{"product_id":"a-brief-guide-to-philosophical-classics","title":"A Brief Guide to Philosophical Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nIn this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as contemporary thinkers such as Peter Singer and John Rawls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nDividing into accessible sections - history, contemplation, happiness, and -isms, Russell gives us the lives as well as the lessons of the great thinkers, including a digest of their key ideas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nA perfect antidote to the complex life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe topics and books covered include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTraditional Philosophy:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, Plato; \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e, St Augustine; \u003ci\u003eThe Leviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Hobbes; \u003ci\u003eOn Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e, John Stuart Mill; \u003ci\u003ePhilisophical Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e, Ludwig Wittgenstein; \u003ci\u003eCritique of Pure Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, Immanuel Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOutsiders:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/i\u003e, Soren Kierkegaard; \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, Frederick Nietzsche; \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, Albert Camus; \u003ci\u003eDoors of Perception\u003c\/i\u003e, Aldous Huxley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContemplation as Philosophy:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e, Kahil Gibran; \u003ci\u003eJonathan Livingston Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Bach; \u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Pirsig; \u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Pooh\u003c\/i\u003e, Benjamin Hoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Continental Tradition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Prison Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e, Antonio Gramsci; \u003ci\u003eThe History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, Michel Foucault; \u003ci\u003eSymbolic Exchange and Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean Baudrillard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow to Live Your Life:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/i\u003e, Sun Tzu; \u003ci\u003eMaxims,\u003c\/i\u003e La Rouchefoucauld; \u003ci\u003eMemories, Dreams, Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e, Carl Jung; \u003ci\u003eOn Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e, Sigmund Freud; \u003ci\u003eOn Becoming a Person\u003c\/i\u003e, Carl Rogers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePolitical and Personal Issues:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDas Kapital\u003c\/i\u003e, Karl Marx; \u003ci\u003eBeing and Nothingness\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean Paul Sartre; \u003ci\u003eGaia\u003c\/i\u003e, James Lovelock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eModern Philosophy:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Theory of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, John Rawls; \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Dangerous Idea\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Dennett; \u003ci\u003eAfter the Terror\u003c\/i\u003e, Ted Honderich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003edating for married men \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.floridafriendlyplants.com\/Blog\/page\/what-causes-women-to-cheat.aspx\"\u003emy husband almost cheated on me\u003c\/a\u003e why do husband cheat\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791100440755,"sku":"9781849010016","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478107419781849010016.jpg?v=1762851327","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/a-brief-guide-to-philosophical-classics","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}