Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan Sacks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In today's world of cultural climate change, argues Jonathan Sacks, we have outsourced morality to the markets on the one hand, and to government on the other. If the market rewards it, it must be OK - unless the law says not to. Yet while the markets have brought wealth to many and the state has done m ...Show more
Affairs by The School The School of Life
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Love Ser.
Our societies are remarkably confident on the matter: Affairs are terrible things and only fools, monsters and knaves would ever be involved in them. Those who are their victims deserve unending sympathy and access to a good lawyer. This stance may be clear, but it is not especially helpful or productiv ...Show more
Can We Be Happier?: The Ethics and Evidence for Better Lives by Richard Layard
$45.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Pelican Bks.
Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience. This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all round happines ...Show more
Living in a Mindful Universe by Eben Alexander III; Karen Newell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What is the relationship between the mind and the brain? In Living in a Mindful Universe, Dr Eben Alexander, author of the international phenomenon Proof of Heaven, shares the next phase of his journey to understand the true nature of consciousness and how to cultivate a state of harmony with the unive ...Show more
A Political Philosophy - Arguments for Conservatism by Roger Scruton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Roger Scruton's classic work on conservatism, reissued for a new political moment. Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. In the book his arguments are recommendations with the aim of convincing the reader that rumors of th ...Show more
Cecil Beaton's Bright Young Things by Robin Muir (Text by); Cecil Beaton (By (photographer))
$70.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The stylish and extravagant world of the "Bright Young Things" of 1920s and '30s London, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton In 1920s and '30s Britain, Cecil Beaton used his camera and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with that flamboyant and rebellious group o ...Show more
Socrates in Love - The Making of a Philosopher by Armand D'Angour
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophersSocrates- the philosopher whose questioning gave birth to the ideas of Western thought, and whose execution marked the end of the Athenian Gol ...Show more
Stories We Tell Ourselves - Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe by Richard Holloway
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
An examination of how we make sense of the world, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on ru ...Show more
The Godless Gospel - Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.
Be Water, My Friend: The True Teachings of Bruce Lee by Shannon Lee
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Bruce Lee's daughter illuminates her father's most powerful life philosophies, and how we can apply his teachings to our daily lives 'Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water' Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, world renowned for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosoph ...Show more
Reflections on the Guillotine by Albert Camus
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out' Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' ...Show more