The Great Philosophers: Descartes by John Cottingham
$19.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
'The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.' Descartes 'It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.'Descartes is often called the father of modern philosophy. He was certainly one of the most important figures in the emergenc ...Show more
The History of Sexuality: 4: Confessions of the Flesh by Michel Foucault
$35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The final, previously unpublished volume of one of the twentieth century's seminal works Foucault's History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood and sexuality. In this fourth and final volume, he turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure we ...Show more
The Philosophy of Art - Readings Ancient and Modern by Alex Neill; Aaron Ridley
$23.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Secondhand. This anthology is intended as a core text for courses in aesthetics or philosophy of art. It contains a wealth of readings from both classic and contemporary sources, and aims to present substantial selections from those texts rather than mere "snippets." Readings are organized historically ...Show more
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran (Preface by); Robert McFarlane (Illustrator, Photographer)
$60.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The Prophet' is a truly ground breaking inspirational book of poetry consisting of a series of prose poems. Each poem discussing an important aspect of the human condition such as love, death, friendship, and good and evil. Gibran's insights into the human condition are considerable and inspiring. Truly ...Show more
The Science of Spiritual Life by John Cooper
$85.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The Trial of Socrates by I. F. Stone
$18.50 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Picador Bks.
Second hand. The author set out to discover how a so-called free society, such as existed in Athens, could try and condemn to death its most renowned philosopher. His portrait of Socrates is not flattering, yet he shows that he was the victim of a witch-hunt.
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley; Jonathan Dancy (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Oxford Philosophical Texts
Deeply original, inspiring to some, abhorrent to others, George Berkeley's philosophy of immaterialism is still influential three hundred years after the publication of his most widely read book, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous. Berkeley published the Dialogues because of the unenthusiast ...Show more
Voltaire (The Great Philosophers) by John Gray
$19.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Great Philosophers Ser.
'Judge a man by his questions, rather than by his answers.' VoltaireVoltaire was one of the first philosophers to be commercially successful internationally. Famous for his strong views on the importance of civil liberties, he was equally renowned for his wit. A prolific letter writer, he was also the a ...Show more
What is History?: Popular Penguins by E. H. Carr
$15.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Since its first publication in 1961 E.H. Carr's What is History? has established itself as the classic introduction to the subject. Ranging across topics such as historical objectivity, society and the individual, the nature of causation, and the possibility of progress, Carr delivered an incisive text ...Show more