Philosophy
![Failures of Forgiveness](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691223193.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world
![The Darkened Light of Faith](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691219134.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A powerful new account of what a group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American activists, intellectuals, and artists can teach us about democracy
![Parfit](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691225234.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism
![The Weirdness of the World](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691215679.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How all philosophical explanations of human consciousness and the fundamental structure of the cosmos are bizarre—and why that’s a good thing
![Liberalism as a Way of Life](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691203744.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriously
![Anxiety](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691210674.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How philosophy can teach us to be less anxious about being anxious by understanding that it’s an essential part of being human
![Night Vision](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691215457.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A philosopher’s personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly human
![Henry at Work](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691244693.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
What Thoreau can teach us about working—why we do it, what it does to us, and how we can make it more meaningful
![The Entanglement](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691188812.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon—and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselves
![How to Care about Animals](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691240435.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals—and our vital relationships with them
![Philosophy of Mathematics](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691202297.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading thinkers
![Philosophy of Physics](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691183527.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world’s leading philosophers of physics
![Hegel’s World Revolutions](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691250182.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A new account of the relevance of Hegel’s ideas for today’s world, countering the postwar anti-Hegel "insurgency"
![Basic Equality](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691255347.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An innovative argument that vindicates our normative commitment to basic equality, synthesising philosophy, history, and psychology
![Liberty and Equality](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691226767.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An invaluable reflection on the essence of liberal democracy—and an ideal introduction to the work of political philosopher Raymond Aron
![The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691235219.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they have died today
![After Kant](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691245638.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Tracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedom
![The Enneads of Plotinus](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691158266.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
The second volume in a landmark commentary on an important and influential work of ancient philosophy
![The Individualists](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691155548.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A sweeping history of libertarian thought, from radical anarchists to conservative defenders of the status quo
![What Do You Want Out of Life?](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691240688.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A short guide to living well by understanding better what you really value—and what to do when your goals conflict
![Aporophobia](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691205526.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Why “aporophobia”—rejection of the poor—is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it
![Plato Goes to China](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691229591.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime’s political agenda
![Completely Free](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691211220.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An original, unified reconstruction of Mill’s moral and political philosophy—one that finally reveals its consistency and full power
![The Good-Enough Life](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691254685.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society
![The Essential Kierkegaard](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691254067.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A comprehensive anthology of Kierkegaard’s writings that offers an unmatched introduction to one of the most original and influential modern philosophers
![Grief](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691232737.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An engaging and illuminating exploration of grief—and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow
![The Ethics of Identity](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691254074.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A bold vision of liberal humanism for navigating today’s complex world of growing identity politics and rising nationalism
![What Can We Hope For?](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691222905.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Prescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United States
![Dark Matters](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691226149.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism still holds moral value for us today
![Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691226125.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers—and the lessons their disagreements continue to offer
![Words and Distinctions for the Common Good](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691247052.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it
![Spinoza's Religion](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691224190.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age
![How to Do Things with Emotions](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691220994.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame
![Frederick the Great's Philosophical Writings](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691258911.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
The first modern English edition of diverse Enlightenment-era writings by Prussian monarch Frederick the Great
![We Are Not Born Submissive](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691223209.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A philosophical exploration of female submission, using insights from feminist thinkers—especially Simone de Beauvoir—to reveal the complexities of women’s reality and lived experience
![From Protagoras to Aristotle](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691242231.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in 2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new...
![Philosophic Pride](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691242156.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and...
![Shakespeare](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691135359.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
Without Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), we simply would not understand Shakespeare in the way we do. In fact, much literature and art besides Shakespeare would neither look the same nor be the same without the influence of...
![Think Least of Death](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691233956.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life’s big questions
![The Murder of Professor Schlick](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691211961.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraordinary group of philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe's history
![In Search of the Soul](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691234038.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today
![Just Hierarchy](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691233987.jpg?w=180&auto=format)
A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the political