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Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway
$20.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Little Histories Ser.
In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion - from the dawn of religious belief to the 21st century - with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those w ...Show more
How Do You Live? by Yoshino Genzaburo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Publishing in English for the very first time, Japan's beloved coming of age classic on what really matters in life The streets of Tokyo swarm below fifteen year-old Copper as he gazes out into the city of his childhood. Struck by the thought of the infinite people whose lives play out alongside his own ...Show more
The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World by Susan Liautaud
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The essential guide for decision-making when ethics are on the edge. It's not your imagination. We're living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, government leaders are acting against the welfare of their citizens, companies are prioritising profits over our health and our safety, and technology pose ...Show more
Socrates (The Great Philosophers) by Anthony Gottlieb
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.' So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of its founding father. Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His wo ...Show more
Turing (The Great Philosophers) by Andrew Hodges
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
From WW2 code-breaker to Artificial Intelligence - a fascinating account of the remarkable Alan Turing. Alan Turing's 1936 paper On Computable Numbers was a landmark of twentieth-century thought. It not only provided the principle of the post-war computer, but also gave an entirely new approach to the p ...Show more
Fear and Trembling - Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio by Søren Kierkegaard; Alastair Hannay (Introduction by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Ser.
The book description for the previously published "Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death" is not yet available.
The Miracle of Mindfulness - 2021 Reissue by Thich Nhat Hanh
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' Time This is the definitive book on mindfulness from the beloved Zen master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh. With his signature clarity and warmth, he shares practical exercises and anecdotes to help us arrive at greater self-understanding and p ...Show more
The Fourfold Remedy - Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: pleasure. All we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word 'Epicurean' with the enjoyment of fine food and wine and decadent self-indul ...Show more
Angels and Saints - With a Guide to the Illustrations by Mary Wellesley by Eliot Weinberger; Anon (Notes by)
$44.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
From a litany of angelic voices, Weinberger's lyrical meditation then turns to the earthly counterparts, the saints, their lives retold in a series of vibrant and playful capsule biographies, followed by a glimpse of the afterlife. Threaded throughout Angels and Saints are the glorious illuminated grid ...Show more
Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Ser.
One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This selection of his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many ...Show more
On Life's Lottery by Glyn Davis
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: On Ser.
Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences last a lifetime.We like to think of Australia as the land of the 'fair go', a land of choice and equal opportunity. But behind the facade of meritocracy lies an uncomfortable truth: much of your life is already decided by the lottery of where you are born a ...Show more
Human Condition (2nd Edition) by Hannah Arendt; Margaret Canovan (Introduction by); Danielle Allen (Foreword by)
$36.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, "the theorist of beginnings," whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations--from totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relev ...Show more