30-Second Philosophies by Barry Loewer
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Category: Philosophy | Series: 30-Second
A fascinating guide to the main ideas and influential thinkers in the world of philosophy.
On Equilibrium by John Ralston Saul
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
In 'On Equlibrium', John Ralston Saul explains how our different qualities give us the intelligence, self-confidence and practical ability to think and act as responsible individuals. In this book he treats a number of fundamental questions about the human condition, such as 'What are ethics?' and 'What ...Show more
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society. In this landmark work, he propounds his theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as distinct and wholly separate states - the first, an experience inspire ...Show more
Think Least of Death - Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die by Steven Nadler
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life's big questions In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community for "abominable heresies" and "monstrous deeds," the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his family's impo ...Show more
Your Chinese Horoscope: What the Year of the Horse Holds in Store for You: 2014 by Neil Somerville
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Category: Philosophy
The year 2014 is the Chinese Year of the Horse - what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead - a lively fast-paced year favouring ideas, innovation and personal growth. The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates th ...Show more
Would You Eat Your Cat?: Key Ethical Conundrums, and What They Tell You About Yourself by Jeremy Stangroom
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Category: Philosophy
Are you an authoritarian or a libertarian? Are we morally obliged to end the world? And just what's wrong with eating your cat? Would You Eat Your Cat? challenges you to examine these, and many other questions. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is guaranteed to challeng ...Show more
The Essential Chomsky by Noam Chomsky
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Category: Philosophy
In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist and critic, and author of the bestselling Who Rules the World 'The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know' Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and ...Show more
Cinema I - The Movement-Image by Gilles Deleuze
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations | Reading Level: very good
Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy, well known for his works on the philosophy of art and for his master-works, Difference and Repetition and - with Felix Guattari - A Thousand Plateaus and Anti-Oedipus. Cinema I is the first volume of Deleuze's revolu ...Show more
Gardens: An essay on the human condition by Robert Pogue Harrison
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Category: Philosophy
Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. With "Gardens", Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. Moving from the gardens of anc ...Show more
Walking Away: Further Travels with a Troubadour on the South West Coast Path by Simon Armitage
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Category: Philosophy
Not content with walking the Pennine Way as a modern day troubadour, an experience recounted in his bestseller and prize-wining Walking Home, the restless poet has followed up that journey with a walk of the same distance but through the very opposite terrain and direction far from home. In Walking Awa ...Show more
Why Grow Up? by Susan Neiman
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Category: Philosophy
In Why Grow Up, the latest volume in the Philosophy in Transit series, world-renowned philosopher Susan Neiman looks at growing up as an ideal with urgent relevance today. Becoming an adult today can seem a grim prospect. As you grow up, you are told to renounce most of the hopes and dreams of your yout ...Show more
The Reason of Things - Living with Philosophy by A.C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The most important question we can ask ourselves is: what kind of life is the best? This is the same as asking: how does one give meaning to one's life? How can one justify one's existence and make it worthwhile? How does one make experience valuable, and keep growing and learning in the process - and t ...Show more