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Useful Work Vs Useless Toil: Penguin Great Ideas
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Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to beautiful surroundings - ... Buy or find out more →
Confession Penguin Great Ideas
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At this time I began to write, from vanity, greed, and pride. In my writings I did exactly as in life. In order to possess the glory and the wealth for whose sake I wrote, it was necessary to conceal the good, and to di... Buy or find out more →
Man Alone With Himself Penguin Great Ideas
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Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science ... Buy or find out more →
Lamp Of Memory Penguin Great Ideas
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John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential - not for f... Buy or find out more →
Sickness Unto Death Penguin Great Ideas
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Influencing philosophers such as Sartre and Camus, and still strikingly modern in its psychological insights, Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death explores the concept of 'despair' as a symptom of the human condition an... Buy or find out more →
Concerning Violence Penguin Great Ideas
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Angered by the racism he witnessed on Martinique during the Second World War, Fanon here examines the roles of class, culture and violence, and expresses his profound alienation from the idea of colonialism and its blood... Buy or find out more →
Fastidious Assassins Penguin Great Ideas
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A daring critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, Camus' essay examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruptio... Buy or find out more →
Work Of Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction Penguin Great Ideas
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An attempt to analyze the changed experience of art in modern capitalist society. Buy or find out more →
The Significance Of The Frontier In American History: Penguin Great Ideas
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This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation's expansion into the Great West was directly linked to its unique spirit: a rugged individualism forged at the junctu... Buy or find out more →
Days Of Reading Penguin Great Ideas
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In these inspiring essays about why people read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that readers take from books and the joys of losing oneself in literature. Buy or find out more →
Appeal To The Toiling, Oppressed And Exhausted Peoples Of Europe: Penguin Great Ideas
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Whether calling for an end to the capitalist system, addressing the crowds after the Russian Revolution, or attacking Stalin during his years of exile, Trotsky's speeches give an extraordinary insight into a man whose wo... Buy or find out more →
In Consolation To His Wife Penguin Great Ideas
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From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch's powerful words of consolation and inspiration stil... Buy or find out more →
Some Anatomies Of Melancholy Penguin Great Ideas
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Not simply an investigation into melancholy, these unique essays form part of a panoramic celebration of human behaviour from the time of the ancients to the Renaissance. God, devils, old age, diet, drunkenness, love and... Buy or find out more →
Books Vs Cigarettes: Penguin Great Ideas
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Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubiou... Buy or find out more →
Human Happiness Penguin Great Ideas
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Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously optimistic look at whether humans can ever find satisfaction and real joy in life - or whet... Buy or find out more →
Art Of War Penguin Great Ideas
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The Art of War written by Sun Tzu is an ancient military classic outlining essentials for warfare like strategy and tactics. Throughout the years is has withstood the test of time and is still sought out because of the w... Buy or find out more →
Why I Write Penguin Great Ideas
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves-and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and... Buy or find out more →
Civilization And Its Discontents Penguin Great Ideas
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Written in the decade before Freud’s death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published... Buy or find out more →
Room of One's Own
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Virginia Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of writers and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual f... Buy or find out more →
Why I Am So Wise Penguin Great Ideas
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One of the most iconoclastic thinkers of all time, Friedrich Nietzsche continues to challenge the boundaries of conventional religion and morality with his subversive theories of the 'superman', the individual will, the ... Buy or find out more →
On Natural Selection Penguin Great Ideas
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves-and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and... Buy or find out more →
On Art And Life Penguin Great Ideas
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked an... Buy or find out more →
On The Suffering Of The World Penguin Great Ideas
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Schopenhauer's perception of the importance of art, morality and self-awareness in a blind struggle against a Godless, meaningless world radically transformed our understanding of the individual and remains a searing vis... Buy or find out more →
Communist Manifesto Penguin Great Ideas
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One of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated, The Communist Manifesto is a revolutionary summons to the working class-an in...
