How To Be Good: What Socrates Can Teach Us About the Art of Living Well by Massimo Pigliucci
38.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What Socrates's greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people? Can we make ourselves into better human beings? Can we help others do the same? And can we get the leaders of our society to care that humanity prospers, not just ...Show more
What We Owe the Future: The Million-Year View by William MacAskill
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
We are remarkably early in the story of human civilisation. We are still five hundred million years away from the sterilisation of the Earth by the Sun, and one hundred trillion years away from the dying of the last stars. Leaving a shard of broken glass on the ground may harm someone tomorrow or one hu ...Show more
The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
18.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Epicureanism offers the perfect cure for our anxious age. What can it teach us about the art of happiness?What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer- pleasure. All we really want is pleasure.Today we ...Show more
The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A single book can change your life. Already an enormous bestseller in Asia, with more than 3 million copies sold, The Courage to be Disliked demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th cen ...Show more
How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Mike Schur
38.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever How can we live a more ethical life? This question has plag ...Show more
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
28.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Instant New York Times Advice & Business Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller A New York Times Noteworthy Pick and a stellar work by Publishers Weekly From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of the Stoics, and what ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
37.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Can we human beings agree on a set of values which will allow us to confront the numerous threats that we and our planet face? Or will we continue our disagreements, rivalries and antipathies, even as we collectively approach what, in the not impossible extreme, might be extinction? To answer these que ...Show more
Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers by Eric Weiner
31.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history's greatest thinkers and showing us how each--from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir--offers practical and spiritual lessons for today's unsettled time ...Show more
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
33.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditations--an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds--from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with t ...Show more
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
28.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks. As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Thi ...Show more
Animal Liberation Now by Peter Singer
30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The definitive case for radically rethinking humanity's relationship with other animals - for the good of us all. 'The book that had the most impact on me' JANE GOODALL 'Probably the single most influential document in the history of ... animal welfare' GUARDIAN In 1975, Animal Liberation started a g ...Show more
Nothing to Fear - Demystifying Death in Order to Live More Fully by Julie McFadden
40.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What if we didn't consider death the worst possible outcome? What if we discussed it honestly, embraced end-of-life care and prepared for the end of our lives with hope and acceptance? In this empathetic and knowledgeable guide, TikTok star Julie McFadden - known online as 'Hospice Nurse Julie' - share ...Show more