How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
Philosophers: Their Lives and Works by DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this book bringstogether more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers.Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, the biographiestrace the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired the g ...Show more
Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
In Status Anxiety, bestselling author Alain de Botton sets out to understand our universal fear of failure - and how we might change. We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassme ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. B ...Show more
Aristotle: Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher by John Sellars
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world? What are his key ideas? What can he still teach us today? There is in Athens a rather plain ruin; a simple courtyard lined with fragments of wall. Yet, this little patch of land has a claim to be the most significant place in human history ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The "Consolations of Philosophy" is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life. It is the inspiration for the TV series "Philsophy: A Guide to Happiness. Alain de Botton, bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life", has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosoph ...Show more
The Prophet and Other Tales (Word Cloud Classics) by Kahlil Gibran
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Word Cloud Classics Ser.
A classical work of philosophy that has inspired readers around the world for generations. Upon its initial publication in 1923, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet garnered little acclaim, but it became a critical success in the 1930s and again in the 1960s when it inspired a generation of readers with its ...Show more
I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good
Douglas Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Godel, Escher Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity.
The Great Philosophers: Socrates by Anthony Gottlieb
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.'So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of its founding father. Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His word ...Show more
The Prophet: Annotated Edition with illustrations by Kahlil Gibran
$11.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Evergreens Ser.
"Work is love made visible." - Khalil Gibran Filled with wisdom, written in simple, poetic language, The Prophet is a book for all ages, which remains amazingly relevant to our times. After living in the city of Orphalese for 12 years, a prophet is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He i ...Show more
House of Islam: A Global History by Ed Husain
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'A powerful corrective' Guardian 'This should be compulsory reading' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and the Islamic world, this is an important book' The Times The gulf between Islam and the West is widening. A faith rich with stro ...Show more
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All by Friedrich Nietzsche
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
This revelatory new translation by strips Thus Spoke Zarathustra down to its foundations in Gothic horror, and discovers a much darker book than previously understood. Not content to focus erringly on God is dead, this new translation sings a dithyramb to the earth at the same time as it mercilessly hun ...Show more