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  • The Myth of Sisyphus

    by Albert Camus ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A Nobel Prize-winning author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence.Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide—the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus ... Read more

    S$ 12.63 SGD

  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra

    Translated by R. J. Hollingdale ...
    'Enigmatic, vatic, emphatic, passionate . . . Nietzsche's works together make a unique statement in the literature of European ideas' A. C. GraylingNietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the ... Read more

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • The Myth of Sisyphus

    Translated by Justin O'Brien ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: If human existence has no meaning, is life worth living?'What I touch, what resists me - that is what I understand'As Camus argues, if there is no God to give meaning to our lives, humans must take on that purpose themselves. This is our 'absurd' task, like Sisyphus condemned forever to roll a rock up a hill ... Read more

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • The Second Sex

    The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.” —VogueThis unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. ... Read more

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  • The History of Philosophy

    AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday TimesThe story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has been no comprehensive history of ... Read more

    S$ 21.24 SGD

  • The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air

    Three Godly Discourses

    Translated by Bruce H. Kirmmse ...
    A masterful new translation of one of Kierkegaard's most engaging worksIn the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to let go of earthly concerns by considering the lilies of the field and the birds of the air. Søren Kierkegaard's short masterpiece on this famous gospel passage draws out its vital lessons for readers in a rapidly modernizing and secularizing world. Trenchant, brilliant, ... Read more

    S$ 14.60 SGD

  • The Ethics of Ambiguity

    From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex comes a radical argument for ethical responsibility and freedom.In this classic introduction to existentialist thought, French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's The Ethics of Ambiguity simultaneously pays homage to and grapples with her French contemporaries, philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, by arguing that the freedoms in ... Read more

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  • The Trouble With Being Born

    by E. M. Cioran ...
    Translated by Richard Howard ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, the passing of time, how to relate to others and how to make ourselves get out of bed in the morning.In a series of interlinking aphorisms which are at once pessimistic, poetic and ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • The Kierkegaard Collection

    Søren Kierkegaard, the father of existentialism, remains one of the most thought-provoking and influential philosophers of the modern era. His works confront the tensions between faith and reason, despair and selfhood, and the search for true meaning in an uncertain world. The Kierkegaard Collection, published by Blackmore Dennett, brings together four of his most profound and enduring works—Fear ... Read more

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  • The Sickness Unto Death

    The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard moves beyond anxiety on the mental-emotional level to the spiritual level, where--in contact with the eternal--anxiety becomes despair. Both anxiety and despair reflect the misrelation that arises in the self when the elements of the synthesis--the infinite and the finite--do not come into proper relation to each other. Despair is a deeper expression for ... Read more

    S$ 1.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Outsider

    by Albert Camus ...
    Translated by Sandra Smith ...
    Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and challenges the fundamental values of society - a set of rules so binding that any person breaking them is condemned as an outsider. For Meursault, this is an insult to his reason ... Read more

    S$ 12.42 SGD

  • The Rebel

    An Essay on Man in Revolt

    by Albert Camus ...
    Series series Vintage International
    By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution that resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times.For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as ... Read more

    S$ 11.22 SGD

  • No Exit and Three Other Plays

    Series series Vintage International
    NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century.An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism. ... Read more

    S$ 12.63 SGD

  • The Terrible Paradox of Self-Awareness

    How Awareness Is the Beginning and End of Suffering

    From the author of The Art of Living a Meaningless Existence comes a moving, accessible, and ultimately hopeful series of meditations on the gifts and burdens of self-awareness.Whether we realize it or not, all of us experience the pain of self-awareness. In an age when we are aware of so much—about ourselves and the world—this pain can be overwhelming. But the same awareness that causes us pain ... Read more

    S$ 11.98 SGD

  • Delphi Collected Works of Soren Kierkegaard Illustrated

    Series Book 5 - Delphi Series Fourteen
    A nineteenth century Danish philosopher and theologian, Søren Kierkegaard was a major influence on the development of existentialism and Protestant theology. He attacked the literary, philosophical and ecclesiastical establishments of his day for misrepresenting the highest task of human existence—becoming oneself in an ethical and religious sense. His critical works on organised religion, ... Read more

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  • Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death

    Translated by Walter Lowrie ...
    Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Søren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality. Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death established Kierkegaard as the father of existentialism and have come to define his contribution to philosophy. Lowrie's translation, first published in 1941 and later revised, was the ... Read more

