7 Top ancient books like On Anger by Seneca

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On Anger

By: Seneca

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Roma’nın belki de en tartışmalı imparatorlarından Nero’nun eğitmenliğini yapmış, Roma’nın o çetin v…

"My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong."

-Seneca, On Anger

"We often are angry," says our adversary, "not with men who have hurt us, but with men who are going to hurt us: so you may be sure that anger is not born of injury."

-Seneca, On Anger

"If any one is angry with you, meet his anger by returning benefits for it: a quarrel which is only taken up on one side falls to the ground: it takes two men to fight."

-Seneca, On Anger

"El mejor remedio para la ira es el tiempo. No le pidas al principio que perdone, sino que juzgue; si espera, se disipa. No trates de comprimirla de un solo golpe; su primer arrebato es demasiado enérgico; pero se la vence por completo si se le ataca por partes."

-Seneca, On Anger

If you liked the ancient plot in On Anger by Seneca , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Nature of the Gods

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero , P.G. Walsh

3.84

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

'My present intention is to clear myself of any suspicion of partially by presenting the views of t… read more

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"Utinam tam facile vera invenire possim quam falsa convincere."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Nature of the Gods

"It is useless to know what shall come to pass; it is a miserable thing to be tormented to no purpose."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Nature of the Gods

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2. Helen

By: Euripides , Colin Leach

3.80

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Among the legends of ancient Greece, there is perhaps no story more compelling than that of Helen. … read more

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"It is right for women to stand by a woman's cause."

-Euripides, Helen

"What mortal claims, by searching to the utmost limit, to have found out the nature of God, or of his opposite, or of that which comes between, seeing as he doth this world of man tossed to and fro by…"

-Euripides, Helen

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3. The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

By: Baltasar Gracián , Christopher Maurer

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully … read more

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"Be first the master of yourself"

-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

"Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks."

-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."

-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

"The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard."

-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

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4. Discourses and Selected Writings

By: Epictetus , Robert F. Dobbin , Robert Dobbin

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

A new translation of the influential teachings of the great Stoic philosopher DESPITE BEING BORN in… read more

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5. Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

By: Aeschylus , Alan H. Sommerstein

3.85

Format: 320 pages, cloth

Sommerstein presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, th… read more

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"My heart's a dance of fear."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Quando dorme la mente scintilla di mille occhi"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Onc…"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

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6. Conversations of Socrates

By: Xenophon , Robin Waterfield , Hugh Tredennick

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him … read more

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7. Musonius Rufus: Lectures and Sayings

By: Musonius Rufus , William B. Irvine , Cynthia King

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Musonius Rufus (c. AD 30-100) was one of the four great Roman Stoic philosophers, the other three b… read more

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8. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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9. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness

By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell

3.37

Format: None pages,

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more

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10. The Golden Ass

By: Apuleius , Jack Lindsay , None

4.30

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

The Golden Assby Apuleius is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only… read more

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11. 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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12. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

By: Epictetus

4.14

Format: None pages,

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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. The Discourses

By: Epictetus

4.17

Format: 427 pages, Paperback

For centuries, Stoicism was virtually the unofficial religion of the Roman world The stress on endu… read more

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17. 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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18. On Anger

By: Seneca

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Roma’nın belki de en tartışmalı imparatorlarından Nero’nun eğitmenliğini yapmış, Roma’nın o çetin v… read more

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"My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong."

-Seneca, On Anger

"We often are angry," says our adversary, "not with men who have hurt us, but with men who are going to hurt us: so you may be sure that anger is not born of injury."

-Seneca, On Anger

"If any one is angry with you, meet his anger by returning benefits for it: a quarrel which is only taken up on one side falls to the ground: it takes two men to fight."

-Seneca, On Anger

"El mejor remedio para la ira es el tiempo. No le pidas al principio que perdone, sino que juzgue; si espera, se disipa. No trates de comprimirla de un solo golpe; su primer arrebato es demasiado enér…"

-Seneca, On Anger

Cover of How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Marcus Tullius Cicero

19. How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

By: Marcus Tullius Cicero

3.87

Format: 188 pages, Hardcover

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written In a world wh… read more

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"The reward of friendship is friendship itself."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

"Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

"Quanto più uno ha fiducia in sé, quanto più è armato di virtù e di saggezza, in modo da non aver bisogno di nessuno e da considerare ogni suo bene un fatto interiore, tanto più eccelle nel cercare e …"

-Marcus Tullius Cicero, How to Be a Friend: An Ancient Guide to True Friendship (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)

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20. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

By: Donald J. Robertson

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The life-changing principles of Stoicism taught through the story of its most famous proponent.Roma… read more

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21. The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

By: Epictetus

4.25

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This collection has four preserved volumes of "The Discourses" and "The Enchiridion" by Epictetus. … read more

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"No, it is events that give rise to fear -- when another has the power over them or can prevent them, that person becomes able to inspire fear. How is the fortress destroyed? Not by iron or fire, but …"

-Epictetus, The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

"Remember that you must behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Don’t stop it. Is it not yet…"

-Epictetus, The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

"Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don’t talk how persons ought to eat, but eat as yo…"

-Epictetus, The Enchiridion & Discourses of Epictetus

12 must-read classics books like On Anger by Seneca

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3.84

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3.80

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The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

Baltasar Gracián , Christopher Maurer

4.18

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James Hillman , Heraclitus , Brooks Haxton

4.18

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James B. Stockdale

4.30

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