The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. "The Consolation" was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution ...Show more
Time of the Magicians: The Great Decade of Philosophy, 1919-1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger
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Category: Philosophy
'Weaves together the biographies and the developing thought of the four philosophers with great bravura and wit' (Sunday Telegraph)The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance, seeking spiritual clarity. Mar ...Show more
The School of Life: On Mental Illness: What can calm, reassure and console (The School of Life) by The School of Life
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Category: Philosophy
A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing. This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains how and why we become mentally ill, how we can explain our experiences to friends and family, and ...Show more
Self-Knowledge (The School of Life) by School of Life Staff; Alain de Botton (Series edited by)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Essay Bks.
In Ancient Greece, when the philosopher Socrates was asked to sum up what all philosophical commandments could be reduced to, he replied: 'Know yourself'. Self-knowledge matters so much because it is only on the basis of an accurate sense of who we are that we can make reliable decisions - particularly ...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 Bedside Book of Philosophy by G. Bassham
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Bedside Bks.
Instant Philosophy: Key Thinkers, Theories, Discoveries and Concepts by Gareth Southwell
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Instant Ser.
Instant Philosophy pulls together all the pivotal philosophical knowledge and thought into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete "cheat sheet", which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant. From Nietzsche and Nozick to empirici ...Show more
Who Am I? (The School of Life) by The School The School of Life
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Category: Philosophy
One of the trickiest tasks we ever face is that of working out who we really are. If we're asked directly to describe ourselves, our minds tend to go blank. We can't just sum ourselves up. We need prompts and suggestions and more detailed enquiries that help tease out and organize our picture of ourselv ...Show more
How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff
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Category: Philosophy | Series: The School of Life
We all want to live in a better world, but sometimes it feels that we lack the ability or influence to make a difference. John-Paul Flintoff offers a powerful reminder that through the generations, society has been transformed by the actions of individuals who understood that if they didn't like somethi ...Show more
How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
Beyond Good And Evil: Pocket Hardbacks by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Ser.
One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, Nietzsche dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God. Beyond Good and Evil demonstrates that the world is steeped in false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and subversive energy, Nietzsche demands that the indi ...Show more
Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John Gray
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Category: Philosophy
A playful yet profound examination of what cats can teach us about life and how to live it. 'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' Montaigne There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather it seems that at some point cats ...Show more