Philosophy & Stoicism

An ancient Chinese military treatise that offers strategic advice and insights into warfare and leadership.

Interpreting the theories of psychoanalytical titan Alfred Adler in a fresh and liberating manner, this inspirational Japanese bestseller encourages taking control of your own destiny regardless of past experiences and...

From Hannah Arendt, the author ofThe Origins of Totalitarianism, her influential essay examining the relationship between violence, power, war and politics'Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating...

The discourses of the great Stoic philosopher Epictetus are regarded as some of the most influential teachings of the ancient world. Born into slavery and sent into exile before setting...

Niccolò Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft,The Princeis translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics.As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how...

**Order Beth Kempton's new bookKOKORO: Japanese Wisdom for a Life Well Lived**'A truly transformative read'Sunday Times STYLE'More than ever, we need books like this' Jessica Seaton, Co-Founder of Toast and...

Rather than converting base metals into gold, Hermetic alchemists focused on elevating their mental forces to a higher level.

'Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate . . . Nietzsche's works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas' A. C. GraylingNietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers...

Sampling the teaching of the great Stoic thinkers, Holiday shares the ancient wisdom of the philosophy embraced by some of history’s greatest achievers, from emperors to activists and artists to...

Translated by W.H.White and A.K.Stirling. With an Introduction by Don Garrett.Benedict de Spinoza lived a life of blameless simplicity as a lens-grinder in Holland. And yet in his lifetime he...