The Dying Alchemists - Reflections on Existence by Nicholas Bennett; Tina Wilson (Designed by, Artist, Illustrator); Kate McCaffrey (Editor)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'The Dying Alchemists' is a reflection on existence through prose, poetry and art, from our thoughts as conscious creatures on this planet and how it feels to be human, to the way in which the Universe reveals itself through the grand and majestic unfolding we see all around us. Melding science, philoso ...Show more
Civilization and Its Discontents: Popular Penguins by Sigmund Freud
$12.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud's best-known work. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What influences led to the creation of civilization? How did it come to be? What determines its course? In this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought, Freud ...Show more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of ...Show more
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: near fine
Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature, Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, critic, novelist, and dramatist, holds a position of singular eminence in the world of letters. Among readers and critics familiar with the whole of Sartre's work, it is generally recognized that his earliest novel, La ...Show more
A Week At The Airport - A Heathrow Diary by Alain de Botton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
In the summer of 2009, Alain de Botton will be invited by the owners of Heathrow airport to become their first ever Writer in Residence. He will be installed in the middle of Terminal 5 on a raised platform with a laptop connected to screens, enabling passengers to see what he is writing and to come and ...Show more
Ethics by Benedict Spinoza
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy. Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from ...Show more
What Is Existentialism? (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Simone de Beauvoir
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity' How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own des ...Show more
Nasty, Brutish & Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids by Scott Hershovitz
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'Witty and learned ... Hershovitz intertwines parenting and philosophy, recounting his spirited arguments with his kids about infinity, morality, and the existence of God' Jordan Ellenberg, author of ShapeA funny, wise guide to the art of thinking, and why the smallest people have the answers to the big ...Show more
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic by Simon Winchester
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our li ...Show more