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What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? In this brilliant, passionate essay, Dan ...
'De Botton is a national treasure.' - Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black
A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted ...
Knowledge is power. Time is money. Justice is blind.
Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely ...
How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating exploration of our moral universe
We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they ...
A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting
'Gaslighting' is suddenly in everyone's vocabulary. It's written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung ...
In 490 BCE the indefatigable Athenian herald Philippides made his legendary 26 mile run to deliver to the people of Athens news of their city ...
An entertaining guide to history's most fascinating philosophers - from Sappho to Kant, and Aristotle to Simone de Beauvoir - which seeks to help us answer ...
Seven hundred years of heroic humanists (and their enemies), from the acclaimed author of How to Live and At The Existentialist Cafe
The bestselling, prizewinning ...
If you've ever wanted to know more about the power of 'P', the hypnotic rhythm of anapestic tetrameter, or how to change the mood ...
This book calls for a new radical enlightenment, a combative attitude against the credulities and oppressions of our time. Today, when historical time has broken ...
How philosophy can teach us to be less anxious about being anxious by understanding that it's an essential part of being human.
Today, anxiety ...
The landmark book that opened the world's eyes to the suffering of animals, fully rewritten and entirely updated
Animal Liberation started a worldwide movement ...
As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world?
How to Think Like A Philosopher ...
As a young woman growing up in a small, religious community, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this ...
Why does it always seem like the elevator is going down when you need to go up? Is it really true that 0.99999 . . . with ...
