12 Top philosophy books like Rhetoric by Aristotle

Rhetoric

By: Aristotle , None

3.79

Format: None pages,

One of the seminal works of Western philosophy, Aristotle's Rhetoric vastly influenced all subseque…

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1. On the Ideal Orator

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero , James M. May , Jakob Wisse

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In On the Ideal Orator , ( De oratore ), Cicero, the greatest Roman orator and prosewriter of his d… read more

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2. The Way Things Are

By: Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius

3.97

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more

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"There can be no centre in infinity."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"Nothing exists but amalgams of matter and space."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

"For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before."

-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are

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3. The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more

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  • politics
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."

-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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4. 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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5. 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
  • history
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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
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  • nonfiction
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7. The Trial and Death of Socrates

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

3.63

Format: 224 pages,

The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socratespresents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished transla… read more

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  • history
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8. The Annals of Imperial Rome

By: Michael Grant , Tacitus

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the pe… read more

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  • ancient
  • classics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. 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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  • history
  • philosophy
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10. 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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11. On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

3.86

Format: None pages,

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12. The Will to Power

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , R.J. Hollingdale , Walter Kaufmann

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Nietzsche's notebooks, kept by him during his most productive years, offer a fascinating glimpse in… 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. 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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15. Gorgias: Encomium of Helen

By: Gorgias of Leontini , None

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Encomium of Helenis thought to have been the demonstration piece of the Ancient Greek sophist, … 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. 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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18. 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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19. 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

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20. How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying t… read more

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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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13 best-selling classics books like Rhetoric by Aristotle

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On the Ideal Orator

Marcus Tullius Cicero , James M. May , Jakob Wisse

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The Way Things Are

Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius

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Theaetetus

Plato , Robin Waterfield

4.20

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4.27

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3.87

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2.78

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4.22

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