11 must-read nonfiction books like Apology of Socrates by Xenophon

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Apology of Socrates

By: Xenophon

3.94

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the tes…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Apology of Socrates by Xenophon , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) ()

By: Aristophanes

3.67

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender i… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
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2. Peace

By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson

3.51

Format: 404 pages, hardback

Aristophanes' Peace was performed at the City Dionysia in Athens in 421 B.C. as a decade-long war w… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
"If it is necessary for us to do anything [in view of peace], direct us and architect. πρὸς τάδ’ ἡμῖν, εἴ τι χρὴ δρᾶν, φράζε κἀρχιτεκτόνει."

-Aristophanes, Peace

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3. The Twelve Caesars

By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • ancient history
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
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4. 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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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
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5. Crito

By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones

5.00

Format: 160 pages, paper

Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the fi… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
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6. Phaedo

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

3.77

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

The Phaedois acknowledged to be one of Plato's masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and … read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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7. Meno

By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube

4.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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8. On Interpretation

By: Aristotle , None

5.00

Format: 176 pages,

First we must define the terms 'noun' and 'verb', then the terms 'denial' and 'affirmation', then '… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
  • ancient history
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9. Meditations on First Philosophy

By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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10. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell

3.37

Format: None pages,

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history

11. Clouds

By: Aristophanes , None

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more

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12. Euthyphro

By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaim… read more

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13. Letters from a Stoic

By: Seneca , Robin Campbell

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more

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14. Gorgias

By: Plato , Walter Hamilton , Chris Emlyn-Jones

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates peren… read more

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15. Cyclops

By: Euripides , David Konstan , Heather McHugh

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create th… read more

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16. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

By: Immanuel Kant , Christine M. Korsgaard , Mary J. Gregor

4.27

Format: 197 pages, paper

Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristo… read more

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17. The Symposium

By: Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
"The truth about eros is terrifying."

-Plato, The Symposium

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"

-Plato, The Symposium

"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."

-Plato, The Symposium

"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"

-Plato, The Symposium

18. Laches

By: Plato

4.00

Format: None pages,

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is be… read more

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19. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)

By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

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20. 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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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
"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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21. Apology of Socrates

By: Xenophon

3.94

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the tes… read more

Similar categories in Xenophon's Apology of Socrates book and Xenophon's Apology of Socrates

  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction

12 must-read classics books like Apology of Socrates by Xenophon

Transform Your Habits

The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) ()

Aristophanes

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Peace

Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson

3.51

Transform Your Habits

The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Timaeus

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

4.00

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17 best-selling fiction books like The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) () by Aristophanes

Transform Your Habits

Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Herakles

Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Women of Trachis

C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Ecclesiazusae (or Women in Council) ()

Aristophanes

3.67

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