How to Be An Existentialist (10thAnniv) by Gary Cox
$31.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The 10th anniversary edition of a witty classic about the philosophy of existentialism. It is also a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism formulated by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and the other great existentialist philosophers. An atta ...Show more
Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age by Daniel Klein
$26.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Travels with Epicurus- A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Ageis a humorous, uplifting meditation on finding the pleasures of old age, by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. When philosopher, jokester and septuagenarian Daniel Klein goe ...Show more
Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
$27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A New York Times bestseller from the unstoppable Stoic sensation Ryan Holiday
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$23.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinati ...Show more
Philosophers Who Changed History by Simon Blackburn
$65.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each philosopher, alongside photographs of their homes and studies, and personal artefacts, Philosophers Who Changed History o ...Show more
Philosophy Bites by David Edmonds
$34.99 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
On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea by Umberto Eco
$59.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
On Beauty is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times. In terms of form and style, On Beauty has been conceived for a vast and diverse readership. Pa ...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
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
Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt
$67.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, "Thinking the Twentieth Century "maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age on to a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. The twentieth century comes to life as an age of ideas--a time when, for good and for ...Show more
How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton
$24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The School of Life | Reading Level: very good
In this rigorous and supremely honest book Alain de Botton helps us navigate the intimate and exciting yet often confusing and difficult experience that is sex. Few of us tend to feel we're entirely normal when it comes to sex, and what we're supposed to be feeling rarely matches up with the reality. Th ...Show more