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The Symposium
$11.00 Add to cartA fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever
In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. F- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449272
- Language: English
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The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1: Volume 1
$27.95 Add to cartVolume 1 of the definitive English translation of one of the most important philosophical works of the 19th century, the basic statement in one important stream of post-Kantian thought.
- Author: Schopenhauer, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 01 1966
- ISBN10: 0486217612
- Language: English
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The Art of War
$9.99 Add to cart- Author: Tzu, Sun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 144133985X
- Language: English
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The Conquest of Happiness
$16.95 Add to cartIn The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 05 2013
- ISBN10: 087140673X
- Language: English
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How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers
$18.95 Add to cartAn inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle’s complete Poetics–the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories
Aristotle’s Poetics is the most importa- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0691205272
- Language: English
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Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings
$13.00 Add to cartOne of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy
Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his search for certainty–even to deny those things that seemed most self-evident. In his Meditations- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Descartes, Ren?
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140447016
- Language: English
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First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
$19.99 Add to cart“Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country.” — James Mattis, General, U.S.
- Author: Ricks, Thomas E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 9, 2021
- ISBN10: 0062997467
- Language: English
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The Consolation of Philosophy
$16.00 Add to cartBoethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek phi… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Boethius, Ancius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140447806
- Language: English
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Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul
$25.00 Add to cartJulius Evola’s final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution
– Presents a powerful criticism of the idols- Author: Evola, Julius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: September 08 2003
- ISBN10: 0892811250
- Language: English
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Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
$16.95 Add to cartStoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognized as the most ta
- Author: Fideler, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1324036605
- Language: English
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The Nicomachean Ethics
$16.00 Add to cart“One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy”
Previously published as Ethics, Aristotle’s The Nicom- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0140449493
- Language: English
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Complete Fenelon
$26.99 Add to cartThe most engaging collection of the French mystics’ writings now available
Twenty-first century Christians are now discovering the wisdom of this controversial theologian and spiritual thinker. Fenelon
- Series: Paraclete Giants
- Author: Edmonson, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: November 1, 2008
- ISBN10: 1557256071
- Language: English
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Letters from a Stoic
$22.00 Add to cartA new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful- Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0141395850
- Language: English
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How to Focus: A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction
$18.95 Add to cartHow you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one
Distraction isn’t a new problem. We’re also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cassian, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0691208085
- Language: English
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A History of Western Philosophy
$30.00 Add to cartHailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.
Considered to be one of the most importan- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 895
- Publish Date: October 30, 1967
- ISBN10: 0671201581
- Language: English
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Meditations
$25.00 Add to cartChiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world’s finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and be
- Series: Chiltern Classic
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1914602137
- Language: English
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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
$23.99 Add to cartOne of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the … [more below]
- Author: Irvine, William B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0195374614
- Language: English
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A Discourse on Inequality
$11.00 Add to cartIn A Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and soc… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 05 1985
- ISBN10: 0140444394
- Language: English
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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It
$15.00 Read moreThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves–and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, ou… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0143036327
- Language: English
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Meditations: With Selected Correspondence
$9.94 Add to cartThe Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known and most popular works of ancient philosophy, offering spiritual reflections on how best to understand the universe and one’s place within i… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Marcus Aurelius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0199573204
- Language: English
