'You cannot get far in these essays without sensing yourself in the presence of a writer of immense intellectual power and fierce independence of mind.

Possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant.

History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy.

Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living - this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written.

Part of the second tranche of Routledge Classics for the autumn Jung needs no introduction and this is his most famous book

In this remarkable book, regarded by Russell as one of the most important of his career, he argues that power is man's ultimate goal and is, in its many guises, the single most important element in the development of any society.

'You cannot get far in these essays without sensing yourself in the presence of a writer of immense intellectual power and fierce independence of mind.

History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy.

‘If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them.

One of the most famous and controversial works by possibly the highest profile historian of the twentieth century.