The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and fru ...Show more
Either/Or by Soren Kirkegaard
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
Published in 1843, this is one of the earliest of Kierkegaard's major works. The author plays devil's advocate putting forward two opposing points of view challenging the reader to question the different alternatives. This book is written to provoke philosophical debate.
Ideas to Save Your Life: Philosophy for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure by Michael McGirr
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Category: Philosophy
This book is about the quest for order in a perplexing world.Ideas to Save Your Life follows Michael McGirr's much-admired Books that Saved My Life (2018). This time, instead of sharing his love of literature, McGirr shares his love of philosophy, focusing on the works of twenty-plus eminent thinkers ac ...Show more
The Wisdom of Epictetus: The Stoic Classic by Epictetus, Tom Butler-Bowdon
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Capstone Classics Ser.
Explore the ancient Stoic way of thinking and the valuable lessons it holds for contemporary life This new volume contains the Enchiridion and selected Discourses of the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus, who believed that moral philosophy should be a practical guide to leading a better life. His works ...Show more
Seeing Like a State - How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott
$30.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Veritas Paperbacks Ser.
"Illuminating and beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit."--New Yorker "A magisterial critique of top-down social planning."--Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times "One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been publish ...Show more
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by Alain de Botton, The School of Life
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
What does it mean to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century? And how should we go about doing it? These are the most important questions to ask ourselves and the ones we most often avoid dealing with. This insightful, witty and generous book reveals one simple answer to the question of a good ...Show more
Meditations: The Philosophy Classic by Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Capstone Classics Ser.
A deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as "The Philosopher" Meditations is a series of personal journals written by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from 169 to 180 AD. The last of the "Five Good Emperors," he was the most powerful and influential man in the ...Show more