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  1. The Frontiers of Knowledge
    1. A. C. Grayling

    The Frontiers of Knowledge

    What We Know About Science, History and The Mind

    Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects

    € 14,95
  2. For the Good of the World
    1. A C , Grayling

    For the Good of the World

    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, technology and justice. In his timely new book, he asks: can human beings agree on a set of values that will allow us to confront the numerous threats facing the planet, or will we simply continue with our disagreements and antipathies as we collectively approach our possible extinction? As every day brings new stories about extreme weather events, spyware, lethal autonomous weapons systems, and the health imbalance between the northern and southern hemispheres, Grayling’s question – Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? – becomes ever more urgent. The solution he proposes is both pragmatic and inspiring.

    € 25,50
  3. The Godless Gospel
    1. Julian Baggini

    The Godless Gospel

    Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher?

    Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.

    € 13,95
  4. Time of the Magicians
    1. Wolfram Eilenberger

    Time of the Magicians

    Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger and the Great Decade of Philosophy

    A tremendous feat of scholarship but also a technical masterpiece, knitting together the four men's love lives, money troubles, ontological anxieties and the wider ferment of the Weimar republic with uncommon dexterity

    € 20,95
  5. The History of Philosophy
    1. A. C. Grayling

    The History of Philosophy

    € 25,50
  6. The Good State
    1. A. C. Grayling

    The Good State

    On the Principles of Democracy

    As democracy shows signs of decay, how do we not only arrest its decline but build something better – a state which is democratic in the fullest sense?

    € 17,95
  7. The Good State
    1. A. C. Grayling

    The Good State

    On the Principles of Democracy

    As democracy shows signs of decay, how do we not only arrest its decline but build something better – a state which is democratic in the fullest sense?

    € 29,50
  8. Descartes
    1. A. C. Grayling

    Descartes

    The Life of Rene Descartes and Its Place in His Times

    The first full biography of one of the giants of philosophy and science for a century -- by one of our most eminent writers and thinkers.

    € 20,95
  9. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism

    The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism

    The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism presents an edited collection of essays that explore the nature of Humanism as an approach to life, and a philosophical analysis of the key humanist propositions from naturalism and science to morality and meaning.

    € 184,50
  10. An Introduction to Philosophical Logic
    1. Anthony C. Grayling

    An Introduction to Philosophical Logic

    Covering some of the most central topics in philosophy - the proposition, theories of truth, existence, meaning and reference, realism and anti-realism - this title aims to be an accessible guide to philosophical logic. Each chapter provides a self-contained introduction to the topic it discusses.

    € 48,50
  11. The Age of Genius
    1. A. C. Grayling

    The Age of Genius

    The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind

    Britain’s most eminent publicly engaged philosopher

    € 23,50
  12. Decoding the Heavens
    1. Jo Marchant

    Decoding the Heavens

    How the Antikythera Mechanism Changed The World

    In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.

    € 14,95