Philosophy

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR"My new favorite book of all time." —Bill GatesIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier,...

“Most people will never find a great psychiatrist or a great Buddhist teacher, but Mark Epstein is both, and the wisdom he imparts in Advice Not Given is an act of generosity and compassion. The book is a tonic for the ailments of our time.”—Ann...

A Japanese-inspired guide to living a happier, more fulfilled life. Japonisme explores the Japanese art of finding contentment and includes practical tips and tricks to live a happier, healthier, more thoughtful life.What is your ikigai (purpose)? How do...

The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socrates presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography...

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—The Story of Philosophy is one of...

'Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.' -- David HumeDavid Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure of the Enlightenment. Yet...

(Available after 3-20 days)"So it is: we are not given a short life but we are wasteful of it... Life is long if you know how to use it.""But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.""We must...

(Available after 3-20 days) Almost every hour of every day, people will try to change your mind — and they don’t want you to notice, because none of it consists in giving you good reasons. You are nudged, anchored, and incentivized. Products are...

(Available after 3-20 days)A provocative new account of how morality evolvedWhat is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality...

One of the most important texts of modern times, Herbert Marcuse's analysis and image of a one-dimensional man in a one-dimensional society has shaped many young radicals' way of seeing and experiencing life. Published in 1964, it fast became an...

"The rabbit hole gets wrestled here. An old school saying applies: the more you know, the more you don’t know. Dance along this read into the unknown and find out that this book may be the best ever answer to ‘What is soul?'"—Chuck D, rapper and...

Faith, Hope and Carnage is a meditation on faith, art, music, freedom, grief and love.Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with Seán O’Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own words, of what really drives...

A collection of answers to the philosophical questions on people's minds—from the big to the personal to the ones you didn't know you needed answered.Based on real-life questions from his Ask a Philosopher series, Ian Olasov offers his answers to...

(Available after 3-20 days)Do life's big questions perplex you? This book, now available in paperback, will give you answers to some of them while revealing that others have no answer. A humorous but informed instruction manual to questions philosophers...

Considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra.Number of pages: 96Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm

A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.Use your head.That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing...

(Available after December 30th, 2022)Get one step closer to solving the uncertainties in your life with this guided journal and philosophy overview, What Would Plato Think?.Inside What Would Plato Think?, you’ll find the basics of philosophy, written in...

Educational practice does not, for the most part, rely on research findings. Instead, there's a preference for relying on our intuitions about what's best for learning. But relying on intuition may be a bad idea for teachers and learners alike.   This...

Why you don’t have a self—and why that’s a good thingIn Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy, offers a brief and radically clear account of an idea that at first might seem frightening but that promises to liberate us...

(Available after July 30th, 2023)A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of 2023The New York Times best-selling author explores how “anti-science” became so virulent in American life—through a history of climate denial and its consequences.   In 1956, the New...