
Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights that Made the Modern West
Paperback,
24/04/2014,
£19.99
£17.99
Empathy: Why It Matters, And How To Get It
Paperback,
04/06/2015,
£12.99
£11.69
Argues that our brains are wired for social connection: empathy is at the heart of who we are. Through encounters with actors, activists, designers, undercover journalists, bankers and neuroscientists, the author sets out the six life-enhancing habits of highly empathic people, whose skills enable them to connect with others in extraordinary ways.
Wonderbox: Curious histories of how to live
Paperback,
01/11/2012,
£8.99
£8.09
Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past, the author explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and reveals the wisdom that we've been missing. It stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton and Theodore Zeldin, is 'practical history' - using the past to think about our day to day lives.
Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy
Paperback,
15/11/2000,
£28.95
£26.06
A collection of the lectures on moral philosophy given by John Rawls over three decades of teaching at Harvard. This book looks at thinkers such as Leibniz, Hume and Kant, in their struggle to define the role of a moral conception in human life.
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
Paperback,
01/09/2008,
£24.95
£22.46
Offers readers an account of the liberal political tradition from a scholar viewed by many as the greatest contemporary exponent of the philosophy behind that tradition.
Philosophy of Mind: A Beginner's Guide
Paperback,
01/03/2005,
£34.99
£31.49
Philosophy of Mind: A Beginner's Guide is an introduction to the philosophy of mind. Specifically aimed at students with no background knowledge of the subject, Ravenscroft brings together the basic concepts and major theories of the subject.
Protagoras
Paperback,
25/06/2009,
£6.99
£6.29
In this dialogue Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. The dialogue broadens out to consider the nature of the good life and the role of intellect and pleasure.
Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Hardback,
07/06/2017,
£20.99
£18.89
Are our lives meaningless? Is death bad? Would immortality be better? Alternatively, should we hasten our deaths by acts of suicide? Many people are tempted to offer comforting optimistic answers to these big questions. The Human Predicament offers a less sanguine assessment, and defends a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism.
Ethics at 3:AM: Questions and Answers on How to Live Well
Hardback,
03/07/2017,
£24.49
£22.04
3AM magazine follows up their 2014 publication Philosophy at 3AM: Questions and Answers with a new collection interviews, this time focused on ethics. Interviewer Richard Marhsall presents 26 interviews, balanced both in terms of specialty, gender, and seniority, so that the result is a balanced and engaging portrait of the state of the art in ethics today.
When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible
Hardback,
03/07/2017,
£18.49
£16.64
In this accessible yet throught-provoking work, Lisa Tessman takes us through gripping examples of the impossible demands of morality - some epic, and others quotidian - whose central predicament is: How do we make decisions when morality demands we do something that we cannot?
Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World
Hardback,
18/09/2017,
£23.95
£21.56
During a 3-year 8-nation journey, Michael Ignatieff found that while human rights is the language of states and liberal elites, the moral language that resonates with most people is that of everyday virtues: tolerance, forgiveness, trust, and resilience. These ordinary virtues are the moral system of global cities and obscure shantytowns alike.
Krishnamurti Reader
Paperback,
22/02/1990,
£8.99
£8.09
A selection of writings of the influential spiritual teacher, Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Art of War: The Ancient Classic
Hardback,
23/04/2010,
£9.99
£8.99
The original and bestselling leadership book!
Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read across the world for centuries. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. The Art of War demonstrates how to win without conflict.
Critique of Pure Reason
Paperback,
28/02/1999,
£37.99
£34.19
The most accurate and informative English translation ever produced of this epochal philosophical text.
Art of War
Paperback,
20/05/2005,
£12.00
£10.80
To help readers better appreciate Art of War, Lynch provides an insightful introduction and a substantial interpretive essay discussing the military, political, and philosophical aspects of the work, in addition to maps, an index of names, and a glossary.
News from Somewhere: On Settling
7,
15/05/2005,
£13.99
£9.79
News from Somewhere tells the story of a philosopher's attempt to settle in rural Wiltshire.
On Liberty and the Subjection of Women
Paperback,
31/08/2006,
£6.99
£6.29
Presents two works by the political and social radical English-speaking philosopher. One is regarded as a sacred text of liberalism. The other stresses the importance of equality for the sexes. These works provide a testimony to the hopes and anxieties of mid-Victorian England, and offer a consideration of what it truly means to be free.
Autobiography
Paperback,
23/11/1989,
£11.99
£10.79
An autobiography of John Stuart Mill (1806-73). This title describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism, and the later development of his own radical beliefs.
Liberty: Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
Paperback,
07/03/2002,
£32.99
£29.69
An edition of Isaiah Berlin's classic of liberalism, "Four Essays on Liberty", this book incorporates a fifth essay, and adds further pieces on the same topic, so that Berlin's principal statements on liberty are available together. This book throws biographical light on Berlin's preoccupation with liberty in appendices drawn from his writings.
The Agony of Eros
Paperback,
07/04/2017,
£10.99
£9.89
An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other.
Scent of Time: A Philosophical Essay on the Art of Lingering
Paperback,
01/09/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time.
Carpe Diem Regained: The Vanishing Art of Seizing the Day
Paperback,
25/01/2018,
£8.99
£8.09
Existentialism is backCarpe diem - `seize the day' - is one of the oldest pieces of life advice in Western history. In Carpe Diem Regained, Roman Krznaric reinvents existentialism for our age of information and choice overload.
Utilitarianism and Other Essays
Paperback,
26/03/1987,
£9.99
£8.99
Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy.
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