History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
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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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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
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The Philosophy of Aristotle
$9.95 Add to cartMore than two thousand years ago, Aristotle established unique standards of philosophic inquiry, observation, and judgment. This book offers a contemporary reevaluation of the philosophy of the master… [more below]
- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: January 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0451531752
- Language: English
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How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
$18.95 Add to cartTimeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome’s greatest orator
All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we’re trying to win a trivial- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691164339
- Language: English
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Fragments
$16.00 Add to cartFragments of wisdom from the ancient world
In the sixth century b.c.-twenty-five hundred years before Einstein–Heraclitus of Ephesus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything bec- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Heraclitus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 28, 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437654
- Language: English
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Democracy: A Life
$23.99 Add to cartAncient Greece first coined the concept of “democracy”, yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. … [more below]
- Author: Cartledge, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190866276
- Language: English
