How To Be A Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living by Massimo Pigliucci
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'In this thought-provoking book, Massimo Pigliucci shares his journey of discovering the power of Stoic practices in a philosophical dialogue with one of Stoicism's greatest teachers.' RYAN HOLIDAY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY AND THE DAILY STOIC Who am I? What am I doing? How ought ...Show more
Discourses on Livy by Niccolo Machiavelli
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is eminently ...Show more
Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus
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Category: Philosophy
The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion 'I must die. But must I die bawling?' Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his m ...Show more
Net Privacy: How We Can Be Free in an Age of Surveillance by Sacha Molitorisz
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Category: Philosophy
In our digital world, we are confused by privacy - what is public, what is private? We are also challenged by it, the conditions of privacy so uncertain we become unsure about our rights to it. We may choose to share personal information, but often do so on the assumption that it won't be re-shared, sol ...Show more
The Spirit Level - Why Equality is Better for Everyone by Richard Wilkinson; Kate Pickett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book has ignited. Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do ...Show more
Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
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Category: Philosophy
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world. Harris' search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of ou ...Show more
On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Timeless advice on the art of living well, from the celebrated Penguin Great Ideas series The writings of the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into stoicism, morality and the importance of reason, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity ...Show more
A History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bertrand Russell
$59.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: A Touchstone book
Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" by "The" "Observer," this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the "History of Western Philosophy" is a dazzlingly unique explor ...Show more
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations--an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds--from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with t ...Show more
Philosopher of the Heart: Soren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Philosopher of the Heart is the groundbreaking biography of renowned existentialist Søren Kierkegaard's life and creativity, and a searching exploration of how to be a human being in the world. Søren Kierkegaard is one of the most passionate and challenging of all modern philosophers, and is often regar ...Show more
Becoming Beauvoir - An Iconic Life by Kate Kirkpatrick
$40.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
James: "One is not born a woman, but becomes one,’ Simone de Beauvoir famously declared. Using romantic affairs to test Existentialist ideas of freedom, and drawing on these in heavily autobiographical novels, de Beauvoir’s life embraced careful self-creation. Kirkpatrick teases thought and writing aga ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinati ...Show more