Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Philosophy
Part of the Hero Classics series "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." A collection of personal writings covering an array of topics. Marcus delves into spiritual reflections and exercises, which he developed as a leader, in his struggled to ...Show more
On Getting Off - Sex and Philosophy by Damon Young
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Category: Philosophy
The curious reader's companion to sex. 'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.' — Samuel Johnson Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explo ...Show more
Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life by Ryan Patrick Hanley
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Category: Philosophy
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from the founder of modern economics Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. Our Great Purpose is an ...Show more
Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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Category: Philosophy
First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty's monumental Phenomenologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major new philosophical and intellectual voice in post-war Europe. Breaking with the prevailing picture of existentialism and phenomenology at the time, it has become one of the landmar ...Show more
Radical Hope by LEAR JONATHAN
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Category: Philosophy
Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story-up to a certain point. "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground," he said, "and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened."It is precisely this point-that of a ...Show more
Rome As a Guide to the Good Life - A Philosophical Grand Tour by Scott Samuelson
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Category: Philosophy
A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome's great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel companion to the city. This is a guidebook to Rome for those interested in both la dolce vita and what the ancient Romans called the vita beata--the good life. Philosopher Scott Samuel ...Show more
School of Life: How to Get Married by The School of Life
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Category: Philosophy
"Many of us are attracted to the idea of marriage and yet feel a bit uncomfortable with some of the rituals that are traditionally associated with the big day. Perhaps the old ceremonies place too much emphasis on religion or else seem out of step with some of the complex realities of contemporary relat ...Show more
The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka; Reiner Stach (Editor); Shelley Frisch (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A splendid new translation of an extraordinary work of modern literature--featuring facing-page commentary by Kafka's acclaimed biographer In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zürau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them. Among the ...Show more
The Bedside Book of Philosophy by G. Bassham
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Bedside Bks.
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Shambhala Library
One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. Written by the renowned Japanese warrior Miyamoto Musashi in 1 ...Show more
The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han
$26.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Narratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency and anchor us in being. And yet in our contemporary information society, where everything has become arbitrary and random, storytelling shouts out loudly but narratives no longer have their binding force. Whereas na ...Show more