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Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind by A. C. Grayling
$27.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: near fine
What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps including some who had seen Macbeth forty-four years earl ...Show more
Challenge of Things: Thinking Through Troubled Times: Thinking Through Troubled Times by A. C. Grayling
$21.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular. The Challenge of Things joins earlier collections like The Reason of Things and Thinking of Answers, but this time to collect Grayling's recent writ ...Show more
Democracy and its Crisis by A C Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history - Peric ...Show more
Descartes - The life of Rene Descartes andits place in his times by A.C. Grayling
$24.95 AUD
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Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Scientist, mathematician, traveller, soldier - and spy - Rene Descartes has been called the 'father of modern philosophy'. Born in 1596 into an era still dominated by the medieval mindset, he was one of the chief actors in the riveting drama that ushered in the modern world. His life coincided with an e ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? by A. C. Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
Can we human beings agree on a set of values which will allow us to confront the numerous threats that we and our planet face? Or will we continue our disagreements, rivalries and antipathies, even as we collectively approach what, in the not impossible extreme, might be extinction? To answer these que ...Show more
For the Good of the World: Is a Universal Ethics Possible? by A. C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A lucid and inspiring consideration of the challenges we and our world now face, and a proposal for a way to avoid disaster. 'A must read' Gordon Brown 'A truly excellent book' Sir David King The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, t ...Show more
Friendship by A. C. Grayling
$31.95 AUD
Category: Reference
A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? How has friendship changed since the ancient Greeks began to analyze it, and how has modern technology altered its very definition ...Show more
God Argument by A.C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: History and Politics
There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly and calmly examines all the arguments and associated considerations offered in ...Show more
Good Book: A Secular Bible by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A. C. Grayling, Britain's most popular and widely read philosopher, has created a secular bible that draws on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing about all that it means to be human - from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life ...Show more
Ideas That Matter by A.C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
This is a book that celebrates the power of ideas: thought can - and does - change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and bioethics are defining our future just as Marxism, feminism or existentialism have influenced our present. So what do we need to know as we move ...Show more
Ideas That Matter: - A Personal Guide for the 21st Century by A C Grayling
$55.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Reading Level: very good
'Ideas are the cogs that drive history, and understanding them is half way to being aboard that powerful juggernaut rather than under its wheels'. This is a book that celebrates the power of ideas: thought can, and does, change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and ...Show more
Liberty in the Age of Terror: A defence of civil liberties and enlightenment news by A.C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy and Religion
"The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our o ...Show more