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Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction by Christopher Shields
RRP: £33.99£30.00In Ancient Philosophy (2012), Christopher Shields expanded on the coverage of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in his earlier book, Classical Philosophy (2003), to include the philosophy of the Hellenistic era. In this new edition (2023), Shields reaches... -
Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers by Thomas A. Blackson
RRP: £26.95£23.43Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to 529 AD. * Provides coverage of the... -
How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well by Aristotle
RRP: £14.99£11.08Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing-the Nicomachean Ethics-in a lively new abridged translationAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers... -
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece by Josiah Ober 9780691173146
RRP: £16.99£13.18Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly... -
Cratylus by Plato 9780872204164
RRP: £17.99£14.58"It is. . . remarkable that Reeve's is the first new English translation since Fowler's Loeb edition of 1926. Fortunately, Reeve has done an excellent job. His version is not slavishly literal but is in general very accurate. It is also very clear and... -
Phaedo by Plato 9780941051699
RRP: £12.99£10.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941051699Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams) 141g -
Aristotle: Selections by Aristotle 9780915145676
RRP: £29.99£24.04Selections seeks to provide an accurate and readable translation that will allow the reader to follow Aristotle's use of crucial technical terms and to grasp the details of his argument. Unlike anthologies that combine translations by many hands, this... -
Unshakable Freedom: Ancient Stoic Secrets Applied to Modern Life by Chuck Chakrapani 9780920219188
RRP: £17.95£14.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780920219188Author Chuck ChakrapaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Stoic GymPublisher Stoic GymWeight(grams) 231g -
Plato Opera Volume I: Euthyphro, Apologia, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Theaetetus,Sophista, Politicus by E. A. Duke 9780198145691
£40.49Plato is one of the key ancient authors studied by both classicists and philosophers. This volume contains the first eight of Plato's works in the traditional order which appears in most of the manuscripts. The first four, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, ahd... -
Aristotle: Introductory Readings by Aristotle 9780872203396
RRP: £19.99£16.09Drawn from the translations and editorial aids of Irwin and Fine's Aristotle, Selections (Hackett Publishing Co., 1995), this anthology will be most useful to instructors who must try to do justice to Aristotle in a semester-long ancient-philosophy... -
When Philosophers Rule: Ficino on Plato's Republic, Laws and Epinomis by Arthur Farndell 9780856832574
RRP: £18.95£16.59Searching for a definition of good government, this commentary from Marsilio Ficino examines three Platonic dialogues that have had a profound effect on Western statesmen and jurists. A leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance-who translated all the... -
Epistemology by Stephen Everson
RRP: £42.99£38.14This volume deals with Epistemology. The period from the sixth century BC to the second and third centuries AD was one of the most fertile for the theory of knowledge, and the range of 'epistemic states' explored in the ancient texts is much wider than... -
The Handbook (The Encheiridion) by Epictetus 9780915145690
RRP: £8.99£7.26From the Introduction: "Stoic philosophy, of which Epictetus (c. a.d. 50-130) is a representative, began as a recognizable movement around 300 b.c. Its founder was Zeno of Cytium (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea, who discovered the famous paradoxes)... -
Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle by Phillip G. Patros 9780029004951
RRP: £12.99£12.66Widely praised for its accessibility and its concentration on the metaphysical issues that are most central to the history of Greek philosophy, Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle offers a valuable introduction to the works of the Presocratics, Plato,... -
Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life by Sylvia Berryman
RRP: £70.00£63.74Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life challenges the common belief that Aristotle's ethics is founded on an appeal to human nature, an appeal that is thought to be intended to provide both substantive ethical advice and justification for the... -
How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691183657
RRP: £13.99£11.15A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divineMost ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods-from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities,... -
Aristotle: His Life and School by Carlo Natali
RRP: £35.00£27.21This definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded. First published in Italian, and now translated, updated, and expanded for English readers, this... -
Metaphysics: Bks.1-9 by Aristotle
RRP: £24.95£22.92First things.Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of... -
The Letters of Marsilio Ficino: v. 2 by Marsilio Ficino 9780856830365
