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  • The Silent Patient

    The record-breaking, multimillion copy Sunday Times bestselling thriller and TikTok sensation

    by Alex Michaelides ...
    - THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film.Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then ... Read more

    Was 5,49 € Now 0,99 €

  • Meditations

    A New Translation

    by Marcus Aurelius ...
    Translated by Gregory Hays ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Timeless insights into what it takes to lead a meaningful life—still profoundly relevant nearly two thousand years later.Now featuring a brand-new foreword from Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way!“Meditations offers a glimpse into [Marcus Aurelius’s] mind, his habits, and his approach to life. . . . I think any reader would find ... Read more

    7,30 €

  • Il Sapere degli Antichi Greci

    da Talete ad Aristotele

    by Mirco Mariucci ...
    Un affascinante viaggio culturale alla scoperta del pensiero logico, matematico, scientifico e filosofico dell'Antica Grecia. ... Read more

    10,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plato: The Complete Works

    by Plato ...
    Translated by Benjamin Jowett ...
    Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He was an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.Plato's dialogues have been used (and are still used) to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, religion and mathematics. His ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Maidens

    The Dark Academia Thriller from the author of TikTok sensation The Silent Patient

    by Alex Michaelides ...
    We all keep secrets. Even from ourselves.'A thrilling, heart-in-throat ride' STEPHEN FRY'An absolute jaw-dropper' LUCY FOLEY'Elegant, sinister, stylish' CHRIS WHITAKER'Grips from start to finish' HARRIET TYCE* * * * *YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MAIDENS.The Maidens are Cambridge University's most exclusive society, whos... ... Read more

    7,99 €

  • Manuale

    by Epittèto ...
    «Proprio la sua natura pratica, da manuale appunto, ci fa capire la fortuna ultramillenaria di un testo a cui moltissimi - da Marco Aurelio a Cartesio, da Pascal a Leopardi - hanno attinto.»Robinson - la Repubblica - Franco MarcoaldiPubblicato dal suo allievo Arriano nel II secolo, esempio fra i più riusciti di letteratura filosofica che si prefigge di ridurre la distanza tra riflessione morale e ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stillness Is the Key

    by Ryan Holiday ...
    Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller & Wall Street Journal BestsellerIn The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdom wildly popular with a new generation of leaders in sports, politics, and technology. In his new book, Stillness Is the Key, Holiday draws on timeless Stoic and Buddhist philosophy to show why slowing down is the secret weapon for ... Read more

    8,58 €

  • Drawing Down the Moon

    Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World

    by Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III ...
    An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world, provides the most ... Read more

    34,33 €

  • Apologie de Socrate

    by Platon ...
    EXTRAIT:Je ne sais, Athéniens, quelle impression mes accusateurs ont faite sur vous. Pour moi, en les entendant, peu s’en est fallu que je ne me méconnusse moi-même, tant ils ont parlé d’une manière persuasive; et cependant, à parler franchement, ils n’ont pas dit un mot qui soit véritable.Mais, parmi tous les mensonges qu’ils ont débités, ce qui m’a le plus surpris, c’est lorsqu’ils vous ont ... Read more

    2,00 €

  • How to Be a Stoic

    Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

    by Massimo Pigliucci ...
    **An engaging guide to how Stoicism—the ancient philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius—can help us flourish today.“One of the best explorations of Stoic philosophy that I’ve read.” —Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek**Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive.In this ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Courage Is Calling

    Timeless Stoic values from the multimillion-selling author of THE DAILY STOIC

    by Ryan Holiday ...
    Discover the power, confidence and purposethat come with courage: book 1 in the New York Times**-bestselling Stoic Virtues series**'An urgent call to arms for each and all of us' Matthew McConaugheyCourage is a powerful force that enables us to overcome obstacles, fight for what's right, serve others, drive change - and, ultimately, become who we were truly meant to be.From the ancient Spartans to ... Read more

    9,85 €

  • The Nicomachean Ethics

    by Aristotle ...
    Translated by David Ross ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world.' In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being? His answer is happiness, but he means, not something we feel, but rather a specially good kind of life. Happiness is made up of activities in which we use the best human capacities, both ones that contribute to our ... Read more

    8,47 €

  • Tutte le opere

    by Platone ...
    Con un saggio di Francesco AdornoA cura di Enrico V. MalteseConsegnare al pubblico un’edizione integrale di Platone – in un unico volume – è una risposta nuova e di grande rilievo a una sfida intellettuale che dura da oltre venti secoli. Il contatto diretto con gli scritti platonici è un’esperienza di straordinaria ricchezza. Nei dialoghi di Platone vengono a fondersi tutte le precedenti tendenze ... Read more

    7,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tragedy, the Greeks and Us

    by Simon Critchley ...
    We might think we are through with the past, but the past isn't through with us. Tragedy permits us to come face to face with the things we don't want to know about ourselves, but which still make us who we are. It articulates the conflicts and contradictions that we need to address in order to better understand the world we live in.A work honed from a decade's teaching at the New School, where ... Read more

    9,11 €

  • Fragments

    by Heraclitus ...
    Translated by Brooks Haxton ...
    Fragments of wisdom from the ancient worldIn the sixth century b.c.-twenty-five hundred years before Einstein--Heraclitus of Ephesus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything becomes energy in flux, in relativity. His great book, On Nature, the world's first coherent philosophical treatise and touchstone for Plato, Aristotle, and Marcus Aurelius, has long been lost to history- ... Read more

    7,83 €

  • Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition

    Edited by Kirk R. Sanders, Jeffrey Fish ...
    Epicureanism after the generation of its founders has been characterised as dogmatic, uncreative and static. But this volume brings together work from leading classicists and philosophers that demonstrates the persistent interplay in the school between historical and contemporary influences from outside the school and a commitment to the founders' authority. The interplay begins with Epicurus ... Read more

    34,55 €

  • Reasons Not to Worry

    How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times

    by Brigid Delaney ...
    In this heartfelt and soul-searching work, brimming with warmth, humor, and insight, the beloved Guardian columnist spends a year exploring how to pursue a rich and meaningful life, turning to the practical philosophy and wisdom of the Stoics for insights into the deepest questions of existence.Like many people today, Brigid Delaney was searching for answers to timeless questions: How can we be ... Read more

    16,00 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taken at the Flood

    The Roman Conquest of Greece

    by Robin Waterfield ...
    Series series Ancient Warfare and Civilization
    The Romans first set military foot on Greek soil in 229 BCE; only sixty or so years later it was all over, and shortly thereafter Greece became one of the first provinces of the emerging Roman Empire. It was an incredible journey - a swift, brutal, and determined conquest of the land to whose art, philosophy, and culture the Romans owed so much. Rome found the eastern Mediterranean divided, in an ... Read more

    11,65 €

  • Of Consolation to Helvia

    Enriched edition. A Stoic Guide to Resilience and Wisdom in Times of Adversity

    by Seneca, Garrett Ewing ...
    Translated by Aubrey Stewart ...
    In 'Of Consolation to Helvia,' Stoic philosopher Seneca crafts a poignant letter to his mother, Helvia, in which he seeks to alleviate her grief during his exile. Employing a combination of eloquent prose and philosophical musings, Seneca delves into themes of loss, the transience of life, and the inner strength required to endure suffering. This work reflects the literary style of the epistolary ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Apologia di Socrate - Critone

    by Platone ...
    I primi scritti di Platone - cui appartengono Apologia e Critone - rispecchiano il pensiero di Socrate e sono appunto noti come dialoghi socratici. La prima delle opere qui presentate espone l'autodifesa che Socrate pronunciò di fronte al tribunale che lo giudicava per empietà e corruzione dei giovani, mettendo sotto accusa i suoi insegnamenti spregiudicati. La seconda spiega il motivo per cui ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Practicing Stoic

    A Philosophical User's Manual

    by Ward Farnsworth ...
    “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 to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity.”—The Washington PostSee more clearly, live more wisely, and bear the burdens of this life with greater ease ... Read more

    10,91 €

  • The Basic Works of Aristotle

    by Aristotle ...
    Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato who stunningly changed the course of Western philosophy. He has gone down in history as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher, once called his writing style "a river of gold;" and his scope of thought and subsequent influence on the study of science, logic, philosophical ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I Gesuiti assomigliano a Gesù come il Diavolo a Dio

    by Luigi Albano ...
    Se alcuno è poco intelligente a credere incivilmente che non sia peccato la brama di commettere un omicidio, egli non peccherà col bramare di commetterlo (Jacobus Platelius pag. 119).I fanciulli cattolici sono obbligati di denunciare i loro genitori o parenti colpevoli di eresia...... se anche sapessero che i loro genitori saranno perciò dati alle fiamme .... .. essi potranno anche rifiutare loro ... Read more

    Free

  • The Roman Empire

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher Kelly ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force - employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical ... Read more

    7,13 €