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John Stuart Mill: A Very Short Introduction by Gregory Claeys 9780198749998
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System... -
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony
RRP: £25.00£14.66In the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, countless words have been written and uttered about nationalism-many accusing nationalists of racism, hatred, and violence. But nationalism wasn't always considered evil. Indeed, such venerated... -
The Wisdom of Asia 365 Days: Buddhism . Confucianism . Taoism by Danielle Follmi
RRP: £24.95£18.75This yearbook from husband-and-wife duo Danielle and Olivier Foellmi reveals the spiritual wisdom of the Far East. Each of Olivier's photographs is accompanied by the thoughts of a great master, including Confucius, Lao-tzu, Dogen Zenji, Chuang-tzu, Hong... -
The Shortcut: Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us by Nello Cristianini
RRP: £22.99£20.16- The author is one of the most influential AI reseachers of recent decades.- Written in an accessible language, the book provides a probing account of AI today and proposes a new narrative to connect and make sense of events that happened in the recent... -
Awake In The World by Michael Stone
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590308141Author Michael StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt - And Why They Shouldn't by William B. Irvine
RRP: £13.99£9.75Insults are part of the fabric of daily life. But why do we insult each other? Why do insults cause us such pain? Can we do anything to prevent or lessen this pain? Most importantly, how can we overcome our inclination to insult others? In A Slap in... -
A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness by Jon Stewart
RRP: £30.00£25.95Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust. In... -
Pursuing Moral Warfare: Ethics in American, British, and Israeli Counterinsurgency by Marcus Schulzke 9781626166585
RRP: £48.00£42.41During combat, soldiers make life-and-death choices dozens of times a day. These individual decisions accumulate to determine the outcome of wars. This work examines the theory and practice of military ethics in counterinsurgency operations. Marcus... -
Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe by Jan-Werner Muller
RRP: £16.99£16.66In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates both the twentieth-century's ideological extremes and how Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in the second half of the... -
The Waste Books by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940322509Author Georg Christoph LichtenbeFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition by Peter Kingsley 9780198150817
RRP: £72.00£55.72Empedocles played a crucial role in the development of western culture; yet little is known or understood about this man, who lived in Sicily in the fifth-century BC. This is mainly becuase his teaching has been reconstructed by modern shcolars first and... -
The Moral Powers – A Study of Human Nature by PMS Hacker
RRP: £29.95£27.01A 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... -
The Philosophy of Isaiah Berlin by Johnny Lyons
RRP: £25.99£21.22'I gradually came to the conclusion that I should prefer a field in which one could hope to know more at the end of one's life than when one had begun.' So thought Isaiah Berlin toward the end of the Second World War, when he decided to bid farewell to... -
Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone: Cultivating Wisdom by Fritz Allhoff
RRP: £13.95£12.73Philosophy and gardens have been closely connected from the dawn of philosophy, with many drawing on their beauty and peace for philosophical inspiration. Gardens in turn give rise to a broad spectrum of philosophical questions. For the green-fingered... -
The Fourth Way: Teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff by P. D. Ouspensky
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394716725Author P. D. OuspenskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm)... -
The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi by Ramana Maharshi
RRP: £9.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806250Author Ramana MaharshiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way by Tom Morris
RRP: £14.99£9.88The comic book naratives of superheroes wrestle with profound and disturbing issues in original ways: the definitions of good and evil, the limits of violence as an effective means, the perils of enforcing justice outside the law, the metaphysics of... -
Eternity Now by Francis Lucille 9781882874002
RRP: £25.00£18.98Apologies 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)... -
Moral Progress in Dark Times: Universal Values for the 21st Century Cloth by Gabriel 9781509549481
RRP: £25.00£16.38The challenges we face today are unprecedented, from the existential crisis of climate change to the global security threats posed by aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere. Add to this the crisis of liberal democracy and we seem to be swirling in a state... -
The Essays by Francis Bacon
RRP: £12.99£9.09One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy... -
Body and World by Samuel Todes 9780262700825
£44.29Body and World is the definitive edition of a book that should now take its place as a major contribution to contemporary existential phenomenology. Samuel Todes goes beyond Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty in his description of how independent... -
