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Isaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century - an activist of the intellect who marshalled...

When Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the...

The nineteen essays collected here show Isaiah Berlin at his most lucid: these short, introductory pieces provide the perfect...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.

Emphasizing joy in the world, human...

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved,...

'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man...

'We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind...

So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?

One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer...

One of the most inspiring thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics transforms the way we...

A funny, wise guide to the art of thinking, and why the smallest people have the answers to the biggest questions

'Anyone can...

This is the ideal introduction to one of the most significant and radical philosophers of the past century. It includes detailed...

When did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion's evolutionary purpose? And in our increasingly secular world, why...

The grisly spectacle of public executions and torture of centuries ago has been replaced by the penal system in western society -...

A new and original anthology that introduces the key writings on rhetoric in the classical world, from Aristotle to Cicero and...

A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy is brought back to life in Ian Johnston's compelling, definitive translation

Very...

Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a...

Diogenes, Julian

A unique new volume illuminating the philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman Cynics

From their founding in the fifth century...

This epoch-making book cuts through confused thinking and forces us to re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge,...

Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously...

This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives...

This fresh and brilliant history of how philosophy became established in English presents a new form of philosophical...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting point,...

In the first century BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these...

In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named...

Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended...

One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from...

One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained...