Philosophy

Robert M Sapolsky Paperback 528 pages The legendary author of Behave shows that free will can not exist and explores the radical and disturbing implicationsWhat if free will is an illusion? In D...

Mark Tuitert Hardback 144 pages Discover how the ancient wisdom of the Stoics provides the essential tools you need to navigate the modern world. 'Relatable and inspiring ... Get ready to be mot...

The School of Life Hardback 176 pages Great stories are often universal: our very souls shine with new ideas when we read them. Books can be so powerful, helping us through tricky times, offerin...

John Sellars Paperback 96 pages How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives?In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In L...

Plato Hardback 560 pages The Platonic ideal of government. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practit...

Plato Hardback 592 pages Platonic forms of love. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, w...

Paulo Coelho Hardback 224 pages An essential companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist, filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery. From one of the greatest writers of...

Marcus Aurelius Hardback 448 pages Stoic musings of a philosopher-emperor at war. Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his g...

David Graeber Paperback 208 pages The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was...

Audre Lorde Paperback 128 pages Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female streng...

Paperback 320 pages From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why it mattersThe Bible is held to be both unive...

Sarah Bakewell Hardcover 464 pages The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Cafe explores 700 years of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying t...

Susan Sontag Paperback 336 pages A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking, Against Interpretation and Other Essays is the def...

Hardback 272 pages A deluxe, high-quality edition of Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the final books by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. This landmark wor...

Maggie Nelson Paperback 304 pages What can freedom really mean? In this invigorating, essential book, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience or talk about the concept in ways tha...

Ralph Emerson Paperback 128 pages Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson'...

by Saigyo (Author) , Kamo no Chomei (Author) , Yoshida Kenko (Author) Paperback 112 pages 'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty ...

Epicurus Paperback 80 pages 'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly'The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - no...

Simone Weil Paperback 128 pages 'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Sim...

Soren Kierkegaard Paperback 160 pages Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, w...

Paperback 128 pages A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay ...

David Graeber - David Wengrow Paperback 720 pages For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilizatio...

PaperbackErling Kagge Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the first man in history to reach all of the Earth's pole...

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