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Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries by Satyan Devadoss; Matt Harvey
$48.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown. Most people think of mathematics as a set of useful tools designed to answer analytical questions, beginning with simple arithmetic and ending with ...Show more
Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger
$55.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a jobbing critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein signs away his inheritance to teach schoolchildren in a provincial Austrian village, seeking spiritual clarity. Martin Heidegger renounces his faith and align his fortunes with the ...Show more
Utopia - Hardcover by Thomas More; Dominic Baker-Smith (Translator)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks Ser.
Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478-1535) published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and ...Show more
The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by HOFFMAN, DONALD D.
$26.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHYSICS WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science, and how we understand the world around us' Steven Pinker 'Is reality virtual? It's a question ...Show more
The School of Life: An Emotional Education by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Introduction by)
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
What does it mean to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century? And how should we go about doing it? These are the most important questions to ask ourselves and the ones we most often avoid dealing with. This insightful, witty and generous book reveals one simple answer to the question of a good ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
$30.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. ...Show more
Deep Thought: 42 Fantastic Quotes ... by Gary Cox
$21.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way. This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when, it explores w ...Show more
There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book: A Sourcebook of Philosophical Puzzles, Problems, and Paradoxes. Robert M. Martin by Robert M Martin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Why was Sartre afraid of lobsters? What makes art great? Are the jokes in Kant’s Critique of Judgment funny? Does philosophy actually make philosophers wiser? As this book richly and entertainingly demonstrates, philosophy is as much the search for the right questions as it is a search for the right ans ...Show more
The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy by CRAIG EDWARD
$122.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Plato at the Googleplex - Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
$39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Imagine that Plato came to life in the twenty-first century and embarked on a multi-city speaking tour. How would he mediate a debate between a Freudian psychoanalyst and a 'tiger mum' on how to raise the perfect child? How would he handle the host of a right-wing news program who denies there can be mo ...Show more
Preposterous Proverbs: Why Fine Words Butter No Parsnips by Max Cryer
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
From our earliest years we have heard proverbs, and many of them are repeated without much thought. Yes, 'birds of a feather flock together' and 'absence makes the heart grow fonder', but these sayings are so familiar that we are scarcely aware they are proverbs. It has been so for thousands of years, i ...Show more
Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transfo... by Lewis Hyde
$29.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Canons
The Gift brilliantly argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society. Reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology Lewis Hyde's modern masterpiece has at its heart the simple and important idea that a 'gift' can inspire and change our lives.