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How to Say No
An Ancient Guide to the Art of Cynicism
Av Diogenes, M. D. Usher m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
222 kr
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An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient writings about the philosophers who advocated simple living and rejected unthinking conformityThe Cynics were ancient Greek philosophers who stood athwart the flood of society’s material excess, unexamined conventions, and even norms of …
How to Be a Farmer
An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land
Av Porphyry, M. D. Usher m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
152 kr
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A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living—ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agricultureWhether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted …
How to Care about Animals
An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small
Av Porphyry, M. D. Usher m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
177 kr
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An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals—and our vital relationships with themHow to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about animals and the lives we share with them. Drawing on ancient writers from …
Following Nature’s Lead
Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World
Av M. D. Usher
Inbunden, 2025
247 kr
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In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful, a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable worldHow should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and …
Following Nature's Lead
Ancient Ways of Living in a Dying World
Av M. D. Usher
E-bok, 2025
304 kr
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In the spirit of E. F. Schumacher’s Small Is Beautiful , a dazzling and revelatory exploration of what ancient ideas and ways of living can teach us about creating a more sustainable world How should we think and live in a world facing environmental catastrophe? In this urgent, original, and …
How to Travel
An Ancient Guide for the Modern Tourist
Av Herodotus, M. D. Usher
Inbunden, 2026
177 kr
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A transporting anthology of ancient Greek and Roman travel writings that capture the thrill of exploration and discovery—from Europe to the Holy Land and Egypt to IndiaAt long last, a travel guide to the ancient world for the modern tourist—written by the ancients themselves. How to Travel gathers …
Student's Seneca
Ten Letters and Selections from De Providentia and De Vita Beata
Av Seneca, M. D. Usher
Häftad, 2006
283 kr
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Born in 4 b.c., Seneca lived during one of the most turbulent times in Roman history. He served as tutor and then adviser to the emperor Nero, witnessing firsthand many crimes and debaucheries. His experiences led him to turn away from public life and retreat into philosophical contemplation. A …
Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
Ancient Guides to Living with Nature
Av M. D. Usher
Inbunden, 2020
653 kr
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The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D. Usher argues rather that we can find in their lives and thought the origin of modern ideas about systems and sustainability, important topics for humans today and in the …
Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
Ancient Guides to Living with Nature
Av M. D. Usher
E-bok, 2020
624 kr
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The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D. Usher argues rather that we can find in their lives and thought the origin of modern ideas about systems and sustainability, important topics for humans today and in the …
Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
Ancient Guides to Living with Nature
Av M. D. Usher
E-bok, 2020
624 kr
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The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D. Usher argues rather that we can find in their lives and thought the origin of modern ideas about systems and sustainability, important topics for humans today and in the …
Homeric Stitchings
The Homeric centOS of the Empress Eudocia
Av M. D. Usher
E-bok, 1998
574 kr
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Homeric Stitchings is the first extended study of the Homeric Centos, a long pastiche poem on a biblical theme composed by the Theodosian Empress Eudocia using only verses from the Iliad and the Odyssey . Building upon recent work on Homeric poetics, and utilizing linguistic and semiotic methods of …
Golden Ass
of Lucius Apuleius
Av M. D. Usher
Inbunden, 2011
184 kr
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"The Golden Ass" has been a favourite of the private presses and illustrators since the invention of printing. Apuleius' comic masterpiece originally composed in Latin in the second century AD, traces the hilarious misadventures of a young man a tad too curious about magic for his own good. Hoping …
