As Socrates said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' How better to begin a life's examination than with the most influential philosophers from Ancient Greece and China ...
Format: Softcover Publisher: Picador ISBN: 9780330491433 This publication: 2002 Don't pay: R182.71 Another perspicacious look at the byzantine nature of the secrets ...
Format: Softcover Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 9780140276626 This publication: 2003 Don't pay: R217.00 Few things are as exciting as the idea of travelling ...
Encompassing thousands of years of human wisdom and thought, a study encompasses essential philosophers, insights, and concepts from ancient times to the latest developments in ...
Aristotle, Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein, the work of the great philosophers of the past is well known and has been discussed endlessly. This book explains what today's philosophers ...
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal ...
Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) offer a wide range of fascinating spiritual ...
The Mediations of the great Roman philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius are simple yet profound works of stoic philosophy that continue to offer guidance and consolation to many ...
This text is a discussion of the central idea of absurdity that Camus was to develop in his novel "The Outsider". Here, Camus poses the fundamental question: ...
Thomas Paine is one of the greatest political propagandists in history. The Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at ...
Format: Softcover Publisher: Picador ISBN: 9780330335898 This publication: 1994 Don't pay: R 173.00 Looks at the psychology of men and women in love, as it portrays a ...
Format: Softcover Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 9780141014869 This publication: 2005 Don't pay: R217.00 We all worry about what others think of us. We all long ...
Plato is perhaps the most influential philosopher who has ever lived. Composed in Athens in about 375BC, The Republic is his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect ...
Format: Paperback Publisher: Picador ISBN: 0330348019 This publication: 1995 Don't pay: R 173.00 A provocative, conservative satirist shares his strange and twisted days ...