The author of this penetrating book has an academic background in international law, but moved on from this field to focus on artistic and spiritual…… Read More »
Stephen Wright has run the Sacred Space Foundation in Cumbria for many years, and here he provides a historical account of St Kentigern - aka…… Read More »
Subtitled rather simply 'philosophers abroad', this is a delightful and engaging book about the deeper meaning of travel from the 16th century to the present…… Read More »
I don't imagine you have ever heard of Badshah Khan (1890-1988), the non-violent Pathan soldier of Islam ā I certainly had not until my neighbour…… Read More »
Joscelyn Godwin is a musicologist and historian of ideas who taught at Colgate University for 45 years and is the author of a number of…… Read More »
This book is an erudite riposte to the accusation that philosophy has little practical relevance. In a sweeping narrative beginning with the Greeks, the author…… Read More »
This is the fourth volume in the Oxford series 'a history of philosophy without any gaps', following on from books on classical philosophy, philosophy in…… Read More »
This wide-ranging and well-written book looks at a variety of meanings associated with the soul, a concept that has largely gone out of fashion in…… Read More »