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'To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, religion, all in one'Brilliant - Philip Hoare, New StatesmanJohn Ruskin - born 200 years ago, in February 1819...

Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and ide...

Get one step closer to solving the uncertainties in your life with this guided journal and philosophy overview, What Would Plato Do? Inside What Wo...

Millions of us suffer from addiction, including psychiatrist and recovering alcoholic Carl Erik Fisher. But where does this centuries-old behaviour...

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How did life begin? How does it end? What happens to those qualities that make each of us alive as individuals after the bodies they animated die a...

A collection of enlightening quotes, delivering some of the most important lessons The School of Life has to offer. This is a selection of the ver...

In contemporary culture, there is no stronger imperative than to be authentic. But what does authenticity actually mean? Everywhere we turn, we are...

Philosophy in Minutes distils 200 of the most important philosophical ideas into easily digestible, bite-sized sections. The core information for e...

What do we really need in order to live a happy life? An Epicurean antidote to anxietyOver two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus of...

'Jam-packed with insights you'll want to both text to your friends and tattoo on your skin . . . A sweeping view of a human mind trying to make ord...

In this joyous introduction to the major debates in Western philosophy, we see how cartoons can shed light and humour on lifes Big Questions. Topic...

Philosophy, the love of wisdom, is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world the child of wonder. Through it, we seek t...

It's hard to be brave,' said Piglet, sniffing slightly, when you're only a Very Small Animal.Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up ...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Baked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, pommes...

Liberals and conservatives proclaim the end of the American holiday from history. Now the easy games are over; one should take sides. Zizek argues ...

Tactics and Ethics collects Georg Lukács's articles from the most politically active time of his life, a period encompassing his stint as deputy ...

A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss...

Happiness. We all want it - but how can we get it? Author Mark Vernon has solved the problem by collecting the wisdom of the greatest minds in hist...

As Britain's best-known headmaster, Sir Anthony famously introduced happiness, or well-being, lessons at his school, Wellington College. In 2011, h...

Philosophy For Life is the definitive introduction to the history of Western thought, but more than that, it is a toolkit for using philosophy in y...