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Meditations

A new translation of the philosophical journey that has inspired luminaries from Matthew Arnold to Bill Clinton in a beautiful hardcover ...

Discourses and Selected Writings

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN into slavery, Greco-Roman philosopher Ep...

Letters from a Stoic - Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-cat...

A Guide to the Good Life - The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

Using the psychological insights and the practical techniques of the ancient Roman Stoics, Irvine offers a road map for anyone seeking to...

The Nicomachean Ethics

A new translation of one of the most important philosophical works of all time A Penguin Classic Aristotle's classic treatise is based on...

How to Die - An Ancient Guide to the End of Life

"It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to "stu...

How to Be Free - An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life

Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywh...

Körperlichkeit in der Philosophie der Spätantike. Corporeità nella filosofia tardoantica

In diesem Sammelband wird die Idee des Körpers und der Körperlichkeit in der Philosophie der Spätantike untersucht. Dazu werden Fragen de...

Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy - Essays in Honor of David Keyt

This distinctive collection of original articles features contributions from many of the leading scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. Th...

Women's Perspectives on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

This book promotes the research of present-day women working in ancient and medieval philosophy, with more than 60 women having contribut...

Pythagoras redivivus - Studies on the Texts attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans

This original collection of essays by some of the best world specialists of ancient Greek philosophy focuses on the philosophical texts w...

Plato in 60 Minutes - Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes

Platös great discovery was radically new but has echoed down the ages. His ¿theory of Ideas¿ has shaped the whole of Western culture and ...

Space in Hellenistic Philosophy - Critical Studies in Ancient Physics

Historically speaking, the majority of efforts in the study of ancient Greek physics have traditionally been devoted either to the analys...

Archery and the Human Condition in Lacan, the Greeks, and Nietzsche - The Bow with the Greatest Tension

In this book, Matthew P. Meyer analyzes the archer and the bow as a metaphor for the human condition in Lacan, Nietzsche, and Greek liter...

Seneca - Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic

"Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and advisor to the Emperor Nero. Seneca's writings are rea...

The Ten Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living the Good Life

Folks have always tried to get to the essence of how to live the good life. Ben Franklin created Poor Richar's Almanac that provided maxi...

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought

A guide to the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans.

Aristotle's Theory of Conduct

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notation...

Philosophy of the Ancient Maya - Lords of Time

This book offers an interpretation of the philosophical thought of the ancient Maya, in the classic and postclassic periods. Alexus McLeo...

Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life

Daniel Russell develops a fresh and original view of pleasure and its pivotal role in Plato's treatment of value, happiness, and human ps...

Platon: Phaidon

Platons "Phaidon" stellt eindringlich dar, wie Sokrates angesichts des Todes seine philosophische Lebensführung und seine Überzeugung von...

Plato's Charmides

A close text commentary showing the interplay of the philosophical issues, the characters and the dialectic across the dialogue.

On Anger

"Anger," Seneca notes, "is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." In ...

Reasons Not to Worry - How to be Stoic in chaotic times

We're all searching for answers to the biggest questions. How to be good? How to find calm? How to properly grieve? How to beat FOMO? How...

A Systematic Research of the Platonic Perception-Theory - Plato's Analysis of Human Beings' Perception Ability Derived from the Conditions of the World's Perceptibility

The current studies on Plato's perception-theory concentrate mainly on the analysis of the different acts performed by sense-perception. ...

The Cambridge Companion to Galen

The most influential doctor of later antiquity, Galen wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of science.

Conversations in the House of Life - A New Translation of the Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth

Conversations in the House of Life offers a new translation of a text first published as The Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth (2005). The c...

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Friendship

A superb compilation that explores the history, major topics, and controversies in philosophical work on friendship. It gives an overview...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

"Philosophy begins in wonder." —Plato

How to Say No - An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism

"An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinki...

How to Stop a Conspiracy - An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic

"In 63 BC the corrupt aristocrat Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline in English) aimed to topple the Roman Republic. Catiline attracted a w...

How to Have a Life - An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely

"A vibrant new translation of Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life," a pointed reminder to make the most of a precious asset: our timeWho d...

Early Greek Ethics

Early Greek Ethics is the first volume devoted to philosophical ethics in its "formative" period. It explores contributions from the Pres...

How to Care about Animals - An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small

An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals-and our vital relationships with them How to ...

Couch City - Socrates against Simonides

Crowning six decades of literary, rhetorical, and historical scholarship, Harry Berger, Jr., offers readers another trenchant reading. Be...

Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 2

Al-Farabi, Syllogism: An Abridgement of Aristotle's Prior Analytics

French and Italian Stoicisms: From Sartre to Agamben

Love Seeking Understanding - Aquinas, Balthasar, and the Renewal of Sapiential Theology

As Catholic theology emerged from the crisis of modernity, theologians turned to both patristic and medieval sources to recover lost wisd...

The Shadows of Socrates - The Heresy, War, and Treachery Behind the Trial of Socrates

The death of Socrates may be the most famous unsolved murder in history. Set during the Peloponnesian War, this narrative solves that mys...

The Pontifical Law - Religion and Religious Power in Ancient Rome

Of the four major priesthoods in ancient Rome, none wielded powers as extensive as the pontificate's; holders of this office not only ove...

Conceptualising Concepts in Greek Philosophy

Concepts are basic features of rationality. Debates surrounding them have been central to the study of philosophy in the medieval and mod...

Aristotelian Metaphysics - Essays in Honour of David Charles

Sixteen prominent scholars offer fresh interpretations and assessments of Aristotle's metaphysical thinking: his accounts of definition a...

What God Would Have Known - How Human Intellectual and Moral Development Undermines Christian Doctrine

In this book, J. L. Schellenberg argues that humanity has developed spiritually and morally in a way that would have been reflected in Ch...

Just Prospering? Plato and the Sophistic Debate about Justice

Just Prospering? explores an important debate about the value of justice in Ancient Greece. Anderson begins with an analysis of the 5th C...

Damaskios - Philosophie, Religion und Politik zwischen Ost und West

Damaskios (ca. 458-538) ist der letzte systematische Philosoph der Antike. Sein Lebensweg führte ihn von Damaskus nach Alexandrien, wo er...

How to Make Money - An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management

An enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made—and thought about—money Ancient Romans liked money. But how d...

How to Get Over a Breakup - An Ancient Guide to Moving On

"A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid's Remedies for Love--a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love. Brea...

Truth in the Late Foucault - Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis

"The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient wor...

Oikonomia - Ancient Greek Philosophers on the Meaning of Economic Life

"In this book, âEtienne Helmer offers a comprehensive analysis of oikonomia in ancient Greek philosophy. Despite its similarity to the wo...

Meditations

In Meditations, now available in a highly designed hardcover gift edition, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 AD, r...

Selected Discourses - The Wisdom of Epictetus: The Stoic Classic

Explore the ancient Stoic way of thinking and the valuable lessons it holds for contemporary life This new volume contains the Enchiridio...

How to Be Queer - An Ancient Guide to Sexuality

"In recent years, sexual fluidity has increasingly entered mainstream consciousness. However, the ancient Greeks got there long ago, and ...

Ethics for Rational Animals - The Moral Psychology at the Basis of Aristotle's Ethics

Ethics for Rational Animals presents a new account of practical wisdom, virtue, and akrasia (acting against one's best judgement) through...

The six Enneads

Aristotle

The collected dialogues of Plato

Introducing Plato

Aristotle's Ethics

The republic