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Being Good by Simon Blackburn
$46.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
A short introduction to ethics, in three parts. The first discusses reasons for scepticism about ethics; the second introduces birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, to show how our lives are interwoven with ethics, and the third examines attempts to found ethics.
Ethics: a Very Short Introduction by Simon Blackburn
$21.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
Written by Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selling Think Short, lively, humorous, and accessible Unique combination of depth, rigor and sparkling prose Ethics is the area of philosophy which touches most on everyday life - its central theme is how we ought to live Discusses topics such as birth, ...Show more
Lust by Simon Blackburn
$49.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
The aim of this volume is to rescue lust 'from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and pillories of the Puritans, to drag it from the category of sin to that of virtue'.
Lust by Simon Blackburn
$28.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities
Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid ...Show more
Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love by Simon Blackburn
$49.95 NZD
Category: Psychology
Everyone deplores narcissism, especially in others. The vain are by turns annoying or absurd, offending us whether they are blissfully oblivious or proudly aware of their behavior. But are narcissism and vanity really as bad as they seem? Can we avoid them even if we try? In Mirror, Mirror, Simon Blackb ...Show more
Philosophers Who Changed History by Simon Blackburn
$65.00 NZD
Category: No Category
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each philosopher, alongside photographs of their homes and studies, and personal artefacts, Philosophers Who Changed History o ...Show more
Plato's Republic by Blackburn Simon
$27.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Tyranny is not a matter of minor theft and violence, but of wholesale plunder, sacred and profane, private or public. If you are caught committing such crimes in detail you are punished and disgraced; sacrilege, kidnapping, burglary, fraud, theft are the names we give to such petty forms of wrongdoing. ...Show more
The Big Questions : Philosophy by Simon Blackburn
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: The\Big Questions Ser.
The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, and provides answers from h ...Show more
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2nd Ed.) by Simon Blackburn (ed.)
$28.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
This best-selling dictionary is written by one of the most famous philosophers of our time, and it is widely recognized as the best dictionary of its kind. Comprehensive and authoritative, it covers every aspect of philosophy from Aristotle to Zen. With clear and concise definitions, it provides lively ...Show more
Think by Simon Blackburn
$45.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Written by the author of the bestselling "Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy", this book explains the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is intended for those who think there are big questions lurking out there, but does not know how to approach them. ...Show more
Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed by Simon Blackburn
$45.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Reading Level: good
We all like to think we value and abide by it - but what is the truth? In a world with so many contradictory beliefs, habits and religions, does any such thing really exist? Simon Blackburn's wise, witty and stimulating new book is a sure-footed companion through this thorny territory, showing us the di ...Show more
Truth: A Guide for the Perplexed by Simon Blackburn
$28.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
This important book is about truth, and the enemies of truth, and the wars that are fought between them. As Simon Blackburn says in his introduction, "the ground is complicated, strewn with abandoned fortresses and trenches, fought over by shifting alliances". "Truth" is an essential sure-footed guide t ...Show more