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Complete Works
Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments
Av Epictetus, Robin Waterfield
Häftad, 2022
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
161 kr
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The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity.“Some things are up to us and some are not.” Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE, and, upon being granted his freedom, he set himself up as a philosophy teacher. After being expelled …
Meditations
The Annotated Edition
Av Marcus Aurelius, Robin Waterfield m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
217 kr
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome-and the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his thoughts in notebooks that have come to be called …
Meditations
The Annotated Edition
Av Marcus Aurelius, Robin Waterfield m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
346 kr
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the sixteenth emperor of Rome -- and by far the most powerful and wealthy man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and deep reservoirs of personal insight. He collected his thoughts in notebooks, gems which have come to …
Republic
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
118 kr
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Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the …
Platon : en biografi
Inbunden, 2024
269 kr
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"En av de bästa böckerna som finns för den som vill närma sig Platon" Society "Ger en enastående helbild av personen, hans tankar och deras inflytande" Times Literary Supplement Han skapade filosofin såsom vi känner den sedan dess, och det har sagts att all senare filosofi bara är fotnoter till …
Nicomachean Ethics
Av Aristotle Aristotle, Robin Waterfield
Inbunden, 2026
309 kr
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From a preeminent scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aristotle's essential work.The Nicomachean Ethics is widely considered Aristotle's most significant work of ethical philosophy, and has had an unquestionably profound impact on all subsequent Western philosophy, law, and …
The First Philosophers
The Presocratics and Sophists
Av Robin Waterfield, Robin Waterfield
Häftad, 2009
123 kr
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The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato and Aristotle - and hence for the whole of Western thought. Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their …
The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius
Av Marcus Aurelius, Robin Waterfield
Inbunden, 2025
190 kr
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An exquisite abridged edition of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations by a renowned translatorMarcus Aurelius Antoninus was the sixteenth emperor of Rome-and by far the most powerful man in the world. His collected thoughts, gems that have come to be called his Meditations, have proved an inexhaustible …
Complete Works
Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments
Av Epictetus, Robin Waterfield
Inbunden, 2022
597 kr
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The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity.“Some things are up to us and some are not.” Epictetus was born into slavery around the year 50 CE, and, upon being granted his freedom, he set himself up as a philosophy teacher. After being expelled …
Dividing the Spoils
The War for Alexander the Great's Empire
Häftad, 2012
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
149 kr
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This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Alexander the Great built up his huge empire in little more than a decade, stretching from Greece in the West, via Egypt, Syria, Babylonia, and Persia …
Conversations of Socrates
Häftad, 1990
175 kr
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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal …
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
A History of Ancient Greece
Häftad, 2020
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
220 kr
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'WE GREEKS ARE ONE IN BLOOD AND ONE IN LANGUAGE; WE HAVE TEMPLES TO THE GODS AND RELIGIOUS RITES IN COMMON, AND A COMMON WAY OF LIFE.' So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has the Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to their 'barbarian' Persian …
Greek Myths
Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold
Av Robin Waterfield, Kathryn Waterfield
Häftad, 2013
169 kr
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The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus, from Icarus flying too close to the sun, to the superhuman feats of Heracles, Theseus and the wily …
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Av Thucydides, Robin Waterfield
Inbunden, 2025
449 kr
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Count of Monte Cristo
Av Alexandre Dumas, Robin Waterfield
Häftad, 1996
122 kr
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A tale of love and revenge in the post-Napoleonic era. Edmond Dantes, a nineteen-year-old sailor from Marseilles, is soon to be captain of his own ship and to marry his beloved, the beautiful Mercedes. But spiteful enemies provoke his arrest on his wedding day, and he is condemned to life in …
Plato of Athens
A Life in Philosophy
Häftad, 2025
174 kr
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The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his intellect by attending lectures from the many …
History of the Peloponnesian War
Häftad, 2026
196 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC PRIZEA HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARAn authoritative translation of Thucydides's masterpiece.Thucydides has been essential reading for centuries. A sweeping narrative of the war between Athens and Sparta that began in 431 BCE and would continue until 404. …
Xenophon's Retreat
Greece, Persia and the end of the Golden Age
Häftad, 2007
149 kr
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It is 401 BC. After an epic battle in Persia, Xenophon is elected general of the defeated Greek army and must lead the men on a fraught journey back home - a journey of hundreds of miles, north from modern-day Iraq into the mountains of Kurdistan and Armenia, and down to the coast of the Black Sea, …
Taken at the Flood
The Roman Conquest of Greece
Inbunden, 2014
435 kr
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The Romans first set military foot on Greek soil in 229 BCE; only sixty or so years later it was all over, and shortly thereafter Greece became one of the first provinces of the emerging Roman Empire. It was an incredible journey - a swift, brutal, and determined conquest of the land to whose art, …
Plato of Athens
A Life in Philosophy
E-bok, 2023
208 kr
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The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his intellect by attending lectures from the many …
Aesop's Fables
A New Translation
Inbunden, 2024
318 kr
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From a renowned scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aesop's FablesAesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated us for generations. The fables …
Aesop’s Fables
A New Translation
Häftad, 2026
229 kr
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From a renowned scholar and translator, a new translation of Aesop's fables."Lively and colloquial." -Wall Street JournalAesop's fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog in the Manger," and "Sour Grapes" have captivated …
The Library, Books 16-20
Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Successors
Av Diodorus Siculus, Robin Waterfield
Häftad, 2019
171 kr
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Starting with the most meagre resources, Philip made his kingdom the greatest power in EuropeThe Greek historian Diodorus of Sicily is one of our most valuable sources from ancient times. His history, in forty volumes, was intended to range from mythological times to 60 BCE, and fifteen of The …
History of the Peloponnesian War
Inbunden, 2025
388 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC PRIZEA HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARAn authoritative new translation of Thucydides's masterpiece.Thucydides has been essential reading for centuries. A sweeping narrative that vividly depicts the events of the war between Athens and Sparta that began in …
History of the Peloponnesian War
Häftad, 2025
226 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC PRIZEA HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARAn authoritative new translation of Thucydides's masterpiece.Thucydides has been essential reading for centuries. A sweeping narrative that vividly depicts the events of the war between Athens and Sparta that began in …
Philebus
Häftad, 1982
155 kr
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Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his naïve disciple Protarchus and Socrates, Philebus is a compelling consideration of the popular belief that pleasure is the greatest attainable good. Here, Socrates speculates on the differing intensities of both pleasure and pain; …
Conversations of Socrates
E-bok, 2004
108 kr
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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal …
