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What are humans? What makes us who we are? Many think that we are just complicated machines, or animals that are different from machines only by ...

Where can the human animal seek its energy in this era of lockdowns and social distancing? Dodge may help us to find out GuardianIf youre a fan of ...

'A work of engaging pop philosophy and accessible social science [and] a boisterous dissection of the forces jellifying our minds' Sunday TimesIncl...

**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019**THE OLD GODS ARE DYING.Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices...

'This groundbreaking study provides a much-needed  philosophical framework for those practising mindfulness  as well as a call to recover the pragm...

The Daily Doctor is a page-a-day guide to living your best Time Lord life. As days turn to weeks turn to months, stay serene with your daily dose o...

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the twentieth century. He is mostly associated with...

Epictetus (c. 50-c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He believed that philosophy should be a way of life and not just a theoretical study. In...

Three centuries ago, Voltaire published his Dictionnaire philosophique, taking in such idiosyncratic topics as adultery, mountains, nakedness, and ...

'A generous book written by a figure who has made a significant impact on philosophy ... Anyone interested in philosophy should read it' Nigel Warb...

Why do we give a damn about strangers? Altruism is unique to the human species. It is also one of the great evolutionary puzzles, and we may be o...

The journey of thousand miles begins with a single step - Laozi In Legacy: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Minds Phil takes the philosophical approa...

Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human consumption has caused the extinction of countless species and neoliberalism has l...

In Pursuit of the Beautiful Soul by Justine Kolata offers a revolutionary solution to overcoming the soullessness of modern life. The book explores...

DEBUTED AT NO.1 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LISTNO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL ANIMALAre you on your first or second mountain? Is life ...

A must-have for anyone who practises yoga or is interested in the teachings of the East.B.K.S. Iyengar, whose teachings on yoga are followed throug...

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Need a rental person who does nothing?Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. After an old boss told him ...

Philosophy is traditionally understood as the search for universal truths, and philosophers are supposed to transmit those truths beyond the limits...

An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other.Byung-Chul Han is one of the most widely r...

Rudolf Steiner demonstrates that there are twelve main philosophical standpoints, and that the future of philosophy rests not upon defending one an...

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Go beyond the cape and into the mind of the Man of Steel, in time for release of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel movie and Superman's 75th anniversary ...

A philosophical exploration of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classicjust in time for the December 2012 release of Peter Jackson's new film adaptation, T...

The philosophy of the blues From B.B. King to Billie Holiday, Blues music not only sounds good, but has an almost universal appeal in its reflecti...

A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philos...

Now fully rewritten and entirely updated to reflect the pressing problems of today, Animal Liberation Now presents the definitive case for radicall...

Arguing with People brings developments from the field of Argumentation Theory to bear on critical thinking in a clear and accessible way. This boo...

Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj iek explores the concept of 'event', in the second in this new series of easily digestible phil...

Notes on the Art of Life is Haim Shapira's version of Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book  a discursive and intensely personal collection of thoughts on lif...