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Heidegger And A Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Betweeen by Thomas Cathcart
RRP: £14.99£10.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143118251Author Thomas CathcartFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 239g -
Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan by Alex Kerr
RRP: £10.99£7.99'An erudite and charming book . . . both a primer and a paean to one of the central texts of Buddhism, known as the Heart Sutra. . . Alex Kerr delves into the Japanese soul' Literary ReviewThe material world is itself emptiness.Emptiness is itself the... -
The Making of the Indebted Man: An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition: Volume 13 Maurizio Lazzarato 9781584351153
RRP: £13.99£9.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351153Author Maurizio LazzaratoFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 114mm... -
Winnicott and Labor’s Eclipse of Life: Work is Where We Start From by Nathan Gerard 9781032505398
RRP: £36.99£32.53Nathan Gerard draws upon the pathbreaking insights of pediatrician and psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott to offer a new set of ideas in the novel domain of contemporary work life and its discontents.Locating Winnicott within a broad landscape of critical... -
The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind Noga Arikha 9781529385489
RRP: £10.99£7.61'Astute, compassionate, and brilliant' Siri HustvedtVanessa wakes from a coma having forgotten ten years of her life. Toussaint is haunted by voices. Claire loses the use of her hand because of an inexplicable pain. Noga Arikha began studying these... -
The Philosophy of Creativity: New Essays by Elliot Samuel Paul 9780190683757
RRP: £42.99£32.05Creativity pervades human life. It is the mark of individuality, the vehicle of self-expression, and the engine of progress in every human endeavor. It also raises a wealth of neglected and yet evocative philosophical questions: What is the role of... -
Language and Myth by Ernst Cassirer 9780486200514
RRP: £8.49£6.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486200514Author Ernst CassirerFormat PaperbackPage Count 113Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
A Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations Gareth Southwell (Independent Scholar) 9781405158558
RRP: £16.95£15.43A concise and readable guide to Descartes's Meditations geared toward beginner philosophy students (at A-level, or on undergraduate degree courses) and general readers. Offers clear explanations of the central themes and ideas, terminology, and arguments... -
Jesus and Philosophy by Don Cupitt
RRP: £17.99£17.52Around twenty years or so after his death, the fiery and interesting Jewish teacher Jesus of Nazareth was made into the personification of his own teaching, and given an exalted cosmic status. Within a few decades he had been so completely buried by... -
The Changing Character of War by Sir Hew Strachan
RRP: £51.00£36.59Over the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of 'new wars'. They have assumed that... -
Whisper in the Heart (Ram Dass, Maharajji, Hindu Spirituality): The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba by Parvati Markus
RRP: £16.99£14.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647226688Author Parvati MarkusFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions -
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: £15.00£9.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036326Author SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 182mm * 112mm * 9mm -
Wolfish: The stories we tell about fear, ferocity and freedom by Erica Berry 9781838854638
RRP: £10.99£7.54A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 FOR FINANCIAL TIMES, TIME, VULTURE, LIT HUB, GOODREADS, RUMPUS, BUSTLE, READER'S DIGEST and moreBoth vilified and venerated, wolves abound through cultural folklore and literature. In this hauntingly lyrical and... -
Natural Right and History by Leo Strauss
RRP: £20.00£16.98In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth... -
An Introduction to Ontology Nikk Effingham (University of Birmingham) 9780745652559
RRP: £17.99£16.29In this engaging and wide-ranging new book, Nikk Effingham provides an introduction to contemporary ontology - the study of what exists - and its importance for philosophy today. He covers the key topics in the field, from the ontology of holes, ... -
The Madness of Knowledge: On Wisdom, Ignorance and Fantasies of Knowing by Steven Connor
£27.74Many human beings have considered the powers and the limits of human knowledge, but few have wondered about the power that the idea of knowledge has over us. Steven Connor's The Madness of Knowledge is the first book to investigate this emotional inner... -
How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment by Skye C Cleary 9781250271358
RRP: £27.99£16.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250271358Author Skye C ClearyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint St. Martin's EssentialsPublisher St. Martin's EssentialsWeight(grams)... -
Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo by Alejandro Jodorowsky 9781594771736
RRP: £18.99£12.46In 1970, John Lennon introduced to the world Alejandro Jodorowsky and the film El Topo that he wrote, starred in and directed. The film and its author instantly became a counterculture icon. The New York Times said it "demands to be seen," and... -
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction by Michael Pakaluk 9780521520683
RRP: £34.99£30.33This is an engaging and accessible introduction to the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy. Michael Pakaluk offers a thorough and lucid examination of the entire work, uncovering Aristotle's motivations and basic views... -
Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhna and Vipassan Shaila Catherine 9780861716234
RRP: £16.99£12.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861716234Author Shaila CatherineFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S. -
Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Vol. 4: Philosophical Topics Dechen Rochard 9781614297901
RRP: £25.00£16.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614297901Author Dechen RochardFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S. -
The Moral Powers – A Study of Human Nature by PMS Hacker
RRP: £29.95£27.22A milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world’s preeminent living philosophers The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human... -
Martin Heidegger's Changing Destinies: Catholicism, Revolution, Nazism Guillaume Payen 9780300228328
RRP: £40.00£38.55A portrait of Martin Heidegger as a man and a philosopher In this biography of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), now available in English, historian Guillaume Payen synthesizes the connections between the German philosopher's life and work. Critically, but... -
Aroha: Maori Wisdom for a Happier You and Better World by Hinemoa Elder
RRP: £12.99£9.19As seen on Oprah's Book Club! The #1 New Zealand Bestseller! Discover how to live a happier life - simple, traditional wisdom for difficult modern times.Aroha is an ancient Maori word and way of thinking. Maori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder explores how... -
La Mettrie: Machine Man and Other Writings by Julien Offray de La Mettrie 9780521478496
RRP: £32.99£29.23Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-51), author of Machine Man (1747), was the most uncompromising of the materialists of the eighteenth century, and the provocative title of his work ensured it a succes de scandale in his own time. It was however a... -
On Color by David Kastan
RRP: £16.99£14.61Ranging from Homer to Picasso, and from the Iranian Revolution to The Wizard of Oz, this spirited and radiant book awakens us anew to the role of color in our lives Our lives are saturated by color. We live in a world of vivid colors, and color marks our... -
Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction by Ray Brassier 9780230522053
RRP: £109.99£109.55This book pushes nihilism to its ultimate conclusion by linking revisionary naturalism in Anglo-American philosophy with anti-phenomenological realism in French philosophy. Contrary to the 'post-analytic' consensus uniting Heidegger and Wittgenstein... -
A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life by Zena Hitz
RRP: £9.99£8.40What is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the... -
The Ontology of the Accident: An Essay on Destructive Plasticity Catherine Malabou (University of Paris-X Nanterre) 9780745652610
RRP: £9.99£9.19In the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinforce the permanence of identity. But as a result of serious trauma, or sometimes for no reason at all, a... -
Tears and Saints by E.M. Cioran
RRP: £21.00£20.31By the mid-1930s, Emil Cioran was already known as a leader of a new generation of politically committed Romanian intellectuals. Researching another, more radical book, Cioran was spending hours in a library poring over the lives of saints. As a modern... -
The Awakening: A History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700 Charles Freeman 9781789545623
RRP: £30.00£21.29A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the... -
Maxims by Francoi de La Rochefoucauld
RRP: £10.99£7.99The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, is captured here in more than 600 penetrating and pithy aphorisms.About the AuthorLa Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) was a French classical... -
Time and Narrative: v. 3 by D. Pellauer
RRP: £24.00£23.03In the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing, fiction, and theories of literature. This final volume, a comprehensive reexamination and synthesis of the ideas developed in... -
Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes
RRP: £9.99£7.32'Astonishing' Herald, Books of the Year'Sublime' Irish Times, Book of the Year'Wonderful' Guardian, Books of the YearDuring a sweltering South American summer, a family convenes for dinner at a restaurant. Midway through the meal, Carlos disappears. An... -
Absolute Recoil: Towards A New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism by Slavoj Zizek 9781784781996
RRP: £26.99£25.80At the outset of the twentieth century, Lenin argued that materialism has to change its form with each new scientific discovery. Today, argues Slavoj Zizek in this major new work, we should apply this stricture to Lenin himself. Philosophical materialism... -
Green: The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau 9780691159362
RRP: £35.00£28.95In this beautiful and richly illustrated book, the acclaimed author of Blue and Black presents a fascinating and revealing history of the color green in European societies from prehistoric times to today. Examining the evolving place of green in art,... -
The Road to Character by David Brooks 9780812993257
RRP: £30.00£17.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812993257Author David BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 242mm... -
Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity by ,R.,Buckminster Fuller 9783037786222
RRP: £25.00£17.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037786222Author R Buckminster FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Lars Muller PublishersPublisher Birkhauser Verlag AG -
The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall Daphne Du Maurier 9781844080748
RRP: £10.99£7.61FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA' ... a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'Unlike many authors of popular historical biographies, du Maurier resembled Antonia Fraser in being an indefatigable researcher' FRANCIS KING'du Maurier has no equal'... -
Eternity Now by Francis Lucille 9781882874002
RRP: £25.00£19.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781882874002Author Francis LucilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Truespeech ProductionsPublisher Truespeech ProductionsWeight(grams)...