How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life by Epictetus
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How ...Show more
The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death & Faith by Sarah Krasnostein
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
This book is about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge. From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes an exploration of the power of belief. Weaving together the stories of six extraordinary ordinary people, The Believer looks at the stories we tell ourselves ...Show more
On Truth and Untruth - Selected Writings by Friedrich Nietzsche
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A part of Harper Perennial's special "Resistance Library" highlighting classic works that illuminate the "Age of Trump" reissued for a time of "fake news" and "alternative facts" comes a striking reissue of Friedrich Nietzsche's classic collection of writings on truth, more relevant now than ever as we ...Show more
A Philosophical Investigation by Philip Kerr
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
London, 2013, and the city is battling an epidemic of serial killings - even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the 'punitive coma'. Detective Isadora 'Jake' Jacowicz is hunting a murderer, code-named 'Wittgenstein,' who has taken it upon himself to eliminate anyone ...Show more
Occasional Philosophical Writings by Jean-Paul Sartre
$20.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\French List Ser.
Four essays by the French master addressing other philosophers and their work. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has remained relevant and thought-provoking through th ...Show more
How to Win An Argument - Ancient Gde ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; James A. May
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser. | Reading Level: very good
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct-and often failing as a result-we'd win more arguments if we learned th ...Show more
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: trans Jennifer Croft | Reading Level: very good
A visionary work of fiction by "A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald" (Annie Proulx) "A magnificent writer." --Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning author of Secondhand Time "A beautifully fragmented look at man's longing for permanence.... Ambitious and complex." --Washington Post From the incompa ...Show more
The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In his previous books, Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain and mind through the lens of case histories of individuals with neurological disorders. Recently, however, he had been reflecting on his experiences with such patients in the context of a lifetime of medical practice, and in light ...Show more
Dangerous Illusions - How Religion Deprives Us of Happiness by Vitaly Malkin
$62.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Based on 10 years of dedicated research, Dangerous Illusions is a battle cry for the human race to throw off religion in favour of logic and reason.In this committed and passionate book, author Vitaly Malkin - a philanthropist, business man and investor - argues for a radical shift in humanity's thinkin ...Show more
Hoodie Economics: Changing Our Systems to Value What Matters by Jack Manning Bancroft
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In Hoodie Economics, Jack Manning Bancroft builds a values system revolution that centres a relational economy, offering urgent and transformative solutions to embrace Indigenous thinking and ideas from outside the margins and pushing the focus from capitalism to relationships - from the people in suits ...Show more