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Wittgenstein's Poker - The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers by David Edmonds; John Eidinow
$12.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
On October 25, 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, England, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The meeting did not go well. Their loud and aggressive confrontation became the stuff of instant legend. But precisely what happened in those ten minutes remai ...Show more
Books V. Cigarettes (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by George Orwell
$5.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really ...Show more
The Lamp of Memory (Penguin "Great Ideas" Series) by John Ruskin
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential - not for financial gain, but to communicate eternal human truths. Throughout history, some boo ...Show more
Great Ideas: Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions, he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later gen ...Show more
Meditations by Rene Descartes
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of existence itself. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some boo ...Show more
Night Walks by Charles Dickens
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Charles Dickens describes in Night Walks his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunkenness and vice on the streets. This collection of essays shows Dickens as one of the greatest visionaries of the city in all ...Show more
The Painter of Modern Life by Charles Baudelaire
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Poet, aesthete and hedonist, Baudelaire was also one of the most groundbreaking art critics of his time. Here he explores beauty, fashion, dandyism, the purpose of art and the role of the artist, and describes the painter who, for him, expresses most fully the drama of modern life. "Great Ideas": throug ...Show more
Travels in the Land of Kubilai Khan by Marco Polo
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
Days of Reading (Penguin "Great Ideas" Series) by Marcel Proust
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transform ...Show more
Great Ideas: On Art & Life by John Ruskin
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
The State as a Work of Art by Jacob Burckhardt
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Pioneering art historian Jacob Burckhardt saw the Italian Renaissance as no less than the beginning of the modern world. In this hugely influential work, he argues that the Renaissance's creativity, competitiveness, dynasties, great city-states and even its vicious rulers sowed the seeds of a new era. " ...Show more
Fear and Trembling (Great Ideas) by Søren Kierkegaard
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
The infamous and controversial work that made a lasting impression on both modern Protestant theology and existentialist philosophers such as Sartre and Camus Writing under the pseudonym of "Johannes de silentio," Kierkegaard expounds his personal view of religion through a discussion of the scene i ...Show more
