Dark Matters
Pessimism and the Problem of Suffering
This is a brilliant, profound and subtle contribution to the history of ideas, and more especially to questions relating to theodicy, suffering and evil. I…… Read More »
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Fundamentals of Microbiome Science
This is an important specialist contribution to the emerging field of animal-bacteria symbiosis, reimagining the animal as a multi-organismal being in the context of complex…… Read More »
The Translator of Desires
This is a collection of 61 love poems, regarded as a lyrical masterwork from the late 12th and early 13th century, and represents the first…… Read More »
Why We Are Restless
Authors: Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
As indicated by the subtitle, this culturally significant book engages our quest for contentment through the genealogical lenses of four French moralists -- Montaigne, Pascal,…… Read More »
Hard to Break
Subtitled 'why are our brains make habits stick', this is a fascinating update on neuropsychological research, some of which necessarily impinges on philosophy in terms…… Read More »
Scorched Earth
This is a major reframing study of environmental warfare as a crime against humanity and nature – what the author calls 'environcide'. He points out…… Read More »
Systemic Corruption
This important book on political and constitutional philosophy addresses the issue that the majority of modern liberal democracies have become systemically oligarchic or even plutocratic…… Read More »
Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings
Authors: Angela Scholar, Avi Lifschitz, Frederick II
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Frederick the Great (1712-1786) was characterised by Voltaire as a philosopher king in the mode of Solomon, although critics highlight inconsistencies between his writings and…… Read More »
Think Least of Death
The work of Baruch Spinoza (1623-1677) is becoming more popular with the rise of panpsychism and dual aspect theories of consciousness, but this book focuses…… Read More »
Lost in Thought
In 'an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for an escape, lasting…… Read More »
