Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time by Clive James
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Picador Collection
A lifetime in the making, Cultural Amnesia is one of the crowning achievements in Clive James's illustrious career. Containing over a hundred essays, this is a definitive guide to twentieth century culture, cataloguing and exploring the careers of many of its greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, art ...Show more
Fear and Trembling - A New Translation by S¿ren Kierkegaard; Bruce H. Kirmmse (Translator)
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Category: Philosophy
First published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio ("John of Silence"), Soren Kierkegaard's richly resonant Fear and Trembling has for generations stood as a pivotal text in the history of moral philosophy, inspiring such artistic and philosophical luminaries as Edvard Munch, W. H. Auden, ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy
Can we human beings agree on a set of values which will allow us to confront the numerous threats that we and our planet face? Or will we continue our disagreements, rivalries and antipathies, even as we collectively approach what, in the not impossible extreme, might be extinction? To answer these que ...Show more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
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Category: Philosophy
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of ...Show more
How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely by Seneca
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of our timeWho doesn't worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of time and preventing us from having a life? How can we make the most of our time on earth? In the first ce ...Show more
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism by Diogenes
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformityThe Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society's material excess, unexamined conventions, and even norms of politeness a ...Show more
How to Stay Sane by Philippa Perry, The School of Life
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Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
There is no simple set of instructions that can guarantee sanity, but if you want to overcome emotional difficulties and become happier, psychotherapist Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read, argues that there are four cornerstones to sanity you can influence to bring about c ...Show more
How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor by Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one ...Show more
How to Think Like a Philosopher by Daniel Smith
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Category: Philosophy | Series: How to Think Like ... Ser.
From Socrates to Sartre, Avicenna to Angela Davis, this accessible guide will get you up to speed on the world's greatest minds and help you to think like them.You've heard of Plato, but do you understand his Theory of Forms? What does René Descartes' maxim 'I think, therefore I am' actually mean? And h ...Show more
Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
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Category: Philosophy
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ... A Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year ... 'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry ... 'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford ...Show more
Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville
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Category: Philosophy | Series: UQP Modern Classics Ser.
This is Australia's past as you won't read it in any history book. Joan pops up in all over famous moments and gives her irreverent female version of them. She remakes history in her own image and asks: who gets written into history, who gets written out, and why?