Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips by Max Cryer
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
From our earliest years we have heard proverbs, and many of them are repeated without much thought. Yes, 'birds of a feather flock together' and 'absence makes the heart grow fonder', but these sayings are so familiar that we are scarcely aware they are proverbs. It has been so for thousands of years, i ...Show more
Assholes : A Theory by Aaron James
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Category: Philosophy
What is it for someone to be an asshole? Although most of us are forced to deal with such people every day, few of us could easily say exactly what an asshole is. And as prevalent as they are, no one has offered a sustained analytical treatment of the subject. Assholes are arguably part of the human soc ...Show more
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker
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Category: Philosophy
In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures and conspiracy theorizing?In Rationality, Pin ...Show more
How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Mike Schur
$37.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever How can we live a more ethical life? This question has plag ...Show more
The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now by Thich Nhat Hanh (Contribution by)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
In troubled times, there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh presents seven transformative meditations that help us answer life's deepest ques ...Show more
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny
$99.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: New History of Western Philosophy
This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy - the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us ...Show more
What Kind of Creatures are We? by Noam Chomsky
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy Ser.
Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he presents a lifetime of philosophical reflection on al ...Show more
Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times BestsellerWith a New AfterwordIn an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the way that the United States, despite the rise of Europe and Asia, still largely sets the terms of global discourse. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from ...Show more
Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World by Stephen Trombley
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Category: Philosophy
"Fifty Thinkers Who Shaped the Modern World" profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political and social theorists as well as spiritual leaders whose ideas have defined the age we live in. It offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a re-evaluation of their importance as ...Show more
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna
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Category: Philosophy
A timely critique investigating how four women philosophers persevered in a field that often suppressed and disregarded the insights of female thinkers. As a young woman growing up in a small, religious community, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this strange wor ...Show more
Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Age by Daniel Klein
$26.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Travels with Epicurus- A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of an Authentic Old Ageis a humorous, uplifting meditation on finding the pleasures of old age, by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. When philosopher, jokester and septuagenarian Daniel Klein goe ...Show more
The Great Philosophers by Stephen Law
$27.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Since the beginning of time mankind has struggled with the big questions surrounding our existence. Whilst most people have heard of Socrates, Machiavelli and Nietzsche, many are less clear on their theories and key concepts. In The Great Philosophers, bestselling author Stephen Law condenses and deciph ...Show more