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
What More Philosophers Think by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom (eds)
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Following on from the success of the first edition of "What Philosophers Think", this second edition brings together a collection of interviews with some of the world's most important and influential philosophers and intellectuals and leading figures in the arts and politics, including: Bernard Williams ...Show more
101 Great Philosophers: Makers of Modern Thought by Madsen Pirie
32.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
101 Great Philosophers is a concise and accessible guide to 101 of the greatest minds that contributed to the legacy of western philosophy. From the ancient Greeks to present-day thinkers, Madsen Pirie employs concise entries, each on a single page, to give a snapshot of the contribution made by 100 key ...Show more
Philosophy for Dummies by Thomas V. Morris
29.99 NZD
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Category: Philosophy | Series: For Dummies | Reading Level: From 18 To 99
Philosophy at its best is an activity more than a body of knowledge. In an ancient sense, done right, it is a healing art. It's intellectual self-defense. It's a form of therapy. But it's also much more. Philosophy is map-making for the soul, cartography for the human journey. It's an important navigati ...Show more
Ideas That Matter by A.C. Grayling
29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
This is a book that celebrates the power of ideas: thought can - and does - change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and bioethics are defining our future just as Marxism, feminism or existentialism have influenced our present. So what do we need to know as we move ...Show more
The Form of Things: Essays on Life, Ideas and Liberty in the 21st Century by A.C. Grayling
29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
'Grief and loneliness, depression, despair and failure - those things are the common human lot at least at times in all our lives'. Yet it is philosophy which, while not providing an answer to these problems, can enable us to prepare for them, and create strategies with which to deal with them. It is on ...Show more
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Combining themes from multicultural stories with her own clinical work, the author of this book shows women how to tap into the healing and creative energies of the wild woman - the wise and ageless presence in the feminine psyche.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller "Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism." –The New York Times "An extraordinarily ent ...Show more
Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide (3rd ed) by Tracy Bowell
64.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
DoP October 2009 - 3rd edition NZ Author - Tracey Bowell, University of Waikato 336pp Softcover "Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide" is a much-needed guide to argument analysis and a clear introduction to thinking clearly and rationally for oneself. Through precise and accessible discussion this b ...Show more
On Dialogue by David Bohm
36.95 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening and more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations, businesses, and societies. Renowned scientist David Bohm, 'one of the most searching thinkers in modern physics' (Nature), believed there was a better w ...Show more
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
48.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" byThe Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy. Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration o ...Show more