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Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids by Scott Hershovitz 9780241448793
RRP: £20.00£14.69'Witty and learned ... Hershovitz intertwines parenting and philosophy, recounting his spirited arguments with his kids about infinity, morality, and the existence of God' Jordan Ellenberg, author of ShapeA funny, wise guide to the art of thinking, and... -
Russian Thinkers by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £10.99£7.77Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia's outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In... -
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction by Robert Wokler
RRP: £8.99£6.45One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of... -
Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson 9781840468533
RRP: £8.99£6.70Philosophers have always enjoyed asking awkward and provocative questions, such as:What is the nature of reality?What are human beings really like?What is special about the human mind and consciousness?Are we free to choose who we are and what we do?Can... -
Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Man being born...to perfect freedom...hath by nature a power...to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate.' Locke's Second Treatise of Government (1689) is one of the great classics of political philosophy, widely regarded as the... -
Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics by G. W. F. Hegel
£11.24No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects - despite living in the German golden age of Goethe, Mozart and Schiller. For if the artists of classical Greece could find the... -
An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy by Alison Stone
RRP: £17.99£16.04This is the first book to offer a systematic account of feminist philosophy as a distinctive field of philosophy. The book introduces key issues and debates in feminist philosophy including: the nature of sex, gender, and the body; the relation between... -
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9780199563272
RRP: £9.99£7.11'These hours of solitude and meditation are the only time of the day when I am completely myself' Reveries of the Solitary Walker is Rousseau's last great work, the product of his final years of exile from the society that condemned his political and... -
Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit by Sally Sedgwick
RRP: £60.00£54.13Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit examines a conspicuous feature of Hegel's major works: that they are progressive narratives. They advance from less to more perfect, abstract to concrete, indeterminate or empty to determinate. This is... -
Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy by Karl Jaspers
RRP: £12.99£11.46One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought. In Jaspers' view, the source of... -
Introducing the Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide by Lloyd Spencer
RRP: £8.99£6.63"Introducing The Enlightenment" is the essential guide to the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in... -
The Relevance of Phenomenology to the Philosophy of Language and Mind by Sean Dorrance Kelly 9781138997202
RRP: £47.99£41.81This work discusses philosophical problems of perceptual content, the content of deomonstrative thoughts, and the unity of proposition. By demonstrating a connection between phenomenology and analysis, Kelly suggests ways in which they can be fruitfully... -
Utilitarianism and Other Essays by Jeremy Bentham
RRP: £10.99£7.77One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the... -
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell 9780192854230
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?' Philosophy is the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we might deal with them in ordinary life, but critically,... -
Philosophy of Education: An Anthology by Randall Curren
RRP: £32.95£29.54Philosophy of Education: An Anthology brings together the essential historical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of education. The readings have been selected for their philosophical merit, their focus on important aspects of educational... -
Modern Movements in European Philosophy: Phenomenology, Critical Theory, Structuralism by Richard Kearney
RRP: £19.99£14.52In this now classic textbook, Richard Kearney surveys the work of nineteen of this century's most influential European thinkers, and acts as an introduction to three major movements: phenomenology, critical theory and structuralism.This edition includes... -
What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze 9780860916864
RRP: £18.99£16.10"The question 'what is philosophy?' can perhaps only be posed lat in life, with the arrival of old age and the time for speaking concretely. It is a question posed in a moment of quiet restlessness, at midnight, when there is no longer anything to ask... -
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient by William B. Irvine
RRP: £12.99£9.60Some 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... -
On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life by Ben Hutchinson 9780008588465
RRP: £12.99£8.32Ten brief essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. How do we live successfully? How do we live... -
Man, Son of Man: In the Stanzas of Dzyan by Sri Madhava Ashish
