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The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best known, A.C. Grayling Everyone wishes to live a life that is satisfying and fulfilling, in which there is achievement and pleasure, and which has the respect of people one, in turn, respects. And one of the funda ...Show more
The Heart of Things - Applying philosophy to the 21st Century by A C Grayling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The new bestseller from one of Britain's most pre-eminent philosophers and arguably the best know, A.C. Grayling In this new collection A.C. Grayling extends the range of his previous two books to show how much understanding people can gain about themselves and their world by reflecting on the lesson ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A C Grayling
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: good
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is the story of who we are and why. An epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents, it explores some of the ...Show more
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world's most eminent thinkers The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. B ...Show more
The Meaning of Things - Applying Philosophy to Life by A C Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: good
A refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the UK. Thinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and uplifting. A life truly worth li ...Show more
The Mystery of Things by A.C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Following on from the huge success of The Meaning of Things and The Reason of Things, this is the new collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher.'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our world; at the same time it reco ...Show more
The Reason of Things - Living with Philosophy by A.C. Grayling
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
The most important question we can ask ourselves is: what kind of life is the best? This is the same as asking: how does one give meaning to one's life? How can one justify one's existence and make it worthwhile? How does one make experience valuable, and keep growing and learning in the process - and t ...Show more
Thinking of Answers - Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A C Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
The essays in this book, drawn mainly from A. C. Grayling's columns in Prospect, the Dubliner and The Times, are in fact responses to questions set by editors and readers. If beauty existed only in the eye of the beholder, would that make it an unimportant quality? Are human rights political? Can ethics ...Show more
Towards the Light : The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West by A.C. Grayling
$49.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
He begins with the often-violent conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries - involving the likes of Torquemada, Servetus, Zwingli and Castellio - which were sparked by the pursuit of freedom of thought, uncontrolled by the Church and the Inquisition. In time, this drive towards greater independ ...Show more
Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West by A. C. Grayling
$25.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
In Towards the Light, A.C. Grayling tells the story of the long and difficult battle for freedom in the West, from the Reformation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from the battle for the vote to the struggle for the right to freedom of conscience. As Grayling passionately affirms, it is a ...Show more
Towards the Light : The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights that Made the Modern West by A.C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
The often-violent conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were sparked by the pursuit of freedom of thought. In time, this drive led to bitter fighting, including the English Civil War. Then came revolutions in America and France that swept away monarchies for more representative forms of gov ...Show more
Truth, Meaning and Realism: Essays in the Philosophy of Thought by A. C. Grayling
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
A.C. Grayling focuses on a series of central philosophical concerns in this excellent collection of essays, with each one contributing to the contemporary debates on these matters.A.C. Grayling is one of Britain's leading thinkers, highly regarded as a public philosopher of distinction as well as in aca ...Show more