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The Portable Plato

by Plato ...

Series series Portable Library
Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination of the West for more than 2,000 years: what is virtue? How should we love? What constitutes a good society? Is there a soul that outlasts the body and a truth that transcends appearance? What ... Read more

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Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination of the West for more than 2,000 years: what is virtue? How should we love? What constitutes a good society? Is there a soul that outlasts the body and a truth that transcends appearance? What
... Read more
The Daily Stoic

366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman ...

From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller.Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of ... Read more

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From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller.Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of
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Dante

A Life

by R. W. B. Lewis ...

Series series Penguin Lives
An insightful biography of Florence?s famous sonAcclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex development? emotional, artistic, philosophical?of this supreme poet-historian. Here we meet the boy who first encounters the mythic Beatrice, the lyric poet obsessed with love and death, the grand master of dramatic narrative and allegory, and his monumental search for ultimate truth in ... Read more

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An insightful biography of Florence?s famous sonAcclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex development? emotional, artistic, philosophical?of this supreme poet-historian. Here we meet the boy who first encounters the mythic Beatrice, the lyric poet obsessed with love and death, the grand master of dramatic narrative and allegory, and his monumental search for ultimate truth in
... Read more
Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus ...

Translated by Robert Dobbin ...

Contains The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion'I must die. But must I die bawling?'Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive ... Read more

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Contains The Discourses/Fragments/Enchiridion'I must die. But must I die bawling?'Epictetus, a Greek Stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicopolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive
... Read more
Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs

by Soren Kierkegaard, Edward F. Mooney ...

Translated by M.G. Piety ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love' So says Constantine Constantius on the first page of Kierkegaard's Repetition. Life itself, according to Kierkegaard's pseudonymous narrator, is a repetition, and in the course of this witty, playful work Constantius explores the nature of love and happiness, the passing of time and the importance of moving forward (and backward). The ... Read more

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'The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love' So says Constantine Constantius on the first page of Kierkegaard's Repetition. Life itself, according to Kierkegaard's pseudonymous narrator, is a repetition, and in the course of this witty, playful work Constantius explores the nature of love and happiness, the passing of time and the importance of moving forward (and backward). The
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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

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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
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The Apology and Related Dialogues

by Plato ...

Translated by Cathal Woods, Ryan Pack ...

Socrates, one of the first of the great philosophers, left no written works. What survives of his thought are second-hand descriptions of his teachings and conversations—including, most famously, the accounts of his trial and execution composed by his friend, student, and philosophical successor, Plato. In Euthyphro, Socrates examines the concept of piety and displays his propensity for ... Read more

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Socrates, one of the first of the great philosophers, left no written works. What survives of his thought are second-hand descriptions of his teachings and conversations—including, most famously, the accounts of his trial and execution composed by his friend, student, and philosophical successor, Plato. In Euthyphro, Socrates examines the concept of piety and displays his propensity for
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Wisdom Takes Work

Learn. Apply. Repeat.

by Ryan Holiday ...

Series series The Stoic Virtues Series
In this much-anticipated final installment in the Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday makes the case for the virtue on which all other virtues depend.Of all the stoic virtues - courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom - wisdom is the most elusive. This is especially apparent in an age where reaction and idle chatter are rewarded, and restraint and thoughtfulness are unfashionable. The great ... Read more

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In this much-anticipated final installment in the Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday makes the case for the virtue on which all other virtues depend.Of all the stoic virtues - courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom - wisdom is the most elusive. This is especially apparent in an age where reaction and idle chatter are rewarded, and restraint and thoughtfulness are unfashionable. The great
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How to Be Stoic

An Ancient Guide to Keeping Calm

by Marcus Aurelius, Gretchen Reydams-Schils ...

Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
An inviting new translation of essential selections from Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, distilling the timeless wisdom of one of Stoicism’s most influential worksHow do you keep calm when the world seems to be falling apart around you? When Marcus Aurelius was emperor, the Roman Empire was at the height of its power and prosperity, but it also suffered flood, famine, plague, and endless wars. He ... Read more

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An inviting new translation of essential selections from Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, distilling the timeless wisdom of one of Stoicism’s most influential worksHow do you keep calm when the world seems to be falling apart around you? When Marcus Aurelius was emperor, the Roman Empire was at the height of its power and prosperity, but it also suffered flood, famine, plague, and endless wars. He
... Read more
Lost Masters

Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers

by Linda Johnsen ...

Series series Eckhart Tolle Editions
Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it’s historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate. Apollonius, the most famous Western sage of the first century c.e., visited both India and Egypt — and ... Read more

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Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it’s historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate. Apollonius, the most famous Western sage of the first century c.e., visited both India and Egypt — and
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Select works of Porphyry

by Porphyry ...

Translated by Thomas Taylor ...

This volume gathers some of Porphyry's most significant philosophical writings: the four books On Abstinence from Animal Food, the subtle allegorical essay On the Homeric Cave of the Nymphs, and the Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures, supplemented by an appendix on the wanderings of Ulysses. Together they display the range of late antique Neoplatonism, uniting ethical discipline ... Read more

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This volume gathers some of Porphyry's most significant philosophical writings: the four books On Abstinence from Animal Food, the subtle allegorical essay On the Homeric Cave of the Nymphs, and the Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures, supplemented by an appendix on the wanderings of Ulysses. Together they display the range of late antique Neoplatonism, uniting ethical discipline
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The Nicomachean Ethics

by Aristotle ...

Translated by Adam Beresford ...

One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation by Adam Beresford'Right and wrong is a human thing'What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship ... Read more

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One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation by Adam Beresford'Right and wrong is a human thing'What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship
... Read more
Symposium

by Plato ...

Translated by Robin Waterfield ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests include the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates. The power, humour, and pathos of Plato's creation engages the reader on every page. This new translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction. ... Read more

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In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests include the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates. The power, humour, and pathos of Plato's creation engages the reader on every page. This new translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction.
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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

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'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
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook

by Epictetus, Christopher Gill ...

Translated by Robin Hard ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus's Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into practice and to use them as a basis for leading a good human life. Epictetus was a teacher, and a freed ... Read more

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'About things that are within our power and those that are not.' Epictetus's Discourses have been the most widely read and influential of all writings of Stoic philosophy, from antiquity onwards. They set out the core ethical principles of Stoicism in a form designed to help people put them into practice and to use them as a basis for leading a good human life. Epictetus was a teacher, and a freed
... Read more
Aristotle: The Complete Works

by Aristotle ...

CONTENTS: - Part 1: Logic (Organon) Categories, translated by E. M. Edghill On Interpretation, translated by E. M. Edghill Prior Analytics (2 Books), translated by A. J. Jenkinson Posterior Analytics (2 Books), translated by G. R. G. Mure Topics (8 Books), translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge Sophistical Refutations, translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge - Part 2: Universal Physics Physics (8 ... Read more

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CONTENTS: - Part 1: Logic (Organon) Categories, translated by E. M. Edghill On Interpretation, translated by E. M. Edghill Prior Analytics (2 Books), translated by A. J. Jenkinson Posterior Analytics (2 Books), translated by G. R. G. Mure Topics (8 Books), translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge Sophistical Refutations, translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge - Part 2: Universal Physics Physics (8
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Letters from a Stoic

Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

by Seneca ...

Translated by Robin Campbell ...

Illuminating writings by Stoicism's most eloquent advocate, now with a new introduction'It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us... without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry'For several years of his turbulent life, in which he was dogged by ill health, exile and danger, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empire. This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding ... Read more

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Illuminating writings by Stoicism's most eloquent advocate, now with a new introduction'It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us... without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry'For several years of his turbulent life, in which he was dogged by ill health, exile and danger, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empire. This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding
... Read more
On Old Age - Cicero de Senectute

Enriched edition. An Ageless Exploration of Virtue, Joy, and Wisdom

by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cassia Vexley ...

Translated by Andrew Preston Peabody ...

