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How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well
$18.95 Add to cartAristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing–the Nicomachean Ethics–in a lively new abridged translation
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever wr- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0691238626
- Language: English
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The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
$19.99 Add to cart“The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come….The Bright Ages is a rare t
- Author: Gabriele, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0062980904
- Language: English
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Gravity & Grace
$24.95 Add to cartSimone Weil, the French philosopher, political activist, and religious mystic, was little known when she died young in 1943. Four years later the philosopher-farmer Gustave Thibon compiled La pesanteu
- Author: Weil, Simone
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 01, 1997
- ISBN10: 0803298005
- Language: English
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The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$19.99 Read moreDiscover how our big social, political and ethical ideas are formed with The Philosophy Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 21, 2017
- ISBN10: 1465458557
- Language: English
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How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman Seneca
In his essay “On Anger” (De Ira), the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 19 2019
- ISBN10: 0691181950
- Language: English
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Meditations
$12.99 Add to cartMarcus Aurelius’s classic work Meditations is presented in a handsome hardback edition featuring gold embossing and gilded page edges.
Meditations is a collection of personal writings and spiritual r- Series: Arcturus Ornate Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1398820563
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo
$14.00 Add to cartEuthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo
‘Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death’ The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment i- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449280
- Language: English
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The Trouble with Being Born
$16.99 Add to cart“A love of Cioran creates an urge to press his writing into someone’s hand, and is followed by an equal urge to pull it away as poison.”–The New Yorker
In this volume, which reaffirms the uncompromis- Author: Cioran, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1611457408
- Language: English
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Ancient Greek Philosophers
$24.99 Add to cart“Philosophy begins in wonder.”
Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, A
—Plato- Series: Leather-Bound Classics
- Author: Editors of Canterbury Classics
- Binding: Leather
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: October 02, 2018
- ISBN10: 1684125537
- Language: English
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The Way, the Enemy, and the Key: A Boxed Set of the Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy & Stillness Is the Key
$0.00 Read moreA timeless trilogy of the extraordinary bestsellers The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday, available in a beautiful boxed set edition. This is the only au
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 24, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593086929
- Language: English
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The Stage of Time: Secrets of the Past, The Nature of Reality, and the Ancient Gods of History
$12.99 Add to cartThe Stage of Time will bring you through an adventurous exploration into understanding the secrets of consciousness, ancient history, and the very nature of reality itself. Be prepared to question the
- Author: LaCroix, Matthew R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: June 25, 2019
- ISBN10: 0578554933
- Language: English
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The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments
$18.00 Add to cartThe complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity.
“Some things are up to us and some are not.” Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE,- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 022676947X
- Language: English
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A Little History of Philosophy
$15.00 Read moreFor readers of E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history’s greatest philosophers to life
“A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely se- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Warburton, Nigel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0300187793
- Language: English
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Being and Time
$23.99 Add to cart“Being and Time changed the course of philosophy.” –Richard Rorty, New York Times Book Review
“Heidegger’s masterwork.” —The Economist
“What is the meaning of being?” This is the central question of M
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Thought
- Author: Heidegger, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: July 22 2008
- ISBN10: 0061575593
- Language: English
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The Socratic Method: A Practitioner’s Handbook
$28.95 Add to cart“Remarkable.”–Wall Street Journal
A thinking person’s guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy- Author: Farnsworth, Ward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1567926851
- Language: English
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The Republic of Plato
$36.40 Add to cartThe definitive translation of Plato’s Republic, the most influential text in the history of Western philosophy
Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato’s Republic that has yet been publi- Author: Bloom, Allan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0465094082
- Language: English
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Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times
$32.00 Add to cartIn this heartfelt and soul-searching work, brimming with warmth, humor, and insight, the beloved Guardian columnist spends a year exploring how to pursue a rich and meaningful life, turning to the wis
- Author: Delaney, Brigid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063314827
- Language: English
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
$18.95 Add to cartIn the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and or… [more below]
- Author: Greenblatt, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0393343405
- Language: English
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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
$23.00 Add to cartAn “introduction to the nonfascist life” (Michel Foucault, from the Preface)
When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and “a work of heretical madness” by oth- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Deleuze, Gilles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 0143105825
- Language: English
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
$35.00 Read more“The most densely annotated, richly illustrated, and user friendly edition” of the greatest classical work of history ever written (Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker)–from the editor of the widely pr
- Series: Landmark Books
- Author: Herodotus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: June 02 2009
- ISBN10: 1400031141
- Language: English
