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Parmenides by Martin Heidegger
RRP: £17.99£15.55Parmenides, a lecture course delivered by Martin Heidegger at the University of Freiburg in 1942-1943, presents a highly original interpretation of ancient Greek philosophy. A major contribution to Heidegger's provocative dialogue with the pre-Socratics,... -
How to Know Everything: Ask Better Questions. Get Better Answers. Be A Better You by Elke Wiss
RRP: £10.99£7.77The international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships._____________________________________________________WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS?In an increasingly polarized world, asking... -
The Interpretation of Dreams by Artemidorus
RRP: £11.99£8.43'Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source' Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interpretation, and the only dream-book to have survived... -
Symposium by Plato 9780199540198
RRP: £9.99£7.11In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests - including the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates - each deliver a short speech in praise of love... -
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle 9781585100354
RRP: £19.99£16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585100354Author AristotleFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams) 341g -
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer by Aristotle
RRP: £7.99£5.79'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and... -
Aristotle's Ethics: Writings from the Complete Works - Revised Edition by Aristotle 9780691158464
RRP: £22.00£17.39Aristotle's moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. It bequeathed to the world an emphasis on virtues and vices, happiness as well-being or a life well lived, and rationally motivated action as a mean between extremes. Its influence was... -
Gorgias by Plato 9780140449044
RRP: £10.99£6.82Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office. Are high moral standards essential or should we give our preference to... -
The Veil of Isis: An Essay on the History of the Idea of Nature by Pierre Hadot
RRP: £25.95£20.22Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "Phusis kruptesthai philei." How the aphorism, usually translated as "Nature loves to hide," has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of... -
The Philosophy of Aristotle by Aristotle 9780451531759
RRP: £8.95£5.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451531759Author AristotleFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 252gDimensions(mm) 171mm * 105mm * 21mm -
Gorgias and Rhetoric by Plato 9781585102990
RRP: £20.99£16.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585102990Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams) 427g -
The Children of Athena: Greek writers and thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC–AD 400 by Charles Freeman 9781803281957
RRP: £30.00£20.95The remarkable story of how Greek-speaking writers and thinkers sustained and developed the intellectual legacy of Classical Greece under the rule of Rome. In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; some sixty years later,... -
The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic by Jean-Manuel Roubineau 9780197666357
RRP: £14.99£13.09An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philosopher Diogenes--nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates gone mad"--was widely praised and idealized as much as he... -
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living by David Fideler
RRP: £20.99£17.75Stoicism, 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,... -
Aristotles Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science by Edward Feser 9783868382006
RRP: £24.95£20.26Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology are among the fundamental concepts of Aristotelian philosophy of nature. Aristotle's Revenge argues that these concepts are not only compatible with modern... -
Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo by Plato
RRP: £24.95£22.92The fundamental tetralogy on Socrates' final days.Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, was born to a prosperous and politically active family circa... -
Fragments by Heraclitus
RRP: £15.00£8.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142437650Author HeraclitusFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 108gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm *... -
The Collected Dialogues of Plato by Plato 9780691097183
RRP: £48.00£38.51All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and... -
Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life by Emily A. Austin
RRP: £16.99£11.85If we all want happiness and pleasure so much, then why are we so bad at getting it? Pleasure feels amazing! Anxiety, however, does not. The Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus rolled these two strikingly intuitive claims into a simple formula for... -
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307743749Author James RommFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm... -
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday
RRP: £29.00£17.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735211735Author Ryan HolidayFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 150mm *... -
Statesman by Plato 9780872204621
RRP: £11.99£9.52An annotated and modified version of the translation published by Aris and Phillips Ltd.A model of accuracy and fluency, Christopher Rowe's translation of Statesman--as modified for publication in Plato, Complete Works (Hackett Publishing Co., 1997)--is... -
Early Socratic Dialogues by Emlyn-Jones Chris
RRP: £12.99£9.09Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues... -
Aristotle and Other Platonists by Lloyd P. Gerson
RRP: £29.99£25.99"Aristotle versus Plato. For a long time that is the angle from which the tale has been told, in textbooks on the history of philosophy and to university students. Aristotle's philosophy, so the story goes, was au fond in opposition to Plato's. But it... -
Protagoras and Meno by Plato
RRP: £10.99£7.77Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the Protagoras, set during the golden age of... -
That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic by Musonius Rufus
RRP: £10.99£8.17Perennial wisdom from one of history's most important but lesser-known Stoic teachers"He knew that all a philosopher could do was respond well-bravely, boldly, patiently-to what life threw at us. That's what we should be doing now."-Ryan Holiday, Reading... -
Phaedo by Plato
RRP: £6.99£5.26The Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato's greatest masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the Phaedo ranks among the supreme literary... -
The Last Days of Socrates by Plato 9780140455496
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just' Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues,... -
How to Say No: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism by Diogenes
RRP: £14.99£11.84An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformityThe Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society's material excess,... -
Confessions, Volume II: Books 9-13 by Augustine
RRP: £24.95£22.92The classic account of crisis and conversion.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica... -
Epistulae Morales: v. 2: Letters LXVI-XCII by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: £24.95£22.92Meditative missives.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 ... -
Without Buddha I Could Not be a Christian by Paul F. Knitter
RRP: £10.99£8.02Without Buddha I Could not be a Christian narrates how esteemed theologian, Paul F. Knitter, overcame a crisis of faith by looking to Buddhism for inspiration. From prayer to how Christianity views life after death, Knitter argues that a Buddhist... -
How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well by Catherine Wilson 9781541672635
RRP: £30.00£17.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541672635Author Catherine WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 28mm -
On the Soul: and Other Psychological works by Aristotle
RRP: £9.99£7.11'. . . the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul. . . ' What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so he offers a psychological theory that... -
Socrates in Love by Armand D'Angour
RRP: £10.99£7.77An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers Socrates: the philosopher whose questioning gave birth to the ideas of Western thought,... -
The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment by Brian Copenhaver
RRP: £12.99£9.09'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a volatile liquid are kindled by flame, an empty eggshell filled with dew is raised towards the Sun . . .'This rich, fascinating anthology... -
The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity by Matthew Van Natta 9781641527217
RRP: £12.99£8.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641527217Author Matthew Van NattaFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 124mm *... -
Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life by A. A. Long
RRP: £29.99£25.94The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient... -
Early Greek Philosophy, Volume III: Later Ionian and Athenian Thinkers by Glenn W. Most
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... -
A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control--52 Week-By-Week Lessons by Massimo Pigliucci 9781615195336
RRP: £19.95£13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615195336Author Gregory LopezFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm