Violence (Big Ideas) by Slavoj Zizek
24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Big Ideas
Zizek argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers like Marx, Engel and Lacan, as well as frequent references to popular culture, he examines the real causes of violent outbrea ...Show more
The Cat Who Taught Zen: The beautifully illustrated new tale from the bestselling author of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury
35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a beautifully illustrated exploration of life and Zen, an adult fable of an old cat's journey to find infinite wisdom and the lessons he shares with others along the way. In a distant city, an old cat consid ...Show more
When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro
44.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on ...Show more
How to Grow Old - Ancient Wisdom for ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Introduction by, Translator)
29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all-and why you might ...Show more
The Little Book of Philosophy by DK
19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Learn everything you need to know about the world of philosophy- from the key thinkers to modern concepts in a brand new portable size.To the complete novice learning about philosophy can be daunting - The Little Book of Philosophy changes all that. With the use of powerful and easy-to-follow images, fa ...Show more
What Kind of Creatures are We? by Noam Chomsky
24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy Ser.
Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection on al ...Show more
The Philosophy Book: From the Vedas to the New Atheists, 250 Milestones in the History of Philosophy by Gregory Bassham
44.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Sterling Milestones
Philosophy explores the deepest, most fundamental questions of reality. This accessible and entertaining chronology presents 250 of the most important theories, events and seminal publications in the field. Brief, engaging and beautifully illustrated entries cover a range of topics and cultures, from th ...Show more
Confucius from the Heart by Yu Dan
19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Simply written, and with a view to taking the wisdom of Confucius out of the hands of the academics and the philosophers and making it accessible to the general reader, Confucius From the Heart gives us a contemporary Confucius, one who can teach us how to attain spiritual happiness, adjust our daily ro ...Show more
How to Control the Uncontrollable - 10 Game Changing Ideas to Help You Think Like a Stoic and Build a Resilient Life by Ben Aldridge
14.99 AUD
29.99 (50% off)
Category: Philosophy
A practical exploration of how we can use the principals of Stoicism as a modern day 'operating system' to help enhance mental resilience to enable us to better cope with life's ups and downs.
Why I Am so Clever : Little Black Classic by Friedrich Nietzsche
7.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics 102
Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether? Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series ...Show more
Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead by Hayley Singer
29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Abandon Every Hope mournfully investigates the literatures of the slaughterhouse and a world motivated by profitable death, to ultimately ask- where does this horror begin and how can it end?;Can anyone smell the suffering of souls? Of sadness, of hell on earth? Hell, I imagine, has a smell that bloats ...Show more
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ... A Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year ... 'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry ... 'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford ...Show more