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The Night in Gethsemane: On Solitude and Betrayal by Massimo Recalcati
RRP: $14.18$9.44As the Gospels tell us, after the Last Supper Jesus retreats to a small field just outside the city of Jerusalem: Gethsemane, the olive grove. His prayers are interrupted when Judas arrives with a group of armed men, and kisses him. The kiss, given to... -
Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts by Sophia Wellbeloved 9780415248983
RRP: $46.43$40.88This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including:* possible sources in religious, Theosophical,... -
The Republic (Hero Classics) by Plato
$14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054845Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
For The Benefit Of All Beings by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai Lama
RRP: $21.92$14.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590306932Author Dalai LamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Terrence Malick by Robert Sinnerbrink
RRP: $30.95$27.01Many critics have approached Terrence Malick's work from a philosophical perspective, arguing that his films express philosophy through cinema. With their remarkable images of nature, poetic voiceovers, and meditative reflections, Malick's cinema... -
Philosophical Hermeneutics, 30th Anniversary Edition by Hans-Georg Gadamer
RRP: $38.70$30.04This excellent collection contains 13 essays from Gadamer's "Kleine Schriften", dealing with hermeneutical reflection, phenomenology, existential philosophy, and philosophical hermeneutics. Gadamer applies hermeneutical analysis to Heidegger and... -
Heidegger's Ways by Hans-Georg Gadamer 9780791417386
$33.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791417386Author Hans-Georg GadamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: $5.15$3.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486826660Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Empress Alexandra: The Special Relationship Between Russia's Last Tsarina and Queen Victoria by Melanie Clegg 9781526723871
RRP: $32.25$23.25When Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice married the Prince Louis of Hesse and Rhine in 1862 even her own mother described the ceremony as more of a funeral than a wedding' thanks to the fact that it took place shortly after the death of... -
Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas by Etienne Gilson
RRP: $29.66$26.33In this final edition of his classic study of St. Thomas Aquinas, Etienne Gilson presents the sweeping range and organic unity of Thomistic philosophical thought. The philosophical thinking of Aquinas is the result of reason being challenged to relate to... -
Thinking Antagonism: Political Ontology After Laclau by Oliver Marchart
RRP: $30.95$25.17Oliver Marchart presents the main features of Ernesto Laclau's ontology and tracks the development of antagonism from German Idealism via Marx to today's post-Marxism. In doing so, he demonstrates Laclau's significant contribution to the current... -
In Defense of Anarchism by Robert Paul Wolff
RRP: $29.67$23.35In Defense of Anarchism is a 1970 book by the philosopher Robert Paul Wolff, in which the author defends individualist anarchism. He argues that individual autonomy and state authority are mutually exclusive and that, as individual autonomy is... -
A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time by Adrian Bardon 9780199301089
RRP: $36.75$26.78Adrian Bardon's A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time is a short yet thorough introduction to the history, philosophy, and science of the study of time-from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Einstein and beyond. Its treatment is roughly... -
A Short History of German Philosophy by Vittorio Hosle 9780691183121
RRP: $28.38$22.39The story of German philosophy from the Middle Ages to todayIn an accessible narrative that explains complex ideas in clear language, Vittorio Hoesle traces the evolution of German philosophy and describes its central influence on other aspects of German... -
Philosophy for AS: Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion by Michael Lacewing
RRP: $47.72$42.48Philosophy for AS is an accessible textbook for the new 2014 AQA Advanced Subsidiary Philosophy syllabus. Structured closely around the AQA specification this textbook covers the two units, Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion, in an engaging and... -
Cratylus by Plato 9780872204164
RRP: $23.21$19.23"It is. . . remarkable that Reeve's is the first new English translation since Fowler's Loeb edition of 1926. Fortunately, Reeve has done an excellent job. His version is not slavishly literal but is in general very accurate. It is also very clear and... -
Introducing Walter Benjamin: A Graphic Guide by Howard Caygill
RRP: $11.60$7.84Walter Benjamin is often considered the key modern philosopher and critic of modern art.Tracing his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history, Introducing Walter Benjamin highlights his commitment to political transformation of the arts as a... -
On Paradox: The Claims of Theory by Elizabeth S. Anker
RRP: $29.66$25.81In On Paradox literary and legal scholar Elizabeth S. Anker contends that faith in the logic of paradox has been the cornerstone of left intellectualism since the second half of the twentieth century. She attributes the ubiquity of paradox in the... -
Introducing Thatcherism: A Graphic Guide by Peter Pugh
RRP: $11.60$8.64Margaret Thatcher's political career was one of the most remarkable of modern times. She rose to become the first woman to lead a major Western democracy, serving as British Prime Minister. Admired by Ronald Regan and the United States Congress,... -
Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense by Meister Eckhart 9780809123704
