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Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
$27.00 Add to cartThe instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!
In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a bold and brave life.- Series: The Stoic Virtues
- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0593191692
- Language: English
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Meditations
$12.00 Add to cartA clear and eloquent leading translation of the Roman emperor’s reflections of human life and death, timeless Stoic philosophy that inspires countless others including The Daily Stoic author Ryan Holi
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 01, 2006
- ISBN10: 0140449337
- Language: English
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The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs
$17.00 Add to cartThe first easily accessible translation of the esoteric writings that inspired some of the world’s greatest artists, scientists, and philosophers.
Here is an essential digest of the Greco-Egyptian wr- Author: Freke, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 26 2008
- ISBN10: 158542692X
- Language: English
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How to Be a Stoic
$14.00 Add to cartA selection of writings from some of the most iconic Stoics to guide and inspire a more mindful perspective
How can we cope when life’s events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation and i- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Dobbin, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241475260
- Language: English
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The Art of Happiness
$17.00 Add to cartThe brilliant writings of a highly influential Greek philosopher, with a foreword by Daniel Klein, author of Travels with Epicurus
The teachings of Epicurus–about life and death, religion and science,… [more below]- Author: Epicurus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 24, 2012
- ISBN10: 0143107216
- Language: English
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Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy
$28.99 Add to cartThe first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy
Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0197564755
- Language: English
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The Present Age: On the Death of Rebellion
$14.99 Add to cart“A revolutionary age is an age of action; ours is the age of advertisement and publicity. Nothing ever happens but there is immediate publicity everywhere.”– From The Present Age
In The Present Age (1
- Author: Kierkegaard, Soren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 06, 2019
- ISBN10: 0062930850
- Language: English
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Mdw Dtr: Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present Paperback
$21.95 Add to cart- Author: Carruthers, Jacob H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: January 06, 1995
- ISBN10: 0907015948
- Language: English
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The Basic Works of Aristotle
$26.00 Add to cartEdited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve
Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science, and reli- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1520
- Publish Date: September 11 2001
- ISBN10: 0375757996
- Language: English
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How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field
The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192111
- Language: English
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The Portable Nietzsche
$23.00 Add to cartA captivating collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s seminal works, from his provocative musings on truth and morality to his profound exploration of human existence
“In this volume, one may very conven- Series: Viking Portable Library
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 27 1977
- ISBN10: 0140150625
- Language: English
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
$12.99 Add to cart“Philosophy is not a theory,” asserted Austro-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), “but an activity.” In this 1921 opus, his only philosophical work published during his lifetime, Witt
- Author: Wittgenstein, Ludwig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 12 1998
- ISBN10: 0486404455
- Language: English
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A Secular Age
$26.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Tablet Best Book of the Year
Winner- Author: Taylor, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: September 17, 2018
- ISBN10: 0674986911
- Language: English
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The Conquest of Happiness
$14.99 Add to cart“Should be read by every parent, teacher, minister, and Congressman in the land.”―The Atlantic
In The Conquest of Happiness, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the my
- Author: Russell, Bertrand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: January 15, 2019
- ISBN10: 1684116694
- Language: English
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Great Dialogues of Plato
$7.95 Add to cart“Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato.”–Emerson
The Republic and other great dialogues by the immortal Greek philosopher Plato are masterpieces that form part of the most important single body- Author: Plato
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0451471709
- Language: English
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on growing old gracefully from one of ancient Rome’s greatest philosophers
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Wel- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0691167702
- Language: English
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How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship
$18.95 Add to cartA splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep an- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0691177198
- Language: English
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What Is Called Thinking?
$18.99 Add to cart“For an acquaintance with the thought of Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking? is as important as Being and Time. It is the only systematic presentation of the thinker’s late philosophy and . . . it is … [more below]
- Series: Harper Perennial Modern Thought
- Author: Heidegger, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 12 1976
- ISBN10: 006090528X
- Language: English
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Trivium: The Classical Liberal Arts of Grammar, Logic, & Rhetoric
$26.00 Read moreFollowing the success of Quadrivium, Sciencia, and Designa in the acclaimed Wooden Books series, Trivium is a compendium of writings on the classical subjects at the heart of a liberal education, brin
- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Michell, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864967
- Language: English
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The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual
$30.00 Add to cart“Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. This isn’t just a book to read–it’s a book to return t
- Author: Farnsworth, Ward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1567926118
- Language: English
