Lovers of Philosophy by Warren Ward
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Category: Philosophy
Lovers of Philosophy explores the love lives of seven philosophers, and how their most intimate experiences came to shape their ideas. In these pages, the reader learns about the significance of Kant's infatuation, Hegel's premarital liaisons, Nietzsche's heartbreak, Heidegger's hypocrisy, Sartre's prom ...Show more
The Bedside Book of Philosophy by G. Bassham
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Bedside Bks.
The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
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Category: Philosophy
Epicureanism offers the perfect cure for our anxious age. What can it teach us about the art of happiness?What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer- pleasure. All we really want is pleasure.Today we ...Show more
The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy
The will to power is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to be the main driving force in humans - achievement, ambition, and the striving to reach the highest possible position in life. These are all manifestations of ...Show more
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
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Category: Philosophy
Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" byThe Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration o ...Show more
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel & Daisetz T. Suzuki (intro.)
32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Vintage Spiritual Classics Ser.
The book sets forth theories about motor learning and control that provide lessons for learning any sport or physical activity. For example, a central idea in the book is that through years of practice, a physical activity becomes effortless both mentally and physically, as if the body executes complex ...Show more
100 Philosophers: The Wisdom of the World's Great Thinkers by Lesley Levene
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Category: Philosophy
A definitive treasury of philosophers from around the world, from ancient times to the modern day. A must-read for anyone wanting answers to the most important questions, from those that have dared to ask them.This essential introduction to world philosophy contains the most noted quotations from 100 ...Show more
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels; Tristram Hunt (Introduction by)
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Category: Philosophy
Engels composed Origin, published in 1884, from notes he and Marx had made from their reading of the anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan's Ancient Society, or Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery Through Barbarism to Civilization (1877). Regarding Morgan, Engels says, "in his own way he ...Show more
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes
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Category: Philosophy
We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. Socrates lived and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civi ...Show more
Great Ideas: On The Shortness Of Life by Seneca
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Timeless advice on the art of living well, from the celebrated Penguin Great Ideas series The writings of the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into stoicism, morality and the importance of reason, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity ...Show more
Mini Philosophy - A Small Book of Big Ideas by Jonny Thomson
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Category: Philosophy
Why do people enjoy watching scary movies? Should we bet on the existence of God? Why is pleasure better than pain? And when is a duck not a duck?Mini Philosophy is a fascinating journey into what some of the greatest minds of the last 2500 years have to say about the big questions in life, and why they ...Show more
A Philosopher Looks at Sport by Stephen Mumford
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Category: Philosophy | Series: A\Philosopher Looks At Ser.
Why is sport so important among participants and spectators when its goals seem so pointless? Stephen Mumford's book introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, and argues that sports activities reflect diverse human experiences - including important values that we continue t ...Show more