RRP: £25.00£21.58Chronologically, this translation comprises the third book of Ficino's letters ("Liber III"), as published during his lifetime, and dates from August 1476 to May 1477. They follow volume 1 and are therefore published as volume 2. Both book two... -
Soloecista Lucius or the Assorted Amores Halcyon Demosthenes: v. 8 by Lucian
RRP: £24.95£23.74Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful traveling lecturer before settling in Athens and ... -
Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus by John M. Cooper 9780691159706
RRP: £22.00£19.58This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient... -
Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome: Ancient Ideas for Modern Times by Christopher Pelling
RRP: £13.99£9.75Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome is a book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Chistopher Pelling and Maria Wyke provide a vibrant and distinctive introduction to twelve of the greatest... -
Aristotle, De motu animalium: Text and Translation by Oliver Primavesi
RRP: £55.00£49.72The book contains a new critical edition of the Greek text of Aristotle's De Motu Animalium and an English translation of the new text by Benjamin Morison, preceded by an introduction by Christof Rapp and Oliver Primavesi. The introduction comes in two... -
How to Give: An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving by Seneca
RRP: £13.99£11.15Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher SenecaTo give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4... -
The Greeks and the Irrational by E. R. Dodds 9780520242302
RRP: £30.00£22.82In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E.R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, 'Why should we attribute... -
Early Greek Philosophy, Volume IX: Sophists, Part 2 by Andre Laks
RRP: £24.95£22.92A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient... -
Early Greek Philosophy, Volume VIII: Sophists, Part 1 by Andre Laks
RRP: £24.95£22.92A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient... -
Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's "Euthyphro", "Apology of Socrates", and "Crito" and Aristophanes' "Clouds" by Thomas G. West 9780801485749
RRP: £12.99£9.92Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (three dialogues by Plato: Euthyphro, Apology of... -
Works by Lysias
RRP: £24.95£22.92Attic eloquence.Lysias (ca. 458-ca. 380 BC), born at Athens, son of a wealthy Syracusan settled in Attica, lived in Piraeus, where with his brother he inherited his father's shield factory. Being a loyal supporter of democracy, Lysias took the side of... -
A Companion to Aristotle by Georgios Anagnostopoulos
RRP: £35.95£32.67The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle provides in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle's thought, from art to zoology. The most comprehensive single volume survey of the life and work of AristotleComprised of 40 newly commissioned essays from... -
On the Nature of Love: Ficino on Plato's Symposium by Arthur Farndell 9780856835094
£21.88On the Nature of Love is a translation of Marsilio Ficino's commentary to Plato's Symposium. This edition makes Ficino's Tuscan version available to English readers for the first time. On November 7, 1468, nine men gathered at Careggi, outside Florence,... -
Platonic Theology: v.3, Bks.9-11 by Marsilio Ficino
RRP: £29.95£23.19The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato.A student of the Neoplatonic schools of... -
How to Be a Bad Emperor: An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders by Suetonius
RRP: £13.99£11.15What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to leadIf recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years... -
Ennead: Life of Plotinus by Plotinus
RRP: £24.95£22.92Plotinus (204/5-270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads).Plotinus regarded... -
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought by Stephen M. Salkever
RRP: £30.99£27.40The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought provides a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political thought, from Homer through the Stoics and Epicureans. Composed of essays specially commissioned for... -
Six Great Dialogues by Plato 9780486454658
£6.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486454658Author Plato PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 371gDimensions(mm)... -
Platonic Theology: v. 5: Books XV-XVI by Marsilio Ficino
RRP: £29.95£23.19The Platonic Theology is a visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato. A student of the Neoplatonic schools of... -
Being, Essence and Substance in Plato and Aristotle by Paul Ricoeur 9780745660547
RRP: £55.00£47.73Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was one of the outstanding French philosophers of the 20th century and his work is widely read in the English-speaking world. This unique volume comprises the lectures that Ricoeur gave on Plato and Aristotle at the University of... -
Productive Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy: The Concept of Techne by Thomas Kjeller Johansen
RRP: £30.99£26.43This work investigates how ancient philosophers understood productive knowledge or techne and used it to explain ethics, rhetoric, politics and cosmology. In eleven chapters leading scholars set out the ancient debates about techne from the Presocratic... -
Posterior Analytics: v. 2: Topica by Aristotle
RRP: £24.95£22.92The philosopher's toolkit.Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347); subsequently he spent three...