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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How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern WorldHow can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life?Socrates is the quintessential Athenian philosopher, the source of the entire Western philosophical tradition, and Godfather to the Stoics. He spent his life teaching practical philosophy to ordinary people in the...
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How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World and Why We Need ThemAn entertaining guide to history's most influential and inspiring poets - from Homer and Sappho to Shakespeare and Frank O'Hara - and how they can teach us to better understand the world around us. How did the greatest poets in history make the world...
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He Who Is: A Study in Traditional TheismE. L. Mascall, in his introduction to the 1966 edition of He Who Is, writes that "one of its main purposes" is to "to argue that the real function of the famous Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas was not to provide five independent...
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Hermeneutical Narratives in Art, Literature, and CommunicationExploring the relationship between hermeneutics and the arts, including painting, music, and literature, this book builds on hermeneutics from a practical perspective, connecting this area of critical research with others to reveal how it is viewed from different perspectives. International and interdisciplinary in scope,...
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Gerhard Richter and the Technological Condition of PaintingAline Guillermet uncovers Gerhard Richter's appropriation of science and technology from 1960 to the present and shows how this has shaped the artist's well-documented engagement with the canon of Western painting. Through a study of Richter's portraits, history paintings, landscapes and ornamental abstractions, Guillermet...
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Frantz Fanon: Combat BreathingRevolutionary humanist and radical psychiatrist Frantz Fanon was one of the greatest Black thinkers of the twentieth century. Born in Martinique and known for his involvement in the Algerian liberation movement, his seminal books Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth...
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Film Figures: An Organological ApproachFilm Figures develops a figural account of the memory structure of films. Employing theoretical concepts drawn from a range of sources, including French post-humanist philosophy and German Idealism, the book undertakes an organology of film guided by the work of Bernard Stiegler whose philosophy...
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El Arte de Ser Estoico: Transformando tu vida a trav?s de la sabidur?a y la resiliencia antiguaEL ARTE DE SER ESTOICODescubre el poder transformador del estoicismo en tu vida diaria con "El Arte de Ser Estoico". Este libro te guiar? a trav?s de la rica historia del estoicismo y sus principios fundamentales, revelando c?mo esta antigua filosof?a puede ofrecer sabidur?a...
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Determined: A Science of Life Without Free WillThe instant New York Times bestseller "Excellent...Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys." - Wall Street Journal One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the...
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Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics: Difference and NecessityDeleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics provides new solutions to the central problems of the philosophy of mathematics by reconstructing Deleuze's metaphysics. It does so through direct engagement with analytic and continental philosophy, along with the formal and natural sciences. These new Deleuzian solutions reject equally other-worldly...
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Debating Gun Control: How Much Regulation Do We Need?Americans have a deeply ambivalent relationship to guns. The United States leads all nations in rates of private gun ownership, yet stories of gun tragedies frequent the news, spurring calls for tighter gun regulations. The debate tends to be acrimonious and is frequently misinformed...
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DAO de JingThis bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty of the Chinese original. Composed of eighty-one short poems written by the sage...
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Daily Thoughts Of Mother SetonDaily Thoughts of Mother Seton is a compilation of daily reflections and prayers written by Elizabeth Seton, the first native-born American saint. Seton was a devout Catholic and founder of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. In this book, readers will find...
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Categories: A Study of a Concept in Western Philosophy and Political ThoughtIn ancient and modern Western thought, the problem of the nature of categories has been inseparable from arguments about the nature of selfhood; about how knowledge is organised; about how power should be distributed; and about how history should be understood. For Plato, Forms...
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Big Panda and Tiny Dragon Weekly Planner NotepadFind your own moments of calm in this busy world with this 52-page weekly planner notepad featuring stunning quotes and illustrations from James Norbury's Big Panda and Tiny Dragon. Let James Norbury's Big Panda and Tiny Dragon uplift you all year with this beautiful...
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Believe In YourselfJoseph Murphy (20th May 1898-16th Dec 1981), the author, says that "Wealth is a state of consciousness. Everyone has a right to be rich. God wants you to be happy, prosperous, and successful." Dr. Murphy was a proponent of the New Thought movement. He...
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Affective Betrayal: Mind, Music, and Embodied Action in Late Qing ChinaAffective Betrayal uses "affect" as an analytical category to explicate the fragility and fragmentation of Chinese political modernity. In so doing, the book uncovers some of the unresolved moral and philosophical obstacles China encountered in the past, as well as the cultural predicament the...
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A Concise History of BuddhismAn ideal introduction to the history of Buddhism. Andrew Skilton - a writer on and practitioner of Buddhism - explains the development of the basic concepts of Buddhism during its 2,500 years of history and describes its varied developments in India, Buddhism's homeland, as...
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30 Things: Practical Advice for Living WellThey say "It takes a village."And yet today it can be difficult, if not impossible, for others to penetrate the 'boundaries' that we all seem to build up around ourselves."No thanks. I can figure it out by myself."30 Things invites you to take a...
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10 Secret Steps to the Native American Connection to the Natural WorldIt's not a secret that Native American people share a special relationship with our planet. But what is that connection and how can the rest of the world's population share it?Tribal citizen, teacher, and knowledge keeper Dawn Moneyhan, of the Odaawa Nation, takes you...
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