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The Little Book of Philosophy by DK
RRP: £9.99£7.11Learn everything you need to know about the world of philosophy- from the key thinkers to modern concepts in a brand new portable size.To the complete novice learning about philosophy can be daunting - The Little Book of Philosophy changes all that. With... -
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer by William Irwin
RRP: £24.99£18.80A light-hearted introduction to philosophy through the antics of the Simpsons, television's animated family. These essays on the silly, absurd, hyper-ironic and strangely philosophical world that is Springfield - the town without a state - explore... -
The Moral Authority of Nature by Lorraine Daston
£31.51For thousands of years, people have used nature to justify their political, moral, and social judgments. Such appeals to the moral authority of nature are still very much with us today, as heated debates over genetically modified organisms and human... -
The Everyday Life Reader by Ben Highmore 9780415230254
RRP: £38.99£34.62The Everyday Life Reader brings together thinkers ranging from Freud to Baudrillard with primary sources. It thus provides a complete and comprehensive resource on theories of everyday life.Ben Highmore's introduction surveys the development of thought... -
Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £4.99£3.46Translated by Thomas Common. With an Introduction by Nicholas Davey. This astonishing series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of the Persian sage Zarathustra, or Zoroaster, contains the kernel of Nietzsche's thought. 'God is dead', he tells us... -
Introducing Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson
RRP: £8.99£6.70Essential illustrated guide to key ideas of political thought. Philosophers have always asked fundamental and disturbing questions about politics. Plato and Aristotle debated the merits of democracy. The origins of society, the state and government... -
The Wholeness of Nature: Goethe's Way of Science by Henri Bortoft
RRP: £20.00£14.69The scientific work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) represents a style of learning and understanding which is largely ignored today. Modern science tends to break objects down in a purely analytical way; by contrast, Goethe was interested in... -
Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings by Rene Descartes
RRP: £9.99£7.11One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Desmond M. Clarke in Penguin Classics.Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his... -
Vladimir Jankelevitch and the Question of Forgiveness by Alan Udoff 9780739176672
RRP: £77.00£71.06The essays focus on the work of Vladimir Jankelevitch as a moral philosopher, particularly that aspect of his work dealing with the question of forgiveness. They treat topics such as the place of moral philosophy in relation to his work as a whole, his... -
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini 9781783788538
RRP: £10.99£7.32As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Think Like A Philosopher is a revelatory exploration of the methods, tenets and attitudes of thought that guide... -
The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification and Awakening by Anti-Climacus by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: £9.99£7.11One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of... -
Disney and Philosophy: Truth, Trust, and a Little Bit of Pixie Dust by Richard Brian Davis 9781119538318
RRP: £13.95£9.58Take a magic carpet ride through Disney's wonderful world of films and entertainment experiences, and discover the wisdom within its most popular and enduring stories Philosophy begins in wonder, and there's no question that Disney's immersive worlds and... -
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.' Thus ends David Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, the definitive statement of the greatest philosopher in the English language. His arguments in... -
The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin by Soren Kierkegaard
RRP: £13.99£12.00First published in 1844, Soren Kierkegaard's concise treatise identified-long before Freud-anxiety as a profound human condition, portraying human existence largely as a constant struggle with our own spiritual identities.About the AuthorSoren... -
The Passion Of The Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View by Richard Tarnas 9781845951627
RRP: £20.00£14.69The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud, Richard Tarnas described profound... -
Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach by William R. Schroeder
RRP: £33.95£28.11Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach is a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes chapters on Hegel; Marx and Western Marxism; Schopenhauer, Freud, and... -
Locke on Personal Identity: Consciousness and Concernment by Galen Strawson 9780691147574
RRP: £45.00£34.67John Locke's theory of personal identity underlies all modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves - yet it is widely thought to be wrong. In his new book, Galen Strawson argues that in fact it is Locke's critics who are wrong, and that the... -
You Kant Make it Up!: Strange Ideas from History's Great Philosophers by Gary Hayden
RRP: £10.99£7.77Drawing on the writings of the great philosophers, You Kant Make it Up sends the reader on thrilling, non-stop tour of their most outrageous and counter-intuitive conclusions. Harry Potter is real. Matter doesn't exist. Dan Brown is better than... -
Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant 9780199552467
RRP: £13.99£9.75'beauty has purport and significance only for human beings, for beings at once animal and rational' In the Critique of Judgement (1790) Kant offers a penetrating analysis of our experience of the beautiful and the sublime, discussing the objectivity... -
Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Janaway
RRP: £8.99£6.45Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner,... -
Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume 1: Autobiography & Literary Essays by John Stuart Mill 9780865976504
RRP: £10.95£9.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865976504Author John Stuart MillFormat PaperbackPage Count 766Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1152g -
How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson
RRP: £25.00£12.68A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? Before the... -
The Book of Hermits: A History of Hermits from Antiquity to the Present by Robert Rodriguez 9781736866504
RRP: £16.00£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736866504Author Robert RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Hermitary PressPublisher Hermitary PressWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Essays on Heidegger and Others: Philosophical Papers by Richard Rorty 9780521358781
RRP: £22.99£18.11Richard Rorty's collected papers, written during the 1980s and now published in two volumes, take up some of the issues which divide Anglo-Saxon analytic philosophers and contemporary French and German philosophers and offer something of a compromise -... -
German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Bowie
RRP: £8.99£6.45German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. Without Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Husserl there would be no Anglo-American 'analytical' style of philosophy. Moreover, without Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, the 'Continental... -
Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza 9781840221190
RRP: £4.99£3.46Translated by W.H.White and A.K.Stirling. With an Introduction by Don Garrett. Benedict de Spinoza lived a life of blameless simplicity as a lens-grinder in Holland. And yet in his lifetime he was expelled from the Jewish community in Amsterdam as a... -
Spinoza: Theological-Political Treatise by Jonathan Israel
RRP: £24.99£21.78Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise (1670) is one of the most important philosophical works of the early modern period. In it Spinoza discusses at length the historical circumstances of the composition and transmission of the Bible, demonstrating... -
On Plato's <i>Timaeus</i> by Calcidius
RRP: £29.95£23.59Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato's corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus,... -
Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
RRP: £10.99£7.77One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on... -
Thirteen Theories of Human Nature by Leslie Stevenson
RRP: £68.99£64.96Over six previous editions, Twelve Theories of Human Nature has been a remarkably popular introduction to some of the most influential developments in Western and Eastern thought. Now titled Thirteen Theories of Human Nature, the seventh edition adds a... -
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein 9781405159296
RRP: £25.95£23.00Philosophical Investigations New editions of the Commentary on Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations from Wiley-Blackwell Wittgenstein: Understanding and Meaning, Volume 1 of An Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations Part I:... -
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live by Peter Cave
RRP: £16.99£12.86In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought - and what they thought about - Peter Cave provides an accessible and enjoyable introduction to thinking philosophically and how it can change our everyday lives. With a lightness... -
Why I Am so Clever by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £3.00£2.49'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.One of 46 new books... -
Philosophy In The Flesh by George Lakoff
RRP: £25.00£20.40What are human beings like? How is knowledge possible? What is truth? Where do moral values come from? Questions like these have stood at the centre of Western philosophy for centuries. In addressing them, philosophers have made certain fundamental... -
Mind: A Brief Introduction by John R. Searle
RRP: £35.99£12.28"The philosophy of mind is unique among contemporary philosophical subjects," writes John Searle, "in that all of the most famous and influential theories are false." One of the world's most eminent thinkers, Searle dismantles these theories as he... -
Man Alone with Himself by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £7.99£5.79Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional... -
Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative by Mieke Bal 9781442628342
RRP: £26.99£24.11Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become an international classic and the comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts, both literary and non-literary. Providing insights into how readers interpret... -
Hegel: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer
RRP: £8.99£6.61Many people regard Hegel's work as obscure and extremely difficult, yet his importance and influence are universally acknowledged. Professor Singer eliminates any excuse for remaining ignorant of the outlines of Hegel's philosophy by providing a broad... -
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction by Patrick Gardiner
RRP: £8.99£6.45Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55), one of the most original thinkers of the nineteenth century, wrote widely on religious, psychological, and literary themes. This book shows how Kierkegaard developed his views in emphatic opposition to prevailing... -
A New Stoicism: Revised Edition by Lawrence C. Becker 9780691177212
RRP: £20.00£15.54What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory, and if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and experimental science? What would stoic ethics be like today if...