    S$ 15.90 SGD

  • Cosmos and Psyche

    Intimations of a New World View

    A groundbreaking book that explores how astrology can inform our understanding of the events that have shaped our world—the inspiration for the docuseries Changing of the Gods.In these pages, distinguished philosopher and cultural historian Richard Tarnas traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Based on thirty years of meticulous research, and on ... Read more

    S$ 11.22 SGD

  • 查拉圖斯特拉如是說──給所有人與沒有人的一部書

    Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

    Series series 聯經經典
    「現在我要獨自走了,我的門徒們!從此你們也獨自往前走去!……現在我告訴你們,要將我丟失,並且尋找你們自己;而當你們所有人否認我時,我才會向你們歸返。」人類是一種過渡和橋梁,通往成為超人之路這是尼采帶給世人的「第五福音」,查拉圖斯特拉從山中走向人間,他要帶給人類智慧的禮物。他聲如雷鳴,穿透了精神枯竭的世間,喚醒人類沉睡的心智。「上帝已死」,人們已經親手扼殺了上帝,必須讓自己成為新的信仰。查拉圖斯特拉要教導你們什麼是超人,人類是應當被超越的。給所有人和沒有人的一部書《查拉圖斯特拉如是說》蘊含著尼采最深沉的哲學理念,這部經典作品,卻因著時代和地域而有不同的影響。在一、二戰期間,這本小書曾激起了德意志的民族主義;但等到喧囂過後,重讀尼采的思想,會發現他早已提醒,國家這個陷阱,將會成為新的神祇。尼采這位孤獨的先知,他意願破除偶像,成立另一個新典範,同時要求人們必須將他拋棄,並且超越過他,去追求那超. ... Read more

    S$ 13.50 SGD

  • The Fall

    by Albert Camus ...
    Translated by Robin Buss ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern conscience' The New York TimesJean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth. The Fall (1956) is a ... Read more

    S$ 13.72 SGD

  • The Gnostic Religion

    The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

    by Hans Jonas ...
    The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity ... Read more

    S$ 27.24 SGD

  • What Is Existentialism?

    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own destiny simply by being.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This ... Read more

    S$ 9.36 SGD

  • Tragic Sense Of Life

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Depths of Human Existence: Philosophy, Tragedy, and Meaning in 20th Century Spain

    In "The Tragic Sense of Life," Miguel de Unamuno explores the profound existential dilemmas inherent in the human condition through a deeply personal and philosophical lens. Written in the early 20th century, this work is notable for its poignant blend of lyrical prose and rigorous intellectual inquiry, which resonates with the currents of existential philosophy emerging in contemporary literature ... Read more

    S$ 2.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Courage to Be

    by Paul Tillich ...
    Series series The Terry Lectures Series
    The imminent philosopher and theologian examines religion in light of science and philosophy in modern society.Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Courage to Be has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical thought. The great Christian existentialist thinker Paul Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the prob-lem of ... Read more

    S$ 14.92 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 海德格《存有與時間》闡釋(三版)

    A Commentary on Heidegger’s Sein und Zeit (Third Edition)

    by 陳榮華 ...
    Series series 教科書
    海德格哲學彷彿是一道光芒,照亮我們心中的家園,讓流浪於外的我們回到久別重逢的家鄉。海德格是上承胡塞爾(Edmund Husserl)現象學,下開歐陸後現代思潮的重要哲學家,要領會歐陸當代哲學主要思潮,就要深入瞭解海德格的哲學理論。最理想的方式,當然是由閱讀其著作,尤其是他最重要的作品《存有與時間》開始。然而,對當代中文讀者而言,無論在言語或是思考方式上,這部經典都是艱深難懂,往往令人望之卻步。為了讓讀者較容易把握海德格哲學,作者在本書中運用簡易流暢的文字,輔以實例,以十五章的導讀與分析,逐節分點闡釋海德格的理論思維,完整而連貫地勾勒出《存有與時間》的整體架構與脈絡。期許讀者能在明白海德格哲學後,對其理論困難,有自己的反省與體悟。也希望本書能帶領讀者進入海德格和歐陸當代哲學的殿堂,打開新的視域,以不同的觀點來認識人生和宇宙之美。 ... Read more

    S$ 11.13 SGD