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Cool Philosophy: Filled with facts for kids of all ages by Daniel Tatarsky
RRP: £9.99£7.51Inside this philosophy-stuffed book are fifty fact-tastic ways to advance your thinking skills, so you'll never be scratching your head in bemusement ever again. Featuring the key philosophic principles of every philosopher you've heard of (and some... -
The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude by Martin Heidegger
RRP: £18.99£17.12This book, the text of Martin Heidegger's lecture course of 1929/30, is crucial for an understanding of Heidegger's transition from the major work of his early years, Being and Time, to his later preoccupations with language, truth, and history. First... -
Confessions, Volume II: Books 9-13 by Augustine
RRP: £24.95£23.39The classic account of crisis and conversion.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica... -
Museums and Wealth: The Politics of Contemporary Art Collections by Nizan Shaked 9781350045750
£70.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350045750Author Nizan ShakedFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC -
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker
RRP: £7.99£5.79'It's just a brute fact that we don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don't execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to.' -Steven Pinker 'The idea that because things have gotten better in the past they will continue to do so... -
How To Be Accountable by Joe Biel
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621062363Author Joe BielFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing -
The Last Days of Socrates by Plato 9780140455496
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just' Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues,... -
How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well by Catherine Wilson 9781541672635
RRP: £30.00£17.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541672635Author Catherine WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 28mm -
The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Abu Hamid Muhammed Al-Ghazali 9780842524667
RRP: £37.50£31.98Although Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali lived a relatively short life (1058-1111), he established himself as one of the most important thinkers in the history of Islam. The Incoherence of the Philosophers, written after more than a decade of travel and... -
Come, Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking by Norman L. Geisler 9780801038365
£20.99God created logic and calls Christians to orderly thinking. On this premise, a simplified study of logic prepares readers to reason thoughtfully and to spot illogic in an argument.About the AuthorNorman L. Geisler (1932-2019) taught at top evangelical... -
Why Grow Up?: Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age by Susan Neiman
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Why Grow Up, the latest volume in the Philosophy in Transit series, world-renowned philosopher Susan Neiman looks at growing up as an ideal with urgent relevance todayBecoming an adult today can seem a grim prospect. As you grow up, you are told to... -
Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano 9780140447507
RRP: £9.99£9.43Born in present-day Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in 1770; he worked in the brutal plantation chain gangs of the West Indies before being freed in England. His "Thoughts... -
Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo by Alejandro Jodorowsky 9781594771736
RRP: £18.99£12.27In 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... -
How To Read Heidegger by Mark A. Wrathall 9781862077669
RRP: £10.99£9.00Heidegger is perhaps the most influential, yet least readily understood, philosopher of the last century. Mark A. Wrathall unpacks Heidegger's dense prose and guides the reader through Heidegger's early concern with the nature of human existence and his... -
Hebrew Thought Compared with Greek by T. Boman 9780393005349
RRP: £18.50£15.36"In its patient, lucid philological approach to crucial issues, in its breathtakingly compact treatment of significant voices from Heraclitus to Job to Bergson, and in the studied independence of its own lines of development and conclusions, Boman's book... -
The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Present by Eric A. Havelock 9780300043822
RRP: £18.00£17.59When oral culture becomes literate, in what way does human consciousness itself change? And how does the new form of communication affect the content and meaning of texts? In this book, one of the most original and penetrating thinkers in Greek studies... -
The Philosophy of Horror: Or, Paradoxes of the Heart by Noel Carroll
RRP: £43.99£38.44Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon. A fan and serious student... -
Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self by Jay L. Garfield
RRP: £30.00£23.29Why you don't have a self-and why that's a good thingIn Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy, offers a brief and radically clear account of an idea that at first might seem frightening but that promises to liberate us... -
A History of Irish Thought by Thomas Duddy 9780415206938
RRP: £35.99£32.09The first complete introduction to the subject ever published, A History of Irish Thought presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland.Clearly written... -
Tao of Joy Every Day: 365 Days of Tao Living by Derek Lin
RRP: £13.99£9.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585429189Author Derek LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Epistulae Morales: v. 2: Letters LXVI-XCII by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: £24.95£23.39Meditative missives.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial ... -
