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The Platform Sutra: The Zen Teaching of Hui-neng by Red Pine
RRP: £17.99£11.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593761776Author Hui-nengFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 399g -
Why Vegan? by Peter Singer
RRP: £5.99£4.46'So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?'One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer asks unflinching questions about how we should live our lives. The ideas collected in these writings, arguing that human... -
Is God Happy?: Selected Essays by Leszek Kolakowski
RRP: £9.99£7.11'The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell' Independent In these essays, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century writes about communism and socialism, the problem of... -
The Lives of Animals by J. M. Coetzee 9780691173900
RRP: £13.99£10.29The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat-eating ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying magnitude... -
Plato: Meno and Phaedo by David Sedley 9780521676779
RRP: £15.99£13.33Plato's Meno and Phaedo are two of the most important works of ancient western philosophy and continue to be studied around the world. The Meno is a seminal work of epistemology. The Phaedo is a key source for Platonic metaphysics and for Plato's... -
Things We Could Design: For More Than Human-Centered Worlds by Ron Wakkary
£34.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542999Author Ron WakkaryFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Early Socratic Dialogues by Emlyn-Jones Chris
RRP: £12.99£9.09Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues... -
Divine Speech in Human Words: Thomistic Engagement with Scripture by Durand Op Emmanuel 9780813235363
RRP: £65.00£56.42Is the portrait of God revealed in Scripture fundamentally intelligible? The biblical accounts of God reveal seemingly contradictory themes: God's holiness and narratives telling of his anger; the Divine Omnipotence faced with the Impossible; the... -
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time by Will Durant 9780743235532
RRP: £14.99£9.36In this remarkable little book, Will Durant answers the questions that most people would have wanted to ask him - what are the conclusions he drew from the experience of a long lifetime; what eras, individuals, and achievements stand out as being the... -
The Oxford History of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
RRP: £12.99£9.09Histories you can trust. The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon... -
Don't be a Jerk and Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master: A Radical but Reverent Paraphrasing of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye by Brad Warner 9781608683888
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608683888Author Brad WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Oppression and Liberty by Simone Weil
RRP: £11.99£11.11The remarkable French thinker Simone Weil is one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A legendary essayist, political philosopher and member of the French resistance, her literary output belied her tragically short... -
Suppose and Tell: The Semantics and Heuristics of Conditionals by Timothy Williamson
RRP: £22.49£19.16What does 'if' mean? It is one of the most commonly used words in the English language, in itself a sign to the importance of conditional thinking to human cognitive life. We make conditional statements, ask conditional questions, and issue... -
The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, From Animals to AI to Aliens by Philip Ball
RRP: £20.00£14.21'Combining neurology, philosophy, computer science and artificial intelligence. . . a fascinating and illuminating account' - The GuardianUnderstanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and... -
The Path Of Individual Liberation by Chogyam Trungpa
RRP: £36.00£23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611801040Author Choegyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 680Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning by Owen Barfield 9780955958243
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955958243Author Owen BarfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Barfield Press UKPublisher Barfield Press UKWeight(grams) 315g -
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene
RRP: £12.99£8.56Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us), and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern life has thrust the world's tribes into a shared space, creating conflicts of interest and clashes of... -
How to Understand the Mind: The Nature and Power of the Mind by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso 9781906665821
RRP: £17.95£12.88'We often say: My mind, my mind. But if someone were to ask us: What is your mind? We would have no correct answer. This is because we do not understand the nature and function of the mind correctly.' - Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. How to... -
The Varieties of Reference by Gareth Evans 9780198246862
RRP: £43.49£33.29Gareth Evans, one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation, died in 1980 at the age of thirty-four. He had been working for many years on a book about reference, but did not complete it before his death. The work was edited for publication by... -
Black X: Liberatory thought in Azania by Tendayi Sithole 9781776148684
RRP: £16.99£14.24In Black X: Liberatory Thought in Azania, Tendayi Sithole elaborates on the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. Azania refers to the land... -
The Cambridge Companion to Kant by Paul Guyer
RRP: £34.99£28.88The fundamental task of philosophy since the seventeenth century has been to determine whether the essential principles of both knowledge and action can be discovered by human beings unaided by an external agency. No one philosopher contributed more to... -
