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The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance by Anthony Gottlieb
RRP: £12.99£9.09Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. The Dream of Reason takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions... -
Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143122210Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 167g -
Early Greek Philosophy by Jonathan Barnes
RRP: £12.99£9.09The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy - the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence - great... -
The Essential Epicurus: Letters, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments by Epicurus
RRP: £8.99£6.64Epicureanism is commonly regarded as the refined satisfaction of physical desires. As a philosophy, however, it also denoted the striving after an independent state of mind and body, imperturbability, and reliance on sensory data as the true basis of... -
Conversations of Socrates by Xenophon
RRP: £12.99£9.09After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to... -
Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle
RRP: £24.95£22.92Persuasion analyzed.Aristotle (384-322 BC), the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy, theology, and science. He joined Plato's Academy in Athens in 367 and... -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu 9781577152453
RRP: £14.99£9.80Featuring the Chinese text on the left and the English translation on the right, this beautifully bound edition of Sun Tzu's classic text makes a unique gift or collector's item. Written in the sixth century BCE, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still widely... -
A New History of Greek Mathematics by Reviel Netz
£36.21The ancient Greeks played a fundamental role in the history of mathematics and their ideas were reused and developed in subsequent periods all the way down to the scientific revolution and beyond. In this, the first complete history for a century. Reviel... -
Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction by Brad Inwood
RRP: £8.99£6.45Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-organize their lives in order to achieve personal... -
Moral Essays: v. 3 by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: £24.95£22.92Topics in Stoicism.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial ... -
The Byzantine Platonists, 284-1453 by Frederick Lauritzen
RRP: £65.00£53.01This volume brings together articles by sixteen leading scholars on a cross-section of Platonists authors-Christian and non-Christian-from early through late Byzantium philosophy, including the Capaddocians, Cyril, Proclus, Damascius, Dionysius, George... -
Aristotle: Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher by John Sellars 9780241615645
RRP: £9.99£7.11'John Sellars excels at writing short books for a general audience on ancient philosophy. . . A great way into one of the greatest philosophers of all time' Nigel Warburton, Five Books Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world?... -
The History of Sexuality: 2: The Use of Pleasure by Michel Foucault
RRP: £12.99£9.09'No brief survey can do justice to the richness, complexity and detail of Foucault's discussion' New York Review of BooksThe second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in... -
Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo by Plato 9780872206335
RRP: £10.99£9.52The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography.About the... -
The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs by Timothy Freke
RRP: £9.99£8.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585426928Author Timothy FrekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 16mm -
Confessions by Edmund Augustine 9780872208162
RRP: £14.99£12.30Like the first Hackett edition of the Augustine's Confessions, the second edition features F. J. Sheed's remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown. New to this... -
Enchiridion by Epictetus
RRP: £3.99£2.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486433592Author Epictetus EpictetusFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Plotinus Ennead III.4: On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit, Volume 1: Translation with an Introduction and Commentary by Plotinus 9781733535700
RRP: £41.95£34.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733535700Author Wiebke-Marie StockFormat PaperbackPage Count 311Imprint Parmenides PublishingPublisher Parmenides PublishingWeight(grams) 348g -
Travels with Epicurus: Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old Age by Daniel Klein 9781780744124
RRP: £7.99£5.50Our society worships at the fountain of youth. Each year, we try to delay the arrival of old age, using everything at our disposal, from extreme exercise and botox to pilates and cosmetic dentistry. But in the process, are we missing out on a distinct... -
Republic by Plato
RRP: £8.99£6.45Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the... -
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes
RRP: £16.99£12.28We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism 'The unexamined life is not worth living' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous... -
Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson
RRP: £7.99£3.42"Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on... -
Anaximander: And the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli 9780241635049
RRP: £16.99£12.28A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday TimesNow widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who created one of... -
Pro Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£22.92Three postconsular speeches.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of ... -
De Rerum Natura: Bks. 1-6 by Titus Lucretius Carus
RRP: £24.95£22.92Atomic atheism in verse. Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BC, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). In six books compounded of... -
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook by Epictetus
RRP: £10.99£7.77'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... -
Lectures on Ancient Philosophy: Companion to the Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall
RRP: £21.00£14.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585424320Author Manly P. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
The Essential Plotinus by Plotinus 9780915144099
RRP: £11.99£9.52"The Essential Plotinus is a lifesaver. For many years my students in Greek and Roman Religion have depended on it to understand the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The translation is crisp and clear, and the excerpts are just right for an... -
Aristotle: De Anima by Aristotle 9780199243457
RRP: £32.49£31.19The Clarendon Aristotle Series is designed for both students and professionals. It provides accurate translations of selected Aristotelian texts, accompanied by incisive commentaries that focus on philosophical problems and issues, The volumes in the... -
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas 9780198805885
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one. Julia Annas gives a succinct account of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy, emphasizing its freshness and variety of themes, and its... -
Sayings and Anecdotes: with Other Popular Moralists by Diogenes
RRP: £9.99£7.11'many men compete in digging and kicking but no one at all in the pursuit of human excellence.' Diogenes the Cynic is best remembered today for having lived in a storage-jar, and walking the streets with a lamp in daylight, looking for an honest man... -
The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness by John Sellars
RRP: £7.99£5.79What do we really need in order to live a happy life? An Epicurean antidote to anxietyOver two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer: all we really want is pleasure. Today we tend to associate the word... -
Theaetetus by Plato 9780674991378
RRP: £24.95£22.92An epistemological diptych.Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that... -
How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson
RRP: £25.00£12.68A 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... -
The Anthology by Vettius Valens 9780998588919
RRP: £41.99£30.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998588919Author Vettius ValensFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Amor Fati PublicationsPublisher Amor Fati PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
The Theaetetus of Plato by Plato
RRP: £18.99£15.33M. J. Levett's elegant translation of Plato's Theaetetus, first published in 1928, is here revised by Myles Burnyeat to reflect contemporary standards of accuracy while retaining the style, imagery, and idiomatic speech for which the Levett translation... -
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living by David Fideler 9781324036609
RRP: £12.99£9.87Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognised as the most talented and humane writer of the Stoic tradition,... -
On the Good Life by Cicero
RRP: £12.99£9.09For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and one of moral virtue - and the two were inescapably intertwined. This volume brings together a wide range of his reflections upon the importance of... -
On Plato's <i>Timaeus</i> by Calcidius
RRP: £29.95£23.59Until the Renaissance, the work of Calcidius offered the medieval West almost the only direct access to Plato's corpus not dispersed in fragments. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus,... -
Great Dialogues Of Plato by Plato 9780451471703
RRP: £6.99£4.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451471703Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Signet ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc