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Duty or Pleasure? This was the legendary choice which faced Hercules and which pre-eminent philosopher A.C Grayling uses as the starting point of this masterful book.He shows us how much...

The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on...

Have you ever sat and watched a plant? The very idea itself might seem strange. We like to watch things that move, that do something. But in fact, plants are...

How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives...

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER READ OF 2024'Enthralling and packed with insights.' - BILL BRYSON'A must-read.' - STEPHEN FRY'Spectacular. Changed my perspective on the whole living world.' - CHRIS VAN...

As featured in THE EDGE OF ALL WE KNOW - the new Netflix documentary about Black HolesFor readers of Stephen Hawking, a fascinating account of the universe from the perspective...

Author: Tzvetan TodorovBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the relationship between symbolism and interpretation, providing insights into how symbols...

Author: WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig ed. G.E.M. Anscombe, G.H. von Wright, trans. AnscombeBinding: HardbackPublished: Basil Blackwell, 1967, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerText in German and...

Author: Douglas R. HofstadterBinding: HardbackPublished: Basic Books, 1985Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsMetamagical Themas is an eclectic collection of articles that Douglas Hofstadter wrote for...

Author: Winwood ReadeBinding: HardbackPublished: Watts and Co, 1924Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Martyrdom of Man is a philosophical work by Winwood Reade that explores the evolution...

Author: Oliver GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1969Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book is a collection of letters written by a Chinese philosopher living...

Author: Owen BarfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1963, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWorlds Apart: A Dialogue of the 1960's is a fictional conversation among eight...

Author: St George MivartBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1876, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the relationship between natural phenomena and their implications...

Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein; edited by G.H. von Wright, R. Rhees, G.E.M. Anscombe ; translated by G.E.M. AnscombeBinding: HardbackPublished: Basil Blackwell, 1956, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No...

Author: Sir Karl PopperBinding: SoftbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsIn 'Poverty of Historicism', Sir Karl Popper critiques the historicist approach to...

Author: Karl R. PopperBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1959, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery', Karl R. Popper presents his philosophy of science,...

Author: J. KrishnamurtiBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1977Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Truth and Actuality', J. Krishnamurti explores the relationship between truth and the reality of human...

Author: J. J. Platt; R. J. WicksBinding: HardbackPublished: Grune & Stratton, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides insights into the role of psychological...

Author: Ernst Cassirer; Paul Oskar Kristeller; John Herman RandallBinding: SoftbackPublished: Phoenix Books, 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the philosophical ideas that emerged during the...

Author: Arthur WaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 1974, Sixth Impression Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophical traditions of ancient China, highlighting three distinct ways...

Author: Neal C. GillespieBinding: SoftbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the relationship between Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and the...

Author: Sogyal Rinpoche; Edited by Patrick Gaffney and Andrew Harvey.Binding: SoftbackPublished: Rupa & Co, India , 1994, Seventh Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis profound and...

Author: Peter SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Distributed by Random House, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn 'Animal Liberation,' Peter Singer challenges the traditional views on the treatment of...

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An insightful guide on how to use the ancient wisdom of the I Ching for guidance through the trials of modern life The I Ching is one of the oldest...

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature contains 23 newly commissioned essays by major philosophers and literary scholars that investigate literature as a form of attention to human life. Various...

This bibliography documents John Locke's works published from 1654 through 1800. It includes the publishing history of all known editions and translations, as well as material published in journals, and...

'Beautiful, moving, profoundly imaginative in itself - this book is as entertaining as it is relevant and practical' ALAIN DE BOTTON'Anyone who has an imagination - that is, everyone -...

The holy grail of psychologists and scientists for nearly a century has been to understand and replicate both human thought and the human mind. In fact, it's what attracted the...

Wolves abound through cultural folklore and through literature - vilified and venerated in equal measure. In Wolfish, Erica Berry examines these depictions, alongside her own research of the wolf for...

'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and...

A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what life's throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. 'your inclusive AF feminist book club' Through...

This volume is a critical analysis of Adorno's work, framed by several essential concerns: his method of analysis; the absences of a theory of social change; his approach to the...

Gregg Lambert demonstrates that since the publication of Proust and Signs in 1964 Gilles Deleuze's search for a new means of philosophical expression became a central theme of all of...

The nineteenth century witnessed the growth of anarchist literature, which advocated a society based on voluntary cooperation without government authority. Although his classical writings on mutual aid and the philosophy...

Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy, whose contributions to logic, philosophical semantics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics set the agenda for future...

A publishing event - the history and evolution of Antonio Negri's philosophical and political thought. A leading Marxist political philosopher and intellectual firebrand, Antonio Negri has inspired anti-empire movements around...

Alex Oliver and Timothy Smiley provide a natural point of entry to what for most readers will be a new subject. Plural logic deals with plural terms, plural predicates, and...

A powerful treatise that demonstrates the existence of altruism in nature, with surprising implications for human society Does altruism exist? Or is human nature entirely selfish? In this eloquent and...

Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments). The...

In The Notion of Authority, written in the 1940s in Nazi-occupied France, Alexandre Kojeve uncovers the conceptual premises of four primary models of authority, examining the practical application of their...

In this book, Clare Connors sets out to answer the question: What is the pervasive character of the world?, tracing a genealogy of the idea of force through the writings...

How may progressive political theorists advance the Enlightenment after Darwin shifted the conversation about human nature in the 19th century, the Holocaust displayed barbarity at the historical center of the...

Ancient Athenians resemble modern Americans in their moral discomfort with empire. Athenians had power and used it ruthlessly, but the infliction of suffering did not mesh well with their civic...

From the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling elan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of...

Pithy, direct, and bold- essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.In Philosophical Provocations, Colin McGinn offers a series of short, sharp...

A sweeping reconstruction of human consciousness and its breakdown, from the Stone Age through modern technology Why has humankind developed so differently from other animals? How and why did language,...

Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri was a fourteenth-century Egyptian polymath and the author of one of the greatest encyclopedias of the medieval Islamic world--a thirty-one-volume work entitled The Ultimate Ambition in the...