Walden by Henry David Thoreau
$23.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford World's Classics
`The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation' In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his home town of Concord, Massachusetts to begin a new life alone, in a rough hut he built himself a mile and a half away on the north-west shore of Walden Pond. Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of thi ...Show more
We're All Australians Now by A B Paterson
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Category: Philosophy
WE'RE ALL AUSTRALIANS NOW follows the tradition of A & R children's classics such as MULGA'S BILL BICYCLE and CLICK GO THE SHEARS, A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson's poem is illustrated by the award-winning Mark Wilson. In 1915, Australia's much-loved bush poet Banjo Paterson wrote, as an open letter to the tr ...Show more
What I Believe by Bertrand Russell
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Great Minds
Bertrand Russell is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a brilliant writer and commentator on social and political affairs. What I Believe offers a lucid and concise insight into Russell's thinking on issues that preoccupied him throughout his life: atheism, ...Show more
What They Forgot to Teach You At School by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
We probably went to school for what felt like a very long time. We probably took care with our homework. Along the way we surely learnt intriguing things about equations, the erosion of glaciers, the history of the Middle Ages, and the tenses of foreign languages.But why, despite all the lessons we sat ...Show more
When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on ...Show more
William James: Essays and Lectures by Richard Kamber (Editor); William James; Daniel Kolak (Editor)
$85.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Longman Library of Primary Sources Ser.
Part of the "Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy," this edition of the William James' Selected Essays is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for undergraduates.
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial by Kathryn Mannix
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In this unprecedented book, palliative medicine pioneer Dr Kathryn Mannix explores the biggest taboo in our society and the only certainty we all share: death. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE Told through a series of beautifully crafted stories taken from nearly four ...Show more
Wittgenstein (The Great Philosophers) by Peter Hacker
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself' WittgensteinWittgenstein overturned centuries of philosophical reflection on the nature of 'the inner', of our subjective experience and of our knowledge of self and others. Traditional conceptions of 'the outer', of human behaviour, were equally distor ...Show more
World Ending Fire The Essential Wendell Berry by Berry Wendell
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Category: Philosophy
Zizek Responds! by Todd Dominik; McGowan Finkelde
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj i ek have been, like i ek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his genius, especially as a public intellectual, on the other. This makes it difficult to find any kind of nuanced or interes ...Show more