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…
Want to Read $ 12.99"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
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- classics
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. City of God
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson
3.93
Format: 1186 pages, Paperback
No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more
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"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
3. 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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- classics
- history
- theology
- philosophy
- ancient history
- religion
- nonfiction
- ancient
- mysticism
- metaphysics
"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
4. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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5. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more
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- classics
"I cannot not grieve."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Learning comes through pain."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Answer to Job
By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull
4.17
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
Jung has never pursued the "psychology of religion" apart from general psychology. The unique impor… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
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- theology
"«Es necesario acostumbrarse a la idea de que 'tiempo' es un concepto relativo, y que propiamente tiene que ser completado por el concepto de una pleromática existencia 'simultánea' o 'bárdica' de tod…"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
"«El que algo sea una realidad 'física' no es el único criterio de verdad. También existen verdades 'anímicas', las cuales no pueden ni probarse ni explicarse, pero tampoco negarse físicamente. [...] …"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
"I would even go so far as to say that the mythical character of a life is just what expresses its universal human validity. It is perfectly possible, psychologically, for the unconscious or an archet…"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
"The difference between the "natural" individuation process, which runs its course unconsciously, and the one which is consciously realized, is tremendous. In the first case consciousness nowhere inte…"-C.G. Jung, Answer to Job
10. The Celestial Hierarchy
By: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
4.33
Format: 242 pages,
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11. The Anti-Christ
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , H.L. Mencken
3.68
Format: 420 pages,
Monumento de escandalo para idiotas, arma arrojadiza en manos torpes, o cumbre postuma del inquieta… read more
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12. Interior Castle
By: Teresa de Ávila
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castledescribes the seven stages of union with Go… read more
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13. 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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14. Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition
By: Frances A. Yates
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Placing Bruno--both advanced philosopher and magician burned at the stake--in the Hermetic traditio… read more
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15. 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
16. The Book of the Law
By: Aleister Crowley , None
3.80
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." This oft-misunderstood phrase, which forms the b… read more
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"Love is the law, love under will."-Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law
"Every man and every woman is a star."-Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law
"There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt."-Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."-Aleister Crowley, The Book of the Law
17. 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
18. 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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19. 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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20. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay , Victor Eremita
4.25
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
'What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?' Eith… read more
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21. Timaeus/Critias
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Taking the form of dialogues between Socrates, Timaeus, Critias and Hermocrates, these two works ar… read more
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