Meditations The Annotated Edition by Marcus Aurelius; Robin Waterfield
$26.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
This definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is an insightful look into the mind of Ancient Rome's sixteenth emperor. As featured on the Today Show Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome--and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he ...Show more
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life by Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
A ground-breaking book that examines the place of women in twentieth-century philosophy and is a call to arms for the present dayWINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOKElizabeth Anscombe- defiantly brilliant, chain-smoking, trouser-wear ...Show more
Modern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. Jung
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul is widely considered to be one of the most important books of the 20th century, as well as a milestone in the field of psychology. In this book, Jung examines some of the most profound issues of analytical psychology, such as dream analysis, the collective unconscious, arc ...Show more
Moralia Vol VI by Plutarch; W. C. Helmbold
$41.95 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daug ...Show more
Moralia Vol XII by Plutarch; Harold Cherniss; W. C. Helmbold
$41.95 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45-120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daug ...Show more
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
'The most exhilarating history of mountaineering ... a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Once we thought monsters lived there. In the Enlightenment we scaled them to commune with the sublime. Soon, we were racing to conquer their summits in the name of national pride. ...Show more
Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations by Toni Morrison
$35.00 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
A vital new non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered writers of our time.‘Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference—the way in which we are like no other life. We die. That may be the meaning o ...Show more
Mythologies by Roland Barthes; Annette Lavers (Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
'Mythologies' is a series of essays on the codings that command our daily life, from hairstyles in the film Julius Caesar to glossy photographs of gourmet cooking, to the cult of foam in detergents.
Nasty, Brutish & Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids by Scott Hershovitz
$45.00 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
'Witty and learned ... Hershovitz intertwines parenting and philosophy, recounting his spirited arguments with his kids about infinity, morality, and the existence of God' Jordan Ellenberg, author of ShapeA funny, wise guide to the art of thinking, and why the smallest people have the answers to the big ...Show more
No God But God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
*Ten years on from 9/11, much of the Muslim faith remains largely unknown and misunderstood in the West. *While there have been a number of successful books on the topic of Islamic history - from Karen Armstrong's Islam: A Brief History to Bernard Lewis's The Crises of Islam - there is surprisingly ...Show more
Not Working: Why We Have to Stop by Josh Cohen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world.' - Oscar Wilde. More than ever before, we live in a culture that excoriates inactivity and demonises idleness. Work, connectivity and a constant flow of information are the cultural norms, and a permanent busyness pervades even our quietest ...Show more
Notes from an Apocalypse - A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
$10.00 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
"Insightful, affecting, funny, and appropriately terrifying." --Sally Rooney"Harrowing, tender-hearted, and funny as hell." --Jenny Offill By the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine, an absorbing, deeply felt book about our anxious present tense--and coming to grips with the future We're ...Show more