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Heidegger Reexamined (Hardcover): Hubert Dreyfus, Mark Wrathall Heidegger Reexamined (Hardcover)
Hubert Dreyfus, Mark Wrathall
R15,298 R5,539 Discovery Miles 55 390 Save R9,759 (64%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This collection of facsimile reprints brings together the most important recent scholarship examining the major stages in Heidegger's philosophical career.

The Daily Laws - 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature (Paperback, Main): Robert Greene The Daily Laws - 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature (Paperback, Main)
Robert Greene
R385 R326 Discovery Miles 3 260 Save R59 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 48 LAWS OF POWER BRINGS YOU 365 MORE Over the last 25 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human: whether that be getting what you want, understanding others' motivations, mastering your impulses, or recognising strengths and weaknesses. The Daily Laws distills that wisdom into easy-to-digest daily entries whose content spans power, seduction, war, strategy, politics, productivity, psychology, leadership, and adversity. Not only is this beautifully designed volume the perfect entry point for those new to Greene's penetrating insight, but it will also be a Rosetta stone for existing fans to understand and internalise the many lessons that fill his previous books. Read, re-read, and learn.

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume II: 1984 (Hardcover): Julia Annas Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Volume II: 1984 (Hardcover)
Julia Annas
R4,269 Discovery Miles 42 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An annual publication which publishes original articles, some of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books.

Letters from a Stoic - The Ancient Classic (Hardcover): Seneca Letters from a Stoic - The Ancient Classic (Hardcover)
Seneca
R387 R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Save R72 (19%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

DISCOVER THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ANCIENT STOICISM Since Roman antiquity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Letters have been one of the greatest expressions of Stoic philosophy. In a highly accessible and timeless way, Seneca reveals the importance of cultivating virtue and the fleeting nature of time, and how being clear sighted about death allows us to live a life of meaning and contentment. Letters from a Stoic continues to fascinate and inspire new generations of readers, including those interested in mindfulness and psychological techniques for well-being. This deluxe hardback selected edition includes Seneca's first 65 letters from the Richard M. Gummere translation. An insightful introduction by Donald Robertson traces Seneca's busy life at the centre of Roman power, explores how he reconciled his Stoic outlook with vast personal wealth, and highlights Seneca's relevance for the modern reader.

End-of-Life Decisions - A Psychosocial Perspective (Hardcover): Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner End-of-Life Decisions - A Psychosocial Perspective (Hardcover)
Maurice D. Steinberg, Stuart J. Youngner
R2,149 R2,008 Discovery Miles 20 080 Save R141 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, the lens of the media has narrowed issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide to a drama involving two players: Dr. Kevorkian and the law. This has left suffering patients and their families unrecognized and isolated when facing the most painful life decision.

Here at last is a book that addresses the role of psychiatry in dealing with a major, controversial topic in American medicine today& mdash;treatment decisions at the end of life. "End-of-Life Decisions: A Psychosocial Perspective" acknowledges and explores the role psychiatrists can play as advisers to the terminally ill and their loved ones. It describes the wide range of emotional and psychiatric issues faced by the patient, family, and physician that affect choices patients make to limit treatment or seek physician assistance in dying.

A distinguished group of contributors, all of whom have extensive experience dealing with end-of-life issues in clinical practice, address topics that may not have been considered previously. From dealing with issues of terminal illnesses in children, to making difficult treatment decisions for patients with AIDS; from judging the competency of clinically depressed patients for making sound decisions, to understanding the influence of family dynamics, economic forces, and language differences on doctor-patient communication& mdash;the book uses specific case studies and data to explore the role of professionals in end-of-life decisions.

"End-of-Life Decisions" strikes a careful balance between the need for patient autonomy and the challenge to make well-formulated treatment decisions. This book will heighten modern medicine& rsquo;s and society& rsquo;s consciousnessconcerning the difficult challenges faced by patients and their families when making end-of-life decisions

Letters from a Stoic (Paperback): Lucius Seneca Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
Lucius Seneca
R95 R81 Discovery Miles 810 Save R14 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire under emperor Nero, Seneca influenced him from a young age with his Stoic principles. Later in life, he wrote Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, or Letters from a Stoic, detailing these principles in full. Seneca's letters read like a diary, or a handbook of philosophical meditations. Often beginning with observations on daily life, the letters focus on many traditional themes of Stoic philosophy, such as the contempt of death, the value of friendship and virtue as the supreme good. Using Gummere's translation from the early twentieth century, this selection of Seneca's letters shows his belief in the austere, ethical ideals of Stoicism - teachings we can still learn from today.

Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life (Hardcover, New): Mark Francis Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life (Hardcover, New)
Mark Francis
R4,508 Discovery Miles 45 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) was a colossus of the Victorian age. His works ranked alongside those of Darwin and Marx in the development of disciplines as wide ranging as sociology, anthropology, political theory, philosophy and psychology. In this acclaimed study of Spencer, the first for over thirty years and now available in paperback, Mark Francis provides an authoritative and meticulously researched intellectual biography of this remarkable man that dispels the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer and shines new light on the broader cultural history of the nineteenth century. In this major study of Spencer, the first for over thirty years, Mark Francis provides an authoritative and meticulously researched intellectual biography of this remarkable man. Using archival material and contemporary printed sources, Francis creates a fascinating portrait of a human being whose philosophical and scientific system was a unique attempt to explain modern life in all its biological, psychological and sociological forms. Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life fills what is perhaps the last big biographical gap in Victorian history. An exceptional work of scholarship it not only dispels the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer but shines new light on the broader cultural history of the nineteenth century. Elegantly written, provocative and rich in insight it will be required reading for all students of the period.

The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics (Hardcover): Anne Barnhill, Tyler Doggett, Mark Budolfson The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics (Hardcover)
Anne Barnhill, Tyler Doggett, Mark Budolfson
R4,443 Discovery Miles 44 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Academic food ethics incorporates work from philosophy but also anthropology, economics, the environmental sciences and other natural sciences, geography, law, and sociology. Scholars from these fields have been producing work for decades on the food system, and on ethical, social, and policy issues connected to the food system. Yet in the last several years, there has been a notable increase in philosophical work on these issues-work that draws on multiple literatures within practical ethics, normative ethics and political philosophy. This handbook provides a sample of that philosophical work across multiple areas of food ethics: conventional agriculture and alternatives to it; animals; consumption; food justice; food politics; food workers; and, food and identity.

Ikigai (Hardcover): Hector Garcia, Francesc Miralles Ikigai (Hardcover)
Hector Garcia, Francesc Miralles 3
R420 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R42 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

We all have an ikigai.

It's the Japanese word for a reason to live or a reason to jump out of bed in the morning .

It s the place where your needs, desires, ambitions, and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. Small wonder that finding your ikigai is closely linked to living longer.

Finding your ikigai is easier than you might think. This book will help you work out what your own ikigai really is, and equip you to change your life. You have a purpose in this world: your skills, your interests, your desires and your history have made you the perfect candidate for something. All you have to do is find it.

Do that, and you can make every single day of your life joyful and meaningful.

Equality and Justice (Hardcover): Peter Vallentyne Equality and Justice (Hardcover)
Peter Vallentyne
R19,004 R7,302 Discovery Miles 73 020 Save R11,702 (62%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Jesus and the God of Israel - God Crucified and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity... Jesus and the God of Israel - God Crucified and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity (Paperback)
Richard Bauckham
R609 R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Save R109 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"God Crucified" and Other Essays on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity The basic thesis of this important book on New Testament Christology, sketched in the first essay 'God Crucified, is that the worship of Jesus as God was seen by the early Christians as compatible with their Jewish monotheism. Jesus was thought to participate in the divine identity of the one God of Israel. The other chapters provide more detailed support for, and an expansion of, this basic thesis. Readers will find not only the full text of Bauckham's classic book God Crucified, but also groundbreaking essays, some of which have never been published previously

Right Thing, Right Now - Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. (Hardcover): Ryan Holiday Right Thing, Right Now - Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. (Hardcover)
Ryan Holiday
R450 R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Save R69 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

If we do what is right, everything else will follow: happiness, success, meaning, reputation, love. This is central to Stoic wisdom. The path isn't always easy, but it is essential, and the alternative - taking the easy route - leads only to cowardice and folly.

In the third book in his bestselling Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday explores the crucial role that integrity plays in every good life. From pillars of upright living like Ulysses S. Grant and Marcus Aurelius, to the cautionary tales of Napoleon and F. Scott Fitzgerald, this book shows us the power of owning our convictions and acting in accordance with our beliefs - and the perils of an ill-formed conscience.

Our conscience, our sense of justice, is our first and our last strength: we can train it, hone it and fortify it, but above all, we must never lose it. This book shows us how.

In the Time of the Nations (Hardcover): Emmanuel Levinas In the Time of the Nations (Hardcover)
Emmanuel Levinas; Edited by Michael B. Smith
R6,975 Discovery Miles 69 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The "Nations" are the "seventy nations": a metaphor which, in the Talmudic idiom, designates the whole of humanity surrounding Israel. In this major collection of essays, Levinas considers Judaism's uncertain relationship to European culture since the Enlightenment, problems of distance and integration. It also includes essays on Franz Rosenzweig and Moses Mendelssohn, and a discussion of central importance to Jewish philosophy in the context of general philosophy. This work brings to the fore the vital encounter between philosophy and Judaism, a hallmark of Levinas's thought.

