Art of War by Sun Tzu
$13.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honorably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, "The Art of War" is ...Show more
The World Philosophy Made: From Plato to the Digital Age by Scott Soames
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new concepts, reinterpreting old truths, and reconceptualizing fundamental questions, philosophy has progressed--and driven human progress--for more than two ...Show more
A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books by Christopher Hitchens
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
An outstanding collection of some of the best pieces that Christopher Hitchens wrote for the London Review of Books. 'Revisiting this selection of diaries and essay-reviews from the London Review of Books is restorative, an extended spa treatment that stretches tired brains and unkinks the usual habitu ...Show more
Metamorphoses by Ovid
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising 11,995 lines, 15 books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.Although me ...Show more
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still be ...Show more
On Failure: How to succeed at defeat (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This is a hopeful, consoling, gentle book about failure. Our societies talk a lot about success, but the reality is that no one gets through life without failing - in small and usually also in large ways. Sometimes our failures are very obvious, at other times, we feel we have to conceal them out of sha ...Show more
Sacred Nature by Karen Armstrong
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
An urgent manifesto and a practical guide on how to change our relationship with nature, by one of the world's leading writers on religion and spirituality 'KAREN ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS' A.N. Wilson In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that if we want to avert environmental catastrophe, i ...Show more
The Essays by Michel Montaigne
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Reflections by the creator of the essay form, display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes. Included are such celebrated works as "On Solitude," "To Philosophize Is to Learn Ho ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.""Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.""Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."Meditations is a series of p ...Show more
Kokoro: An Intimate Portrait of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). [This] word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning, just as we say ...Show more
Apollo Remastered by Andy Saunders
$130.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Discover space as you've never seen it before, with these awe-inspiring, breathtakingly restored images of our first missions to the Moon'The next best thing to being there' Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronautIn a frozen vault in Houston sits the original NASA photographic film of the Apollo missions. For ...Show more
A Philosopher Looks at Communication by Onora O'Neill
$18.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: A\Philosopher Looks At Ser.
Communication is complicated, and so is the ethics of communication. We communicate about innumerable topics, to varied audiences, using a gamut of technologies. The ethics of communication, therefore, has to address a wide range of technical, ethical and epistemic requirements. In this book, Onora O'Ne ...Show more