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.
-
On LibertyJohn Stuart Mill was born on 20th May 1806. He was a delicate child, and the extraordinary education designed by his father was not calculated to develop and improve his physical powers. "I never was a boy," he says; "never played cricket." His exercise...
- $22.60 AUD
- $22.60 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
OilObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the ur-commodity of our global era, having been distilled from ancient algae and marine life to turn modernity's wheels....
- $38.69 AUD
- $38.69 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Nature, Knowledge And God: An Introduction To Thomistic PhilosophyNature, Knowledge And God: An Introduction To Thomistic Philosophy is a comprehensive exploration of the philosophical ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western philosophy. Written by Benignus, Brother, a scholar and practitioner of Thomistic philosophy,...
- $172.40 AUD
- $172.40 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Metaphor and Meaning: Thinking Through Early China with Sarah AllanIn Metaphor and Meaning, scholars from China, the United States, and Europe draw on Sarah Allan's groundbreaking application of conceptual metaphor theory to the study of early Chinese philosophy and material culture. Conceptual metaphor theory treats metaphors not just as linguistic expressions but as...
- $135.69 AUD
- $135.69 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Mary Shepherd's an Essay Upon the Relation of Cause and EffectMary Shepherd (1777-1847) became a well-known philosopher in Britain during the first half of the nineteenth century, making important contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. She published two books: An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect (1824) and Essays on...
- $122.74 AUD
- $122.74 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Man is the MeasureAn intelligently truthful book that explores the uneven landscape of the human intellect.An accessible introduction to philosophy, this book narrows the gap between the general reader and intellectual inquiry. Its points are illustrated with concrete examples that should call the reader to a higher...
- $65.40 AUD
- $65.40 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Manifesto of the Communist PartyManifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels February 1848Author: Frederick Engels, Karl MarxPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 07/19/2010Pages: 72Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.15dISBN: 9781453714515This title is not returnable
- $17.77 AUD
- $17.77 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Living in LanguageIn Living in Language, David Bosworth makes a compelling case for the power and relevance of the literary imagination throughout history. In a series of essays both lyrical and analytical, he examines how certain works have engaged the most pressing problems of their authors'...
- $106.14 AUD
- $106.14 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Living a Marxist Life: Why Marx is a Drug You Should Probably TakeThe last ten years have seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in socialist theory and politics. As a recent Washington Post op-ed put it, "We are living in a new social democratic moment". People are increasingly drawn to Marxist theory but find it difficult...
- $323.57 AUD
- $323.57 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Am?ricasA new perspective on spirituality and social change as seen through the work of six visionary thinkers In Liberating Spiritualities, Christopher D. Tirres offers an in-depth exploration of spirituality as a catalyst for social transformation, showcasing the profound insights of six distinguished twentieth-century liberation...
- $401.66 AUD
- $401.66 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Am?ricasA new perspective on spirituality and social change as seen through the work of six visionary thinkers In Liberating Spiritualities, Christopher D. Tirres offers an in-depth exploration of spirituality as a catalyst for social transformation, showcasing the profound insights of six distinguished twentieth-century liberation...
- $84.40 AUD
- $84.40 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Leo Strauss and the Recovery of Natural PhilosophizingAmong the political philosophers of the twentieth century, Leo Strauss is usually singled out for his attempt to revitalize the ancient approach to counter the relativism of both historicism and positivism. It is less commonly underscored, however, that the cornerstone of this attempt is...
- $135.69 AUD
- $135.69 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Laws of Nature and Chances: What Breathes Fire Into the EquationsBarry Loewer presents a novel account of the metaphysics of law of nature, chances, fundamental ontology, and the space-time arena they occupy. He calls this the Package Deal Account. This aims to answer Stephen Hawking's question "What is it that breathes fire into the...
- $245.91 AUD
- $245.91 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
In Defense of Sex: Nonbinary Embodiment and DesireExamines the need to recenter the category of sex-theorizing sex itself as nonbinary-in contemporary studies of gender and sexuality Gender has largely replaced sex as a category in critical theory, in progressive cultural circles, and in everyday bureaucratic language. Much of this development has...
- $122.97 AUD
- $122.97 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Human Values: The improvement of one's knowledge, status or character with our efforts.Human beings have some sort of values attached to them like the way all entities living on this earth pursue. The difference here which persists is that these values are called by different nomenclatures. For example, it can be human ethical and moral values....
- $86.23 AUD
- $86.23 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
H?lderlin's Madness: Chronicle of a Dwelling Life, 1806-1843One of Europe's greatest living philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, analyzes the life and work of one of Europe's greatest poets, Friedrich Hölderlin. What does it mean to inhabit a place or a self? What is a habit? And, for human beings, doesn't living mean--first and...
- $54.37 AUD
- $54.37 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Hinduism for DummiesDiscover one of the world's most popular belief systems Hinduism is a fascinating and widespread religion with a diverse array of traditions, practices, scriptures, and deities. In Hinduism For Dummies, 2nd Edition, you'll get a clear view into this widely-practiced and ancient creed. The...
- $64.69 AUD
- $64.69 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Heidegger's Being and Time: Paraphrased and AnnotatedThis important new book condenses and rephrases, paragraph by paragraph, the entirety of Heidegger's magnum opus Being and Time. Leading Heidegger scholar Thomas Sheehan renders the text in reader-friendly language that avoids the worst of the Heideggerese that persists in the wider scholarship. He...
- $225.43 AUD
- $225.43 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Hannah Arendt and Cosmopolitanism: State, Community, Worlds in CommonHannah Arendt and Cosmopolitanism presents the first comprehensive study of Hannah Arendt's cosmopolitanism.Challenging the common belief that cosmopolitanism is a negligible or incompatible element of Arendt's thought, it unpacks various key elements of her philosophy such as her critique of human rights, the defence...
- $496.14 AUD
- $496.14 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
God's Knowledge of the World Medieval Theories of Divine Ideas from Bonaventure to Ockham"God's Knowledge of the World examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St. Bonaventure through Ockham). It is the only work dedicated to categorizing and comparing the major theories of divine ideas in the Scholastic period. A theory of divine ideas was...
- $258.86 AUD
- $258.86 AUD
- Unit price
- per
