Philosophy

Niccolo Machiavelli Paperback This Norton Critical Edition includes: * Wayne A. Rebhorn's thorough and thought-provoking introduction to Machiavelli, his world, and his famous political treatise (...

PaperbackErling Kagge Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the first man in history to reach all of the Earth's pole...

HardbackArthur Schopenhauer 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 i...

HardbackLucretius - (Introduction by Richard Jenkyns) One of a major new Classics series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound hardbacks. Lucretius' poem On the...

John Sellars Paperback 96 pages How can Stoicism inspire us to lead more enjoyable lives?In the past few years, Stoicism has been making a comeback. But what exactly did the Stoics believe? In L...

Paulo Coelho Hardback 224 pages An essential companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist, filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery. From one of the greatest writers of...

Alain de Botton Paperback 224 pages A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind. Perhaps it is true that we do not really e...

Nicholas Spencer Paperback 480 pages Most things you know about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today....

Kieran Setiya Paperback 240 pages Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on ca...

Robin Waterfield Hardback 240 pages The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do...

Epicurus Paperback 80 pages 'It is impossible to live the pleasant life without also living sensibly, nobly and justly'The ancient Greek philosopher and teacher Epicurus argued that pleasure - no...

SoftbackLucius Seneca No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumenta...

Immanuel Kant Paperback 144 pages Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature o...

Friedrich Nietzsche , Dirk R. Johnson (Introduction By) Series: Capstone Classics Hardback 560 pages A startling and thought-provoking work from one of the most powerful philosophers in the W...

Plato Hardback 576 pages The fundamental tetralogy on Socrates’ final days. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks amon...

Marcus Aurelius Hardback 448 pages Stoic musings of a philosopher-emperor at war. Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his g...

Jenny Odell Paperback 400 pages Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing' EsquireWe're living on the wrong clock. And it's destroying us. Our life is dominated by the corporate clock...

Ludwig Wittgenstein Hardback 144 pages One of the greatest philosophical works of all time, in a new translation for the twenty-first century‘We could capture the whole sense of the book as...

Hannah Arendt Paperback 80 pages Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it'Why has violence played such a significant role in human history? Written in 1970, with the Ho...

Manon Garcia Hardback 272 pages "From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly ...

William MacAskill Paperback 368 pages In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill persuasively argues for longtermism, the idea that positively influencing the distant future is a m...

Steven Pinker Softback 560 pages Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not jus...

Scott Hershovitz Paperback 384 pages Some of the best philosophers in the world can be found in the most unlikely places: in preschools and playgrounds. They gather to debate questions about meta...

A. C. Grayling Paperback 448 pages How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for? In this summation of a lifetime thinking and...