Wild About Books - Essays on Books and Writing by Michael Wilding
Category: Philosophy
Wild About Books - essays on books and writing, about reading them and writing them, and publishing them and collecting them and preserving them in libraries. Essays about the shared experience of literature, the art and craft of writing, the pleasures of reading, the survival of five hundred years of p ...Show more
The Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
Few books have had as great an impact on intellectual history as Kant's The Moral Law. In its short compass one of the greatest minds in the history of philosophy attempts to identify the fundamental principle 'morality' that governs human action. Supported by a clear introduction and detailed summary o ...Show more
Meditations Journal: With inspiring, thought-provoking quotes from Marcus Aurelius Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Category: Philosophy
Drawing from the iconic Stoic text Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, here is a journal where the millions of readers who have learned from him can deepen their understanding of his philosophy. and reflect on how to better their lives."It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable ...Show more
Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought by Jerome (INT) Hannah; Kohn Arendt
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
Arendt describes the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, glory. Through a series of eight exercises, she shows how we can redistill once more the vital essence of these concepts. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publ ...Show more
How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was talking about. One of Rome's greatest politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly one ...Show more
The Little Book of Humanist Weddings - Enduring Inspiration for Celebrating Love and Commitment by Andrew Copson; Alice Roberts
Category: Philosophy
From the authors of the Sunday Times bestseller The Little Book of Humanism A humanist wedding ceremony allows couples the freedom to express their love in a completely personal way - and choose what marriage means to them. In a beautiful collection of insights from humanist celebrants, plus quo ...Show more
Is Atheism Dead? by Eric Metaxas
Category: Philosophy
Second-hand, hardback book in as new condition. Is Atheism Dead? is an entertaining, impressively wide-ranging, and decidedly provocative answer to that famous 1966 Time cover that itself provocatively asked "Is God Dead?" In a voice that is by turns witty, muscular, and poetic, Metaxas intentionally ...Show more
Philosophical Essays by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics
First published in 1910, Philosophical Essays is one of Bertrand Russell's earliest works and marks an important period in the evolution of thought of one of the world's most influential thinkers. This selection of seven essays displays Russell's incisiveness and brilliance of exposition in the examinat ...Show more
A Brief History Of Curating by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Category: Philosophy
Part of JRP]Ringer's innovative "Documents" series, published with Les Presses du Reel and dedicated to critical writings, this publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist mapping the development of the curatorial field--from early independent curators in the 1960s and ...Show more
What I Believe by Bertrand Russell
Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Great Minds
Bertrand Russell is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a brilliant writer and commentator on social and political affairs. What I Believe offers a lucid and concise insight into Russell's thinking on issues that preoccupied him throughout his life: atheism, ...Show more
The Practicing Stoic - A Philosophical User's Manual by Ward Farnsworth
Category: Philosophy