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Philosophy.

From the stoic reflections of Marcus Aurelius to the existential depths of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, our philosophy shelves hold centuries of radical thinking and quiet introspection. Whether you're seeking ancient wisdom, transcendental essays, or a literary journey into the soul, these are the books that ask life's biggest questions. Curated with care for the independent reader.

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Non-fiction

Second Treatise of Government

by John Locke

John Locke's foundational argument for natural rights, consent and limited government.

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Fiction

The Man Who Was Thursday

by G. K. Chesterton

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Children

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Rema

The ancient Sanskrit classic attributed to Vatsyayana, presented in the famous Victorian translation.

$8.50

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The Works of Mr. George Gillespie

The collected writings of a formidable seventeenth-century Scottish divine, a leading voice at the Westminster Assembly.

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Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes's landmark of political philosophy, arguing that only a strong sovereign can lift humanity out of the violent chaos of the state of nature.

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Classics

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau's two great works together: the record of his experiment in simple living by Walden Pond, and his ringing argument for conscience over unjust law.

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Fiction

Thus Spake Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche's visionary philosophical masterwork, in which the prophet Zarathustra descends to teach the overman, eternal recurrence and the transvaluation of values.

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Biography & Memoir

The Confessions of St. Augustine

by St. Augustine

Augustine of Hippo turns his life into a prayer, tracing a restless soul from youthful appetite to faith.

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The origin and development of the moral ideas

by Edward Westermarck

A sweeping study of where our sense of right and wrong comes from, drawing on custom, law, and belief across many peoples.

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The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

Machiavelli’s concise and unsettling guide to power, statecraft, fear, reputation, and political survival.

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The Republic

by Plato

Plato’s enduring dialogue on justice, education, political order, and the shape of the good life.

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The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

The Art of War by Sun Tzu is the classic strategy text on planning, discipline, deception, leadership, and winning through intelligence rather than brute force.

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Essays

The Book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa's fragmentary masterpiece gathers the musings of a Lisbon clerk into an unclassifiable anti-novel, a shimmering diary of solitude, dream and the strangeness of simp

$18.50

Non-fiction

Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

In 'Civil Disobedience,' Thoreau’s impassioned essay challenges readers to question authority and act on conscience.

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Nature & Environment

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau's 'Walden' is a quiet rebellion against the noise of civilization, a year spent in deliberate solitude by a pond where time bends to the rustle of leaves and the call of lo

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Classics

Beyond Good and Evil

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche’s 'Beyond Good and Evil' is a searing critique of morality, truth, and power that refuses to offer easy answers.

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Classics

Self-Reliance and Other Essays

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson’s 'Self-Reliance and Other Essays' is a clarion call to trust your instincts and defy conformity.

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Classics

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A volatile father’s murder ignites a spiritual and moral inferno for his three sons—one a sensualist, one an intellectual, one a mystic—in Dostoyevsky’s searing final novel.

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