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‘Meditations for Mortals’ takes us on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life – one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves. Designed as a four-week ‘retreat of the mind’, it offers daily wisdom, solace and inspiration to aid a saner, freer, and more enchantment-filled way of living.
Nigel Warburton guides the reader on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy.
Discover wisdom from our greatest writers and philosophers to help you tackle life’s big questions.
Discover the wisdom of our greatest writers and philosophers to help you tackle life’s big questions.
Discover wisdom from our greatest writers and philosophers to help you tackle life’s big questions.
Discover wisdom from our greatest writers and philosophers, wisdom to help change the way you perceive and live your life.
The human brain faces a set of dilemmas every day: how to achieve coherence from fragmented sensory inputs and how to attain connection with other people in an increasingly atomized and isolating world. Ideologies offer a shortcut, providing easy answers, scripts to follow, and a sense of shared identity. Whether our ideologies are far-right, far-left, nationalist, religious, or even progressive, they simplify our understanding and give us organizing frameworks through which to act and interact with others. But ideologies come at a cost: demanding conformity and suppressing individuality through rigid rules, repetitive rituals, and intolerance. Once ideologies grip our minds, they fundamentally transform us, making us less sensitive and adaptable. Drawing on her groundbreaking research, Dr Leor Zmigrod uncovers the hidden mechanisms driving our beliefs and behaviours.
Throughout recorded human time, few places on Earth have inspired as much fascination as the North Pole. This is an otherworldly place with no latitude and no longitude, a place where the sun rises and stays aloft for six months before setting, plunging the expanse of ice and water into darkness for half a year. Long before we ever journeyed to the North Pole, human beings have wondered what the northernmost point of our planet might be like. It became densely mythologised by writers, thinkers, historians and philosophers across civilisations. Perhaps it was the actual garden of Eden? Or the sunny land of the Hyperboreans, as Herodotus surmised? Only recently did we get to the North Pole – fending off scurvy, polar bears and frostbite – to report on its strange wonders.
‘The Will to Meaning’ contains three short lessons in logotherapy, the system of psychotherapy Frankl pioneered that transforms despair into hope.
We all have things we rely on going our way to help us feel calm and happy. Your partner waking up in a good mood. No traffic on the way to work. No queues at the supermarket. And no rain on your day off. But what happens when things don’t work out that way? We fall back on soothing habits. A trip to the cupboard for snacks. Scrolling on social media. A few beers or a couple of glasses of wine after a stressful day. ‘Make Change that Lasts’ will show you the nine hidden ways day to day life causes these responses – and show you how to respond to them consciously.
Modern life doesn’t always go our way. Loss, rejection, uncertainty and loneliness are unavoidable parts of the human experience – but there is solace to be found. Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim provides simple but powerful wisdom for navigating life’s challenges. Through his trademark combination of beautiful illustrations, insightful stories, and contemplative aphorisms, Sunim helps us reframe our mindsets and develop emotional agility.
Enter the world of Charlie’s four characters and unlikely friends – the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse – discover their touching story, and their most poignant and universal life lessons.
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