Master Alciat's Riddles: 100 Philosophical Puzzles by Pierre Martin
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
An exquisite book of puzzles that combines philosophy with fun, Master Alciat's Riddles comprises 100 mysterious and beautiful etchings from the 16th to the 18th century, each of them conveying a moral or an allegory. The reader's job is to determine the message contained within each etching.
This Book Does Not Exist : Adventures in the paradoxical by Gary Hayden & Michael Picard
24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Welcome to the perplexing world of the paradoxical. Prepare to stretch your mind and challenge everything you think you think you know as This Book Does Not Exist unveils how weird a world of thought can be. Filled with philosophical and mathematical problems to baffle and delight you This Book Does Not ...Show more
The 99th Monkey by Eliezer Sobel
37.99 NZD
49.99 (24% off)
Category: Philosophy
Suffused with a unique brand of irreverent humor, this account recalls the autobiographical explorations of the most significant alternative communities, ashrams, gurus, shamans, and consciousness- raising seminars of the past 40 years. Serving as a human guinea pig for many of the most popular cutting- ...Show more
Coffee & Philosophy - Grounds for Debate by Scott F. Parker
29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Philosophy for Everyone
Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee.* Matt Lounsbury of pioneering business Stumptown Coffee discusses just how good ...Show more
Philosophy On Tap: Pint-Sized Puzzles For The Pub Philosopher by Matt Lawrence
29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
When beer starts to flow, philosophical discussions naturally follow. Philosophy on Tap takes pub philosophy to the next level, pairing 48 of life's greatest philosophical questions with 48 of the world's best beers. Features a unique presentation of philosophical puzzles, paradoxes, and debates by c ...Show more
What? Are These Really the Twenty Most Important Questions in Human History? by Mark Kurlansky
24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What is What? Could it be that noted author Mark Kurlansky has written a very short, terrifically witty, deeply thought-provoking book entirely in the form of questions? A book that draws on philosophy, religion, literature, policy - indeed, all of civilization - to ask what may well be the twenty ...Show more
Alex's Adventures in Numberland - Despatches from the wonderful world of mathematics by Alex Bellos
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our ...Show more
Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A.C. Grayling
39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: From
The essays in this book, drawn mainly from A. C. Grayling's columns in "Prospect", the "Dubliner" and "The Times", are in fact responses to questions set by editors and readers. If beauty existed only in the eye of the beholder, would that make it an unimportant quality? Are human rights political? Can ...Show more
Edward De Bono's Thinking Course by Edward De Bono
30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Transform your thinking! Is the way you think like the colour of your eyes something you are born with and cannot alter? Or is thinking a skill that can be improved with practice, like swimming, tennis or cooking? In this practical book, Edward de Bono lays out some simple but powerful tools with which ...Show more
The Story of Philosophy by Bryan Magee
45.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Guides us through the history of ideas and thinking, tracing over 2,500 years of Western philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to modern thinkers. This title helps to discover what philosophy is, how philosophers have questioned the fundamental principles underlying all knowledge and existence.
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
50.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Commentaries on Living 2 by J. Krishnamurti
30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Krishnamurti's essential message is that to find truth, we must go beyond the limits of ordinary thought. In public talks worldwide, he strove to free listeners from conventional beliefs and psychological mind-sets in order to understand what is. This 3-volume series records his meetings with individual ...Show more