On The Pleasure Of Hating Penguin Great Ideas
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William Hazlitt's tough, combative writings on subjects ranging from slavery to the imagination, boxing matches to the monarchy, established him as one of the greatest radicals of his age and have inspired journalists an... Buy or find out more →
Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman Penguin Great Ideas
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Common Sense Penguin Great Ideas
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Christians And The Fall Of Rome Penguin Great Ideas
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked an... Buy or find out more →
Social Contract Penguin Great Ideas
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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-dri... Buy or find out more →
Tale Of A Tub Penguin Great Ideas
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as mi... Buy or find out more →
Why Look At Animals Penguin Great Ideas
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John Berger broke new ground with his penetrating writings on life, art and how we see the world around us. Here he explores how the ancient relationship between man and nature has been broken in the modern consumer age,... Buy or find out more →
Meditations Penguin Great Ideas
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Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161-180 CE, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations as a source for his own guidan... Buy or find out more →
Decline Of The English Murder Penguin Great Ideas
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In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the perfect murder involving class, sex and poisoning), ... Buy or find out more →
Great Ideas For Tired Parents
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Do you ever find it hard to remember how you ever found the time to have your kids in the first place?Do you ever find yourself completely sapped with exhaustion, but still feel as though you haven't done half the things... Buy or find out more →
Evils Of Revolution Penguin Great Ideas
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Written at a time when most of Europe supported the French Revolution, Edmund Burke's prescient and, at the time, controversial denunciation of its mob rule predicted the Terror, began the modern conservative tradition a... Buy or find out more →
Inner Life Penguin Great Ideas
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Spectacle Of The Scaffold: Penguin Great Ideas
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Foucault's writings on power and control in social institutions have made him one of the modern era's most influential thinkers. Here he argues that punishment has gone from being mere spectacle to becoming an instrument... Buy or find out more →
Consolation In The Face Of Death Penguin Great Ideas
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In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, perception and wit that ... Buy or find out more →
On Friendship Penguin Great Ideas
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked an... Buy or find out more →
Prince Penguin Great Ideas
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Laid out in this book is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor THE PRINCE even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a pri... Buy or find out more →
Nature: Penguin Great Ideas
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Originally published anonymously, Nature was the first modern essay to recommend the appreciation of the outdoors as an all-encompassing positive force. Emerson's writings were recognized as uniquely American in style an... Buy or find out more →
The Invisible Hand: Penguin Great Ideas
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Adam Smith's landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that self-interest will eventually come to enrich the whole commu... Buy or find out more →
Apology For Idlers Penguin Great Ideas
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On A Certain Blindness In Human Beings Penguin Great Ideas
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William Jamess strong beliefs in a pragmatic theory of truth that truth is only as relevant as its effect on us lead to these absorbing essays on fact and belief. Within them is a fascinating theory of reality that ... Buy or find out more →
Executioner Penguin Great Ideas
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Since their first publication in 1821, de Maistre's dark writings have fascinated and appalled critics, with their relentless hatred of the Enlightenment and view of humans as murderous beasts who can only be controlled ... Buy or find out more →
Tao Te Ching Penguin Great Ideas
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These 81 poems comprise an Eastern classic, the mystical and moral teachings of which have profoundly influenced the sacred scriptures of many religions.
Utopia Penguin Great Ideas
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Amid the twentieth century's seemingly overwhelming problems, some thinkers dared to envisage a world order governed by utopian proposals that would eliminate--or at least alleviate--the evils of society and secure posit... Buy or find out more →
On The Shortness Of Life Penguin Great Ideas
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The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living and the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity a... Buy or find out more →
Writings From The Zen Masters Penguin Great Ideas
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These are unique stories of timeless wisdom and understanding from the Zen Masters. With rich and fascinating tales of swords, tigers, tea, flowers and dogs, the writings of the Masters challenge every perception and s... Buy or find out more →
On Solitude Penguin Great Ideas
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On Power Penguin Great Ideas
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These are Shakespeare's greatest writings on power in all its forms - in love, in war, in politics and in the family. From Macbeth's vaulting ambition to Richard II's fragile grip on authority, from the violent rivalries... Buy or find out more →
Of The Abuse Of Words Penguin Great Ideas
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John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, ideas, perception, truth and language are so... Buy or find out more →
Answer To The Question What Is Enlightenment Penguin Great Ideas
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Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his examinations of reason and the nature of reality. In these writings he investigates human progress, ... Buy or find out more →
Confessions Of An English Opium Eater Penguin Great Ideas
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Gettysburg Address Penguin Great Ideas
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Revolution And War Penguin Great Ideas
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Grand Inquisitor Penguin Great Ideas
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Of The Dawn Of Freedom Penguin Great Ideas
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Thoughts On Peace In An Air Raid
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'The Germans were over this house last night and the night before that. Here they are again. It is a queer experience, lying in the dark and listening to the zoom of a hornet, which may at any moment sting you to death. ... Buy or find out more →
Horrors And Absurdities Of Religion Penguin Great Ideas
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A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauers works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slav... Buy or find out more →