Create Dangerously by Albert Camus
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Modern Ser.
'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech, accompanied here by two others. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Pengu ...Show more
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Category: Philosophy
Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin's unique take on Taoist philosophy's founding classic. Reflecting more than forty years of ...Show more
A History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bertrand Russell
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Category: Philosophy | Series: A Touchstone book
Hailed as "lucid and magisterial" by "The" "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 explor ...Show more
The Death of Expertise : The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols
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Category: Philosophy
Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows ...Show more
On the Nature of the Psyche by Carl Gustav Jung
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
Jung's discovery of the 'collective unconscious', a psychic inheritance common to all humankind, transformed the understanding of the self and the way we interpret the world. In On the Nature of the Psyche Jung describes this remarkable theory in his own words, and presents a masterly overview of his th ...Show more
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante
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Category: Philosophy
Reflections on reading and writing from the author of My Brilliant Friend. 'Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy - and the world.' - The Sunday Times A delightful collection of essays exploring reading and writing from the internationally acclaimed author of My Brilli ...Show more
The Undiscovered Self by Carl Gustav Jung
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Great Minds
Written three years before his death, The Undiscovered Self combines acuity with concision in masterly fashion and is Jung at his very best. Offering clear and crisp insights into some of his major theories, such as the duality of human nature, the unconscious, human instinct and spirituality, Jung warn ...Show more
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
This revelatory new translation by strips Thus Spoke Zarathustra down to its foundations in Gothic horror, and discovers a much darker book than previously understood. Not content to focus erringly on God is dead, this new translation sings a dithyramb to the earth at the same time as it mercilessly hun ...Show more
The Triumph of the Slippers: On the Withdrawal from the World by Pascal Bruckner
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Category: Philosophy
Since the beginning of the 21st century, global warming, terrorism, the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have created a widespread feeling that the world is an increasingly dangerous place. In response to this situation, it is understandable that many people are inclined to retreat to the safety of t ...Show more
Brief History of Thought: Philosophical by Luc Ferry
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Category: Philosophy
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the timeless wisdom of ancient Greece through to Christianity, the Enlightenment, existentialism and postmodernism, A Brief History of Thought brilliantly and accessibly explains the enduring teachings of philosophy - including its profound relevance in today's world as ...Show more
How to Think Like a Philosopher : Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
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Category: Philosophy
The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks. As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Thi ...Show more
The Wealth of Nations by . Smith
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Capstone Classics
Published in 1778, The Wealth of Nations was the first book on economics to catch the public's attention. It provides a recipe for national prosperity that has not been bettered since, based on small government and the freedom of citizens to act in their best interests. It reassuringly assumes no knowle ...Show more