Trust within Reason (Hardcover, New): Martin Hollis Trust within Reason (Hardcover, New)
Martin Hollis
R3,193 Discovery Miles 31 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Some philosophers hold that trust grows fragile when people become too rational. They advocate a retreat from reason and a return to local, traditional values. Others hold that truly rational people are both trusting and trustworthy. Everything hinges on what we mean by 'reason' and 'rational'. If these are understood in an egocentric, instrumental fashion, then they are indeed incompatible with trust. With the help of game theory, Martin Hollis argues against that narrow definition and in favour of a richer, deeper notion of reason founded on reciprocity and the pursuit of the common good. Within that framework he reconstructs the Enlightenment idea of citizens of the world, rationally encountering, and at the same time finding their identity in, their multiple commitments to communities both local and universal.

Meditations (Paperback): Marcus Aurelius Meditations (Paperback)
Marcus Aurelius
R95 R81 Discovery Miles 810 Save R14 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Our life is what our thoughts make it The extraordinary writings of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180), the only Roman emperor to have also been a stoic philosopher, have for centuries been praised for their wisdom, insight and guidance by leaders and great thinkers alike. Never intended for publication, Meditations are the personal notes born from a man who studied his unique position of power as emperor while trying to uphold inner balance in the chaotic world around him. Boldly challenging many of our biggest questions, Aurelius wrestles with the divided self, considering the complexities of human nature, rationality and moral virtue, affirming its place as one of the most timeless, significant works of philosophy to date.

Plato's Socratic Conversations - Drama and Dialectic in Three Dialogues (Hardcover): Michael C. Stokes Plato's Socratic Conversations - Drama and Dialectic in Three Dialogues (Hardcover)
Michael C. Stokes
R6,830 Discovery Miles 68 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study focuses on Laches, Protagoras, and the conversation between Socrates and Agathon in the Symposium. For these dialogues the author "proposes a strategy of interpretation that insists on the dialogues' essentially interrogatory character. . . . Stokes argues that we are not entitled to ascribea thesis to Socrates (far less to Plato) unless he unambiguously asserts it as his own belief. . . . For the most part, Stokes argues, Socrates is doing what he claims to be doing: cross-examining his interlocutor. He draws the materials of his own argument from the respondent's explicit admissions and from his own knowledge of the respondent's character, commitments and ways of life.What is shown by such a procedure is not, . . . according to Stokes], that acertain thesis is true or false, but, rather, that a certain sort of person, with certain commitments, can be led, on pain of inconsistency, to assent to theses that at first seem alien to him. Sometimes, as it turns out, these are theses that Socrates also endorses in his own person." "Times Literary Supplement"

The Tao of Pooh (Paperback): Benjamin Hoff The Tao of Pooh (Paperback)
Benjamin Hoff; Illustrated by E.H. Shepard 1
R265 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R41 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

"What's this you're writing?... asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table. "The Tao of Pooh,... I replied. "The how of Pooh?... asked Pooh, smudging one of the words I had just written. "The Tao of Pooh,... I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil. "It seems more like ow! of Pooh,... said Pooh, rubbing his paw. "Well, it's not,... I replied huffily. "What's it about?... asked Pooh, leaning forward and smearing another word. "It's about how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances!... I yelled. "Have you read it?... asked Pooh... ...Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear, and Pooh's Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism. Follow the Pooh Way in this humorous and enlightening introduction to Taoism, with classic decorations by E.H.Shepard throughout. Over a million copies sold.

The Antidote - Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Paperback): Oliver Burkeman The Antidote - Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Paperback)
Oliver Burkeman
R461 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
John Locke: Drafts for the Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings - Volume I: Drafts A and B... John Locke: Drafts for the Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Other Philosophical Writings - Volume I: Drafts A and B (Hardcover)
John Locke; Edited by Peter H. Nidditch, G.A.J. Rogers
R5,538 Discovery Miles 55 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first of three volumes which will contain all of Locke's extant philosophical writings relating to An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, not included in other Clarendon editions like the Correspondence. It contains the earliest known drafts of the Essay, Drafts A and B, both written in 1671, and provides for the first time an accurate version of Locke's text. Virtually all his changes are recorded in footnotes on each page. Peter Nidditch, whose highly acclaimed edition of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding was published in this series in 1975, used pioneering editorial techniques in his compilation of Volume 1. Most of the work was completed before his tragically early death in 1983. Volumes 2 and 3, almost wholly the work of G. A. J. Rogers will contain the third extant draft of the Essay (Draft C), the Epitome and the Conduct of the Understanding. They will also include a History of the Writing of the Essay, together with other shorter writings by Locke.

