History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
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The Republic: The Complete and Unabridged Jowett Translation
$13.00 Add to cartA monumental work of moral and political philosophy, a book surpassed only by the Bible in its formative influence on two thousand years of Western thought.
What does it mean to be good? What enables… [more below]- Series: Vintage Classics #0000
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 06 1991
- ISBN10: 0679733876
- Language: English
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The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius
$18.99 Add to cartAs the world has begun to turn more of its attention toward the ancient philosophy of Stoicism, The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius is more timely than ever.
Written as a personal diary for spir
- Author: Forstater, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 05 2001
- ISBN10: 0060955104
- Language: English
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Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche
$28.99 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book for 2011
We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, philosophers offered arresting answers- Author: Miller, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 125000232X
- Language: English
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Phaedrus: Letter to M. D’Alembert on the Theatre
$14.95 Add to cartWith a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and charm of Plato’s Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a pr
- Series: Agora Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0801485320
- Language: English
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Aristotle: The Desire to Understand
$35.00 Add to cartThis is a philosophical introduction to Aristotle, and Professor Lear starts where Aristotle himself started. He introduces us to the essence of Aristotle’s philosophy and guides us through all the ce… [more below]
- Author: Lear, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: February 11 1988
- ISBN10: 0521347629
- Language: English
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Meditations
$9.99 Add to cartMarcus Aurelius, one of the great rulers of the Roman Empire, sets forth a series of self-reflective essays intended as a guide for his own self-improvement. Written during the turning points of his l
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 12 2022
- ISBN10: 9235568390
- Language: English
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On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works
$14.95 Add to cart“…the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul…”
What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 019958821X
- Language: English
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The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
$42.00 Add to cartThis volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics in three ways: through the historical trajectory of the school itself and its influence; the recovery of the history of Stoic thought; and… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy (Hardcover)
- Author: Inwood, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: May 05 2003
- ISBN10: 0521779855
- Language: English
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Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSocrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have been u… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Taylor, C. C. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0198835981
- Language: English
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The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life
$18.99 Add to cart“A marvelously wise and expansive book. . . . Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it’s rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful.” — Boston
- Series: Learning to Live
- Author: Ferry, Luc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0062215450
- Language: English
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Julian’s Against the Galileans
$35.99 Add to cartFlavius Claudius Julianus, better known to history by the name imposed by his Christian opponents, Julian “the Apostate,” was a nephew of the first Christian emperor, Constantine I. Julian is one of t… [more below]
- Author: Julian Emperor of Rome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1591021987
- Language: English
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Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
$24.95 Read moreAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the… [more below]
- Author: Gottlieb, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 30 2016
- ISBN10: 393352986
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Epicurus
$12.00 Read moreDespite its modern-day connotations of hedonism, “Epicureanism” has more to do with living a mindful, uncomplicated life. Epicurus — who was born at Samos, Greece, in 341 BC and died at Athens in 270… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Epicurus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0486833038
- Language: English
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How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
$30.00 Read moreA leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer
Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to … [more below]- Author: Wilson, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1541672631
- Language: English
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Logic: The Ancient Art of Reason
$15.00 Read moreHow do you tell what’s right from what’s wrong? Can you always? What’s the difference between deduction, induction, and abduction? What are the best techniques for making an argument logically sound? … [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Fontainelle, Earl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864452
- Language: English
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Parmenides and the Way of Truth
$18.95 Add to cartAn inspiring account gives new life to the Greek philosopher immortalized in his dialogues with Socrates.
- Author: Geldard, Richard G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0976684349
- Language: English
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Presocratic Philosophy
$12.99 Add to cartGenerations of philosophers, both ancient and modern, have traced their inspiration back to the Presocratics. Part of the fascination stems from the fact that little of what they wrote survives. Here … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Osborne, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 16 2004
- ISBN10: 0192840940
- Language: English
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The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics
$27.95 Add to cartThe Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classi
- Series: Princeton Classics #33
- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0691181020
- Language: English
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On Life and Death
$16.95 Add to cartMarcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome’s greatest orator, had a career of intense activity in politics, the law courts and the administration, mostly in Rome. His fortunes, however, followed those of… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Cicero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199644144
- Language: English
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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Deluxe Hardcover Edition)
$9.99 Add to cartMeditations offers timeless guidance for troubled times. Renowned for his principled leadership, Aurelius kept private notes detailing his philosophy on life and leadership. Meditations is a collectio… [more below]
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1441337385
- Language: English
