Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger
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Category: Philosophy
'Weaves together the biographies and the developing thought of the four philosophers with great bravura and wit' (Sunday Telegraph)The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance, seeking spiritual clarity. Mar ...Show more
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
Ideas to Save Your Life: Philosophy for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure by Michael McGirr
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Category: Philosophy
A profound, uplifting and accessible introduction to key philosophical ideas and their relevance to everyday life. Ideas to Save Your Life follows Michael McGirr's much-loved Books that Saved My Life (2018). This time, McGirr shares his love of philosophy, looking at the works of twenty eminent thinker ...Show more
Sun Tzu's "Art of War" by Sun Tzu
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Sport Ser.
Offers an examination of the art of strategic thinking. Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded. ...Show more
Sun Tzu's Art of War: The Modern Chinese Interpretation by Tao Hanzhang
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Bold-Faced Wisdom Ser.
Sun Tzu was the most famous military scientist and one of the most able commanders in ancient China and Asian warlords and modern leaders as dissimilar as Mao Tse-Tung and General Eisenhower have used his principles to change the shape of the world. It's interpreted here by General Tao Hanzhang, one of ...Show more
The Art of War : Complete Edition by Sun-tzu ; Lionel (TRN) John (FRW); Giles ; Minford
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Category: Philosophy
Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still one of the world's most influential treatises on strategic thought. Applicable everywhere from the boardroom to the bedroom, from the playing field to the battlefield, its wisdom has never been more highly regarded. Now available in its complete form, including the ...Show more
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Meaning of Everyday Words
In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth.Beginning with 'Alon ...Show more
The Philosophers' Library: Books that Shaped the World by Adam Ferner, Chris Meyns
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
The Philosophers' Library features the most important philosophy manuscripts and books as stepping stones to take your through the history of philosophy. By cataloguing the history of philosophy via its key works, this book reflects the physical results of human thinking and endeavour; brilliant thought ...Show more
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth
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Category: Philosophy
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology.
Seneca - on a Happy Life by Seneca The Younger
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Category: Philosophy
Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman. He is best known for his dramatic plays and philosophical works that include some of the most important writings on stoicism. On a Happy Life was written in his later years as a letter to his brother. The main premise in it is that we can only be happy ...Show more
When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on ...Show more
Mini Philosophy - A Small Book of Big Ideas by Jonny Thomson
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Category: Philosophy
Why do people enjoy watching scary movies? Should we bet on the existence of God? Why is pleasure better than pain? And when is a duck not a duck?Mini Philosophy is a fascinating journey into what some of the greatest minds of the last 2500 years have to say about the big questions in life, and why they ...Show more