Cities of Power: The Urban, The National, The Popular, The Global by Goeran Therborn
£13.22In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist Goeran Therborn offers a tour of the world's major capital cities, and the forces that have shaped them. Through a global, historical lens, and... -
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume 9789353422868
RRP: £10.00£8.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353422868Author David HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 7mm -
Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics, and Humanity by Kei Hiruta
RRP: £38.00£30.41For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century's most important thinkers-and the lessons their disagreements continue to offerTwo of the most iconic thinkers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and... -
Amartya Sen by Lawrence Hamilton 9781509519859
RRP: £17.99£16.04Amartya Sen is one of the world's best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe. He has also contributed almost without peer to the study of economics, philosophy and... -
Uncomputable: Play and Politics In the Long Digital Age by Alexander Galloway
RRP: £16.99£14.10Narrating some lesser known episodes from the deep history of digital machines, Alexander R. Galloway explains the technology that drives the world today, and the fascinating people who brought these machines to life. With an eye to both the computable... -
John Berger's Ways of Seeing by Emmanouil Kalkannis
RRP: £6.50£6.11Ways of Seeing is a key art-historical work that continues to provoke widespread debate. It is comprised of seven different essays, three of which are pictorial and the other containing texts and images. Berger first examines the relationship between... -
Bosses by Ghislaine Leung 9781916425002
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916425002Author Ghislaine LeungFormat PaperbackPage Count 10Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing -
Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists by Mary Beth Willard
RRP: £19.99£17.69The #metoo movement has forced many fans to consider what they should do when they learn that a beloved artist has acted immorally. One natural thought is that fans ought to give up the artworks of immoral artists. In Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of... -
The Wellness Syndrome by Carl Cederstrom 9780745655611
RRP: £15.99£14.41Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome. In this ground-breaking new book, Carl Cederstroem and Andre Spicer argue that the... -
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy by Bernard Williams
RRP: £17.99£16.04With a new foreword by Jonathan Lear'Remarkably lively and enjoyable...It is a very rich book, containing excellent descriptions of a variety of moral theories, and innumerable and often witty observations on topics encountered on the way.' - Times... -
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig 9780688002305
RRP: £32.00£18.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688002305Author Robert M. PirsigFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Psychology of Meaning in Life by Tatjana Schnell
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning in life, analysing cutting-edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications. Schnell draws on psychological, philosophical and cognitive... -
Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems by William Irwin
RRP: £15.95£14.38A look at the philosophical underpinnings of the hit TV show, Mad Men With its swirling cigarette smoke, martini lunches, skinny ties, and tight pencil skirts, Mad Men is unquestionably one of the most stylish, sexy, and irresistible shows on television... -
Simply Notice: Clear Awareness is the Key to Happiness, Love and Freedom by Peter Francis Dziuban 9780998652436
RRP: £19.00£13.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998652436Author Peter Francis DziubanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Peter Francis DziubanPublisher Peter Francis DziubanWeight(grams)... -
Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines: Translated with introduction and notes by Richard Bett 9780198712701
£76.20Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathematikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. In sceptical fashion, it questions the credentials... -
Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution by Wendy Brown 9781935408543
RRP: £17.99£14.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935408543Author Wendy BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone Books -
What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives by Christine Hayes
RRP: £28.00£22.20In the thousand years before the rise of Islam, two radically diverse conceptions of what it means to say that a law is divine confronted one another with a force that reverberates to the present. What's Divine about Divine Law? untangles the classical... -
The Yoga Tradition: its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice by Georg Feuerstein, PhD 9781890772185
RRP: £33.00£26.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890772185Author Georg Feuerstein, PhDFormat PaperbackPage Count 550Imprint Hohm Press,U.S.Publisher Hohm Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g -
Prophet by K. Gibran
RRP: £16.00£9.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394404288Author Kahlil GibranFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 146mm...