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How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely
$18.95 Add to cartA vibrant new translation of Seneca’s “On the Shortness of Life,” a pointed reminder to make the most of our time
Who doesn’t worry sometimes that smart phones, the Internet, and TV are robbing us of- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0691219125
- Language: English
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Symposium
$8.94 Add to cartIn his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests–including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato’s mentor Socrates–each deliver a … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199540195
- Language: English
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Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life
$22.99 Add to cartIf we all want happiness and pleasure so much, then why are we so bad at getting it?
Pleasure feels amazing! Anxiety, however, does not. The Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus rolled these two strikin- Series: Guides to the Good Life
- Author: Austin, Emily A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0197558321
- Language: English
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A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control – 52 Week-By-Week Lessons
$22.95 Add to cartStress often comes from situations that are beyond our control–such as preparing for a meeting, waiting for test results, or arguing with a loved one. But we can control our response to these everyda… [more below]
- Author: Lopez, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1615195335
- Language: English
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The Emperor’s Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditations
$25.00 Add to cartA powerful and accessible translation of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, an essential book on character, leadership, and how to live a fulfilling life.
Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its hei- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0743233832
- Language: English
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The Pocket Stoic
$15.00 Add to cartTo counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very diff… [more below]
- Author: Sellars, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 022668296X
- Language: English
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Nietzsche for Beginners
$14.95 Read moreNot only does Nietzsche For Beginners delve into the scandalous life and considerable works of Friedrich Nietzsche, it also give a clear picture of the puzzling time in which he lived. We meet the lum… [more below]
- Series: For Beginners (For Beginners)
- Author: Sautet, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 21 2007
- ISBN10: 1934389056
- Language: English
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The Birth of Tragedy
$10.95 Add to cartIn The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a de… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 1, 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540144
- Language: English
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How to Do the Right Thing: An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly
$18.95 Add to cartHow ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others–and ourselves–more fairly and mercifully
There are times when we’ve all felt that we haven’t been treated as we deserve–that we’ve been misju- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0691238642
- Language: English
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The History of Philosophy
$22.00 Add to cart“A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.” —The New York Times Book Review
The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and- Author: Grayling, A. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: February 2, 2021
- ISBN10: 198487876X
- Language: English
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The Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: Or How to Philosophize with a Hammer
$13.00 Add to cart‘One must be superior to mankind in force, in loftiness of soul–in contempt’
In these two devastating works, Nietzsche offers a sustained and often vitriolic attack on the morality and the beliefs of
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 15 1990
- ISBN10: 0140445145
- Language: English
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The Accursed Share, Volume I
$27.95 Read moreIn this important work, Georges Bataille uses his novel economic theory as the basis for an incisive inquiry into the very nature of civilization. He introduces here his concept of the accursed share,
- Series: Zone Books #1
- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0942299116
- Language: English
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How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca
“It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,” wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counsele- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0691175578
- Language: English
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Stoic Foundations: The Cornerstone Works of Stoicism
$17.99 Add to cartAn essential guide to the core texts of Stoic philosophy, featuring a new introduction from Massimo Pigliucci, author of How To Be A Stoic
Stoicism is a philosophy, a worldview, and a transformationa- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0306834731
- Language: English
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Stoicism for Dummies
$24.99 Read moreThe philosophy that will help you become more resilient in the face of life’s challenges
Stoicism For Dummies will teach you the basic principles of stoic philosophy and show you how it can help you n
- Author: Morris, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1394206275
- Language: English
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A Short History of Decay
$19.99 Add to cartDissects Man’s decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces. “To miss reading this book would be a deprivation.”–Los Angeles Times
E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today’s world- Author: Cioran, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 13, 2012
- ISBN10: 161145736X
- Language: English
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Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, “a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day” (Harper’s Magazine)
Hannah Arendt- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Arendt, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 1, 2006
- ISBN10: 0143104810
- Language: English
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Politics
$12.95 Add to cartThe Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human socie… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 15, 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538735
- Language: English
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Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic
$17.00 Read moreAs chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic ideology, in which ph… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 14 2016
- ISBN10: 0486811247
- Language: English
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How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless advice about how to use humor to win over any audience
Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he knew what he was t- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0691206163
- Language: English
