Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy by Matt Cook
Category: Philosophy
Paradox is a sophisticated kind of magic trick. A magician's purpose is to create the appearance of impossibility, to pull a rabbit from an empty hat. Yet paradox doesn't require tangibles, like rabbits or hats. Paradox works in the abstract, with words and concepts and symbols, to create the illusion o ...Show more
Tao Te Ching by Laozi; James Legge (Commentaries by)
Category: Philosophy
The pursuit of power, happiness, and life's meaning is as old as history itself, as the Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way and Its Virtue) attests. Dating from two and a half millennia ago, this timeless text consists of 81 brief chapters that form one of the world's most profound and influential spiritu ...Show more
Puddles!!! by Kevan Atteberry (Illustrator)
Category: Philosophy
RAIN! PUDDLES! MUD! Squish, squish, squish. Declan loves rain and splashing and mud! But the bunnies? Not so much! The perfect companion to the delightful Bunnies!!! Spare text, loads of fun, and heaps of emotion make Puddles!!! extraordinary for toddler read-alouds. Fans of Mo Willems and Sandra Boynto ...Show more
Merleau-Ponty (Routledge Philosophers) by CARMAN, TAYLOR
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\Routledge Philosophers Ser.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61) was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His theories of perception and the role of the body have had an enormous impact on the humanities and social sciences, yet the full scope of his contribution not only to phenomenology but philosophy gene ...Show more
Meanjin Quarterly Summer 2019 - Vol 78 No 4 by Jonathan Green
Category: Philosophy
Rediscovering Captain James Cook- Paul Daley combs through the archives, visits Cook's papers in the National Library, speaks with Indigenous Australian thinkers and comes up with a reappraisal of the great explorer's impact.Selling the farm- the author of Rusted Off Why Country Australia Is Fed Up, Gab ...Show more
Medicine Cards (Book & Cards) by SAMS, JAMIE
Category: Philosophy
Discover the tool that millions of people worldwide are using for guidance, inspiration, and help in finding answers to life's questions. now, revised and expanded to include eight additional cards, this unique and powerful divination system draws upon ancient wisdom and tradition to teach the healing m ...Show more
The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
Category: Philosophy | Series: Maya Greenwood Ser.
Imagine a world without poverty, hunger, or hatred, where a rich culture honors its diverse mix of races, religions, and heritages, and the Four Sacred Things that sustain all life - earth, air, fire, and water - are valued unconditionally. Now imagine the opposite: a nightmare world in which an authori ...Show more
Postman Pat: Colourful Special Delivery
Category: Philosophy
Postman Pat meets a feathered friend with this special delivery. As the day flies by, Postman Pat has to work really hard to show that no job is too tough for the Special Delivery Service!
The Social Photo - On Photography and Social Media by Nathan Jurgenson
Category: Philosophy
A set of bold theoretical reflections on how the social photo has remade our world. With the rise of the smart phone and social media, cameras have become ubiquitous, infiltrating nearly every aspect of social life. The glowing camera screen is the lens through which many of us seek to communicate our ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 78 No 2 by Jonathan Green
Category: Philosophy
Clementine Ford wonders whether the #metoo movement represents a turning point for women, Anna Spargo-Ryan thinks not: 'In the wake of #MeToo, when women said 'this time it will be different', it wasn't.' Joumanah El Matrah picks over the idea of religious freedom, Liz Conor recalls the section 18C case ...Show more