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Why We Think the Things We Think: Philosophy in a Nutshell by Alain Stephen
RRP: £7.99£5.78Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion or a... -
This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean by Alain Stephen
RRP: £7.99£5.98An informative and accessible guide to all of the great philosophers' best-known theories, explained through their most famous quotes.We may have heard of Socrates, Plato, Descartes and Nietzsche, but what did they believe? What were their famous... -
Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide by Edward Feser 9781851686902
RRP: £10.99£7.21One of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the history of Western thought, St Thomas Aquinas established the foundations for much of modern philosophy of religion, and is infamous for his arguments for the existence of God. In this... -
Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy by Robin Waterfield
RRP: £21.99£15.61The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his... -
I've Been Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett 9780241519271
RRP: £30.00£20.95'A generous book written by a figure who has made a significant impact on philosophy ... Anyone interested in philosophy should read it' Nigel Warburton, Times Literary Supplement'One of today's most readable, intellectually nimble and scientifically... -
Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: A Yogi's Autobiography by Sri M
RRP: £15.99£12.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143458586Author Sri MFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 130mm * 20mm -
Love's Work by Gillian Rose
£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173657Author Gillian RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
City of the Beast: The London of Aleister Crowley by Phil Baker
RRP: £21.00£14.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689322Author Phil BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Why I Am so Clever by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £3.00£2.63'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... -
Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School by Stuart Jeffries
RRP: £11.99£9.96In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominent members of what became the Frankfurt School were the... -
Owl of Minerva: A Memoir by Mary Midgley 9780415371391
RRP: £21.99£19.34One of the UK's foremost living moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profound love of teaching.In spite of her many books... -
Life is Real Only Then, When 'I Am': All and Everything Third Series by George Gurdjieff
RRP: £10.99£7.99This is one of the few records published by Gurdjieff in which he offers guidance to his 'community of seekers', the pupils from many countries who joined him in Paris and New York.The first section is mainly autobiographical, relating material crucial... -
J. L. Austin: Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence Officer by M. W. Rowe
RRP: £30.00£27.55The first biography of the philosopher who became a mastermind of Allied intelligence in World War Two. Austere, witty, and formidable, J. L. Austin (1911-1960) was the leader of Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophy and the founder of speech-act theory... -
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 9781529015027
RRP: £10.99£7.73A timely book for today's world, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations explores how to endure hardship, how to cope with change and how to find something positive out of adversity.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,... -
Words by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: £10.99£7.99After his father's early death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up at his grandfather's home in a world even then eighty years out of date. In Words Sartre recalls growing up within the confines of French provincialism in the period before the First World... -
Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality by David Edmonds
RRP: £28.00£22.54From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilismDerek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of... -
Aleister Crowley: The Biography - Spiritual Revolutionary, Romantic Explorer, Occult Master - and Spy Tobias Churton 9781780283845
RRP: £30.00£18.99Blowing the myths wide open, this exciting exploration of the notorious Aleister Crowley, packed with previously unpublished information, is the true story of a poet, explorer, mystic, mountaineer, philosopher, prophet and spy.About the AuthorTobias... -
Derrida: A Biography Benoit Peeters 9780745656168
RRP: £14.99£11.05This biography of Jacques Derrida (1930 2004) tells the story of a Jewish boy from Algiers, excluded from school at the age of twelve, who went on to become the most widely translated French philosopher in the world a vulnerable, tormented man who,... -
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist by Walter A. Kaufmann 9780691160269
RRP: £22.00£18.03This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and... -
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought by Dennis C. Rasmussen 9780691192284
RRP: £16.99£14.04The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships-and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his... -
Under the Hornbeams: A true story of life in the open by Emma Tarlo 9780571379804
