Philosophy
Daodejing
Paperback
A transformative new edition of Taoism’s central text that overturns its reputation for calming, gnomic wisdom, revealing instead a work of “philosophical dynamite.”
Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
Hardback
A rare biographical portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested amidst a bloody civil war
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: A New Translation
Paperback
Appearing a century after its first English-language publication, this newly translated edition of Wittgenstein’s masterpiece reveals a work of exceptional philosophical and literary genius
An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of America
Paperback
How a band of antislavery leaders recovered the radical philosophical inspirations of the first American Revolution to defeat the slaveholders’ oligarchy in the American Civil War
Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion
Hardback
A philosopher argues that the proliferation of rules and mandates is making us more stupid, less moral, more deceptive and less able to govern important institutions