In "On Old Age," Cicero engages with the philosophical discourse surrounding the inevitable passage of time and the aging process. Written in the form of a dialogue, the text is grounded in a Stoic framework, employing rhetorical elegance and thoughtful reflections that blend personal narrative with ethical considerations. Cicero eloquently addresses the fears and misconceptions associated with ... Read more

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In "On Old Age," Cicero engages with the philosophical discourse surrounding the inevitable passage of time and the aging process. Written in the form of a dialogue, the text is grounded in a Stoic framework, employing rhetorical elegance and thoughtful reflections that blend personal narrative with ethical considerations. Cicero eloquently addresses the fears and misconceptions associated with
... Read more
Stoicism For Beginners: Master the Art of Happiness. Learn Modern, Practical Stoicism to Create Your Own Daily Stoic Routine.

by Kevin Garnett ...

Learn Why Successful People Like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Tim Ferriss Embrace Stoicism!Stoicism is an ancient philosophy on how to live a good life. It was founded in Athens, by Zeno, around 300 BC.Unlike many other older philosophies, Stoic principles are as relevant today as they were 2,000 years ago.The main reason? Stoicism is an active philosophy.Stoicism teaches us that what matters is ... Read more

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Learn Why Successful People Like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Tim Ferriss Embrace Stoicism!Stoicism is an ancient philosophy on how to live a good life. It was founded in Athens, by Zeno, around 300 BC.Unlike many other older philosophies, Stoic principles are as relevant today as they were 2,000 years ago.The main reason? Stoicism is an active philosophy.Stoicism teaches us that what matters is
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Letters From A Stoic

All Three Volumes

by Seneca ...

Like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca’s Letters are a treasure of practical wisdom on how to live and enjoy life. The focus is on living a simple, stress-free life through the use of rationalism. The letters provide practical steps for people to deal with the human suffering that comes with life’s problems. Topics featured range from discussions on the shortness of life and anger to ... Read more

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Like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca’s Letters are a treasure of practical wisdom on how to live and enjoy life. The focus is on living a simple, stress-free life through the use of rationalism. The letters provide practical steps for people to deal with the human suffering that comes with life’s problems. Topics featured range from discussions on the shortness of life and anger to
... Read more
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Wisehouse Classics Edition)

by Marcus Aurelius ...

MEDITATIONS (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν Ta eis heauton, literally "to himself") is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of ... Read more

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MEDITATIONS (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν Ta eis heauton, literally "to himself") is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement. It is possible that large portions of
... Read more
Meditations: with selected correspondence

with selected correspondence

by Robin Hard ...

Translated by Christopher Gill ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.' The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt ... Read more

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'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to live ... while you have life in you, while you still can, make yourself good.' The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is a private notebook of philosophical reflections, written by a Roman emperor probably on military campaign in Germany. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt
... Read more
The Moral Letters of Epicurus

Ancient Greek Wisdom and Ethical Reflections for Modern Life

by Epicurus ...

The Moral Letters of Epicurus provides a profound exploration of Epicurean philosophy through a rich collection of letters filled with practical advice and ethical guidance. These letters, addressed to friends and followers, encapsulate the essence of a life devoted to the pursuit of happiness through understanding nature, cultivating friendships, and embracing tranquility. The literary style is ... Read more

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The Moral Letters of Epicurus provides a profound exploration of Epicurean philosophy through a rich collection of letters filled with practical advice and ethical guidance. These letters, addressed to friends and followers, encapsulate the essence of a life devoted to the pursuit of happiness through understanding nature, cultivating friendships, and embracing tranquility. The literary style is
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Open Democracy

Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century

by Hélène Landemore ...

"Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like."—Nathan Heller, New YorkerHow a new model of democracy that opens up power to ordinary citizens could strengthen inclusiveness, responsiveness, and accountability in modern societiesTo the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred ... Read more

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"Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like."—Nathan Heller, New YorkerHow a new model of democracy that opens up power to ordinary citizens could strengthen inclusiveness, responsiveness, and accountability in modern societiesTo the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred
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