RRP: $27.08$24.51"The very imposing and very welcome Classics of Western Spirituality (TM) series...should be in every theological collection of any depth." Ardin Newsletter Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense translated and... -
The Moral Problem by Michael Smith
RRP: $38.64$34.33This widely anticipated volume offers a systematic introduction to and striking analysis of the central issues animating current debate in moral philosophy.About the AuthorMichael Smith is Reader in Philosophy at Monash University, Australia, having... -
Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida by Giovanna Borradori 9780226066660
RRP: $30.96$29.71The idea for Philosophy in a Time of Terror was born hours after the attacks on 9/11 and was realized just weeks later when Giovanna Borradori sat down with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida in New York City, in separate interviews, to evaluate the... -
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell 9781605200255
RRP: $14.18$10.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605200255Author Bertrand RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
A Hegel Dictionary by Michael Inwood 9780631175339
RRP: $43.80$38.67This book provides a comprehensive survey of Hegel's philosophical thought via a systematic exploration of over 100 key terms, from `absolute' to `will'. By exploring both the etymological background of such terms and Hegel's particular use of them,... -
Thought Poems: A Translation of Heidegger's Verse by Martin Heidegger 9781538179901
RRP: $54.18$48.93Heidegger's turn to poetry in the latter half of his career is well known, but his own verse has to date received relatively little attention. How can we understand Heideggerian poetics without a thorough reading of the poet's own verse? Thought-Poems... -
The Stoic Sage: The Early Stoics on Wisdom, Sagehood and Socrates by Rene Brouwer
RRP: $39.98$30.70After Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, from the third century BCE onwards, developed the third great classical conception of wisdom. This book offers a reconstruction of this pivotal notion in Stoicism, starting out from the two extant Stoic definitions,... -
The Cambridge Companion to Freud by Jerome Neu 9780521377799
RRP: $39.98$34.53Does Freud still have something to teach us? The premise of this volume is that he most certainly does. Approaching Freud from not only the philosophical but also historical, psychoanalytical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives, the... -
Why Hermeneutics? by Anthony C Thiselton 9781532664359
RRP: $21.93$16.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532664359Author Anthony C ThiseltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life by Stanley Cavell 9780674018181
RRP: $37.35$30.06Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this... -
Everyday Evils: A psychoanalytic view of evil and morality by Coline Covington
RRP: $60.62$52.85Everyday Evils takes a psychoanalytic look at the evils committed by "ordinary" people in different contexts - from the Nazi concentration camps to Stockholm Syndrome to the atrocities publicized by Islamic State - and presents new perspectives on how... -
Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art by Alexander Nehamas 9780691177601
RRP: $28.38$22.39Neither art nor philosophy was kind to beauty during the twentieth century. Much modern art disdains beauty, and many philosophers deeply suspect that beauty merely paints over or distracts us from horrors. Intellectuals consigned the passions of beauty... -
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient by William B. Irvine 9780393652499
RRP: $27.08$21.87Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired but this is not the case. William B. Irvine combines key lessons from the ancient Stoics with modern psychological techniques to develop a... -
Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform by Tommie Shelby
RRP: $27.03$21.78Winner of the Spitz Prize, Conference for the Study of Political ThoughtWinner of the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book AwardWhy do American ghettos persist? Scholars and commentators often identify some factor-such as single motherhood,... -
Al-Razi by Peter Adamson 9780197555040
RRP: $41.27$37.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197555040Author Peter AdamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA -
Is There a God?: A Debate by Kenneth L. Pearce
RRP: $36.11$31.32Bertrand Russell famously quipped that he didn't believe in God for the same reason that he didn't believe in a teapot in orbit between the earth and Mars: it is a bizarre assertion for which no evidence can be provided. Is belief in God really like... -
Free Will: Philosophers and Neuroscientists in Conversation by Uri Maoz
RRP: $27.08$23.66What is free will? Can it exist in a determined universe? How can we determine who, if anyone, possesses it? Philosophers have debated the extent of human free will for millennia. In recent decades neuroscientists have joined the fray with questions of... -
On Inequality by Harry G. Frankfurt 9780691167145
RRP: $18.05$14.20Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So why do... -
The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies by Thomas McEvilley
RRP: $61.92$50.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581152036Author Thomas McEvilleyFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 1021gDimensions(mm)... -
What Can We Hope For?: Essays on Politics by Richard Rorty 9780691222905
RRP: $20.63$16.65Prescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United StatesRichard Rorty, one of the most influential intellectuals of recent decades, is perhaps best known... -
Phaedo by Plato 9780941051699
RRP: $16.76$14.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941051699Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams) 141g