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Five Dialogues

Five Dialogues more books like this

by Plato

This second edition of 'Five Dialogues' presents 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.

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Meditations

Meditations more books like this

by Aurelius Marcus

In these personal reflections, the Roman emperor and second-century Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius discusses life, morality, duty, and community. Originally entitled "To Himself", the work did not surface until the fourth century, but it has inspired readers ever since.

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Republic

Republic more books like this

by Plato

In Plato?s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ...

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Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robin Campbell (Translator)

A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65) that the Stoics found their ...

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Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics more books like this

by Aristotle

Amongst the works of Aristotle, the Nicomachean Ethics stands virtually alone in speaking not only to classicists, historians of ideas, and technical philosophers, but to anyone trying to make sense of practical human ideals. In this major new presentation, Aristotle's most engaging work has been freshly translated by Christopher Rowe into ...

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The Republic of Plato: Second Edition

The Republic of Plato: Second Edition more books like this

by Plato, Allan Bloom (Editor)

In Plato?s "Republic", his most celebrated "dialogue," the philosopher condemns the justice and morality of Greek society after the trial and execution of his teacher, Socrates. Disillusioned with politics and politicians, Plato argued that civilization demanded truly enlightened government, led by philosopher-kings. He wrote that "...mankind will ...

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Great Dialogues of Plato

Great Dialogues of Plato more books like this

by Plato

Plato wrote approximately 25 dialogues--intellectual debates on such topics as law, virtue, love, and beauty--which are normally divided into three periods: those featuring Socrates, those in which the words of Socrates are most likely Plato's own, and the last several written during Plato's later years. This translation includes the complete ...

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The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts

The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts more books like this

by C. D. C. Reeve

This unique and expertly annotated collection of the classic accounts of Socrates left by Plato, Aristophanes, and Xenophon features new translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from Phaedo by C. D. C. Reeve, Peter Meineck's translation of Clouds, and James Doyle's translation of Apology of Socrates.

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Symposium

Symposium more books like this

by Plato

The Symposium is a complex piece which is perhaps as widely read as any of Plato's works apart from the Republic. However the existing standard commentaries in English do not offer much by way of help to any reader except the classicist who knows Greek; and they also tend to be light on the dialogue as a work of philosophy. This new edition aims ...

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Politics

Politics more books like this

by Aristotle

"The Politics" is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day.

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Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, and Aristophanes' Clouds more books like this

by Plato, Thomas West (Editor), Grace West (Editor)

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 (the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy the Clouds). This is the only collection of the three ...

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Complete Works more books like this

by Plato, John M Cooper (Editor), D S Hutchinson (Adapted by)

Outstanding 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 essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning ...

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The Basic Works of Aristotle more books like this

by Richard Peter McKeon, Aristotle

The complete text of two of Aristotle's most important and influential works, in the famous and authoritative Oxford translations by W. Rhys Roberts and Ingram Bywater.

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Aristotle for Everybody more books like this

by Mortimer Jerome Adler

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since. Here, the 20th century's Mortimer J. Adler instructs the world in Aristotelian logic. By encouraging readers to think philosophically, Adler offers us a unique path to personal insights and understanding of ...

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Handbook of Epictetus more books like this

by Epictetus

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The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Death Scene from Phaedo more books like this

by Plato, G. M. A. Grube, John M. Cooper

This third edition of 'The Trial and Death of Socrates' 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 a Select Bibliography. John M. Cooper is Stuart Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University.

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Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy more books like this

by George G James

An attempt to show that the true authors of Greek Philosophy were not the Greeks, but the peoples of Egypt

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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Come Forward as Science: The Paul Carus Translation more books like this

by Immanuel Kant

This edition of Prolegomena includes Kant's letter of February 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to present a critique of pure reason.

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The trial of Socrates more books like this

by I F Stone

In unraveling the long-hidden issues in the most famous free speech case of all time, Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek civilization and gives us an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to our society today.

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A History of Western Philosophy: The Classical Mind, Volume I more books like this

by W T Jones, Robert J Fogelin

A history of Western Philosophy that concentrates on major figures in each historical period, combining exposition with direct quotations from the philosophers themselves. The text places philosophers in appropriate cultural context and shows how their theories reflect the concerns of their times.

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Aristotle's Poetics more books like this

by Aristotle

This volume brings together the three most original and influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Stephen Halliwell makes Aristotle's "Poetics" newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists,--especially Plato--and the ...

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Consolation of Philosophy more books like this

by Boethius

An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. 475-525 AD) was also an exceptional Greek scholar. It was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favor and was imprisoned in Pavia. Written in the period leading up to his brutal execution, it is a dialogue that alternates from prose to verse between the ...

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Enchiridion more books like this

by Epictetus, George Long (Translator)

"The Enchiridion", or "Handbook", is a summary of the teachings of the slave-turned-Stoic philosopher Epictetus (first century A.D.) posthumously compiled and published by one of Epictetus' students. Though brief, this work is universally considered to be the living spirit of Stoicism, wherein the principles of right conduct and true thinking are ...

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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics more books like this

by Roger Crisp (Translator), Aristotle

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, based on lectures that he gave in Athens in the fourth century BCE, is one of the most significant works in moral philosophy, and has profoundly influenced the whole course of subsequent philosophical endeavour. It is soundly located within a philosophical tradition, but its argument differs markedly from those of ...

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On the Shortness of Life more books like this

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, C D N Costa (Translator)

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