RRP: £18.99£12.83'Reading it feels like slowing down to take a breath' - EVENING STANDARD'Open-air theatre between two covers, powered by strength of character and beautiful writing.' - NICHOLAS CRANE'A stunning book. Soulful and honest, it is a riveting, original story... -
The Essential Writings by Mahatma Gandhi
RRP: £10.99£7.99'those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means' Mahatma Gandhi was a profound and original thinker as well as one of the most influential figures in the history of the twentieth century. A religious and... -
Derrida: A Biography Benoit Peeters 9780745656151
RRP: £25.00£17.63This biography of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) tells the story of a Jewish boy from Algiers, excluded from school at the age of twelve, who went on to become the most widely translated French philosopher in the world - a vulnerable, tormented man who,... -
Personal Odyssey, A by Thomas Sowell 9780684864655
RRP: £16.99£16.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684864655Author SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm -
Iqbal: His Life and Our Times by Khurram Ali Shafique 9780957141667
RRP: £13.99£12.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957141667Author Khurram Ali ShafiqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Libredux PublishingPublisher Libredux PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Wittgenstein's Poker by David Edmonds 9780571227358
RRP: £12.99£8.80On 25 October 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The encounter lasted only ten minutes, and did not go well. Almost immediately, rumours started to spread around the... -
Hume: A Very Short Introduction by James A. Harris 9780198849780
RRP: £8.99£6.65David Hume, philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, was one of the great figures of the European Enlightenment. Unlike some of his famous contemporaries, however, he was not dogmatically committed to idealised conceptions of reason,... -
In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility by Costica Bradatan 9780674970472
RRP: £24.95£19.89Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead.Our obsession with success is hard to overlook... -
The Laszlo Chronicle: A Global Thinker's Journey from Systems to Consciousness and the Akashic Field by Gyorgyi Szabo
RRP: £16.99£15.63This study analyses the fifty year evolution of Ervin Laszlo's contribution to science and philosophy. It records the major turning points in his thinking and discusses who and what influenced this evolution and with what result. Laszlo's search for... -
John Dee and the Empire of Angels: Enochian Magick and the Occult Roots of the Modern World by Jason Louv 9781620555897
RRP: £26.00£16.83A comprehensive look at the life and continuing influence of 16th-century scientific genius and occultist Dr. John Dee Dr. John Dee (1527-1608), Queen Elizabeth I's court advisor and astrologer, was the foremost scientific genius of the 16th century... -
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £8.99£6.65Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original philospher, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself. In this book, which aims to make Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general non-specialist... -
Confessions by Edmund Augustine 9780872208162
RRP: £14.99£12.78Like the first Hackett edition of the Augustine's Confessions, the second edition features F. J. Sheed's remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown. New to this... -
Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor by Donald J. Robertson 9780300256666
RRP: £18.99£16.43Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE) to life for a new generation of readers by exploring... -
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers: Compact Edition by Diogenes Laertius
RRP: £15.99£13.73Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a... -
Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Tuck
RRP: £8.99£6.65Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study,... -
Becoming Beauvoir by Kate Kirkpatrick
RRP: £14.99£12.33"One is not born a woman, but becomes one", Simone de Beauvoir A symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A philosopher, writer, and feminist icon, she won prestigious... -
How Not to Kill Yourself: Portrait of a Suicidal Mind by Clancy Martin 9780861540488
RRP: £18.99£13.82'Illuminating, riveting, and - for those of us who are suffering, or know people who are - potentially life-savingly helpful.' Scott Stossel The last time Clancy Martin tried to kill himself was in his basement with a dog leash. He didn't write a note... -
Montaigne by Stefan Zweig
RRP: £12.00£8.17'He who thinks freely for himself, honours all freedom on earth.' Stefan Zweig was already an emigre-driven from a Europe torn apart by brutality and totalitarianism-when he found, in a damp cellar, a copy of Michel de Montaigne's Essais. Montaigne... -
Spinoza, Life and Legacy by Prof Jonathan I. Israel 9780198857488
RRP: £39.99£35.83A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man's life, relationships, writings, and career, while also forcing us to rethink how we previously understood Spinoza's reception in his own... -
Kant: A Biography by Manfred Kuehn
RRP: £30.99£25.86This is the first full-length biography in more than fifty years of Immanuel Kant, one of the giants amongst the pantheon of Western philosophers as well as the one with the most powerful and broad influence on contemporary philosophy. It is well known...