The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin
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Category: Essays
'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.' This fragment of Archilochus, which gives this book its title, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Tolstoy. There have been various interpretations of Archilochus' fragment; Isaiah Berlin has simply used it, ...Show more
The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited by John Carroll
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Humanism built western civilization as we know it today. Its achievements include the liberation of the individual, democracy, universal rights, and widespread prosperity and comfort. Its ambassadors are the heroes of modern culture: Erasmus, Holbein, Shakespeare, Velzquez, Descartes, Kant, and Freud. T ...Show more
A Truth Universally Acknowledged by Susannah Carson (ed)
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Category: On Writing
For so many of us a Jane Austen novel is much more than the epitome of a great read. It is a delight and a solace, a challenge and a reward, and perhaps even an obsession. For two centuries Austen has enthralled readers. Few other authors can claim as many fans or as much devotion. So why are we so fasc ...Show more
This Book Has Feelings: Adventures in the Philosophy and Psychology of Your Mind by Neil Scott and Sandi Mann
$20.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The way that we feel is governed by two separate and often conflicting dispositions: instinct and emotion. Instincts are inherent and unlearned; they provide us with deeply ingrained patterns of response to different kinds of stimuli. Emotions are subjective and personal; they govern our thoughts and be ...Show more
The Great Books: From The Iliad and The Odyssey to Goethe's Faust: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic Literature by Anthony O'Hear
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Anthony O'Hear presents a personal tour of the most impressive, influential and era-defining books mankind has ever produced."Paradise Lost", "The Canterbury Tales", "Dom Quixote": great literature can be read by anyone, with a little help. Anthony O'Hear leads the way with this captivating journey thro ...Show more
A Week At The Airport - A Heathrow Diary by Alain de Botton
$25.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In the summer of 2009, Alain de Botton will be invited by the owners of Heathrow airport to become their first ever Writer in Residence. He will be installed in the middle of Terminal 5 on a raised platform with a laptop connected to screens, enabling passengers to see what he is writing and to come and ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 36: Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country by Mungo MacCallum
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Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In Australian Story, Mungo MacCallum investigates the political success of Kevin Rudd. What does he know about Australia that his opponents don't? This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the government and the country. MacCallum argues that the things we used to ...Show more
Great Ideas: The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion by ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism. Throughout history, some books have changed the ...Show more
Why Look at Animals? by John Berger
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
John Berger broke new ground with his penetrating writings on life, art and how we see the world around us. Here he explores how the ancient relationship between man and nature has been broken in the modern consumer age, with the animals that used to be at the centre of our existence now marginalized an ...Show more
Great Ideas: On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
For the true bibliophile and design-savvy book lover, here is the next set of Penguin's celebrated Great Ideas series by some of history's most innovative thinkers. Acclaimed for their striking and elegant package, each volume features a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Off ...Show more
An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? by Immanuel Kant
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature of reality. In these writings he investigates human progress, civilization, morality and why, to be truly enlightened, we must all have the freedo ...Show more
William Shakespeare - On Power by William Shakespeare
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
This work includes Shakespeare's writing on power: in love, war, government and the family. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, pro ...Show more