How to Be a Bad Emperor by Suetonius; Josiah Osgood (Introduction by)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to lead If recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote Lives of the Caesars, perh ...Show more
Little Book of Philosophy by POULTON, RACHEL
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Category: Primers & Introductions
If you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of philosophy. Including accessible primers on: The early Ancient Greek philosophers and the 'big three': Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Key schools of philosophy a ...Show more
Your Happiness Was Hacked by WADHWA, V
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Category: Philosophy
"Technology is a great servant but a terrible master. This is the most important book ever written about one of the most significant aspects of our lives--the consequences of our addiction to online technology and how we can liberate ourselves and our children from it." --Dean Ornish, M.D. Founder & ...Show more
An Ethical Guidebook to the Zombie Apocalypse: How to Keep Your Brain without Losing Your Heart by Bryan Hall
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Category: Philosophy
When your base camp is overrun by zombies, whom do you save if you cannot save everyone? Is it permissible to sacrifice one survivor to an undead horde in order to save a greater number of the living? Do you have obligations to loved ones who have turned? These are some of the troubling ethical questio ...Show more
The World Philosophy Made: From Plato to the Digital Age by Scott Soames
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Category: Philosophy
How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new concepts, reinterpreting old truths, and reconceptualizing fundamental questions, philosophy has progressed--and driven human progress--for more than two mi ...Show more
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Rée
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Category: Philosophy
In Witcraft Jonathan Rée offers compelling intellectual portraits of celebrated British and American philosophers such as Locke, Hume, Emerson, Mill and James. But he also does much more. He draws attention to the philosophical work of literary authors like William Hazlitt and George Eliot, and dozens o ...Show more
The Wisdom of Hypatia by Bruce J. MacLennan
$59.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Hypatia was the most famous female spiritual teacher of ancient Alexandria. The mix of classical philosophies she taught to Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the fourth century CE forms the very foundation of Western magic and mysticism as we know it today. The Wisdom of Hypatia offers a progressive, nine ...Show more
Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Ree
$75.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: near fine
In Witcraft Jonathan Rée offers compelling intellectual portraits of celebrated British and American philosophers such as Locke, Hume, Emerson, Mill and James. But he also does much more. He draws attention to the philosophical work of literary authors like William Hazlitt and George Eliot, and dozens o ...Show more
Wickedness by Mary Midgley
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Routledge Classics | Reading Level: very good
To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers.
What Is Philosophy for? by Mary Midgley
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Category: Philosophy
Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good and influence our lives? Mary Midgley addresses these provocative questions in her most up-to-date s ...Show more
What Am I Doing With My Life? by LAW, STEPHEN
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Category: Philosophy
Life philosophy based on Google searches Have I found 'the one'?Am I a psychopath?Should I be allowed to say whatever I want? Millions of people ask Google all sorts of questions, everything from the big and small. Responding to the biggest, existential questions asked online and using the wisdom of ...Show more
What is God? by Jacob Needleman
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Category: Philosophy
In his most intimate and revealing work, religious scholar Needleman cuts a clear path through today's clamorous debates over the existence of God, bringing an entirely new way of approaching the question of how to understand a higher power. In this new book, Jacob Needleman whose voice and ideas have d ...Show more