RRP: £15.99£13.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835609371Author Sri Madhava AshishFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g -
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Beaney 9780198778028
RRP: £8.99£6.61Originating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy established itself in various forms in the 1930s. After the... -
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
RRP: £16.99£11.67The Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks shares his twelve key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking in this vital new book. -- Pay attention. As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests... -
Introducing Logic: A Graphic Guide by Dan Cryan 9781848310124
RRP: £8.99£6.63Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, due to its heavy use of jargon and mathematical... -
On War by Carl von Clausewitz 9781853264825
RRP: £4.99£3.46Translated by J.J. Graham, revised by F.N. Maude Abridged and with an Introduction by Louise Willmot. On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at first hand the immense... -
The Greek Philosophers: from Thales to Aristotle by W. K. C. Guthrie 9780415522281
RRP: £12.99£11.94With an new foreword by James WarrenLong renowned as one of the clearest and best introductions to ancient Greek philosophy for non-specialists, W.K.C Guthrie's The Greek Philosophers offers us a brilliant insight into the hidden foundations of Greek... -
Assemblage Theory by Manuel DeLanda
RRP: £21.99£17.97Manuel DeLanda provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari's writings. Through a series of case studies DeLanda shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic, and military... -
Philosophy: The Classics by Nigel Warburton 9780415534666
RRP: £23.99£20.99Now in its fourth edition, Philosophy: The Classics is a brisk and invigorating tour through the great books of western philosophy. In his exemplary clear style, Nigel Warburton introduces and assesses thirty-two philosophical classics from Plato's... -
New Science by Giambattista Vico
RRP: £12.99£9.09Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonishingly perceptive and ambitious attempt to decipher the history, mythology and laws of the ancient world. Discarding the Renaissance notion of the... -
Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction by Oliver Gloag
RRP: £8.99£6.45Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very... -
Locke: A Very Short Introduction by John Dunn
RRP: £8.99£6.45John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us... -
Nietzsche in Italy by Guy de Pourtales 9781782277286
RRP: £9.99£6.70For fifteen years, after his first visit to the country in1876, Nietzsche was repeatedly and irresistibly drawn back to Italy's climate and lifestyle. It was there that he composed his most famous works, including Thus Spake Zarathustra and Ecce Homo. ... -
Aquinas by Ralph McInerny 9780745626871
£16.18This lively and highly accessible introduction to the thought of Thomas Aquinas focuses on his philosophy while making clear its openness to theology as reflection on Revelation. Introduces students this great philosopher of the middle ages in one short... -
Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy by Yogi Ramacharaka
RRP: £12.95£8.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997414837Author Yogi RamacharakaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bamboo Leaf PressPublisher Bamboo Leaf PressWeight(grams) 140g -
Being and Time by Martin Heidegger 9780631197706
RRP: £24.95£22.18A knowledge of Heidegger's Sein und Zeit is essential for anyone who wishes to understand a great deal of recent continental work in theology as well as philosophy. Yet until this translation first appeared in 1962, this fundamental work of one of the... -
Political Philosophy by Steven B. Smith
RRP: £22.50£21.68Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless... -
The Cave And The Light by Arthur Herman
RRP: £23.00£15.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553385663Author Arthur HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Invitation to Philosophy by Martin Hollis
RRP: £27.95£24.25In the revised and updated edition of this classic introductory text, Martin Hollis leads his readers through the age-old philosophical questions of free choice and human nature, appearance and reality, reason and experience.About the AuthorMartin Hollis... -
The Proper Study Of Mankind: An Anthology of Essays by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £25.00£18.02'He becomes everyman's guide to everything exciting in the history of ideas' New York Review of BooksIsaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century, and one of the finest writers. The Proper Study Of Mankind selects some of his... -
Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" by Alexandre Kojeve
RRP: £22.99£19.60Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" "This collection of Kojeve's thoughts about Hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth century-a book, knowledge of which is requisite to the full awareness of our situation... -
Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650-1750 by Jonathan I. Israel
RRP: £52.00£45.20Arguably the most decisive shift in the history of ideas in modern times was the complete demolition during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - in the wake of the Scientific Revolution - of traditional structures of authority, scientific...