I Am, Therefore I Think by Alexander George
29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What is like to be another person? Why is stupidity not painful? Is it possible for a human ever to do a selfless act? Do chimpanzees really enjoy eating bananas? How can an exception ever prove a rule? Everyone confronts philosophical issues, so why shouldn't everyone have access to a philosopher? In t ...Show more
On Evil by Terry Eagleton
46.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
For many enlightened, liberal-minded thinkers today, and for most on the political left, evil is an outmoded concept. It smacks too much of absolute judgements and metaphysical certainties to suit the modern age. In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a su ...Show more
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny
60.99 NZD
79.99 (23% off)
Category: Philosophy | Series: New History of Western Philosophy
This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy - the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us ...Show more
What Should I Do?: Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the Puzzling by Alexander George (ed)
32.99 NZD
41.99 (21% off)
Category: Philosophy
Is it ever OK to be dishonest? Is it wrong to enjoy violent video games, or to cheat on one's tax returns? Should we be vegetarians? When is war justified? Are there any moral facts, or is morality relative? Life throws ethical questions at us every day. Some are momentous and difficult, while others ar ...Show more
A New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony Kenny
137.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
In these four volumes Sir Anthony Kenny unfolds a magisterial new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, but serious and deep enough to offer a genuine understanding of the great philosophers, Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work ...Show more
Philosophy in the Modern World : A New History of Western Philosophy Volume 4 by Anthony Kenny
43.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) extraordinary scientific advances, cultural changes, and political upheavals, the last two centuries have ...Show more
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists by Robin Waterfield
20.95 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuit ...Show more
Breaking the Spell by Daniel C Dennett
14.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask whyand howit has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a mora ...Show more
The Prophet: Popular Penguins by Kahlil Gibran
13.99 NZD
15.99 (12% off)
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
"The Prophet, a bestseller around the world and translated into over twenty languages, is the best-known and best-loved of Kahlil Gibran's many writings. Inspired largely by the beauty and timelessness of nature, The Prophet speaks of love and marriage, joy and sorrow, reason and passion, beauty and dea ...Show more
Interpreting Dreams by Sigmund Freud
28.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Translated Texts Ser.
By a detailed investigation of the universal phenomenon of dreaming, Freud discovered a radical new way of exploring the unconscious and recognized that dreams are a conflict and compromise between conscious and unconscious impulses. Through his insights about dreams, Freud was able to revise his method ...Show more
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel
31.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What are our obligations to others as people in a free society? Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Do individual rights and the comm ...Show more