"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease...View more

This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes....View more

The original edition of Kant: Political Writings was first published in 1970, and has long been established as the principal English-language edition of this...View more

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor "The Prince" even today remains a disturbingly...View more

Alain de Botton combines two unlikely genres--literary biography and self-help manual--in the hilarious and unexpectedly practical How Proust Can Change Your Life. Who...View more

How did the universe begin? What is truth? How can we live good lives? Throughout history, humankind has asked these and other big...View more

For over 2000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality. ...View more

From the international bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this lyrical,...View more

Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed...View more

Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from...View more

One of the greatest works of philosophy and political theory ever produced, Plato's The Republic has shaped western thought for thousands of...View more

One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Plato's Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of...View more