Rational Enquiry Press publishes philosophical non-fiction that takes both reason and the inner life seriously.
We believe careful thinking and contemplative depth belong together. Our books examine the oldest questions — what the self is, how consciousness arises, how a life should be lived — with the rigour of enquiry and the patience of practice. Each volume is written, designed, and typeset with the conviction that a book about the examined life should itself be carefully made.
Anima Philosophica · Book One
The First
Living Self
Anima Philosophica · Book One
The First Living Self
Where does selfhood begin? The First Living Self opens the Anima Philosophica series with an enquiry into the origins of the self — tracing the thread that runs from the first stirrings of life to the fact of our own inner experience.
Publishing July 2026Anima Philosophica
On life, mind, and the nature of the self — from the first living things to conscious experience.
Book One forthcoming
The Rational Frontier
Reason at its edges — science, knowledge, and the limits of what enquiry can reach.
In preparation
Wisdom & Spirit
Contemplative traditions and the practical philosophy of a well-lived inner life.
In preparation
The Human Threshold
What it means to be human at a moment when the boundaries of the human are being redrawn.
In preparation
Our books are written by Gevin Rishi, whose author site carries news of forthcoming titles and writing.
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