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (Hardcover, 5th Anniversary Limited Edition): Charlie Mackesy The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (Hardcover, 5th Anniversary Limited Edition)
Charlie Mackesy
R530 R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Save R52 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A book for all ages, a book for all times, treasured by millions.

Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse was adapted into the BAFTA and Academy Award® winning animated short film.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole.
“Kind,” said the boy.

In this beautiful book, follow the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love.

This I Believe: - Philadelphia (Paperback): Dan Gediman, Mary Jo Gediman This I Believe: - Philadelphia (Paperback)
Dan Gediman, Mary Jo Gediman
R574 R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Save R52 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kant and the Transcendental Object - A Hermeneutic Study (Hardcover): J.N. Findlay Kant and the Transcendental Object - A Hermeneutic Study (Hardcover)
J.N. Findlay
R3,024 Discovery Miles 30 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is an attempt to conduct a comprehensive examination of Kant's metaphysic of Transcendental Idealism, which is everywhere presupposed by his critical theory of knowledge, his theory of the moral and the aesthetic judgement, and his rational approach to religion. It will attempt to show that this metaphysic is profoundly coherent, despite frequent inconsistencies of expression, and that it throws an indispensable light on his critical enquiries. Kant conceives of knowledge in especially narrow terms, and there is nothing absurd in the view that thinkables must, in his sense, extend far more widely than knowables. Kant also goes further than most who have thought in his fashion in holding that, not only the qualities of the senses, but also the space and time in which we place them, have non-sensuous, non-spatial, and non-temporal foundations in relations among thinkables that transcend empirical knowledge. This contention also reposes on important arguments, and can be given a sense that will render it interesting and consistent. The book explores this sense, and connects it with the thought of Kant's immediate predecessors in the great German scholastic movement that began with Leibniz: this scholasticism, it will be held, is throughout preserved as the unspoken background of Kant's critical developments, whose great innovation really consisted in pushing it out of the region of the knowable, into the region of what is permissively or, in some cases, obligatorily, thinkable.

The Road to Wisdom - On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust (Paperback): Francis S. Collins The Road to Wisdom - On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust (Paperback)
Francis S. Collins
R415 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Save R64 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From world-leading scientist and New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God, a deeply thoughtful guidebook to discerning what and who we can trust to move us from societal discord to civic harmony.

As the COVID-19 pandemic revealed, western society has become not just hyper-partisan, but also deeply cynical; distrustful of traditional sources of knowledge and wisdom such as science and faith. Scepticism about vaccines led to the needless deaths of at least 230,000 Americans, and "Do your own research" is now a rallying cry in many online rabbit holes. Yes, experts can make mistakes, and institutions can lose their moral compass, but there are reliable ways and means to weigh information and navigate truth, and The Road to Wisdom is here to help us rediscover them.

Francis Collins reminds us of the four core sources of judgement and clear thinking: truth, science, faith, and trust. Drawing on his scientific work at the forefront of the Human Genome Project and the US National Institutes of Health, as well as on ethics, philosophy, and theology, Collins makes a robust, thoughtful case for each of these sources - their reliability, and their limits. Ultimately, he shows how they work together, not separately - and certainly not in conflict. It is only when we re-link these four pillars of wisdom that we can begin to discern the best path forward in life.

​Hopeful, accessible, winsome, and deeply wise, The Road to Wisdom leads us beyond current animosities to surer footing. Here is the moral, philosophical, and scientific framework with which to address the problems of our time - on the world stage, but also in our daily lives.

Logic on the Track of Social Change (Hardcover): David Braybrooke, Bryson Brown, Peter K. Schotch Logic on the Track of Social Change (Hardcover)
David Braybrooke, Bryson Brown, Peter K. Schotch; Contributions by Laura Byrne
R1,547 Discovery Miles 15 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book sets out a new logic of rules, developed to demonstrate how such a logic can contribute to the clarification of historical questions about social rules. The authors illustrate applications of this new logic in their extensive treatments of a variety of accounts of social changes, analysing in these examples the content of particular social rules and the course of changes in them.

The Dark Side of the Gospel - Looking into the Darkness to See the Light (Hardcover): Arnold O Thompson The Dark Side of the Gospel - Looking into the Darkness to See the Light (Hardcover)
Arnold O Thompson; Edited by Cynthia MacGregor; Designed by T J Wilde
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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