Shipwreck with Spectator: Paradigm of a Metaphor for Existence by Hans Blumenberg 9780262518918
£27.00Shipwreck with Spectator traces the evolution of the complex of metaphors related to the sea, to shipwreck, and to the role of the spectator in human culture from ancient Greece to modern times. This elegant essay exemplifies Blumenberg's ideas about the... -
The Face of God: The Gifford Lectures by Roger Scruton
RRP: £16.99£13.16Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world. His argument is a response to the atheist culture that is now growing around us, and also a defence of human uniqueness. He rebuts the claim that there is no meaning or purpose in the... -
Meaning and Authenticity: Bernard Lonergan and Charles Taylor on the Drama of Authentic Human Existence by Brian J. Braman 9781487520076
RRP: £25.99£23.26The language of self-fulfilment, self-realization, and self-actualization (in short, 'authenticity') has become common in contemporary culture. The desire to be authentic is implicitly a desire to shape one's self in accordance with an ideal, and the... -
The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism by Byung-Chul Han 9781509545100
RRP: £12.99£11.94Zen Buddhism is a form of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China and is strongly focused on meditation. It is characteristically sceptical towards language and distrustful of conceptual thought, which explains why Zen Buddhist sayings are so... -
Asclepius: A Secret Discourse of Hermes Trismegistus by Clement Salaman 9780715635643
RRP: £21.99£21.89"The Asclepius" is one of two philosophical books ascribed to the legendary sage of Ancient Egypt, Hermes Trismegistus, who was believed in classical and renaissance times to have lived shortly after Moses. The Greek original, lost since... -
In the Spirit of Hegel: A Study of G. W. F. Hegel's `Phenomenology of Spirit' by Professor Robert C. Solomon 9780195036503
RRP: £95.00£74.28The Phenomenology of Spirit was Hegel's grandest experiment, changing our vision of the world and the very nature of philosophical enterprise. In this book, Solomon captures the bold and exhilarating spirit, presenting the Phenomenology as a thoroughly... -
How to Know Everything: Ask Better Questions. Get Better Answers. Be A Better You by Elke Wiss
RRP: £10.99£7.77The international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships._____________________________________________________WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS?In an increasingly polarized world, asking... -
At Home In The World: Lessons from a remarkable life by Thich Nhat Hanh
RRP: £14.99£10.95'One of the most influential spiritual leaders of our times' OprahEssential life lessons from the world's most famous monk. Through a beautiful collection of autobiographical stories and teachings, At Home in the World tells the remarkable life of the... -
The Metacritique of Kant and the Possibility of Metaphysics by Hasan Spiker 9789948166559
RRP: £7.99£5.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789948166559Author Hasan SpikerFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Tabah ResearchPublisher Tabah ResearchWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville 9780140445411
RRP: £12.99£9.09A physician with a particular interest in psychological disorders and satirist, Mandeville published versions of his notorious Fable of the Bees from 1714 to 1732. Each was a defence and elaboration of his short satirical poem The Angry Hive, 1705. The... -
The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal by Martha C. Nussbaum
RRP: £17.95£14.60"Profound, beautifully written, and inspiring. It proves that Nussbaum deserves her reputation as one of the greatest modern philosophers."-Globe and Mail"At a time of growing national chauvinism, Martha Nussbaum's excellent restatement of the... -
The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought To Live Since The Death of God by Peter Watson
RRP: £14.99£10.20The closing months of 2008 saw the world's nations united in financial uncertainty. Amid endless reports of collapsing stock markets, failed banks, fiscal fraud and snowballing unemployment, THE AGE OF NOTHING offers a compelling insight into the demise... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Self by Shaun Gallagher
£35.00Research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neuroscience. The Oxford Handbook of the Self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays... -
Dear Freedom Writer: Stories of Hardship and Hope from the Next Generation by The Freedom Writers
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593239865Author The Freedom WritersFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism by Alain Badiou 9780804744713
RRP: £18.99£16.29In this bold and provocative work, French philosopher Alain Badiou proposes a startling reinterpretation of St. Paul. For Badiou, Paul is neither the venerable saint embalmed by Christian tradition, nor the venomous priest execrated by philosophers like... -
Platform Capitalism by Nick Srnicek 9781509504879
RRP: £9.99£8.95What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to... -
My First Dharma Book: A Children's Book on The Five Precepts and Five Mindfulness Trainings In Buddhism. Teaching Kids The Moral Foundation To Succeed In Life. by Christine H Huynh 9781951175153
RRP: £8.99£6.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951175153Author Christine H HuynhFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Dharma Wisdom, LLCPublisher Dharma Wisdom, LLCWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm)... -
The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics by Kenan Malik
RRP: £12.99£8.56In 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... -
How to Be a Christian: Reflections & Essays by C. S. Lewis
RRP: £9.99£6.64How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis's insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives. Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works. From the revered teacher and...