The Republic by Plató
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Category: Classics
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, the order and character of the just, city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and has proven to be one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically. ...Show more
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide T.. by Plutarch; Jeffrey Beneker; Plutarch Plutarch
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous--and massive--Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Gre ...Show more
In Search of the Soul - A Philosophical Essay by John Cottingham
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today The concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold any r ...Show more
Philosophers: Their Lives and Works by DK
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Category: Philosophy
From Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this book bringstogether more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers.Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, the biographiestrace the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired the g ...Show more
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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Saving Beauty by Byung-Chul Han
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to corporeal pleasures and 'likes', resulting in a kind o ...Show more
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Liv by Brian L. Weiss
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Category: Philosophy
From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved--now featuring a new afterword by the author. As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was ...Show more
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel
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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
I Wish My Teacher Knew - How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids by Kyle Schwartz
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Category: Philosophy
One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacher knew _____." The results astounded her.Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for ed ...Show more
Stop Being Reasonable by Eleanor Gordon-Smith
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Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
What if you're not who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be...wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable,philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true stories that show the limits of human reason. Susie realis ...Show more
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense by Rory Sutherland
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Category: Philosophy
Why does it sometimes pay to make a product more difficult to use? Why do people think orange juice is healthy? Why should you put tables outside your cafU, even when it's raining? Why is stripy toothpaste made stripy? Leading ad-man, renowned cultural commentator and self-confessed greedy anthropologis ...Show more
How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers by Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential Stoic writings on the divine Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods--from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influent ...Show more