16 Best classics books like On the Soul by Aristotle

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On the Soul

By: Aristotle

3.79

Format: 248 pages,

In De Anima, Aristotle seeks to uncover what separates the living from the dead. He steers a course…

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1. Ethics

By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work—an elegant, fu… read more

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"Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself."

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

"The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body"

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

"Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility."

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

"Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta."

-Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

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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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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. Philoctetes

By: Sophocles

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
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4. 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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  • history
  • philosophy
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5. Theaetetus

By: Plato , Robin Waterfield

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great … read more

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

By: Plato , Keith Whitaker

4.53

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

This is an English translation of one of the more challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues be… read more

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  • philosophy
  • ancient
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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7. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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8. Meno

By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube

4.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

By: George Berkeley , 贝克莱 , 关文运

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

George Berkeley was an Irish Philosopher who is best known for putting forward the idea of subjecti… read more

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  • philosophy
  • classics
  • nonfiction
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10. Protagoras

By: Plato , Stanley Lombardo , Karen Bell

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Lombardo and Bell have translated this important early dialogue on virtue, wisdom, and the nature o… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • ancient
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11. 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

12. 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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13. Sophist

By: Plato , Nicholas P. White

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fluent and accurate new translation of the dialogue that, of all Plato's works, has seemed to spe… read more

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14. 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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15. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

By: David Hume

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Philosopher David Hume was considered to one of the most important figures in the age of Scottish e… read more

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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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  • philosophy
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"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

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19. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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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

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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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"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. 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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15 must-read philosophy books like On the Soul by Aristotle

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Ethics

Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Timaeus

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

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Phaedo

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

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Theaetetus

Plato , Robin Waterfield

4.20

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15 must-read classics books like Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes, Donald A. Cress

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A Treatise of Human Nature

David Hume

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo

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

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Ethics

Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None

4.10

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