The Art of Prudence by Balthazar Gracian (Tr Savage)
460.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The Art of Prudence; or A Companion For A Man Of Sense.
Watt's Improvement of the Mind by Isaac Watts
295.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The Improvement of the Mind: Second Part
Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
100.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Zanoni , first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. Sir Edward, a Rosicrucian, wrote this engaging, well-researched, novel about the eternal conflict between head and heart, between wisdom and love, played out by the Rosicrucians before the dramatic background of the French Revolution. He describ ...Show more
Rational Recreations by W. Hooper, M. D.
645.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Rational Recreations, in Which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosphy are Clearly and Copiously Elucidated, By a Series of Easy, Entertaining, Interesting Experiments...vol. II
Culture and Horticulture by STORL WOLF D.
25.00 NZD
Category: Hobbies
This is a fascinating introduction to gardening in its widest sense, setting horticulture in its historical, cultural and cosmological contexts. The author offers both a theoretical understanding of biodynamic gardening and useful tips on light and warmth, ground covers, composts, crop rotation and weed ...Show more
The Sayings of Lao Tzu by Lao Tzú; Lionel Giles (Translator)
30.00 NZD
Category: Taoism
The Tao which can be expressed in words is not the eternal Tao; the name which can be uttered is not its eternal name. Without a name, it is the Beginning of Heaven and Earth; with a name, it is the Mother of all things. Only one who is eternally free from earthly passions can apprehend its spiritual es ...Show more
Selected Writings from Socrates by Tom Griffith (Selected with an Introduction by)
15.00 NZD
Category: Greek Philosophy
For Socrates, as for Jesus Christ, we have few biographical details, and of these, we do have nearly all come from Plato, his greatest admirer. But it is clear that Socrates contributed three new ideas to the development of philosophy: that goodness consists not in helping friends and harming enemies, b ...Show more
Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon
20.00 NZD
Category: Greek Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Backgrounds includes writings on Hobbes's life; selections from his responses to criticism of the book; and criticism and reactions to the work by Sir Robert Filmer, James Harrington, Bishop Bramhall, Edward Hyde (the earl of Clarendon), Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz, Montesquieu, and Henry Sedgwick.Interpr ...Show more
Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 by Michel Foucault
43.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Focault interprets his writings about sexuality, politics and punishment stressing the contribution of each to the portrait of society he is compiling.
The Pocket Pierre by Pierre Grimes; Cathy Wilson (As told to)
35.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Everybody has problems--and sadly, despite our best efforts, most of us daily struggle with them. As Pierre says, we try everything: "...psychotherapy, quests for heavenly intervention, Zen meditation, the priesthood or coaching Little League." The one thing we need is the one thing that The Pocket Pier ...Show more
Pythagoras - Mathematician and Mystic by Louis C. Coakley; Dimitra Karamanides
25.00 NZD
Category: Greek Philosophy | Series: The\Greatest Greek Philosophers Ser.
Though known today primarily for the mathematical theorem that bears his name, Pythagoras was a mystically-minded philosopher with a particular interest in music, astronomy, cosmology, numerology, and the soul. This book paints a vivid picture of the world in which Pythagoras lived. Since the philosophe ...Show more