The Socrates Express: In Search of Li...
Eric WeinerThe New York Timesbestselling author of The Geography of Blissembarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each—from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau...
French philosopher Gilles Deleuze is known as a thinker of creation, joyous affirmation, and rhizomatic assemblages. In this short book, Andrew Culp polemically argues that this once-radical canon of joy has lost its resistance to the...
In Search of the Highest Truth: Adven...
Hari-Kirtana DasIf you want to understand the philosophy of yoga, this book is for you. In Search of the Highest Truth is a trip into yoga's spiritual dimension that offers readers an unconventional approach to discovering the enduring relevance of ...
The Trouble with Reality: A Ruminatio...
Brooke GladstoneReality. It used to seem so simple—reality just was, like the weather. Why question it, let alone disagree about it? And then came the assault, an unending stream of "fake news," "alternative facts," and lies dis...
In The Principal Contradiction, Torkil Lauesen introduces readers to the philosophy of dialectical materialism as a tool for changing the world. Dialectical materialism allows us to understand the dynamics of world history and to draw...
The Virus in the Age of Madness
Bernard-Henri LevyA trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society As seen on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS: “A stirring alarm addressed to an unsettled world.” (Kirkus Reviews) ...
Elements of Natural Philosophy (Grape...
John Locke"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" is a landmark philosophical work by John Locke that delves into the nature of human knowledge, perception, and understanding. This influential treatise serves as a cornerstone of mod...
In 1869, at the age of twenty-five, the precociously brilliant Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career....
Originally published in 1888, this book is a critique of Richard Wagner heralding Nietzsche's rupture with him and presenting Wagner as a particular symptom of a broader "disease" affecting Europe - nihilism. Nietzsche shows...
"A little masterpiece of originality and clarity."-George Steiner"A necessary book."-Roberto Saviano"A wonderful little book that will delight you."-François BusnelInternational Best Seller / Now in Engl...
Plato - Charmides: "he Who Commits In...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...
Plato - Cratylus: Tyranny Naturally A...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...
Plato - Laches: For a Man to Conquer ...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...
Plato - Lysis: Astronomy Compels the ...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...
Plato - Parmenides: "death Is Not the...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...
Plato - Phaedo: "better a Little Whic...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...
Plato - Philebus: "to Be Sure I Must;...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...
Plato - Sophist: "whatever Deceives M...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of A...
Plato - Statesman: "man - A Being in ...
PlatoFor someone whose influence has been so profound on Western thinking remarkably little is known of the Greek philosopher and thinker Plato. Due to the means and social status of his family Plato was most probably educated by some of ...
Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Jean-Jacques RousseauRousseau's last great work, Reveries of the Solitary Walker is part reminiscence, part meditation, as the philosopher tries to come to terms with his isolation and to find happiness in solitude and nature. The Reveries are an importan...
Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classic...
Lucius Annaeus SenecaHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most fa...
How to Live: 27 conflicting answers a...
Derek SiversNot quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It's a work of art about conflicting philosophies. Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In "How to Live", each chapter believ...
On Civil Disobedience & Life Without ...
Henry David ThoreauWhile Walden can be applied to almost anyone's life, On Civil Disobedience is like a venerated architectural landmark: it is preserved and admired, and sometimes visited, but for most of us there are not many occasions when it can act...
Befriending Death: Over 100 Essayists...
Michael VocinoIt's not easy to speak about death in our culture. As children of revolution, we think of our country as young, energetic, and future oriented. Our ideals of progress and vigor seem contradicted by the concept of death. But the silenc...
Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj iek explores the meaning of events in this short and digestible book An event can be an occurrence that shatters ordinary life, a radical political rupture, a transformation of ...
Žižek's Jokes: (Did you hear the on...
Slavoj ZizekŽižek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy."A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."―Ludwig WittgensteinThe good news is that this book offers an entertaining but e...