How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor by Marcus Tullius Cicero
$29.99 AUD
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
How to Think Like a Philosopher by Daniel Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: How to Think Like ... Ser.
From Socrates to Sartre, Avicenna to Angela Davis, this accessible guide will get you up to speed on the world's greatest minds and help you to think like them.You've heard of Plato, but do you understand his Theory of Forms? What does René Descartes' maxim 'I think, therefore I am' actually mean? And h ...Show more
Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: UQP Modern Classics Ser.
This is Australia's past as you won't read it in any history book. Joan pops up in all over famous moments and gives her irreverent female version of them. She remakes history in her own image and asks: who gets written into history, who gets written out, and why?
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Part of the Hero Classics series "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." A collection of personal writings covering an array of topics. Marcus delves into spiritual reflections and exercises, which he developed as a leader, in his struggled to ...Show more
On Getting Off - Sex and Philosophy by Damon Young
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The curious reader's companion to sex. 'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.' — Samuel Johnson Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explo ...Show more
Our Great Purpose: Adam Smith on Living a Better Life by Ryan Patrick Hanley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from the founder of modern economics Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. Our Great Purpose is an ...Show more
Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
$70.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty's monumental Phenomenologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a major new philosophical and intellectual voice in post-war Europe. Breaking with the prevailing picture of existentialism and phenomenology at the time, it has become one of the landmar ...Show more
Radical Hope by LEAR JONATHAN
$45.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story-up to a certain point. "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground," he said, "and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened."It is precisely this point-that of a ...Show more
The Bedside Book of Philosophy by G. Bassham
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Bedside Bks.
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
$16.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Shambhala Library
One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. Written by the renowned Japanese warrior Miyamoto Musashi in 1 ...Show more