Philosophy
Explore our collection of philosophy books at our online bookstore, featuring the best books on philosophy, philosophical novels, and famous works on stoicism and political philosophy. Discover must-read and best-selling titles that offer deep insights into the world of philosophy.
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The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American FoundingIn time for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, a bold case for reimagining the American project and making American democracy real--from a formidable new voice in political journalism. Frustrated with our political dysfunction, wearied by the thinness of contemporary political discourse, and...
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The Religious Case Against BeliefAn insightful explanation for why belief-not religion-keeps us in a perilous state of willful ignorance Through careful, creative analysis, James P. Carse's The Religious Case Against Belief reveals a surprising truth: What is currently criticized as religion is, in fact, the territory of belief....
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The PropWhat are film props? What do they do? This book answers these questions by a close attention to those material objects that are used to construct cinematic worlds. The term "prop" is short for property. This truncated term's etymology belies the expansiveness of the...
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The Open Society as an Enemy: A critique of how free societies turned against themselvesNearly 80 years ago, Karl Popper gave a spirited philosophical defence of the Open Society in his two-volume work, The Open Society and Its Enemies. In this book, J. McKenzie Alexander argues that a new defence is urgently needed because, in the decades since...
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The Legacy of Plato's Timaeus: Cosmology, Music, Medicine, and Architecture from Antiquity to the Seventeenth CenturyPlato's Timaeus inspired a uniquely enduring interest across disciplines. In the centuries between its composition and the seventeenth century, scholars looked to this dialogue for answers to questions about the structure of the universe and how to live a healthy and happy life. They...
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The Art of WarThe Arthur of this book, Sun Tzu, was a Chinese military strategist and tactician. The Art of War is about these ancient Chinese military treatise that date back to the 5th century BC. The strategies in this book have been known to influence the...
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The AntichristA work of Nietzsche's later years, The Antichrist was written after Thus Spoke Zarathustra and shortly before the mental collapse that incapacitated him for the rest of his life. The work is both an unrestrained attack on Christianity and a further exposition of Nietzsche's...
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Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and RefusalFrom Munchausen by Tiktok to wellness apps to online communities to AI, the DISCO Network explores the possibilities that technoskepticism can create. This is a book about possibility and refusal in relation to new technologies. Though refusal is an especially powerful mode--particularly for those...
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T'Ai CHI According to the I Ching: Embodying the Principles of the Book of Changes- Reveals the close relationship between the eight basic postures of T'ai Chi and the hexagrams of the I Ching. - As handed down in the teachings of the Yellow Emperor and Chang San-Feng. - Explains the physical and spiritual benefits that result from...
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Staatenkunde ALS WeltbeschreibungDiese Studie liefert die erste umfängliche Untersuchung der "Republiken", den ersten und einflussreichsten frühneuzeitlichen Staatsbeschreibungen, die als Buchreihe publiziert wurden. Die Republiken wurden in den 1620er und 1630er Jahren in Leiden und Amsterdam gedruckt und avancierten zu Grundlagentexten der frühneuzeitlichen Staatenkunde. Zunächst verfolgt die...
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Revolution at the Gates: Selected Writings of Lenin from 1917The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK, but Lenin? Doesn't he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth-century? Lenin, however, deserves wider consideration than this, and his writings...
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Reformed Epistemology and the Structure of Knowledge: Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga on BeliefReformed Epistemology and the Structure of Knowledge: Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga on Belief develops a comparison of the epistemological formulations of Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga. Initial focus is placed on developing the extent to which Van Til's work demonstrates a...
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Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of SlaveryAuthor: John ChristmanPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/09/2025Pages: 264Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63dISBN: 9781009440202
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Plato's Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates: PlatoPlato's Apology, Crito And Phaedo of Socrates.Of all writers of speculative philosophy, both ancient and modern, there is probably no one who has attained so eminent a position as Plato. What Homer was to Epic poetry, what Cicero and Demosthenes were to oratory, and...
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Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic MasterpiecePlato is one of history's most influential thinkers, the "sublime philosopher" whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his teacher, Socrates, discussing ethical truths with prominent citizens of Athens. Yet the image we...
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Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to LiveFrom the eminent philosopher and the author of The History of Philosophy, an answer to the big question: how should I live my life? How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What...
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Philo of Alexandria: Quod deterius potiori insidiari soleatPhilo's Quod deterius is a discussion of the Cain and Abel episode in the Bible. Philo follows the Greek translation of the Septuagint, not the Hebrew text, although he may have known traditions that relied on the Hebrew. His treatment of the text is...
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Passages: Studies in Traditionalism and Traditions - Volume IIAn eventful century has passed since the writings, activities, and networks of Ren? Gu?non (1886-1951), Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), Julius Evola (1898-1974), and Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) initiated what has come to be known as Traditionalism. Within recent decades, unprecedented attention has been drawn to Traditionalism...
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Otto Neurath in BritainAuthor: Christopher Burke, Adam Tamas TubolyPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/23/2025Pages: 338Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781009376297This title is not returnable
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Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on WarA reporter and novelist who is also a soldier in the Ukrainian army reconsiders his pacifism and the choices one makes when war is waged against you. "Chapeye represents a modern-day Ukrainian counterpart to classic American writers like Mark Twain or O. Henry, capturing...
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