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  • How to Live

    Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

    Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: how do you live? How do you do the good or honorable thing, while flourishing and feeling happy?This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2011 National Book Award for Non-FictionOne of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

    by David Hume ...
    In the posthumously published Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the Enlightenment philosopher David Hume attacked many of the traditional arguments for the existence of God, expressing the belief that religion is founded on ignorance and irrational fears. Though calm and courteous in tone - at times even tactfully ambiguous - the conversations between Hume's vividly realized fictional figures ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Between Past and Future

    From the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, “a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day” (Harper’s Magazine)Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Schopenhauer 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, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will - a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Nietzscheanism

    by Carol Diethe ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
    Few philosophers have been as popular, prolific, and controversial as Friedrich Nietzsche, who has left his imprint not only on philosophy but on all the arts. Whether it is his concept of the übermensch or his nihilistic view of the world, Nietzsche's writings have aroused enormous interest, as well as anathema, in scholars for centuries.This third edition of Historical Dictionary of ... Read more

    $159.99 USD

  • Virtue

    Series series Key Concepts in Philosophy
    What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how?In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Some virtues make the world a better place, or help us to attain knowledge. Other virtues are ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Lacan

    Edited by Jean-Michel Rabaté ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This collection of specially commissioned essays by academics and practising psychoanalysts, first published in 2003, explores key dimensions of Jacques Lacan's life and works. Lacan is renowned as a theoretician of psychoanalysis whose work is still influential in many countries. He refashioned psychoanalysis in the name of philosophy and linguistics at the time when it underwent a certain ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Great Philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Edmund Husserl and John Dewey

    Series series The Great Philosophers
    No matter how you view philosophy, regardless of what you think it is, this series from The Independent will give you a strong sense of the life and work of the very best thinkers in the philosophical neighbourhood, dealing carefully and rationally with the most human of questions, the hardest questions, the questions which matter most. William James, in his last great work Some Problems of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • How to Be a Leader

    An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by Jeffrey Beneker ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous—and massive—Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. Luckily for us, Plutarch distilled what he learned about wise ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Voyage of the Beagle

    Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin began to formulate the theories of evolution and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts

    Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse

    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts. Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse Erstdruck: Berlin (Nicolai) 1820, vordatiert auf 1821. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2017. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Werke. Auf der Grundlage der Werke von 1832-1845 neu edierte Ausgabe. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil

    A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the 4entral values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed to domesticate the animal vitality of earlier cultures. The result is a book ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Ideas That Matter

    The Concepts That Shape the 21st Century

    Ideas can, and do, change the world. Just as Marxism, existentialism, and feminism shaped the last century, so fundamentalism, globalization, and bioethics are transforming our world now. In Ideas that Matter, renowned philosopher A.C. Grayling provides a personal dictionary of the ideas that will shape our world in the decades to come. With customary wit, fire, and erudition, Grayling ranges ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Movements of Thought

    Ludwig Wittgenstein's Diary, 1930–1932 and 1936–1937

    Translated by Alfred Nordmann ...
    While the published works of Ludwig Wittgenstein reveal the final, coalesced thoughts of this philosophical giant, Wittgenstein’s diary reveals his process of doing philosophy. Only in his private writing does Wittgenstein's philosophical practice fully come to light.Wittgenstein’s diary entries from the 1930s reveal themselves as a first-person spiritual epic. Wittgenstein agonizes over his ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Faith of a Heretic

    Updated Edition

    Originally published in 1959, The Faith of a Heretic is the most personal statement of the beliefs of Nietzsche biographer and translator Walter Kaufmann. A first-rate philosopher in his own right, Kaufmann here provides the fullest account of his views on religion. Although he considered himself a heretic, he was not immune to the wellsprings and impulses from which religion originates, declaring ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Naturalism

    A Critical Analysis

    Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
    Naturalism provides a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. The authors advocate the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned, in light of the serious objections raised against it. Contributors draw on a wide range of topics including: epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and agency, and natural ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Thinking Philosophically

    An Introduction to the Great Debates

    Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to the Great Debates presents a highly accessible introduction to five of the most fundamental debates in world philosophy.Introduces five fundamental philosophical debates in a highly engaging and accessible manner that invites readers to enter the discussion themselvesFeatures chapters that each consider a central philosophical question dialectically by ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • Maxims and Reflections

    Thoughts and ideas from the versatile and brilliant German writer and statesman.The German author of Faust takes a detour from his usual literary endeavors and offers snippets of his musings on life, literature, science, nature, politics, and the human condition. Essential for fans of Goethe’s works, it provides a unique insight into the mind of the last true Renaissance man.This ebook has been ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Renaissance Philosophy

    The Art of Worldly Wisdom; Reflections: Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims; and Maxims and Reflections

    Wisdom for today’s world from three great thinkers of the Renaissance era.This collection of three philosophical works by Renaissance men offers timeless advice on how to prosper and live morally in business, romance, religion, and society. Although written in the Renaissance era, these guides still resonate today and are collected here for easy reference.In The Art of Worldly Wisdom, Baltasar ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Age of Wonder

    How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

    The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science.When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The History of Philosophy

    **“A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world’s most eminent thinkers**The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

    A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

    This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them. Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important. Simon Blackburn begins by putting forward a convincing case for the study of philosophy and goes on to give the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The End Is Always Near

    Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

    by Dan Carlin ...
    Now a New York Times Bestseller.The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apocalyptic moments from the past as a way to frame the challenges of the future.Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? No one knows the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD