13 Top classics books like Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy by Robin Waterfield

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Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy

By: Robin Waterfield

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most im…

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1. Alexander the Great

By: Philip Freeman

4.31

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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2. Timaeus

By: Plato , Peter Kalkavage , Donald J. Zeyl , None , None

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

First published in Plato: Complete Works, Donald J. Zeyl's masterful translation of Timaeusis prese… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
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3. The Persian Expedition

By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell

4.18

Format: None pages,

In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more

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  • history
  • ancient history
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4. Life of Pythagoras

By: Iamblichus , Thomas Taylor

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Paperback

Authentic memoirs of the life of Pythagoras--the father of philosophy and the inventor of geometry-… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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5. Caesar: Life of a Colossus

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

Format: 583 pages, Hardcover

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

6. The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

By: Anthony Everitt

3.71

Format: 76 pages, ebook

A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history s most influential … read more

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7. American Colonies: The Settling of North America

By: Alan Taylor

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

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8. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam

By: Douglas Murray

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Strange Death of Europeis a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the ac… read more

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9. Plato: A Very Short Introduction

By: Julia Annas

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

This lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato's writings, drawing… read more

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10. Apology

By: Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more

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  • history
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • greece
"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."

-Plato, Apology

"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."

-Plato, Apology

"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."

-Plato, Apology

"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."

-Plato, Apology

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11. De vluchteling, de grenswacht en de rijke Jood

By: Arnon Grunberg

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

De bewaakte grensovergang is waar de staat iedereen als verdachte beschouwt. Daar moet men zijn ons… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Morele ambitie

By: Rutger Bregman

3.71

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

De grootste verspilling van onze tijd is de verspilling van talent. Iedere carrière duurt 2.000 wer… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"De geschiedenis doet niks. Mensen doen dingen."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"Het doel van leiderschap is om meer leiders te produceren, niet meer volgers."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"De grote advieskantoren zitten vol met toptalenten die niet weten wat ze met hun talent aan moeten, en daarom maar consultant zijn geworden."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"Ja, we hebben activisten nodig die strijden tegen al het onrecht in het hier en nu, maar er is ook behoefte aan makers en bouwers van de toekomst."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

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13. 24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

By: Philip Matyszak

3.98

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edg… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • ancient history
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14. Alkibiades

By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

4.35

Format: 960 pages, Hardcover

Deze monumentale, rijk gedocumenteerde, historische roman vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van het … read more

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  • ancient history
  • greece
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15. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
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16. The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

By: John Gray

3.54

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we un… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy

By: Robin Waterfield

4.08

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most im… read more

Similar categories in Robin Waterfield's Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy book and Robin Waterfield's Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy

  • classics
  • biography
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • education
  • greece
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18. Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece

By: Paul Cartledge

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Mr. Cartledge’s command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreciat… read more

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  • history
  • ancient history
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19. De mens is een plofkip

By: Teun van de Keuken

3.75

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

Echt voedsel met herkenbare ingrediënten heeft de afgelopen decennia grotendeels plaatsgemaakt voor… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World by Ryan Holiday

20. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

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"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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22. Homer and His Iliad

By: Robin Lane Fox

4.17

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer… read more

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  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • greece
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23. The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power

By: Robert D. Kaplan

3.82

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tr… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • classics
  • history
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24. The Atonement: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology)

By: Jeremy Treat

4.62

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A Concise Introduction to the Doctrine of the Atonement The atonement is central to Christian theol… read more

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25. Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

By: Edith Hall

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker, perhaps the greatest in history. Yet he was preoccupied by … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient history
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26. The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America

By: Jeffrey Rosen

4.36

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating examination of what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders and how… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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"If you had to sum it up in one sentence, the classical definition of the pursuit of happiness meant being a lifelong learner, with a commitment to practicing the daily habits that lead to character i…"

-Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America

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27. The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis

By: Martha C. Nussbaum

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From one of the world’s most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the curr… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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28. Aristotle: Understanding the World's Greatest Philosopher (Pelican Books)

By: John Sellars

3.96

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

'John Sellars excels at writing short books for a general audience on ancient philosophy. . . A gre… read more

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  • philosophy
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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29. War in Heaven

By: Charles Williams

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more

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"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."

-Charles Williams, War in Heaven

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30. Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens

By: David Stuttard

4.29

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Alcibiades was one of the most dazzling figures of the Golden Age of Athens. A ward of Pericles and… read more

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21 best-selling history books like Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy by Robin Waterfield

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Alexander the Great

Philip Freeman

4.31

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Timaeus

Plato , Peter Kalkavage , Donald J. Zeyl , None , None

4.00

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The Persian Expedition

Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell

4.18

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Life of Pythagoras

Iamblichus , Thomas Taylor

4.12

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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Michael Lewis

3.50

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Discourses and Selected Writings

Epictetus , Robert F. Dobbin , Robert Dobbin

3.84

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Phaedo

Plato , David Gallop , R.D. Archer-Hind

3.77

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Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

Jonathan Barnes

4.11

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