(Paperback)
By: Dr Peter Gibson
ISBN: 9781788283694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
UK Publication Date: 15th December 2018
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Dr Peter Gibson
ISBN: 9781789502275
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2020
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Jim Flynn
ISBN: 9781877551321
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
Publisher: Awa Press
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(Paperback)
By: Dougal McNeill
ISBN: 9781990048760
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
Publisher: Otago University Press
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In Forms of Freedom, Dougal McNeill applies insights from Marxist critical theory to the works of selected Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian writers and reveals literatures capacity to find potent forms with which to articulate concepts of, and beliefs about, freedom.
(Paperback)
By: Plato
ISBN: 9781853264795
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1997
UK Publication Date: 5th July 1997
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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"Symposium" gives an account of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The other dialogues collected here under the title "The Death of Socrates" tell the tale of how Socrates was put on trial for impiety, found guilty and sentenced to death.
(Paperback)
By: William James
ISBN: 9781804177945
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 16th April 2024
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
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New, concise edition of one the most important pillars of modern philosophy. James' foundational work defines the move from the heritage of European thinking, with its abstractions and theoretical absolutes, to an energetic mode of philosophy based on facts and power, one more suited to the rising dominance of America through the 20th Century.
(Paperback)
By: Aristotle
ISBN: 9781804175668
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 31st August 2023
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
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One of Aristotles' great works The Physics is an investigation into the nature of being, of the world and its place in the universe. Although philosophically much broader it provides the foundation for the later work of Galileo, Isaac Newton, and prefigures Albert Einstein's breakthrough theories on time, space and the motion of stars.
(Hardback)
By: Michael Moore
ISBN: 9781398810938
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2023
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Plato
ISBN: 9781804177938
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
UK Publication Date: 16th April 2024
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
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Much of traditional Western thought began in Antiquity, flowing from the Platonic dialogues, The Republic being the most significant. Plato expresses the political, ethical and societal framework for the nature of the ideal state and defines the notion of justice. This new, accessible edition is carefully edited for the modern audience.
(Paperback)
By: R Buckminster Fuller
ISBN: 9783037786222
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2008
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2008
Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
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(Hardback)
By: Clare Dunleavy
ISBN: 9780994138330
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: David Bateman Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Andrea Kirk Assaf
ISBN: 9780008714154
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 10th October 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The teachings of Stoic philosophy began and thrived in the Greek and Roman world until the 3rd century AD, and has since experienced multiple revivals right up to the modern day.
(Paperback)
By: Ben Dupre
ISBN: 9781529425147
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 18th August 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Master the big ideas that shape the world we live in today.
(Hardback)
By: Ben Dupre
ISBN: 9781780878270
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2013
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A straightforward guide to the most pressing ethical questions of the day, in 50 accessible, bite-sized chapters.
(Paperback)
By: Tom Butler Bowdon
ISBN: 9781399800976
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: John Murray Press
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Your shortcut to the most important ideas on being, truth and meaning - revised and updated for modern times where the big questions of how to think, how to be and how to see, have never been more important.
(Paperback)
By: Ben Dupre
ISBN: 9781529425109
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 18th August 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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Master the central ideas of philosophy that shape the world we live in today.
(Paperback)
By: Steven Nadler
ISBN: 9780691160184
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published - "godless," "full of abominations," "a book forged in hell ...by the devil himself." This title the tells of story of incendiary ideas and vicious backlash.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Stephen P. Kershaw
ISBN: 9781472136992
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 14th September 2017
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A new translation of two of Plato's dialogues, Timaios and Kritias, with commentary and critical discussion including an exploration of how the tale of Atlantis has been interpreted throughout history.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Luc Ferry
ISBN: 9781847672872
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 3rd January 2019
Publisher: Canongate Books
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The international bestseller; a smart, accessible history of philosophy to inspire readers, young and old.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Roy Sorensen
ISBN: 9781846685224
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
UK Publication Date: 9th February 2017
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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An entertaining miscellany of logical curiosities - from anecdotes and proofs to puzzles and puns - found outside the classroom.
(Paperback)
By: Raimond Gaita
ISBN: 9781876485412
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2000
Publisher: Text Publishing
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In this marvellous book, Raimond Gaita, the acclaimed author of "Romulus, My Father", reflects on ideas about good and evil, guilt and remorse, forgiveness and compassion. In his discussion of issues ranging from Mabo and land rights to the Holocaust, Gaita argues that we must realise that every human life is precious.
(Paperback)
By: John Perry
ISBN: 9780915144532
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1978
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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"Dialogue on Personal Identity & Immortality".
(Paperback, Main - Canons edition)
By: Rebecca Solnit
ISBN: 9781786890511
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2017
UK Publication Date: 15th June 2017
Publisher: Canongate Books
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Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics
(Paperback)
By: Professor Manuel DeLanda
ISBN: 9780826491695
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Offers a look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. This book takes the reader on a journey that starts with personal relations and climbs up one scale at a time to territorial states and beyond.
