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Introduction to Greek PhilosophyIntroduction to Greek Philosophy
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Essays on Aristotle's PoeticsEssays on Aristotle's Poetics
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I read these works for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Poetry appeals to human passions and...
Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, TragedyMoney and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy
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How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? Richard...
Nature, Contemplation, and the OneNature, Contemplation, and the One
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John Deck's book--originally his dissertation--is the single best introduction to Neoplatonic...
Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician and MartyrHypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician and Martyr
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The disappointing thing about this book is the lack of a good narrative. The problem is that...


The Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry Revisited: Plato and the Greek Literary TraditionThe Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry Revisited: Plato and the Greek Literary Tradition
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In this study, Levin explores Plato's engagement with the Greek literary tradition in his...
Aristotle's First Principles (Clarendon Aristotle Series)Aristotle's First Principles (Clarendon Aristotle Series)
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Exploring Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, Irwin here shows...
War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of ViolenceWar in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence
War Ethics/Theology: Professor Niditch fresh examination of the narratives on war in the Hebrew...
Philosophia Togata I: Essays on Philosophy and Roman SocietyPhilosophia Togata I: Essays on Philosophy and Roman Society
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In recent years, the mutual interaction between philosophy and Roman political and cultural life...
Philostratus: Lives of the Sophists.  Eunapius: Lives of the Philosophers (Loeb Classical Library No. 134)Philostratus: Lives of the Sophists. Eunapius: Lives of the Philosophers (Loeb Classical Library No. 134)
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Though these two late classic authors are not that well known, many of the men they sought to...


Ancient Greek Philosophy: An IntroductionAncient Greek Philosophy: An Introduction
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Metaphysical Themes in Thomas Aquinas II (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy)Metaphysical Themes in Thomas Aquinas II (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy)
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This volume contains eleven articles and book chapters by John Wippel that have appeared since...
The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher (Cambridge Classical Studies)The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher (Cambridge Classical Studies)
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Dr. Notomi presents a new interpretation of one of Plato's most important dialogues, the...
Rhetoric and Irony: Western Literacy and Western LiesRhetoric and Irony: Western Literacy and Western Lies
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This pathbreaking study integrates the histories of rhetoric, literacy, and literary aesthetics...
An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of AmericaAn Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of America
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Barber is painfully boring and his views are over the top liberal. Read it for school and would...

Plato's IndividualsPlato's Individuals
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Contradicting the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation...
Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical IndividualismPersonal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism
David Norton's book is an long overdue corrective on years of abuse heaped upon ethical...
Self-Knowledge in Plato's "Phaedrus"Self-Knowledge in Plato's "Phaedrus"Happy Lives and the Highest Good: An Essay on Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics"Happy Lives and the Highest Good: An Essay on Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics"
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Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about...
Parmenides of Elea: A text and translation with an introduction (Phoenix Supplementary Volume)Parmenides of Elea: A text and translation with an introduction (Phoenix Supplementary Volume)
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Being new to the pre-Socratics, I sought a text that has a good translation but also explores...

The Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer, and PoliticsThe Mind of Gladstone: Religion, Homer, and Politics
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And what a mind it was! Gladstone was undoubtedly the most deep-thinking and intellectual prime...
Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of PhilosophyGenres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy
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People generally recognize that Socratic dialogues are "dialogical" in some fuller...
Reason and Human Good in AristotleReason and Human Good in Aristotle
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Mortimer J. Adler once wrote, "Aristotle For Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy,"...
On Aristotle's "on Sense Perception" (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Series)On Aristotle's "on Sense Perception" (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Series)
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Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna: From the Great Philosophers: The Original Thinkers (Harvest Book, Hb 288)Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna: From the Great Philosophers: The Original Thinkers (Harvest Book, Hb 288)
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Taken from the Great Philosphers, Volume II.

Epistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and DemocritusEpistemology after Protagoras: Responses to Relativism in Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus
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Relativism, the position that things are for each as they seem to each, was first formulated in...
The Skeptic Way: Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of PyrrhonismThe Skeptic Way: Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism
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The Outlines of Pyrrhonism by the 2nd century A.D. Greek physician Sextus Empiricus was...
Sextus Empiricus: Against the Physicists. Against the Ethicists. (Loeb Classical Library No. 311)Sextus Empiricus: Against the Physicists. Against the Ethicists. (Loeb Classical Library No. 311)
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The word "physicists" in the title and text is somewhat of an anachronism. The...
Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle's Topics 1 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle's Topics 1 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
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Dumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers: Humanity and the Humane in Ancient Philosophy and LiteratureDumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers: Humanity and the Humane in Ancient Philosophy and Literature
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Animal rights do not feature explicitly in ancient thought. Indeed the notion of natural rights...

Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of PythagorasDivine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras
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Dear reader, first of all, there is not much information on these philosophers, so don't expect...
Sallust on the GodsSallust on the Gods
Translated by Thomas Taylor Introductory Preface by Manly P. Hall Sallust was a...
Retracing the Platonic Text (SPEP)Retracing the Platonic Text (SPEP)
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Physica (Oxford Classical Texts Ser)Physica (Oxford Classical Texts Ser)
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Plato's Symposium: The Ethics of Desire (Oxford Classical Monographs)Plato's Symposium: The Ethics of Desire (Oxford Classical Monographs)
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Frisbee Sheffield argues that the Symposium has been unduly marginalized by philosophers....

The Rediscovery of WisdomThe Rediscovery of Wisdom
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By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honored...
Physics: Books III and IV (Clarendon Aristotle Series)Physics: Books III and IV (Clarendon Aristotle Series)
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I read this book for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. PHYSICS--Aristotle addresses the...
AristotleAristotle
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Unfortunately I can not be extremely positive about this work of Ross. Still how you will...
The Skeptic Way: Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of PyrrhonismThe Skeptic Way: Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism
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The Outlines of Pyrrhonism by the 2nd century A.D. Greek physician Sextus Empiricus was...
Thales of Miletus: The Beginnings of Western Science and Philosophy (Western Philosophy Series)Thales of Miletus: The Beginnings of Western Science and Philosophy (Western Philosophy Series)
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Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of MindPassions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
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The philosophers of the Hellenistic schools in ancient Greece and Rome (Epicureans, Stoics,...
Encounters and Reflections: Conversations with Seth BenardeteEncounters and Reflections: Conversations with Seth Benardete
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Encounters: Lady Beazley hates Germans. Peter Blanckenhagen hates hospitals. Leo Strauss is...
The Consolation of PhilosophyThe Consolation of Philosophy
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The Consolation of Philosophy is considered widely to be the single most important work from the...
Classics of Western Thought: The Ancient World (Wise Series)Classics of Western Thought: The Ancient World (Wise Series)
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What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?: Timaeus and Genesis in Counterpoint (Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures)What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?: Timaeus and Genesis in Counterpoint (Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures)
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The debate about evolution and creationism is striking evidence of the tensions between biblical...

Knowledge, Nature, and the Good: Essays on Ancient PhilosophyKnowledge, Nature, and the Good: Essays on Ancient Philosophy
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This is Cooper's second collection of essays. Most of the essays are on Plato, Aristotle or the...
Reading Seneca: Stoic Philosophy at RomeReading Seneca: Stoic Philosophy at Rome
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Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the...
Foundations of African Philosophy. A Definitive Analysis of Conceptual Issues in African ThoughtFoundations of African Philosophy. A Definitive Analysis of Conceptual Issues in African Thought
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The Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan addresses the controversial question as...
One and Many in Aristotle's Metaphysics: Books Alpha to DeltaOne and Many in Aristotle's Metaphysics: Books Alpha to Delta
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Rumi: Past and Present, East and West: The Life, Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din RumiRumi: Past and Present, East and West: The Life, Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
It is hard to review this book. Althought it is supremely scholarly, it ironically enough...

Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)
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Master of Wisdom: Writings of the Buddhist Master Nagarjuna (Tibetan Translation Series)Master of Wisdom: Writings of the Buddhist Master Nagarjuna (Tibetan Translation Series)
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Dr. Lindtner is a scholar and his book is a preciousness for all readers. A reference title of...
Cicero: Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. The Three Speeches on the Agrarian Law Against Rullus (Loeb Classical Library No. 240)Cicero: Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. The Three Speeches on the Agrarian Law Against Rullus (Loeb Classical Library No. 240)
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Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE ), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom...
Commentary on Plato's Symposium on LoveCommentary on Plato's Symposium on Love
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I was very excited to read this book. I've always been a big fan of the SYMPOSIUM (and the...
The Handbook of Platonism (Clarendon Later Ancient Philosopher)The Handbook of Platonism (Clarendon Later Ancient Philosopher)
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John Dillon presents the first English translation of Alcinous's Handbook of Platonism,...

Plato's Dialogue on Friendship: An Interpretation of the Lysis, With a New Translation (Agora Paperback Editions)Plato's Dialogue on Friendship: An Interpretation of the Lysis, With a New Translation (Agora Paperback Editions)
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This is a good translation, perhaps the best available of the Lysis but beware of Bolotin's...
Phaedrus (Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints)Phaedrus (Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints)
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PHAEDRUS: I admit that there is reason in what you say, and I too will be reasonable, and will...
Right Practical Reason: Aristotle, Action, and Prudence in Aquinas (Oxford Theological Monographs)Right Practical Reason: Aristotle, Action, and Prudence in Aquinas (Oxford Theological Monographs)
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This book is a study of the role of intellect in human action as described by Thomas Aquinas....
  
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