Philebus
By: Plato
3.87
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
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1. Fragments
By: James Hillman , Heraclitus , Brooks Haxton
4.18
Format: 97 pages, Paperback
Fragments of wisdom from the ancient world In the sixth century b.c.—twenty-five hundred years b… read more
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"All is flux"-James Hillman, Fragments
"Character is destiny"-James Hillman, Fragments
"I went in search of myself."-James Hillman, Fragments
"Man's character is his fate."-James Hillman, Fragments
2. The Enneads
By: Plotinus , Stephen MacKenna , John M. Dillon , Stephan MacKenna
4.06
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
Plotinus is the last great philosopher of antiquity, although in more than one respect, a precursor… read more
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"That which is afraid is that which is capable of being affected."-Plotinus, The Enneads
"The purification of the Soul is simply to allow it to be alone; it is pure when it keeps no company."-Plotinus, The Enneads
"Bad men rule by the feebleness of the ruled; and this is just; the triumph of weaklings would not be just."-Plotinus, The Enneads
"Those incapable of thinking gravely read gravity into frivolties which correspond to their own frivolous nature."-Plotinus, The Enneads
3. The Acharnians
By: Aristophanes , Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva , None , Richard Thomas Elliott
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
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- ancient
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4. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta
3.92
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more
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"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
5. Conversations of Socrates
By: Xenophon , Robin Waterfield , Hugh Tredennick
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him … read more
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- ancient
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6. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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- nonfiction
- classics
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7. The Trojan Women
By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more
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- ancient
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8. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)
By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more
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9. The New Organon
By: Lisa Jardine , Francis Bacon , Michael Silverthorne
4.71
Format: 595 pages, Paperback
Francis Bacon's New Organon, published in 1620, was revolutionary in its attempt to give formal phi… read more
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10. The Upanishads: Translations from the Sanskrit
By: Anonymous , Juan Mascaró
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages an… read more
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11. 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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12. The Categories
By: Aristotle
1.00
Format: None pages,
Categories (Lat. Categoriae, Greek Kategoriai Kategoriai) is a text from Aristotle's Organon that e… read more
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13. 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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14. Wasps
By: Aristophanes , Douglas M. MacDowell
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
Wasps was first performed at the festival of the Lenaia early in 422 B.C. It is arguably one of Ari… read more
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15. Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
By: Aeschylus , Philip Vellacott
4.14
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
The first of the great Greek Tragedians, Aeschylus wrote a large number of plays, of which seven su… read more
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16. C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
By: Constantinos P. Cavafy , Edmund Keeley , Philip Sherrard , George Savidis
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
C. P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of hi… read more
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"Άλλα ζητεί η ψυχή σου, γι’ άλλα κλαίει·"-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
"Η Ιθάκη σ’ έδωσε τ’ ωραίο ταξείδι. Χωρίς αυτήν δεν θάβγαινες στον δρόμο."-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
"Vuelve a menudo y tómame, en la noche, cuando los labios y la piel recuerdan..."-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
"Aunque sea con engaños, que me ilusione ahora: pero que no sienta el vacío de mi vida. (Septiembre de 1903)"-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
17. 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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18. Duino Elegies
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , David Young
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
We have a marvelous, almost legendary, image of the circumstances in which the composition of this … read more
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19. Metaphysics
By: Aristotle , Joe Sachs
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Metaphysics (Greek: ta meta ta phusika) is one of the principal works of Aristotle & the first majo… read more
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20. Alcestis
By: William Arrowsmith , Euripides
3.84
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
"The Alcestis would hardly confirm its author's right to be acclaimed 'the most tragic of the poets… read more
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21. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
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"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
22. Thesmophoriazusae
By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson
3.93
Format: 152 pages, hardback
Thesmophoriazusae was performed in Athens in 411 BCE, most likely at the City Dionysia, and is amon… read more
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23. The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
By: Arthur Schopenhauer , None
4.21
Format: 534 pages, Paperback
Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung is one of the most important philosophical… read more
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"Scoundrels are always sociable."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
"To have lost what cannot be missed is clearly no evil."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
"Everything is beautiful only so long as it does not concern us."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
"That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject."-Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
24. Theogony/Works and Days
By: Hesiod , None
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European litera… read more
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25. De Anima
By: Aristotle , Hugh Lawson-Tancred
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The soul is, so to speak, the first principle of living things. We seek to contemplate and know it… read more
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26. 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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27. The Art of Rhetoric
By: Aristotle , Hugh Lawson-Tancred
3.66
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Few, if any, writers in history have made major contributions to as many fields of knowledge as Ari… read more
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28. Physics
By: Aristotle , Robin Waterfield , David Bostock
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
For many centuries, Aristotle's Physics was the essential starting point for anyone who wished to s… read more
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29. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
30. Plutus
By: Aristophanes
3.60
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
The story of 'Plutus' concerns Chremylus, a poor but just man, who accompanied by his body-servant … read more
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"My country's where my comfort's best secured."-Aristophanes, Plutus
"Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for jus…"-Aristophanes, Plutus
31. Philebus
By: Plato
3.87
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The dialogue discussing the relative merits of lives based on pleasure and intelligence is acccompa… read more
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