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  • The Philosophers of the Ancient World

    An A-Z Guide

    by Trevor Curnow ...
    This fascinating book contains information on over 2,300 ancient Western philosophers, from Abammon to Zoticus. Covering the period from the seventh century BC to the seventh century AD, it brings together the extremely well-known and the thoroughly obscure. Those already familiar with ancient philosophy will find it an invaluable and handy work of reference with a breadth of coverage that far ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life

    See the Bigger Picture

    by Trevor Curnow ...
    Series series Practical Guide Series
    How can we apply philosophy to our everyday lives? Can philosophy affect the way we live? This book will show how philosophy can help to improve your thinking about everyday life. And how, by improving the quality of your thinking, you can improve the quality of your life. It will make you more aware of what you think and why, and how knowing this can help you can change the way you think about ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wisdom

    A History

    by Trevor Curnow ...
    What, precisely, is wisdom? And who is wise? Wisdom has fascinated the human race for thousands of years; ancient authors sought to capture it in collections of proverbs and fables, while modern thinkers seek to uncover its essence. It has been thought about in myriad different ways and searched for in many different places. Philosophers are lovers of it and scholars have always tried to define it ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • 50 Philosophy Classics

    Thinking, Being, Acting Seeing - Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books

    by Tom Butler-Bowdon ...
    For over 2000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality.From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir to contemporary thinkers Michael Sandel, Peter ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Shape of Ancient Thought

    Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

    by Thomas McEvilley ...
    Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product of both Greek and Indian thought-Western and Eastern philosophies.Thomas McEvilley explores how trade, imperialism, and migration currents allowed cultural philosophies to intermingle freely throughout India, Egypt, Greece, and the ancient ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Philosophy

    by Kevin Perry ...
    Philosophy is to question everything. More than a lifestyle, larger than any single idea, broader than a conviction, philosophy is the love of exploration, of knowledge, of uncertainty, and of that cornerstone of free thinking: doubt. Kevin Perry's "Philosophy" takes the reader on a grand tour of life's biggest questions, examining all that the world's greatest philosophers have said about life ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1

    From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Translated by Willard R. Trask ...
    Series Book 1 - A History of Religious Ideas
    "Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."—Martin E. Marty, The New York Times Book ReviewThis extraordinary work delves into the subject of religion in the prehistoric and ancient worlds—humankind's earliest quests for meaning. From Neanderthal burials to the mythology of the Iron Age, to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • An Introduction to Western Philosophy

    by Matt McGinniss ...
    For some people philosophy is everything. For others it's nothing. It's a subject that solves problems, causes arguments and even brings war. But what is philosophy, and who are the famous men and women who have changed our world with their ideas?In this eBook, you will find simple biographies and basic explanations of the ideas of twenty of the most important western philosophers. It can be read ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Inner Experience

    Notes on Contemplation

    by Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon ...
    Thomas Merton’s groundbreaking last major work—a provocative and pivotal look into contemplation and the true meaning of spirituality“True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace."—Thomas MertonRevised directly before his untimely death and released in full for the first time ever, Merton’s book on contemplation has captivated readers for decades. In it, Merton takes us ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Jesus and the Lost Goddess

    The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians

    by Tim Freke & Peter Gandy ...
    Why were the secret teachings of the original Christians brutally suppressed by the Roman church?Because they relate the myth of the Christian Goddess Sophia.Because they portray Jesus and Mary Magdalene as mythic figures based on the Pagan dying and resurrecting Godman and the fallen and redeemed Goddess.Because they show that the gospel story is a spiritual allegory encoding philosophy that ... Read more

    $3.72 CAD

  • Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Roger Scruton ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world. In his brilliant synthesis of geometrical method, religious sentiment, and secular science, he attempted to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch, and to present a vision of humanity as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. In ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus

    by Gary Lachman ...
    From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis, to our own times, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus -- the 'thrice-great one', as he was often called -- on the western mind. For centuries his name ranked among the most illustrious of the ancient world. Considered by some a contemporary of Moses and a forerunner of Christ, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus