Philosophers in Biography & Memoir eBooks

Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry into Values

by Robert Pirsig ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR AND A READER'S GUIDEZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance caused a sensation when it was first published in 1974.The story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California profoundly affected an entire generation.Both personal and philosophical, this book is a compelling study of relationships, values, ... Read more

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR AND A READER'S GUIDEZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance caused a sensation when it was first published in 1974.The story of the narrator, his son Chris and their month-long motorcycle odyssey from Minnesota to California profoundly affected an entire generation.Both personal and philosophical, this book is a compelling study of relationships, values,
... Read more
Memories, Dreams, Reflections

An Autobiography

by Carl Jung ...

‘I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals’ Carl JungAn eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings.In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the ... Read more

$12.99 NZD

‘I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals’ Carl JungAn eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings.In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the
... Read more
At The Existentialist Café

Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

by Sarah Bakewell ...

Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking…‘It’s not often that you miss your bus stop because you’re so engrossed in reading a book about ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking…‘It’s not often that you miss your bus stop because you’re so engrossed in reading a book about
... Read more
How to Live

A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer

by Sarah Bakewell ...

How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live?This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. Into these essays he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, ... Read more

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How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live?This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. Into these essays he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories,
... Read more
The Price of Peace

Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

by Zachary D. Carter ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas“A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.”—The Wall Street Journal* ... Read more

$21.10 NZD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit” (The New York Times), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas“A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.”—The Wall Street Journal*
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Stephen Hawking - Biography of a Thinking Man

by Carmen Beatty ...

On the 8th of January 2012 a man who discovered at 21 that he had motor neurone disease, which usually means a few years' degeneration then death, celebrated his 70th birthday. Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. Even as a child, he exhibited a fascination for mathematics, science and the sky. At age 21, while studying cosmology at Cambridge, Stephen was diagnosed with ... Read more

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On the 8th of January 2012 a man who discovered at 21 that he had motor neurone disease, which usually means a few years' degeneration then death, celebrated his 70th birthday. Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England. Even as a child, he exhibited a fascination for mathematics, science and the sky. At age 21, while studying cosmology at Cambridge, Stephen was diagnosed with
... Read more
Ecce Homo

How One Becomes What One Is

by Friedrich Nietzsche ...

In late 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, Friedrich Nietzsche set out to compose his life story. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is remains one of the most remarkable autobiographies ever written, a powerful work of genius in which the German philosopher critiques his own works (and those of others) and weighs in on a plethora of subjects, from mastering self-control to female ... Read more

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In late 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, Friedrich Nietzsche set out to compose his life story. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is remains one of the most remarkable autobiographies ever written, a powerful work of genius in which the German philosopher critiques his own works (and those of others) and weighs in on a plethora of subjects, from mastering self-control to female
... Read more
I Am Dynamite!

A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

by Sue Prideaux ...

The Times Biography of the YearWinner of the Hawthornden Prize 2019Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019Longlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2019Friedrich Nietzsche's work blasted the foundation of western thinking. The death of God, the Übermensch, and the slave morality permeate our culture, high and l... ... Read more

$15.83 NZD

The Times Biography of the YearWinner of the Hawthornden Prize 2019Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019Longlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2019Friedrich Nietzsche's work blasted the foundation of western thinking. The death of God, the Übermensch, and the slave morality permeate our culture, high and l...
... Read more
Wosdom Teeth

by Robert Jameson ...

Series series The Wosdom Series
The key to intelligence is the willingness to question things. It is particularly important to be willing to question the things that most other people assume to be correct, even when they haven't made the slightest effort to think about the principles involved.Wosdom Teeth, like the other Wosdom books (which can be read in any order), offers provocative opinions in order to encourage readers to ... Read more

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The key to intelligence is the willingness to question things. It is particularly important to be willing to question the things that most other people assume to be correct, even when they haven't made the slightest effort to think about the principles involved.Wosdom Teeth, like the other Wosdom books (which can be read in any order), offers provocative opinions in order to encourage readers to
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Story of Philosophy

by Will Durant ...

This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and ... Read more

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This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time.Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and
... Read more
Meditations

New 2019 Edition

by Marcus Aurelius ...

Meditations is a series of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, written over a series of years in far-flung places as he led the Romans in military campaigns, quashed revolts, and dealt with the other tribulations of governing the Empire. It is best described as a spiritual journal, containing a record of the emperor's philosophical exercises. He covers topics as ... Read more

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Meditations is a series of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, written over a series of years in far-flung places as he led the Romans in military campaigns, quashed revolts, and dealt with the other tribulations of governing the Empire. It is best described as a spiritual journal, containing a record of the emperor's philosophical exercises. He covers topics as
... Read more
Descartes's Secret Notebook

A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe

by Amir D. Aczel ...

René Descartes (1596—1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates has made our intellectual conquest of physical space possible.But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult ... Read more

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René Descartes (1596—1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates has made our intellectual conquest of physical space possible.But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult
... Read more
Philosopher of the Heart

The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard

by Clare Carlisle ...

Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' ObserverSøren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a ... Read more

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Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement'This lucid and riveting new biography at once rescuses Kierkegaard from the scholars and shows why he is such an intriguing and useful figure' ObserverSøren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a
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The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Illustrated

Beyond Good and Evil, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, On The Genealogy of Morals

by Friedrich Nietzsche ...

Translated by J. M. Kennedy, Maximillian A. Mügge, W. A. Haussmann, Anthony M. Ludovic, Adrian Collins, Thomas Common, Helen Zimmern, Horace B. Samuel, H. L. Mencken ...

"My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine". – Nietzsche`s Letter to Carl Fuchs (14 December 1887).Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound ... Read more

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"My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine". – Nietzsche`s Letter to Carl Fuchs (14 December 1887).Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound
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Journey Into Jung's Red Book: Liber Primus

by Jules Okapi ...

A personal and theoretical look at “Liber Primus,” the first of the collection of books written by psychologist Carl Jung that were collectively entitled “The Red Book.” Unpublished until October of 2009, “The Red Book” is considered by many, including Jung himself, to be the foundation of all of Jung’s groundbreaking theories and writings to follow. This is an essay detailing meanings behind the ... Read more

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A personal and theoretical look at “Liber Primus,” the first of the collection of books written by psychologist Carl Jung that were collectively entitled “The Red Book.” Unpublished until October of 2009, “The Red Book” is considered by many, including Jung himself, to be the foundation of all of Jung’s groundbreaking theories and writings to follow. This is an essay detailing meanings behind the
... Read more
大乘無我觀

by 平實導師 ...

Series series 正覺結緣書系列
書摘：本書從悟前與悟後來宣說大乘佛法之無我觀，解說二乘所證解脫道與大乘佛菩提道之異同；並宣示證悟後進修佛地之次第道，宣說諸地所應親證之現觀境界，如實顯示成佛之道。導讀：涅槃，諸位要了解：大部份的人認為取涅槃時，都是想用我這個能知的心去進入涅槃的境界中安住。但是，對不起！你錯了！所謂的無餘涅槃，就是「十八界我」全部消失掉了，然後我那另外一個心——我的真如——不再來入胎輪回了，這叫做涅槃。是「我」消失、消滅掉了，不是「我」去入涅槃；是真如保持原來所住的涅槃無我的狀態，而未來世不再出生另一個「十八界的我」，這樣叫做涅槃。如果是覺知心的我，或者是作主心的意根去入涅槃，那涅槃就不是無我了，而是有我了；那涅槃也不是寂靜了，而是有我的覺知心性存在了，那就一定會有法塵境存在了，那就不是真正的寂靜了。慧解脫、俱解脫阿羅漢這麼一聽，他就知道了：「原來無餘依涅槃裡面不是斷滅，而且根本就沒有一個我存在涅槃裡面 ... Read more

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書摘：本書從悟前與悟後來宣說大乘佛法之無我觀，解說二乘所證解脫道與大乘佛菩提道之異同；並宣示證悟後進修佛地之次第道，宣說諸地所應親證之現觀境界，如實顯示成佛之道。導讀：涅槃，諸位要了解：大部份的人認為取涅槃時，都是想用我這個能知的心去進入涅槃的境界中安住。但是，對不起！你錯了！所謂的無餘涅槃，就是「十八界我」全部消失掉了，然後我那另外一個心——我的真如——不再來入胎輪回了，這叫做涅槃。是「我」消失、消滅掉了，不是「我」去入涅槃；是真如保持原來所住的涅槃無我的狀態，而未來世不再出生另一個「十八界的我」，這樣叫做涅槃。如果是覺知心的我，或者是作主心的意根去入涅槃，那涅槃就不是無我了，而是有我了；那涅槃也不是寂靜了，而是有我的覺知心性存在了，那就一定會有法塵境存在了，那就不是真正的寂靜了。慧解脫、俱解脫阿羅漢這麼一聽，他就知道了：「原來無餘依涅槃裡面不是斷滅，而且根本就沒有一個我存在涅槃裡面
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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

by Diogenes Laertius ...

