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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... -
Gorgias by Plato 9780872200166
RRP: £10.99£9.59This is an excellent translation. It achieves a very high standard of accuracy and readability, two goals very difficult to attain in combination when it comes to such a master of prose and philosophical argument as Plato. Because of this the book is... -
Cicero's De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches by Julia Annas 9781107074835
RRP: £90.00£81.03Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans, Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own... -
Ancient Rhetoric: From Aristotle to Philostratus by Thomas N. Habinek 9780141392646
RRP: £12.99£9.09A new and original anthology that introduces the key writings on rhetoric in the classical world, from Aristotle to Cicero and beyond.Classical rhetoric is one of the earliest versions of what is today known as media studies. It was absolutely crucial to... -
Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition by Peter Kingsley 9780198150817
RRP: £72.00£55.72Empedocles played a crucial role in the development of western culture; yet little is known or understood about this man, who lived in Sicily in the fifth-century BC. This is mainly becuase his teaching has been reconstructed by modern shcolars first and... -
Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato by Francis M. Cornford 9780872203860
RRP: £19.99£16.44A reprint of the Routledge edition of 1935.Reviews. . . one of the masterpieces of classical scholarship. . . . Contemporary work on the Timaeus will inevitably take Plato's Cosmology as its starting point. --Charles H. Kahn, University of PennsylvaniaAn... -
Sextus Empiricus: Against Those in the Disciplines: Translated with introduction and notes by Richard Bett 9780198712701
£76.20Against Those in the Disciplines (Pros Mathematikous, also known by the abbreviated title M 1-6) deals with six specialized fields of study: grammar, rhetoric, geometry, arithmetic, astrology, and music. In sceptical fashion, it questions the credentials... -
The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity by Matthew Van Natta 9781641527217
RRP: £12.99£8.10Apologies 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 *... -
On the Nature of the Gods by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£23.39The philosopher-statesman on theology and epistemology.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,... -
A A History of Greek Philosophy The Fifth Century Enlightenment: Volume 3: Part 1: The Sophists by William Keith Chambers Guthrie 9780521096669
RRP: £44.99£38.14Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician and Martyr by Michael Deakin
RRP: £25.00£18.96In the late fourth and early fifth centuries of our era, Hypatia of Alexandria was the world's greatest living mathematician and astronomer. A strikingly beautiful woman and a devoted celibate, she lived in a city as turbulent and troubled as Baghdad or... -
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership by Plutarch 9780691192116
RRP: £14.99£12.15Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any fieldThe ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous-and massive-Lives, including politicians... -
How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship by Marcus Tullius Cicero 9780691177199
RRP: £14.99£12.15A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever writtenIn a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is... -
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... -
The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780691181028
RRP: £22.00£17.76The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these... -
Meditations: with selected correspondence by Marcus Aurelius
RRP: £8.99£6.46'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... -
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... -
Theaetetus by Plato 9780674991378
RRP: £24.95£23.39An 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... -
Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, Crito by Plato
RRP: £7.99£5.79These new translations present Plato's remarkable dramatization of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young. The Euthyphro, Defence of Socrates, and Crito form a dramatic and... -
Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction by Melissa Lane
RRP: £10.99£7.77Where do our ideas about politics come from? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans?How should we exercise power?Melissa Lane teaches politics at Princeton University, and previously taught political thought at the University of Cambridge, where... -
The Cambridge Companion to Cicero's Philosophy by Jed W. Atkins
RRP: £24.99£21.18Cicero is one of the most important and influential thinkers within the history of Western philosophy. For the last thirty years, his reputation as a philosopher has once again been on the rise after close to a century of very low esteem. This Companion... -
On Virtue Ethics by Rosalind Hursthouse 9780199247998
RRP: £39.99£38.14Virtue ethics is perhaps the most important development within late twentieth-century moral philosophy. Rosalind Hursthouse, who has made notable contributions to this development, now presents a full exposition and defence of her neo-Aristotelian... -
Epistulae Morales: v. 1: Letters I-LXV by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
RRP: £24.95£23.39Meditative 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 service... -
Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Catherine Osborne
RRP: £8.99£6.45This is a book about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins with the finding of the new papyrus fragment of Empedocles' poem, and uses the... -
Classical Thought by Terence Irwin
£42.68Spanning over a thousand years from Homer to Saint Augustine, Classical Thought encompasses a vast range of material in succinct style, while remaining clear and lucid even to those with no philosophical or Classical background The major philosophers... -
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero 9780691154084
RRP: £14.99£11.32How 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... -
The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life by Luc Ferry 9780062215451
RRP: £10.99£7.25More than 100,000 copies sold in France A fascinating new journey through Greek mythology that explains the myths' timeless lessons and meaning Heroes, gods, and mortals. The Greek myths are the founding narratives of Western civilization: to... -
Republic, Volume I: Books 1-5 by Plato
RRP: £24.95£23.39The Platonic ideal of government.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 ca. 427 BC. In early... -
An Introduction to Plato's Republic by Julia Annas 9780198274292
RRP: £58.99£50.46Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology by Allan Gotthelf 9780521310918
RRP: £50.99£43.42Aristotle's biological works - constituting over 25% of his surviving corpus and for centuries largely unstudied by philosophically oriented scholars - have been the subject of an increasing amount of attention of late. This collection brings together... -
What Is Ancient Philosophy? by Pierre Hadot
£26.67A magisterial mappa mundi of the terrain that Pierre Hadot has so productively worked for decades, this ambitious work revises our view of ancient philosophy-and in doing so, proposes that we change the way we see philosophy itself. Hadot takes ancient... -
Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780195074857
RRP: £55.00£36.10This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. It also includes two new essays and a substantial Introduction. The... -
How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
RRP: £19.99£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541644533Author Massimo PigliucciFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *... -
Philosophy of Epicurus by ,George,K. Strodach
RRP: £9.99£6.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486833033Author George K StrodachFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Secret Texts of Hellenic Polytheism: A Practical Guide to the Restored Pagan Religion of George Gemistos Plethon by John Opsopaus
RRP: £26.00£17.38Only sixteen chapters of Plethon's Book of Laws survive, and for the first time ever, they have been translated into English in their entirety. George Gemistos, who called himself Plethon, helped to trigger the Renaissance by reawakening an interest in... -
Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
RRP: £14.99£9.80What would the ancient Greek philosopher make of the twenty-first-century Google headquarters?A dazzling exploration of the role of ancient philosophy in modern life from the acclaimed writer and thinker.Imagine that Plato came to life in the... -
Discourses: v. 1: Bks.I & II by Epictetus
RRP: £24.95£23.39From slave to sage.Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (AD 54-68) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92, he settled permanently... -
Outlines of Pyrrhonism by Empiricus Sextus 9780879755973
RRP: £10.99£8.22Throughout history philosophers have sought to define, understand, and delineate concepts important to human well-being. One such concept is "knowledge." Many philosophers believed that absolute, certain knowledge, is possible-that the physical world and... -
From Parmenides to Wittgenstein, Volume 1: Collected Philosophical Papers G. E. M. Anscombe (University of Cambridge, UK) 9780631129226
RRP: £40.95£35.89Early work from a leader in analytic philosophy From Parmenides to Wittgenstein, Volume 1: Collected Philosophical Papers is part of a multi-volume publication of G.E.M. Anscombe's collected works. Writing on philosophy of mind, philosophy of action,... -
The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy by A. A. Long 9780521446679
RRP: £34.99£28.25The Western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics, whose influence has been incalculable. They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus,...