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
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
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
Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James
$27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What does it mean for someone to be an a**hole? Try as we might to avoid them, a**holes are found everywhere at work, at home, on the road, and in the public sphere. A**hole management begins with a**hole understanding. In the spirit of the bestselling 'On Bullshit' James gives us the concepts to think ...Show more
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
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
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
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
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
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling
$40.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
From the eminent philosopher, an answer to the big question- how should I live my life? How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for? In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great questions, A. C. Grayling explores ...Show more
Animal Liberation Now by Peter Singer
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The definitive case for radically rethinking humanity's relationship with other animals - for the good of us all. 'The book that had the most impact on me' JANE GOODALL 'Probably the single most influential document in the history of ... animal welfare' GUARDIAN In 1975, Animal Liberation started a g ...Show more
The Prophet by GIBRAN, KAHLIL
$19.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The original self-help book- bestselling The Prophet takes the reader on an unparalleled spiritual and philosophical journeyThe time has come for the revered Prophet to leave Orphalese. Before he departs, people gather around him and ask him to speak his wisdom. Divided into twenty-eight chapters coveri ...Show more