Philosophy / Movements

Driving with Plato: The Meaning of Life's Milestones

by Robert Rowland Smith

Learn to ride a bicycle with Einstein, have your first kiss with Kant, get your first job with Adam Smith, and weather midlife with Dante. Let history’s greatest minds illuminate life’s turning points.

In...

The Enemy Within

by robert firth

For the very worst kind of liberals, they long ago, beginning with guys like Bertram Russell, Woodrow Wilson and the Fabian Society, understood that the greatest flaw in democracy was the one man one vote concept...

Breakfast with Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical Journey Through Your Ordinary Day

by Robert Rowland Smith

Ever want to have a bagel with Hegel? Eggs with Bacon? Or spend a day with Socrates, Mill, Herodotus, or Kant, able to pick their brains about the most mundane moments of your life? Former Oxford Philosophy...

In Praise of Doubt

by Peter Berger & Anton Zijderveld

Modernity was supposed to usher in a rational secular world where religion was marginalized. Some even predicted it would disappear. But religion has not only survived—it is growing and thriving in the modern...

Practical Mental Influence

by William Walker Atkinson

There is but one Truth, and it manifests on all planes - the Spiritual; the Mental; and the Physical - and manifestations agree and coincide. So no Mentalist need fear the test of Physical Science, for each...

Pushing to the Front

by Orison Swett Marden

Like many proponents of the New Thought philosophy, Marden believed that our thoughts influence our lives and our life circumstances. He said, "We make the world we live in and shape our own environment." ]Yet...

Utilitarianism

by John Stuart Mills

Mill's Utilitarianism is one of the most important, controversial, and suggestive works of moral philosophy ever written. Mill defends the view that all human action should produce the greatest happiness overall,...

Why I Am So Wise

by Friedrich Nietzsche & R. J. Hollingdale

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,...

The Symposium

by Plato

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...

On the Shortness of Life

by Seneca & C. D. N. Costa

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,...

On Friendship

by Michel de Montaigne & M. A. Screech

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,...

Breakfast With Socrates: The philosophy of everyday life

by Robert Rowland Smith

What does it mean to be awake? What exactly is therapeutic about retail therapy? And what are you really working on when you're at your desk, in the gym, or having dinner? From getting ready in the morning,...

The Call To Work: A Biblical Perspective

by Mr. Robert Erdmann

We have been taught to work hard so we can "get ahead," and make more money. We are told to stay with it so we can be a good example. Why is there so much to be sad about in most jobs? Shouldn't I be a full...

The faces of origins: A historical survey of the underlying assumptions from the early church to the twenty-first century

by David Herbert

Contemporary scientists, such as Richard Dawkins, have loudly proclaimed that evolutionism is an undeniable fact. They seem oblivious to the historical reality that the naturalistic underlying assumptions of...

Divine Essence (Baraka)

by John-Roger

Merging Eastern concepts of devotion and the presence of the divine in everyday life with Western practicality, this book offers information on spirituality and relationships with God. Described is the lineage...

The Mystery of You

by Ronald Goldschlager & Adin Steinsaltz

'The Mystery of You' is an exciting and thought-provoking look at ourselves and how we live our lives. It contains a rich tapestry of ideas, beliefs and experiences. It challenges the reader in many ways by...

Oration on the Dignity of Man

by Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola & A. Robert Gaponigri

This translation of Pico della Mirandola's famed "Oration," hitherto hidden away in anthologies, was prepared especially for Gateway Editions, making it available for the first time in a single volume.

The youngest...

Life, God, and Other Small Topics: Conversations from Socrates in the City

by Eric Metaxas

This book is for the seeker in all of us, the collector of wisdom, and the person who asks, “What if?”

The Greek philosopher Socrates famously said that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Using...