Author: Plato
The awe with which Plato regarded the character of 'the great' Parmenides has extended to the dialogue which he calls by his name. None of the writings of Plato have been more copiously illustrated, both in ancient and m ... |
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Author: Xenophon
Xenophon was a Greek who admired and studied with Socrates. He marched with the Spartans and later was exiled from Athens. He wrote about the history of his times, the sayings of Socrates and about life in Greece. Edward ... |
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Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil, Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future, by Friedrich Nietzsche expands on the ideas of his work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, takes an approach from a more critical, polemical direction. In Beyond Good an ... |
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Author: Plato
Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle's teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the ... |
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Author: Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius is considered to one of the great Emperors of Rome who was not only a skilled military leader but also a great philosopher in the Stoic tradition.He was born in 121 AD and both of his parents came from we ... |
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Chrysippus and the Theological Foundations of Stoic Ethics
Author: Christoph Jedan
Like its ancient rivals, Stoic ethics was a form of virtue ethics, yet while the concept of virtue was clearly central to Stoic ethics, the concept of Stoic virtue has not yet been fully explored. Instead, the existing l ... |
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A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: William O. Stephens
This title presents an exploration of the life and philosophical reflections of this complex Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor. This book is a clear and concise introduction to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antonin ... |
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Return to Alexandria & The Voices of the Dead
Author: Bernard X Bovasso
Jung and His Other The name Philemon has reached public notice as much as the name of its author, Analytical Psychologist Prof. Dr. C.G. Jung. This is not so odd considering that more is publicly known about the man Jung ... |
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Author: Thomas C. Brickhouse & Nicholas D. Smith
Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith offer a comprehensive historical and philosophical interpretation of, and commentary on, one of Plato's most widely read works, "The Apology of Socrates". Virtually every modern inter ... |
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Continental Philosophy and the Ancient Greeks
Author: Andrew Benjamin
This title presents a highly original examination of topics in ancient philosophy through the lens of modern European thought. In this important and highly original book, place, commonality and judgment provide the frame ... |
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A Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements
Author: Diadochus Proclus
A translation of Proclus's exposition of Euclid's methods and principles. This primary source for the history of mathematics contains much information about the work of mathematicians of the classical period. It is a rar ... |
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Plato's Wisdom for Today's World
Author: Stephen C. Lovatt
Most books of spirituality are far removed from intellectual rigor, and most books of philosophy are as dry as old bones. This volume seeks to bridge the gap. The author invites his readers to view the modern world throu ... |
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The Road Not Taken
Author: J. Peter Euben
In this book J. Peter Euben argues that Greek tragedy was the context for classical political theory and that such theory read in terms of tragedy provides a ground for contemporary theorizing alert to the concerns of po ... |
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The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought
Author: Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
The Classical Athenians were the first to articulate and implement the notion that ordinary citizens of no particular affluence or education could make responsible political decisions. For this reason, reactions to Athen ... |
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Author: Richard K Huber
A breakthrough in understanding Plato shines new light on the nature of human existence. This analysis of Plato's Symposium uncovers Plato's profound insight into reality, an insight that Plato himself carefully hid in p ... |
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Greek Images of the Tragic Self
Author: Ruth Padel
In this wide-ranging work Ruth Padel explores Greek conceptions of human innerness and the way in which Greek tragedy shaped European notions of mind and self. Arguing that Greek poetic language connects images of consci ... |
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Author: Plato & W.H. Thompson
This pedagogical reader of the Greek text of Plato's "Gorgias, " originally published for students in Victorian England, is an immensely helpful textbook for the student of the Greek language and literature. (Philosophy) |
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Author: Aristotle
Aristotle's life was primarily that of a scholar. However, like the other ancient philosophers, it was not the stereotypical ivory tower existence. His father was court physician to Amyntas III of Macedon, so Aristotle g ... |
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Author: Jan Bremmer
'This brief, readable, and important book is richly informed in folklore and modern scholarship, much of both unfamiliar to classicists. From the Greek evidence itself, whether the known like Homer or the more obscure li ... |
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Author: Professor Claudia Baracchi
In Aristotle's Ethics as First Philosophy, first published in 2008, Claudia Baracchi demonstrates the indissoluble links between practical and theoretical wisdom in Aristotle's thinking. Referring to a broad range of tex ... |
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