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The Politics by Aristotle 9780140444216
RRP: £12.99£9.09Raising questions that are as relevant to modern society as they were to the ancient world, Aristotle's The Politics remains central to the study of political science millennia after its compilation. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the... -
OCR Classical Civilisation A Level Components 31 and 34: Greek Religion and Democracy and the Athenians by Athina Mitropoulos
RRP: £14.99£13.54This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 31 and 34 from the 'Beliefs and Ideas' Component Group: Greek Religion by Athina Mitropoulos and... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Component 11: The World of the Hero by Sally Knights
RRP: £14.99£14.54This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers all three options for Component 11: World of the Hero (Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's... -
Republic by Plato 9780872201361
RRP: £13.99£11.55The revised edition of Grube's classic translation follows and furthers Grube's noted success in combining fidelity to Plato's text with natural readability, while reflecting the fruits of new scholarship and insights into Plato's thought since... -
Socrates' Way: Seven Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost by Ronald Gross 9781585421923
RRP: £18.99£14.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585421923Author Ronald GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g -
The History of Philosophy by A. C. Grayling
RRP: £14.99£10.95AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an... -
The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments by Epictetus
RRP: £15.00£13.45The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. "Some things are up to us and some are not." Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE, and, upon being granted his freedom, he set himself up... -
Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought by Paul Kleinman
RRP: £12.99£8.18Discover the world's greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions!Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and figures of philosophy into tedious discourse that even Plato would reject. Philosophy 101 cuts out the boring... -
Classical Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 1 by Peter Adamson 9780198767039
RRP: £11.99£8.83Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more thoroughly but also more enjoyably than ever before. In short, lively chapters, based on the popular History... -
The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic by G. R. F. Ferrari
RRP: £34.99£26.83This Companion provides a comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic... -
Theaetetus by Plato 9780199646166
RRP: £11.99£8.43'What exactly is knowledge?' The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever but modest student, Theaetetus, it explores one of... -
Protagoras by Plato
RRP: £7.99£5.79'You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.' In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public... -
Myth and Thought among the Greeks by Jean-Pierre Vernant
RRP: £25.00£19.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951603Author Jean-Pierre VernantFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume One:The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985 by Martin Bernal
RRP: £14.99£10.95Classical civilisation, Martin Bernal argues, has deep roots in Afro-Asiatic cultures. But these Afro-Asiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied, or suppressed since the eighteenth century - chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view... -
Selected Myths by Plato
RRP: £8.99£6.45'Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist.' We are used to thinking of myths as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was a story that unveiled reality, and for... -
The Republic: The Influential Classic by Plato
RRP: £11.99£8.00The newest deluxe edition in the bestselling Capstone Classics Series This ancient classic has had a make-over. In recent years these Capstone Classic deluxe editions have caught the book buying public's imagination. The volumes of international... -
Why Cicero Matters by Vittorio Bufacchi 9781350376687
RRP: £19.99£16.54Why Cicero Matters shows us how the Roman philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius, better known as Cicero, can help realize a new political world. His impact on humanitarianism, the Enlightenment and the Founding Fathers of America is immense. Yet we... -
History of Philosophy: Vol 1: Greece and Rome by Frederick C. Copleston
RRP: £25.00£22.19Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has... -
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero 9780691154084
RRP: £14.99£11.87How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother... -
Plato: Complete Works by Plato
RRP: £63.99£51.66Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars--many commissioned especially for this volume--are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory... -
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
RRP: £10.99£7.77One 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... -
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9781624668159
RRP: £17.99£14.58Terence Irwin's edition of the Nicomachean Ethics offers more aids to the reader than are found in any modern English translation. It includes an Introduction, headings to help the reader follow the argument, explanatory notes on difficult or important... -
Socrates' Defence by Plato
RRP: £3.00£2.49'I'll stop doing it as soon as I understand what I'm doing.'Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentor.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th... -
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Logic by Luca Castagnoli
£27.80This Companion provides a comprehensive guide to ancient logic. The first part charts its chronological development, focussing especially on the Greek tradition, and discusses its two main systems: Aristotle's logic of terms and the Stoic logic of... -
The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
RRP: £9.99£7.11Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these... -
Phaedrus by Plato 9780199554027
RRP: £8.99£6.45'Some of our greatest blessings come from madness Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially... -
Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor by Frank McLynn
RRP: £16.99£12.28Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death. A philosopher as well as an emperor, his was an extraordinary reign. He proved himself a great leader, protecting the Empire from... -
Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius
RRP: £8.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968255Author Marcus AureliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)... -
How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson 9780008490829
RRP: £10.99£7.25A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? Before the... -
Courage Is Calling: A Book About Bravery by Ryan Holiday
RRP: £14.99£10.60INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An urgent call to arms for each and all of us.' Matthew McConaughey 'Ryan Holiday is a genius.' Chris Evans 'A clear and inspiring guide for how to develop this highest of human virtues.' - Robert Greene An... -
The Politics by Aristotle
RRP: £9.99£7.11The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. The work of one... -
The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle 9780140445107
RRP: £10.99£7.77With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the... -
Selected Letters by Seneca 9780199533213
RRP: £9.99£7.11'You ask what is the proper measure of wealth? The best measure is to have what is necessary, and next best, to have enough. Keep well!' The letters written by the Stoic philosopher and tragedian Seneca to his friend Lucilius are in effect moral... -
Phaedo by Plato 9780198140146
£37.16PhaedoBook InformationISBN 9780198140146Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Clarendon PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 187mm * 124mm * 17mm -
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists by Robin Waterfield
RRP: £10.99£7.77The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express... -
How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691164335
RRP: £14.99£11.87All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often... -
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction by C.C.W. Taylor
RRP: £8.99£6.45Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have been unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing... -
The Symposium by Plato
RRP: £9.99£6.65'Perhaps the most entertaining work of philosophy ever written ... the first really systematic and serious attempt to say what love is' John Armstrong, GuardianIn the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on... -
Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism by Empiricus Sextus
RRP: £34.99£29.35Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. It is the fullest extant account of ancient scepticism, and it is also one of our most copious sources of information... -
Plato's Symposium: A Critical Guide by Pierre Destree
RRP: £22.99£22.85Plato's Symposium is an exceptionally multi-layered dialogue. At once a historical document, a philosophical drama that enacts abstract ideas in an often light-hearted way, and a literary masterpiece, it has exerted an influence that goes well beyond the...