How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for?In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great ques...więcej »
Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual re...więcej »
From one of our greatest voices in modern philosophy, author of The Course of Love, The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The School of Life'A serious and optimistic set...więcej »
'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing.'It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in thei...więcej »
‘A definitive work…explains clearly and succinctly concepts and theories at the heart of European and American philosophy.’ - Brenda AlmondWhat do philosophers mean b...więcej »
Alain de Botton has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Find out what Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsch...więcej »
A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desireWhy do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient...więcej »
Książka napisana jest w duchu filozofii polskiej szkoły lwowsko-warszawskiej, której twórcą był Kazimierz Twardowski (1866–1938), i składa się z 13 części, ale każda mogłaby być...więcej »
Książka napisana jest w duchu filozofii polskiej szkoły lwowsko-warszawskiej, której twórcą był Kazimierz Twardowski (1866–1938), i składa się z 13 części, ale każda mogłaby być...więcej »
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in Penguin Classics....więcej »
The first volume in his Roads to Freedom trilogy, Jean-Paul Sartre's The Age of Reason is a philosophical novel exploring existentialist notions of freedom, translated by Eric Sutton with an introd...więcej »
'He changed the course of history' Barack Obama'Lightning makes no sound until it strikes'This is the momentous story of the Civil Rights movement, told by one of its most p...więcej »
'A guide for living an upright and noble life' The New Yorker 'An easy and endearing read' Publishers Weekly'Never announce you are a Knight, simply behave as one. You are better ...więcej »
How should I live?What is my purpose? Can I find happiness?Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the ...więcej »
'A revelatory classic' Maria Popova'A spiritual polymath, the first and possibly greatest' Deepak ChopraWhat we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that...więcej »
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. "Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution t...więcej »
„Nie masz czasu na nic? Czujesz, że nie ogarniasz tego szalonego życia? Podejrzewasz, że coś jest ze światem nie tak?”Jeśli w dodatku żywisz przekonanie, że można żyć inacze...więcej »
Bajki chętnie korzystają z figury paraboli, tylko że „Piekło w uśmiechu” nie do końca jest bajką. Owszem, występuje tu ten, którego natura ma dwa oblicza i który nadaje wy...więcej »
Charakter zniewolenia technologicznego, prawnego — a także osobistego w ogóle — wydaje się dość oczywisty; czasami szczegóły umykają, ale widzimy, co się z nami dzieje. In...więcej »
There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the ...więcej »