Ancient & Classical
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How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
$19.95 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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Trivium: The Classical Liberal Arts of Grammar, Logic, & Rhetoric
$26.00 Add to cartFollowing the success of Quadrivium, Sciencia, and Designa in the acclaimed Wooden Books series, Trivium is a compendium of writings on the classical subjects at the heart of a liberal education, brin
- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Michell, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 11 2016
- ISBN10: 1632864967
- Language: English
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The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User’s Manual
$30.00 Read more“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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Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition
$39.95 Read moreThis book takes readers on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key teachings, foundational lineages, and transformative practices. Since the West’s discovery of Tantra 100 years ago… [more below]
- Author: Wallis, Christopher D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 516
- Publish Date: August 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0989761304
- 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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The Nicomachean Ethics
$14.95 Add to cartA student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is one of the towering figures in Western thought. A brilliant thinker with wide-ranging interests, he wrote important works in physi… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199213615
- Language: English
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Twinkind: The Singular Significance of Twins
$37.00 Read moreAn arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
Twins have captivated the imagination for centuries, occupying a unique place in our cultural and scientific history- Author: Viney, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 0691254753
- Language: English
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View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
$18.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
A remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets.
In these 100 poems, Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonishin
- Author: Szymborska, Wislawa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0156002167
- Language: English
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City of God
$19.00 Add to cartSt Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and City of God is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Augustine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: January 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0140448942
- Language: English
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The Anthology
$48.00 Add to cartVettius Valens was an astrologer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt in the middle of the second century. His Anthology is a collection of instructional texts on astrology that he wrote for his students in
- Author: Valens, Vettius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: October 16, 2022
- ISBN10: 0998588911
- Language: English
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That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic
$14.00 Add to cartPerennial wisdom from one of history’s most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers
“He knew that all a philosopher could do was respond well–bravely, boldly, patiently–to what life threw at us. T- Author: Musonius Rufus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0300261543
- Language: English
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The Stoic Path: The Golden Sayings
$11.00 Add to cartPotent wisdom from the one of the greatest Stoic philosophers
The Stoic Path is your essential guide to a better life. Countless leaders, athletes, and thinkers have been shaped by the tenants of Sto- Series: Essential Pocket Classics
- Author: Epictetus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 09, 2022
- ISBN10: 1250803780
- Language: English
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Metamorphoses: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2023 Academy of American Poets Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in … [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 014313423X
- Language: English
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The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation
$19.00 Add to cartThe classic translation of The Odyssey, now in paperback.
This edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgerald’s Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem.- Author: Homer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 05, 1998
- ISBN10: 0374525749
- Language: English
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Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
$30.00 Add to cartInstant New York Times Advice & Business Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller!
A New York Times Noteworthy Pick and a “stellar work” by Publishers Weekly From the be- Author: Holiday, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 052554187X
- Language: English
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The Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone
$8.00 Read moreThe stirring tale of a legendary royal family’s fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles’ three-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus’s … [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 23 2006
- ISBN10: 048645049X
- Language: English
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Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse
$16.00 Read moreA new verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in Western Literature. Ferry makes Gilgamesh available in the kind of energetic and readable translation that Ro
- Author: Ferry, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0374523835
- Language: English
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Antigone
$13.99 Read moreBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New T… [more below]
- Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations (Paperback)
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0195061675
- Language: English
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Edda
$9.95 Add to cart“But the king’s heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down…”
Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textb- Series: Everyman S
- Author: Sturluson, Snorri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 06 1995
- ISBN10: 0460876163
- Language: English
