On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times by Michael Ignatieff
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Category: Philosophy
Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize-finalist Michael Ignatieff.When someone we love dies, when we suffer loss ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is a Universal Ethics Possible? by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Philosophy
A lucid and inspiring consideration of the challenges we and our world now face, and a proposal for a way to avoid disaster. 'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, t ...Show more
Rules for a Knight : The Last Letter of Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke by Ryan (ILT) Ethan; Hawke Hawke
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Category: Philosophy
From Ethan Hawke, four-time Academy Award nominee--twice for writing and twice for acting--an unforgettable fable about a father's journey and a timeless guide to life's many questions. A knight, fearing he may not return from battle, writes a letter to his children in an attempt to leave a record of ...Show more
Meaning in Life and Why It Matters by Susan Wolf; Robert M. Adams (Commentaries by); Nomy Arpaly (Commentaries by); Jonathan Haidt (Commentaries by); John Koethe (Commentaries by); Stephen Macedo (Introduction by)
$42.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\University Center for Human Values Ser.
Most people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the self-interested or the moral. According to Susan Wolf, however, much of what motivates us does not comfortably fit into this scheme. Often we act neither for our ...Show more
Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Science Ser.
In "Consciousness Explained", Daniel C. Dennett reveals the secrets of one of the last remaining mysteries of the universe: the human brain. Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy, psychology and neuroscience - with the aid of numerous examples and thought-experiments - to explore how co ...Show more
Think Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Green Ideas
In this lyrical meditation on the American wilderness, Leopold considers the different ways humans shape the natural landscape, and describes for the first time the far-reaching phenomenon now known as 'trophic cascades'.
Great Ideas: On The Shortness Of Life by Seneca
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Timeless advice on the art of living well, from the celebrated Penguin Great Ideas series The writings of the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into stoicism, morality and the importance of reason, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity ...Show more
A Short History of Ethics - A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century by Alasdair MacIntyre
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
What is right? What is wrong? How do we decide? To a remarkable extent, our decision-making is determined by the origins of the ethical ideas that we employ and the history of their development. "A Short History of Ethics" is an introduction to the subject, presenting in concise form an insightful histo ...Show more
The Ethics of Criticism by Tobin Siebers
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Category: Philosophy
Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and the at ...Show more
How to Do the Right Thing by Seneca
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Category: Philosophy
How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others-and ourselves-more fairly and mercifully There are times when we’ve all felt that we haven’t been treated as we deserve-that we’ve been misjudged, short-changed, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt that ...Show more
The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
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Category: Philosophy
What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: pleasure. All we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word 'Epicurean' with the enjoyment of fine food and wine and decadent self-indulge ...Show more
The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Category: Philosophy
The Black Swan is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, Skin in the Gam ...Show more