15 best-selling history books like The Categories by Aristotle

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The Categories

By: Aristotle

1.00

Format: None pages,

Categories (Lat. Categoriae, Greek Kategoriai Kategoriai) is a text from Aristotle's Organon that e…

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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

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2. 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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3. The Laws of Plato

By: Plato , Thomas L. Pangle

1.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Laws, Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exp… read more

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4. Critias

By: Plato , Benjamin Jowett

3.78

Format: 479 pages,

Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC), whose original name was Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher… read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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
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  • history
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10. 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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11. Meno

By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube

4.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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
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  • metaphysics

15. 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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16. Lysis

By: Plato

3.78

Format: 584 pages,

'Ah, Hippothales, I said; what a noble and really perfect love you have found! I wish that you woul… read more

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17. Critique of Pure Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

Format: 785 pages, Paperback

'The purpose of this critique of pure speculative reason consists in the attempt to change the old … read more

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"The great mass of people are worthy of our respect."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. Cratylus

By: Plato , C.D.C. Reeve

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

"It is. . . remarkable that Reeve's is the first new English translation since Fowler's Loeb editio… read more

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22. 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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23. Charmides

By: Plato

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

A literal translation, allowing the simplicity and vigor of the Greek diction to shine through. read more

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24. Euthydemus

By: Plato , Rosamond Kent Sprague

3.83

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

"This is the best translation available of a lively and challenging dialogue, which sets before the… read more

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25. 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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"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

26. Isagoge

By: Porphyry

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

L'Isagoge est une introduction aux Categories. Porphyre y definit les cinq predicables (genre, espe… read more

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27. Ion

By: Plato

2.00

Format: 28 pages,

In Plato's Ion Socrates discusses with Ion, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the… read more

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28. 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

29. 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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30. 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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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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Fragments

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4.18

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4.10

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Plato , Thomas L. Pangle

1.50

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David Hume

3.94

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Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

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

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