The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story by Charlie Mackesy
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Category: Philosophy
Ahead of the long-awaited film on BBC One this C hristmas Day, a breathtaking new imagining of the original record-breaking story. Charlie Mackesy's beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an animated short film, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas. This beautiful ...Show more
The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy
The will to power is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to be the main driving force in humans - achievement, ambition, and the striving to reach the highest possible position in life. These are all manifestations of ...Show more
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science by Jonathan Haidt
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Category: Philosophy
Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations.The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Happiness comes from wi ...Show more
How We Became Human by Tim Dean
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Category: Philosophy
Over thousands of years, humans have developed mechanisms to help us live together in ever-larger social groups. We developed a set of 'moral emotions' such as empathy, guilt and outrage, as well as a tendency to favour people in our in-groups and a propensity to punish perceived wrongdoers. Our cultur ...Show more
Why I Am So Wise by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy
From the eminent philosopher, an answer to the big question- how should I live my life? How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for? In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great questions, A. C. Grayling explores ...Show more
Quest for a Moral Compass: History/Ethic by Kenan Malik
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Category: Philosophy
The story of the global search for moral truths In this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, from ancient India to modern America. It tells the stories of the great philosophe ...Show more
Wise Words - The Philosophy of everyday life by Stephen Trombley
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19.99 (50% off)
Category: Philosophy
A philosophical miscellany, as diverting as it is instructive, centred on an eclectic sequence of themes, ranging from advice to ageing, from backbiting to bigotry, from freedom to friendship, and from work to walking. Stephen Trombley mines the canon of two and half millennia of Western thought for ob ...Show more
Master Alciat's Riddles: 100 Philosophical Puzzles by Pierre Martin
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Category: Philosophy
An exquisite book of puzzles that combines philosophy with fun, Master Alciat's Riddles comprises 100 mysterious and beautiful etchings from the 16th to the 18th century, each of them conveying a moral or an allegory. The reader's job is to determine the message contained within each etching.
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and The Mind by A. C. Grayling
24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still be ...Show more
On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Unpublished And Selected Writings by Robert M Pirsig, Wendy K. Pirsig
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32.99 (69% off)
Category: Philosophy
From the author of the multi-million-copy-selling classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection of Robert Pirsig's writings on the central theme of his thought--"quality"--featuring never-before-seen selections from his unpublished works."The ultimate goal in the pursuit of e ...Show more