How To Know God by Deepak Chopra
RRP: £16.99£12.28The bestselling author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind has written his most ambitious and important work yet - an exploration of the seven ways we experience God. These are shaped, not by any one religion, but by an instinct that is hardwired into the... -
The Nietzschean Self: Moral Psychology, Agency, and the Unconscious by Paul Katsafanas 9780198837107
£30.73Nietzsche's works are replete with discussions of moral psychology, but to date there has been no systematic analysis of his account. How does Nietzsche understand human motivation, deliberation, agency, and selfhood? How does his account of the... -
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy 9780007214624
RRP: £12.99£8.48This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry. This is the story of how... -
Here Lies Bitterness – Healing from Resentment by C Fleury
RRP: £17.99£16.04The greatest threat to modern democracy comes from within and it has a name: resentment. Stemming from feelings of inferiority in relation to others, resentment is a diffuse and obsessive loathing, coupled with delusions of victimhood, which clouds... -
Meditation Now or Never by Steve Hagen
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Meditation Now or Never Steve Hagen, a Zen priest and bestselling author of Buddhism Plain and Simple, provides an accessible and thorough manual on meditation, for both newcomers and experienced practitioners. In the modern world our lives are more... -
The Absent Body by Drew Leder
RRP: £28.00£27.39The body plays a central role in shaping our experience of the world. Why, then, are we so frequently oblivious to our own bodies? We gaze at the world, but rarely see our own eyes. We may be unable to explain how we perform the simplest of acts. We are... -
White: Insights into Japanese Design Philosophy by Kenya Hara 9783037781838
RRP: £22.00£15.62The latest publication by designer Kenya Hara following his acclaimed Designing Design. White is not a book about color. It is rather the author's attempt to explore the essence of "white," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of... -
The I Ching or Book of Changes by Hellmut Wilhelm 9780691097503
£26.40The I Ching, or Book of Changes, a common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy, is one of the first efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3,000 years, and interest in... -
Duns Scotus: Philosophical Writings by John Duns Scotus 9780872200180
RRP: £20.99£17.21The philosophical writings of Duns Scotus, one of the most influential philosophers of the Later Middle Ages, are here presented in a volume that presents the original Latin with facing page English translation.CONTENTS: Foreword to the Second Edition... -
Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context by Timothy E. Eastman 9781793639189
RRP: £35.00£30.95In Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context, Timothy E. Eastman proposes a new creative synthesis, the Logoi framework-which is radically inclusive and incorporates both actuality and potentiality-to show how the fundamental notions of... -
Art and Objects by Graham Harman 9781509512683
RRP: £17.99£16.04In this book, the founder of object-oriented ontology develops his view that aesthetics is the central discipline of philosophy. Whereas science must attempt to grasp an object in terms of its observable qualities, philosophy and art cannot proceed in... -
All The World An Icon by Tom Cheetham
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583944554Author Tom CheethamFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Padmasambhava 9781788287852
RRP: £7.99£5.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788287852Author PadmasambhavaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Christopher Nolan: Filmmaker and Philosopher by Robbie B. H. Goh
RRP: £21.99£19.28Christopher Nolan is the writer and director of Hollywood blockbusters like The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, and also of arthouse films like Memento and Inception. Underlying his staggering commercial success however, is a darker sensibility... -
Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide by Tracy Bowell 9780815371434
RRP: £35.99£32.09We are frequently confronted with arguments. Arguments are attempts to persuade us - to influence our beliefs and actions - by giving us reasons to believe this or that. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide will equip students with the concepts and... -
Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver
RRP: £18.00£15.40Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and... -
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
RRP: £21.95£18.42A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Tablet Best Book of the YearWinner of a Christianity Today Book Award"One finds big... -
Without Buddha I Could Not be a Christian by Paul F. Knitter
RRP: £10.99£8.25Without Buddha I Could not be a Christian narrates how esteemed theologian, Paul F. Knitter, overcame a crisis of faith by looking to Buddhism for inspiration. From prayer to how Christianity views life after death, Knitter argues that a Buddhist... -
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Knowledge by Harold W. Noonan 9780415150477
RRP: £25.99£22.63David Hume was one of the most important British philosophers of the eighteenth century. The first part of his Treatise on Human Nature is a seminal work in philosophy. Hume on Knowledge introduces and assesses:* Humes life and the background of the...