An Introduction to Greek Philosophy (Great Courses #4477)
By: David Roochnik
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Audio CD
24 lectures | 30 minutes per lecture The first philosophers in Western history--the ancient Greeks-…
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1. The Foundations of Western Civilization
By: Thomas F.X. Noble
4.16
Format: 44 pages, Audio CD
Forty-eight thirty minute lectures explore the essential contours of the human experience in what h… read more
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2. What the Buddha Taught
By: Walpola Rahula , None
4.18
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” s… read more
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"Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ)."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"You may see the light, but the light is not the result of your eyesight."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"Mere suffering exists, but no sufferer is found; The deed are, but no doer is found."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
"The name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet."-Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught
3. Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
By: Quentin Skinner
3.82
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli taught that political leaders must be prepared to do evil that good may come of it. Off… read more
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4. What I Believe
By: Bertrand Russell
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Along with Why I Am Not a Christian, this essay must rank as the most articulate example of Russell… read more
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5. Poetics
By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more
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6. The Sea, the Sea
By: Iris Murdoch , Mary Kinzie
3.66
Format: 341 pages, Paperback
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an is… read more
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7. Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition (Great Courses, #4620)
By: Grant Hardy
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Audio CD
Western philosophy is a vast intellectual tradition, the product of thousands of years of revolutio… read more
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8. 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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9. 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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10. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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11. An Introduction to Greek Philosophy (Great Courses #4477)
By: David Roochnik
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Audio CD
24 lectures | 30 minutes per lecture The first philosophers in Western history--the ancient Greeks-… read more
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12. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)
By: Elizabeth Vandiver
4.04
Format: None pages,
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13. Phaedrus
By: Plato , Paul Woodruff , Alexander Nehamas , Albert A. Anderson
3.50
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text edit… read more
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14. Great Minds Of The Western Intellectual Tradition
By: Dennis Dalton , None , Phillip Cary , Louis A. Markos , Darren M. Staloff
3.79
Format: 249 pages,
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15. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
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"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
16. Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
By: Kathleen Marie Higgins , Robert C. Solomon
3.68
Format: 189 pages, Unbound
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17. Euthyphro
By: Plato , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
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18. The History of Ancient Rome (Great Courses, #340)
By: Garrett G. Fagan
4.14
Format: None pages, DVD
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19. Famous Greeks
By: J. Rufus Fears
3.82
Format: None pages, Audio CD
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20. 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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21. Pensées
By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.95
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
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"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
22. Ivanhoe
By: Walter Scott
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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23. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
By: Gustave Doré , Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1.75
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
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24. No Excuses: Existentialism And The Meaning Of Life (Great Courses, #437)
By: Robert C. Solomon
3.85
Format: 208 pages,
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25. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
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"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
26. Apology
By: Plato , James J. Helm
4.20
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
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"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
27. The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
By: Lawrence E. Cahoone
4.32
Format: 137 pages, Unknown Binding
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28. Real History of Pirates, The
By: Manushag N. Powell
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29. Why I Am Not a Christian
By: Bertrand Russell
4.12
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned wi… read more
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"See the world as it is and be not afraid of it. Conquer the world by intelligence and not merely by being slavishly subdued by the terror that comes from it!"-Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian
30. Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia
By: Alexis Q. Castor
3.69
Format: 374 pages, Audible Audio
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31. Plato, Socrates, and the Dialogues
By: Michael Sugrue
4.21
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