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Meditations

Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman S...

Discourses and Selected Writings

The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion 'I must die. But must I die bawling?' Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philo...

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

One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation by Adam Beresford 'Right and wrong is a ...

Bryant, J: Mutual Influence of Christianity and the Stoic Sc

Excerpt from The Mutual Influence of Christianity and the Stoic School IT was at Athens, the school Of the world, that the first and only...

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...

Plato's Sophist - Selected Papers of the Thirteenth Symposium Platonicum

The articles in this volume are a selection of the papers presented during the Symposium Platonicum XIII held, 18-22 July 2022, at the Un...

Platon: Phaidon

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

Self-Motion - From Aristotle to Newton

The concept of self-motion is not only fundamental in Aristotle's argument for the Prime Mover and in ancient and medieval theories of na...

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...

Politische Anthropologie in der Philosophie der Antike

Politische Theorie macht seit jeher, entweder explizit oder implizit, anthropologische Annahmen. Das gilt auch und gerade für politische ...

The Platonic Myths

Originally published: 'Uber die Platonischen Mythen. Munich: K'osel-Verlag KG, 1965.

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Friendship

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Friendship is a superb compilation of chapters that explore the history, major topics, and co...

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...

Living for Pleasure - An Epicurean Guide to Life

Emily Austin walks readers through exactly how Epicureanism might help them in daily life in practical, practicable ways: valuing friends...

The Discourses of Epictetus and the Enchiridion (Deluxe Library Edition)

The Discourses of Epictetus are a series of practical informal lectures. Epictetus directs his students to focus attention on their opini...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

Trace the origins of modern philosophy back to ancient Greece with the likes of Plato, Aristotle, and other famous thinkers. Have you eve...

The Invention of Imagination - Aristotle, Geometry, and the Theory of the Psyche

A Provocative Examination of the Origin of Imagination

The Ignorance of the Philosopher - Why Did Plato Not Write the "Unwritten Doctrine"?

In the extensive literature on Plato's "unwritten doctrine" there is still no treatise on the question: Why did Plato not write the "unwr...

The Nature of Things

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

Open Socrates - The Case for a Philosophical Life

'A gem of a book, serious and clever yet funny and playful' Financial Times 'Professor of philosophy and a public intellectual for the in...

The Stoic's Guide to Life - Timeless Wisdom on the Art of Living

Supercharge your confidence, enhance your well-being and live life as your best self with the help of this modern guide to the ancient ar...

Augustus The Strong - A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco

From the acclaimed author of The Pursuit of Glory and Frederick the Great, a riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th-century P...

How to Cope - An Ancient Guide to Enduring Hardship

A vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy—a moving classic about facing li...

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 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 ...

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 Breakup...

The Collected Dialogues of Plato

All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in a single volume--the only complete one-volume Plato ...

Doing and Being - An Interpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics Theta

Doing and Being confronts the problem of how to understand two central concepts of Aristotle's philosophy: energeia and dunamis. These te...

Discourses and Selected Writings

A beautiful special clothbound edition of the Greek Stoic philosopher's great writings 'I must die. But must I die bawling?' Epictetus, a...

From the Pseudopythagorica to the Neopythagoreans - Further Studies on the Texts Attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans

The original essays in this volume continue the collective exploration of the texts attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans in the ...

Ancient Greek Philosophers

"Philosophy begins in wonder." --Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the da...

One God, One Law - Philo of Alexandria on the Mosaic and Greco-Roman Law

The influence of Greco-Roman philosophy on Philo of Alexandria's view of the Mosaic law is clear. This book explains how Philo integrated...

How to Feel - An Ancient Guide to Minding Our Emotions

A new translation of the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness-and how it can help us to be less controlled by our emotionsTo feel is to suff...

Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 2

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

Seneca on Wisdom and Philosophy as Arts

While the Stoics in general do not separate philosophy and wisdom as distinct arts, Seneca, a Roman philosopher and a Stoic himself, dist...

Euthydemus. Gorgias

"Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practit...

Aristotle's Parts of Animals - A Critical Guide

Aristotle's Parts of Animals is a foundational text in both the history of philosophy and the history and philosophy of biology. Critical...

How to Be Grateful - An Aztec Guide to the Art of Gratitude

A delightful Aztec work that has much to teach us about the value of giving thanks—to our contemporaries, our elders, and our ancestors C...

Long Platonism - The Routes of Plato's Reception to the Italian Renaissance

Diese Reihe bietet ein Forum für Studien, welche die Texte, Themen und Argumente antiker Philosophen aufgreifen und diskutieren. Sie zeig...

Meditations: Deluxe Classic Edition

The classic guide to self-mastery--now in a beautifully bound deluxe edition. Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is more than a book--it is a ...

The Many Faces of Ancient Thought - Essays in Honour of Marcelo Boeri

The present volume aims to illustrate the impact and influence of Dr. Marcelo Boeri's work in the field of ancient philosophy. As a tribu...

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy - Volume XXXIX (2024)

The 39th volume of published proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy contains five papers and commentaries presen...

Fifty Years of Studies on Greek Thought - Proceedings of the International Conference in Honour of Livio Rossetti

The present volume collects the speeches given by renowned scholars during the International Conference Fifty Years of Studies on Greek T...

Perspectives on Peripatetic Physics - From Theophrastus to Alexander

This volume presents the investigation of nature in the Peripatos as a continuous effort to revise and expand on the comprehensive study ...

Diogenes - The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic

The life and thought of Diogenes the Cynic, an iconoclastic philosopher who pioneered a brash and free-thinking vision of life that inspi...

Impaired Consciousness in Ancient Medical Texts

Impaired consciousness is a topic lying at the intersection of science and philosophy. It encourages reflection on questions concerning h...

Hegel and Spinoza

This Element concerns Hegel's engagement with Spinoza's metaphysics, and divides into three main parts. The first enlists help from Hegel...

Wine and Ecstasy in Plato - A Metaphor of Sorts and Its Early Reception

Examines inebriation as a culturally informed metaphor employed by Plato to defend the mind-altering effects of philosophy and its recept...

Galen: Writings on Plato's Timaeus - Compendium of Plato's Timaeus; Commentary on the Medical Statements in Plato's Timaeus

To Galen, Plato was the great authority in philosophy but also had important things to say on health, disease, and the human body. The Ti...

Aristotle: Metaphysics Alpha and Alpha

The Clarendon Aristotle Series is designed for both students and professionals. It provides accurate translations of selected Aristotelia...

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy - Volume XL (2025)

The 40th volume of published proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy contains five papers and commentaries presen...

Hegel on the Family Form

Essays in Later Ancient Philosophy

Essays in Later Ancient Philosophy is a collection of Michael Frede's papers on topics in later ancient philosophy. They centre on pagan ...

Aristotle

The collected dialogues of Plato

The republic

The Symposium