History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
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Julian’s Against the Galileans
$35.99 Add to cartFlavius Claudius Julianus, better known to history by the name imposed by his Christian opponents, Julian “the Apostate,” was a nephew of the first Christian emperor, Constantine I. Julian is one of t… [more below]
- Author: Julian Emperor of Rome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1591021987
- Language: English
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Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
$24.95 Read moreAlready a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the… [more below]
- Author: Gottlieb, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 30 2016
- ISBN10: 393352986
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Epicurus
$12.00 Read moreDespite its modern-day connotations of hedonism, “Epicureanism” has more to do with living a mindful, uncomplicated life. Epicurus — who was born at Samos, Greece, in 341 BC and died at Athens in 270… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Epicurus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 13 2019
- ISBN10: 0486833038
- Language: English
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How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
$30.00 Read moreA leading philosopher shows that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer
Epicureanism has a reputation problem, bringing to mind gluttons with gout or an admonition to … [more below]- Author: Wilson, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1541672631
- Language: English
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Logic: The Ancient Art of Reason
$15.00 Read moreHow do you tell what’s right from what’s wrong? Can you always? What’s the difference between deduction, induction, and abduction? What are the best techniques for making an argument logically sound? … [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Fontainelle, Earl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864452
- Language: English
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Parmenides and the Way of Truth
$18.95 Add to cartAn inspiring account gives new life to the Greek philosopher immortalized in his dialogues with Socrates.
- Author: Geldard, Richard G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0976684349
- Language: English
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Presocratic Philosophy
$12.99 Add to cartGenerations of philosophers, both ancient and modern, have traced their inspiration back to the Presocratics. Part of the fascination stems from the fact that little of what they wrote survives. Here … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Osborne, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 16 2004
- ISBN10: 0192840940
- Language: English
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The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics
$27.95 Add to cartThe Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classi
- Series: Princeton Classics #33
- Author: Nussbaum, Martha C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0691181020
- Language: English
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On Life and Death
$16.95 Add to cartMarcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome’s greatest orator, had a career of intense activity in politics, the law courts and the administration, mostly in Rome. His fortunes, however, followed those of… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Cicero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199644144
- Language: English
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Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Deluxe Hardcover Edition)
$9.99 Add to cartMeditations offers timeless guidance for troubled times. Renowned for his principled leadership, Aurelius kept private notes detailing his philosophy on life and leadership. Meditations is a collectio… [more below]
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1441337385
- Language: English
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How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
$16.95 Add to cartWhat would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to lead
If recent history has taught us anything, it’s that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative exam- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Suetonius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0691193991
- Language: English
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Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic
$39.99 Add to cartAs chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic ideology, in which ph
- Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 484
- Publish Date: October 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1638232482
- Language: English
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How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving
$16.95 Add to cartTimeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher Seneca
To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do–but it is also the closest you can come to divinity- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Seneca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 069119209X
- Language: English
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The Corpus Hermeticum
$22.00 Add to cartThe Corpus Hermeticum are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher enlightens a disciple. The texts form the basis of Hermeticism. They discuss the d
- Author: Trismegistus, Hermes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 102
- Publish Date: July 15 2018
- ISBN10: 178724654X
- Language: English
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On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians
$8.99 Add to cartOn the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians, also known as the Theurgia and under its abbreviated Latin title De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum, is a work of Neoplatonic philosophy primarily co
- Author: Iamblichus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1960069543
- Language: English
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The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece
$24.95 Add to cartThe Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece traces the odyssey of “truth,” Aletheia, from mythoreligious to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. Marcel Detienne’s starting point is a simple observation… [more below]
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Vidal-Naquet, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 12 1999
- ISBN10: 0942299868
- Language: English
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Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphas- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Annas, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0198805888
- Language: English
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The Dragon Within
$34.95 Add to cartThe dragons have played a part in the history of the universe since the beginning. We see them sprinkled throughout ancient traditions, religions and philosophies and yet they always hold an air of pu
- Author: Anra, Araya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1733098305
- Language: English
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Cynicism
$15.95 Read moreA short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.
Everyone’s a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today’s cynics excuse themselves half-hear
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Allen, Ansgar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 0262537885
- Language: English
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Poetics
$4.50 Add to cartAmong the most influential books in Western civilization, Aristotle’s Poetics is really a treatise on fine art. In it are mentioned not only epic and dithyrambic poetry, but tragedy, comedy, and flute
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 12 1997
- ISBN10: 048629577X
- Language: English