Very little is known about Diogenes Laertius, despite the fact he wrote some of the most influential accounts of the lives of the Wests best known philosophers. His mention of Sextus Empiricus means he lived after the 3rd century A.D., while Sopater quoted him in the 6th century. For that reason, historians believe he lived in the middle of the 4th century.In the ancient manuscripts of his work, ... Read more

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Very little is known about Diogenes Laertius, despite the fact he wrote some of the most influential accounts of the lives of the Wests best known philosophers. His mention of Sextus Empiricus means he lived after the 3rd century A.D., while Sopater quoted him in the 6th century. For that reason, historians believe he lived in the middle of the 4th century.In the ancient manuscripts of his work,
... Read more
Socrates

A Man for Our Times

by Paul Johnson ...

A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy.Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied his philosophy in thought and deed. It is through the story of his life that we can fully grasp his powerful actions and ideas.In his highly ... Read more

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A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy.Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied his philosophy in thought and deed. It is through the story of his life that we can fully grasp his powerful actions and ideas.In his highly
... Read more
Inventor of the Future

The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

by Alec Nevala-Lee ...

One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine Book of the WeekFrom Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and ... Read more

$13.99 NZD

One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine Book of the WeekFrom Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and
... Read more
Rudolf Steiner and Initiation

by Paul-Eugen Schiller ...

Schiller systematically characterizes the anthroposophical path of inner spiritual training, drawing on Rudolf Steiner's writings and lectures over an extended period of time. Among the topics discussed are: the fundamental moods; development of the six attributes; sense-free thinking, feeling, and willing; meditation; and crossing the threshold.This is a helpful, compact overview of Steiner's ... Read more

$4.32 NZD

Schiller systematically characterizes the anthroposophical path of inner spiritual training, drawing on Rudolf Steiner's writings and lectures over an extended period of time. Among the topics discussed are: the fundamental moods; development of the six attributes; sense-free thinking, feeling, and willing; meditation; and crossing the threshold.This is a helpful, compact overview of Steiner's
... Read more
The Wisdom of Morrie

by Morrie Schwartz ...

From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life.'Beautiful ...Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.' Deepak ChopraWho am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, ... Read more

$13.99 NZD

From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life.'Beautiful ...Those lucky enough to read this book will be inspired.' Deepak ChopraWho am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human,
... Read more
Emerson, the Stoics, and Me

Timeless Wisdom for Living an Authentic Life

by Mark Matousek ...

$16.99 NZD
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives

by David Stuttard ...

The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a few city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization. But who were these people, what do we know of their lives and how did they interact with one another? This highly readable, original new approach to telling the history of Greece weaves together the lives of the movers and shakers of the Greek world into a ... Read more

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The political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a few city states into a pan-Mediterranean civilization. But who were these people, what do we know of their lives and how did they interact with one another? This highly readable, original new approach to telling the history of Greece weaves together the lives of the movers and shakers of the Greek world into a
... Read more
Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Duty of Genius

by Ray Monk ...

'Monk's energetic enterprise is remarkable for the interweaving of the philosophical and the emotional aspects of Wittgenstein's life' Sunday Times'Ray Monk's reconnection of Wittgenstein's philosophy with his life triumphantly carries out the Wittgensteinian task of "changing the aspect" of Wittgenstein's work, getting us to see it in a new way' Sunday Telegraph'This biography transforms ... Read more

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'Monk's energetic enterprise is remarkable for the interweaving of the philosophical and the emotional aspects of Wittgenstein's life' Sunday Times'Ray Monk's reconnection of Wittgenstein's philosophy with his life triumphantly carries out the Wittgensteinian task of "changing the aspect" of Wittgenstein's work, getting us to see it in a new way' Sunday Telegraph'This biography transforms
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