Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life (HB) by John Gray
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have pursued the perennial questions of how to be happy, how to be good, how to be loved, and how to live in a world of change and loss. But perhaps we can l ...Show more
The Question Book by Mikael Krogerus
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Tschäppeler and Krogerus Collection
What would be your ideal job if you didn't have to worry about money? Would you like to have more responsibility or less? How far would you go for a promotion? When did you last stand up for what you believe in? What are you afraid of? In this unique handbook to your own life and work, there are no righ ...Show more
The Philosophical Life - Twelve Great Thinkers and the Search for Wisdom from Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good-very good
Before the good life was reduced to a bottle of Prozac, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes a life worth living. In The Philosophical Life, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous ...Show more
I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: good
Douglas Hofstadter's long-awaited return to the themes of Godel, Escher Bach--an original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity.
Against The Double Blackmail by Slavoj Zizek
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How do we respond to the refugee crisis - by opening our doors, or pulling up the drawbridge? Both solutions, argues Slavoj Žižek, offer ideological blackmail, and both are wrong. He proposes that instead we see the crisis as an opportunity: a unique chance for Europe to redefine itself and its future. ...Show more
More Than Happiness Buddhist & Stoic... by Antonia Macaro
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Do you consider yourself stoical? Do a bit of meditation or mindfulness practice? Buddhism and Stoicism have a lot to offer modern readers seeking the good life, but they're also radical systems that ask much of their followers. In More than Happiness, Antonia Macaro delves into both philosophies, focus ...Show more
A Short History of Truth - Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily each can become the ...Show more
The Philosophy of an Explorer: 16 Life-lessons from Surviving the Extreme by Erling Kagge
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Category: Philosophy
'Erling Kagge transforms and consoles us' Alain de Botton____________________________Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the first man in history to reach all of the Earth's poles by foot - the North, the South, and the ...Show more
The School of Life: On Mental Illness: What can calm, reassure and console (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing. This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains how and why we become mentally ill, how we can explain our experiences to friends and family, and ...Show more
Towards a Psychology of Awakening : Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation by John Welwood
$35.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Can the meditative traditions of Buddhism be integrated with the practice of Western psychology? John Welwood's latest book addresses this question with new comprehensiveness and depth. His psychological approach brings together three major dimensions of human existence: personal, interpersonal, and sup ...Show more
The First and Last Freedom by J Krishnamurti
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
If truth can set us free, where do we find it? In "The First and Last Freedom", Krishnamurti argues that we will not find truth in formal institutions, nor in organised religions and their dogmas, nor in any guru or outside authority; for, according to Krishnamurti, truth can only be realised through se ...Show more
The Lot: In Words by Michael Leunig
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Musings from a truly original thinker on eveything under the sun and many things over the moon.There are few aspects of existence to which Michael Leunig has not turned his renaissance mind, as a bemused and committed member of the human plight. From his cartoonist's sensibilities comes a peculiar journ ...Show more