Philosophy & Ideas
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Together
Vivek H Murthy
'Essential reading' (Atul Gawande) from Obama's Surgeon General on the global loneliness epidemic – and how we can overcome it
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This Life
Martin Hägglund
A serious and original philosopher tackles the meaning of life and returns with a majestic, liberating new answer
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The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
Ernest Becker tackles our relationship to mortality and searches for alternative ways to live
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Tragedy, the Greeks and Us
Simon Critchley
A provocative and timely exploration into tragedy from the curator of The New York Times philosophy column
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The Lies That Bind
Kwame Anthony Appiah
From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are r…
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Bodies
Susie Orbach
'A timely counterblast against our harsh new visual culture, obsessed with the perfection of the physical self.' – The Times
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Tao: The Watercourse Way
Alan Watts
The last work by Alan Watts, Tao is the culmination of a lifetime's study and thought
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The Age of Empathy
Frans de Waal
Empathy is not just a human trait – we can see it across the animal kingdom as a key element of evolutionary success
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The Art of Logic
Eugenia Cheng
A survival guide for our post-truth world using the timeless methods of logic, from a Royal Society Prize shortlisted mathematician
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Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason
David Harvey
Marx's Capital explained by its greatest expositor in simple, understandable terms
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You Talkin' To Me?
Sam Leith
A witty, elegant enquiry into the art of persuasion, updated for the witless, inelegant Trump era
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Shapeshifters
Gavin Francis
Stories from the GP's waiting room, brought lyrically to life by the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being
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Chinese Horoscopes for Your Child
Theodora Lau
Chinese astrology can help anyone become a better parent by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of their child's lunar sign. Discover your…
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Women & Power
Mary Beard
Number One Sunday Times BestsellerThe gender agenda revisited by Britain's best-known classicist, Mary Beard
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What We Think About When We Think About Football
Simon Critchley
A philosopher's take on what makes the beautiful game
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How the Zebra Got its Stripes
Léo Grasset
The Just So stories retold in the light of evolution by France's brightest young natural scientist