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Meditations: A New Translation
$11.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – “Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find something useful to take away from it.”–Ja
- Series: Modern Library Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 06, 2003
- ISBN10: 0812968255
- Language: English
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Meditations
$13.00 Add to cartA Penguin Great Ideas edition of timeless Stoic philosophy in practical aphorisms that have inspired luminaries like The Daily Stoic author Ryan Holiday, and influenced countless others to use philoso
- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 06, 2005
- ISBN10: 0143036270
- Language: English
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Stoicism Quotes: 365 Days of Stoic Philosophy
$14.99 Add to cartSTOICISM QUOTES
Inside this book, you will find 365 stoic quotes, attributed to a wide variety of people who embody stoic principles and philosophy. This includes the ancient and original stoic
- Author: Finch, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1761036297
- Language: English
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What to Expect When You’re Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife
$29.95 Add to cartAn entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death–and what we might learn from them
A lively story of death, What to Expect When You’re Dead explores the fascinating de- Author: Garland, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0691266174
- Language: English
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What Is Stoicism?: A Brief and Accessible Overview
$16.95 Add to cartAn easy, jargon-free introduction to stoicism that covers the full range of stoic thought in a single compact volume
Divided into short chapters that can be read in brief sittings, What Is Stoicism?- Author: Campbell, Tanner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1608689441
- Language: English
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How to Talk about Love: An Ancient Guide for Modern Lovers
$17.95 Add to cartExplore the nature of love in this charming new translation of selections from Plato’s great dramatic work, the Symposium
What is love? In poetry, songs, fiction, movies, psychology, and philosophy, l- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0691256888
- Language: English
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How to Lose Yourself: An Ancient Guide to Letting Go
$17.95 Add to cartInviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion–and why giving it up can free us from suffering
From self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the s- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Garfield, Jay L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0691252637
- Language: English
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Gateway to the Stoics: Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Epictetus’s Enchiridion, and Selections from Seneca’s Letters
$16.99 Read moreThe one book you need to master stoic philosophy!
This classic collection, newly revised and with a foreword by classicist Spencer Klavan, includes the famed original introduction by Russell Kirk, the- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1684514002
- Language: English
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The Nature of Things
$16.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve
“A plague . . . tests us in unique ways. . . . Only if you can face the invisible bullets all around us, a- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Lucretius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0140447962
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartThe Meditations are a set of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius. He writes about the vicissitudes of his own life and explores how to live wisely and virtuously in an unpredictable world.
Part of- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1529015022
- Language: English
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In the Dark Places of Wisdom
$15.95 Add to cartThe author of Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic has unearthed a sensational, true story of a mystical and esoteric tradition that lies hidden at the roots of Western culture–and that gave rise to… [more below]
- Author: Kingsley, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 255
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 189035001X
- Language: English
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The Nature of Things
$16.00 Read moreThe acclaimed translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve
“A plague . . . tests us in unique ways. . . . Only if you can face the invisible bullets all around us, a- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Lucretius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0140447962
- Language: English
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Meditations
$19.99 Add to cartDelve into this stunning gift edition boasting the complete collection of Meditationswith an introduction by Pierre Baumann.
The personal writings of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from- Series: Timeless Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1577154614
- Language: English
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How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management
$17.95 Add to cartAn enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made–and thought about–money
Ancient Romans liked money. But how did they make a living and sometimes even become rich? The Rom- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Grillo, Luca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691239126
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartA timeless guide to Stoic philosophy, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers invaluable insights into life, virtue, and resilience. This influential work offers a window into the mind of a Stoic philo
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9354407269
- Language: English
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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality
$17.95 Add to cartAn irresistible anthology of ancient Greek writings that explore queer desire and love
Eros, limb-loosening, whirls me about again,
that bittersweet, implacable creature.
—Sappho The idea of sexual fl- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Nooter, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691248613
- Language: English
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How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving on
$17.95 Add to cartA modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love–a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love
Breakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691220301
- Language: English
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de Anima (on the Soul)
$17.00 Add to cartFor the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to i… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 02 1987
- ISBN10: 0140444718
- Language: English
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Early Socratic Dialogues
$17.00 Read moreRich in drama and humour, the Early Socratic Dialogues include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers… [more below]
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0140455035
- Language: English
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The Nature of the Gods
$13.95 Read moreCicero’s philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest and more generous appreciation, in part because they provide vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Cicero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540063
- Language: English
