On the Shoulders of Giants by Umberto Eco
$75.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco's perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompani ...Show more
Religion for Atheists - A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain de Botton
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false - and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. Rat ...Show more
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupré
$24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
Questions of ethics - about how we should act, our responsibilities to one another, the difference between right and wrong - have long been debated by philosophers the world over and form the foundations of government, culture and religion. Here, in concise, easy-to-read chapters, Ben Dupr#65533; explai ...Show more
Philosophy Bites: 25 Philosphers on 25 Intriguing Subjects by David Edmonds
$20.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy Bites is a selection of the best interviews from the hugely successful podcast of the same name. Leading philosophers discuss a wide range of philosophical issues, from ethics to aesthetics to metaphysics, in a lively, informal, personal way. Time, infinity, evil, friendship, animals, wine, s ...Show more
Story of Philosophy: A History of Western Thought by James Garvey
$24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
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 with plot twists, a murder, accidental discoveries, disastrous love affairs, geniuses, idiots, monks, and vagabond ...Show more
Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries by Satyan Devadoss; Matt Harvey
$48.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown. Most people think of mathematics as a set of useful tools designed to answer analytical questions, beginning with simple arithmetic and ending with ...Show more
Would You Eat Your Cat?: Key Ethical Conundrums, and What They Tell You About Yourself by Jeremy Stangroom
$24.99 NZD
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
How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist.In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option- until we become part of the solution, we can only be part ...Show more
Nasty, Brutish & Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids by Scott Hershovitz
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
An NPR Best Book of 2022 * One of Christian Science Monitor's 10 best books of May "This amazing new book . . . takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like 'What do we have the right to do? When is it okay to do this or that?' They explore punishment and a ...Show more
On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times by Michael Ignatieff
$37.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes - war, famine, pandemic - we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, ...Show more
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton, The School of Life
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good-very good
What does it mean to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century? And how should we go about doing it? These are the most important questions to ask ourselves and the ones we most often avoid dealing with. This insightful, witty and generous book reveals one simple answer to the question of a good ...Show more
The Stoic Mindset: 10 Ancient Lessons for Modern Life by Mark Tuitert
$40.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Olympian Mark Tuitert unpacks the wisdom of Stoicism, providing ten powerful lessons for a more fulfilling and balanced life During the 2010 Olympic speed skating final, Mark Tuitert wasn't thinking about winning, but about Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus and Zeno - philosophers belonging to an ancie ...Show more