Reason to Be Happy - On the Unexpected Benefits of Thinking Clearly by Kaushik Basu
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Category: PHILOSOPHY
Why do our friends have more friends than we do? How do you book the best available seats on a plane? And if jogging for ten minutes adds eight minutes to our life expectancy, should we still go jogging? The ability to reason is one of our most undervalued skills. In everyday life, the key is to put yo ...Show more
Tao Te Ching : The Way and its Power and its Place in Chinese Thought by Lao Tzu
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Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
The Great Guide - What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well (HB) by Julian Baggini
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Category: PHILOSOPHY | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophers David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's phil ...Show more
The Puzzle of Ethics by Peter Vardy and Paul Grosch
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
A guide to the complex subject of ethics explained in clear and entertaining language. This new edition is fully revised and updated. This popular introduction to the subject of ethics poses vital contemporary questions and explores the approach of leading thinkers. The authors take the reader, step by ...Show more
Inner Chapters by Chuang Tzu
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Eternal Moments Ser.
The Chuang Tzu stands alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding classic of Taoism. The Inner Chapters are the only sustained section of this text widely believed to be the work of Chuang Tzu himself, dating to the 4th century BC. They are full of fantastic tales - of a gigantic fish that becomes a bird; ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
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Category: PHILOSOPHY
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
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Category: PHILOSOPHY
Discover the most important ideas in philosophy and the individuals behind them Get to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe. Explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking theories of key philosophers in a clear and simple way, The Philo ...Show more
How to Argue with a Meat Eater (and Win Every Time) by Ed Winters
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Category: PHILOSOPHY
How to Argue With a Meat Eater (and Win Every Time) is an essential companions for all vegans helping them to remain cool and calm (and win) even in the most heated debate. It comprehensively breaks down every argument used against veganism, providing readers with impressive rebuttals to these arguments ...Show more
The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy by Wolfram Eilenberger
$55.00 AUD
Category: PHILOSOPHY
An enthralling intellectual adventure, starring the four women who created new ways of thinking from the ruins of totalitarianism and war, by the acclaimed author of Time of the Magicians The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Be ...Show more
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker
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Category: PHILOSOPHY
In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures and conspiracy theorizing?In Rationality, Pin ...Show more