Existentialism and Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre
$21.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945, "Existentialism and Humanism" is Sartre's seminal defence of his original doctrine of existentialism and a plan for its practical application to everyday human life. Over the past fifty years, the writings of Sartre have probably been more influential ...Show more
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers
$30.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The author of the bestselling Hero With a Thousand Faces touches on subjects ranging from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, in an intriguing and entertaining attempt to explain our world.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
$28.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were-and still are. "The Structure of Scient ...Show more
The School of Life: A Job to Love: How to Find a Fulfilling Career by The School of Life
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"The idea that work might be fulfilling rather than just necessary is a recent invention. These days, in prosperous areas of the world, we don't only expect to get paid, we also expect to find meaning and satisfaction. It's a big ask and explains why so many people have an identity crisis in their work ...Show more
How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers by Aristotle
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Aristotle’s Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories—whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic pleasure, and dozens of other critical points of g ...Show more
Trouble in Paradise - From the End of History to the End of Capitalism by Slavoj Zizek
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj Žižek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains how by drawing on the ideas of communism, we can find a way out of the crisis of capitalism. There is obviously trouble in the global capitalist paradise. But why do we find it so difficult to imagine a ...Show more
The Book of Why - The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl; Dana Mackenzie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and ...Show more
The Philosophy of an Explorer: 16 Life-lessons from Surviving the Extreme by Erling Kagge
$19.99 AUD
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
More Loving World: How to Increase compassion, kindness and joy by The School of Life
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
An empowering guide to creating a kinder, more loving world. The modern world is richer, safer and more connected than ever. But it is also a far less loving world than we need or want: impatience, self-righteousness, moralism and viciousness run rampant, while forgiveness, tolerance and empathy seem in ...Show more
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life by Epictetus
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How ...Show more
Psychology & Alchemy by C. G. Jung
$59.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Collected Works of C. G. Jung
C.G. Jung was one of the first modern thinkers to realise the importance of alchemical symbolism to men and women today. He saw it as a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious mind, a bridge needed just as much now as in earlier times when alchemy was a flourishing tradition and practice. In Ps ...Show more
Surplus-Enjoyment - A Guide for the Non-Perplexed by Slavoj Zizek
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Contemporary life is defined by excess. There must always be more, there is never enough. We need a surplus to what we need to be able to truly enjoy what we have. Slavoj Zizek's guide to surplus (and why it's enjoyable) begins by arguing that what is surplus to our needs is by its very nature unsubstan ...Show more