Philosophy

Ben Ware Hardback 192 pages On Extinction takes us on a breathtaking philosophical journey through desperate territory. As we face 'the end of all things', Ben Ware argues we must face our apocal...

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...

Plato Hardback 560 pages The Platonic ideal of government. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practit...

Plato Hardback 656 pages The Platonic ideal of government. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practit...

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...

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...

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...

Boethius Paperback 224 pages The Consolation of Philosophy occupies a central place in the history of Western thought. Its author, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca. 476-526 c.e.), was a Ro...

Lyndsey Stonebridge Hardback 304 pages The violent unease of today's world would have been all too familiar to Hannah Arendt. Tyranny, occupation, disenchantment, post-truth politics, conspiracy...

Philip Goff Hardback 208 pages Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of traditiona...

Audre Lorde Paperback 128 pages Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female streng...

John Gray Paperback 256 pages Ballard From Plato to Christianity, from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche, the Western tradition has been based on arrogant and erroneous beliefs about human beings ...

Paperback 320 pages From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bible has been translated, and why it mattersThe Bible is held to be both unive...

Softback John Stuart Mill 480 pages This Norton Critical Edition includes: Three major essays-On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism (1861), and The Subjection of Women (1869)-that illustrate Mill's l...

Robert Greene Paperback 464 pages Over the last 25 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human: whether that be getting what you want, understanding others' motiva...

Wolfram Eilenberger Hardback 400 pages The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir reimagines the dance between con...

Sarah Bakewell Hardcover 464 pages The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Cafe explores 700 years of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying t...

Hardback 272 pages A deluxe, high-quality edition of Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the final books by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. This landmark wor...

Paperback 336 pages The classic work on 'the banality of evil', and a journalistic masterpieceHannah Arendt's stunning and unnverving report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appear...

Ralph Emerson Paperback 128 pages Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson'...

by Saigyo (Author) , Kamo no Chomei (Author) , Yoshida Kenko (Author) Paperback 112 pages 'I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty ...

Simone Weil Paperback 128 pages 'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Sim...

Soren Kierkegaard Paperback 160 pages Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, w...

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