Philosophy

'A truly awe-inspiring piece of writing' David Robson, author of The Intelligence TrapIn recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio...

A teacher to Jacques Lacan, Andre Breton, and Albert Camus, Kojeve defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, "The Concrete Paintings of...

'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review_________________________________________________________________________________________We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and self-assurance, and even their insistence that they are...

Author: Henry Maas (translated by), Lucien GoldmannBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Limited, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophical underpinnings of the Enlightenment,...

Author: John LlewelynBinding: SoftbackPublished: Macmillan, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the intricate relationship between language, meaning, and presence in the works of Jacques Derrida....

Author: Roland Barthes, R. HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977, First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers an insightful exploration of the works and ideas of...

Author: John SallisBinding: HardbackPublished: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophical implications of Jacques Derrida's work, providing insights...

Author: A. J. AyerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Macmillan, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the nature of empirical knowledge and its foundations, delving into the philosophical implications...

Author: Richard BachBinding: HardbackPublished: Turnstone P, 1972, First British EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsJonathan Livingston Seagull is a novella about a seagull who is bored with...

Author: Niccolo Machiavelli; translated by W K Marriott and introduced by Herbert Butterfield. Binding: HardbackPublished: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe...

Author: Richard T. WallisBinding: HardbackPublished: Duckworth, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of Neoplatonism, a philosophical system that emerged in the 3rd...

Author: Kai NielsenBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan/St Martin's Press, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores various aspects of skepticism in the context of religious philosophy. Kai Nielsen...

Author: Copleston, Frederick C.Binding: HardbackPublished: Search Press/Barnes and Noble, 1975, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and philosophical contributions of Friedrich...

Author: Robert DessaixBinding: HardbackPublished: Knopf Penguin, 2017Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'The Pleasures of Leisure', Robert Dessaix explores the concept of leisure in contemporary life, reflecting...

Author: Friedrich NietzscheBinding: HardbackPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBeyond Good and Evil is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes...

Author: PlatoBinding: HardbackPublished: Barnes & Noble Inc, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection features Plato's most influential dialogues, including 'The Republic,' which explores justice, the...

Author: Various AuthorsBinding: HardbackPublished: Calvinistic Congress Committee, 1938Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book contains the proceedings from the Calvinistic Congress held in Edinburgh in 1938, featuring...

Author: Susan A. GreenfieldBinding: SoftbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997, FIRST UK EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an accessible overview of the human brain's...

Author: William H. CalvinBinding: SoftbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997, FIRST UK EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'How Brains Think', William H. Calvin explores the intricate...

Author: Hazrat Inayat KhanBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie and Jenkins, 1973, Second Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume is part of a series that explores...

Author: Various AuthorsBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Hume Society, April 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume of Hume Studies features a collection of scholarly articles focused on...

Author: Stuart Sim, Borin Van LoonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Icon Books, Totem Books, 2005Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a clear and accessible introduction to the...

Author: Gregory Cajete, Leroy Little BearBinding: SoftbackPublished: Clear Light Publishers, 2000Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIn 'Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence', Gregory Cajete explores...

Author: Umberto EcoBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1999Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn 'Kant and the Platypus', Umberto Eco explores the nature of reality and the role of interpretation...

Author: Steve JonesBinding: SoftbackPublished: Harper Collins, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the intersection of genetics, spirituality, and human destiny. It delves into how...

The Story of Philosophy sees philosophy for what it is: a passionate, exhilarating quest for human understanding that cannot be reduced to dry categories or simple definitions. It's a story...

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"An elegant little book...perceptive and tender" - Evening Standard Raises one of the deepest and most puzzling questions we can put to ourselves ' What is Love?' Drawing on writers...

For thousands of years, mathematicians have used the timeless art of logic to see the world more clearly. In The Art of Logic, Royal Society Science Book Prize nominee Eugenia...

Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don't understand it? As...

Inspired by E. M. Forster's thought that 'Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him', The Black Mirror takes death as an external viewpoint from which we...

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...

An Illustrated Checklist for How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others So You Can Learn to Love Yourself The million-copy Korean phenomenon on how to find the strength to be...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the...

'His guidance is spot on. Heaven knows, most of us need all the peace we can get' Daily ExpressIncludes a brand new introduction to offer help during a pandemicWhy is...

A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'A real achievement' New Statesman'Beautifully portrays - and exemplifies - the combined wit and profundity, exuberance and rigour, of Oxford analytic philosophy'...

Author: Leo BuscagliaBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles B. Slack, 1972, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerIn 'Love', Leo Buscaglia explores the concept of love in all...

Author: Raymond J NogarBinding: HardbackPublished: Herder and Herder, 1966, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThe Lord Of The Absurd by Raymond J Nogar is...

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For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil', and weaving them into our cities, laws...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the...

A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species.What makes us human? From Carlo Rovelli on the particles of dust that make us,...

You didn't choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditions-this delicate and difficult life. Yet when you consider that your existence is fleeting, an inspired sense of...

A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'A real achievement' New Statesman'Beautifully portrays - and exemplifies - the combined wit and profundity, exuberance and rigour, of Oxford analytic philosophy'...

Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don't understand it? As...

A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as a species.What makes us human? From Carlo Rovelli on the particles of dust that make us,...

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...