The Nature of Things by Lucretius
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The acclaimed new translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death ...Show more
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith
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Category: Philosophy
" These essays] reflect a lively, unselfconscious, rigorous, erudite, and earnestly open mind that's busy refining its view of life, literature, and a great deal in between." --Los Angeles Times Split into five sections--Reading, Being, Seeing, Feeling, and Remembering--Changing My Mind finds Zadie Sm ...Show more
The Selected Works of Edward Said - 1966-2006 by Edward Said; Moustafa Bayoumi (Editor); Assistant Professor of English Andrew Rubin (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A definitive volume expanded and updated to do justice to the four decade career of one of the most important cultural and intellectual thinkers of the 21st century. The renowned literary and cultural critic and political thinker Edward Said was one of our era's most provocative and important thinkers. ...Show more
The Quiet Before: On the unexpected origins of radical ideas by Gal Beckerman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker 'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social change. This one does.' Walter Isaacson Why do som ...Show more
The Journey: Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon, follow the two friends as they continue on their journey together . . . Big Panda and Tiny Dragon have inspired readers across the world with their message of kindness, hope and resilience. Join the two friends as they continue their ...Show more
Traditionalism - The Radical Project for Restoring Sacred Order by Mark Sedgwick
$55.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Pelican Bks.
The definitive guide to Traditionalism: the world's least-known major philosophy, but one that is essential for understanding our past, present and futureTraditionalism is founded on ancient teachings that, its followers argue, have been handed down from time immemorial, forming a basis of the sacred or ...Show more
The Art of War: Popular Penguins by Sun Tzu
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins
Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also rel ...Show more
On Listening: Penguin Special by Martin Flanagan
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Specials
'If you're quiet enough, quiet as a tree, people will camp beneath your branches and tell you stories you would never otherwise hear.' Martin Flanagan shares how listening has been an essential part of his life from when he started hitch-hiking at fourteen through to writing a book about Aboriginal foot ...Show more
God is Good for You: A defence of Christianity in troubled times by Greg Sheridan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The Judeo-Christian tradition has created and underpinned the moral and legal fabric of Western civilisation for more than 2000 years, yet now we've reached a point in both Australia and many parts of the West where Christianity has become a minority faith rather than the mainstream belief. It's a situa ...Show more
The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Untimely Meditations
Byung-Chul Han is one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe today, a member of the new generation of German thinkers that includes Markus Gabriel and Armen Avanessian. In The Agony of Eros, a bestseller in Germany, Han considers the threat to love and desire in today's society. For Han, love re ...Show more
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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Category: Philosophy
The God Delusioncaused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types. His argument could hardly be more topical. While E ...Show more
How to Be a Farmer: A Work of Many Hands by Usher M. D.
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living--ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agriculture Whether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted ...Show more