The Last Days of Socrates - Plato: Translated by Christopher Rowe - Penguin Classics by Plato
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
"Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just" Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues, Plato develops the Socratic belief in responsibili ...Show more
The Last Days of Socrates - Plato: Translated by Tredennick & Tarrant. Introd. & Notes by Tarrant - Penguin Classics by Plató; Hugh Tredennick (Translator); Harold Tarrant (Editor)
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The trial and death of Socrates (469-399 BCE) have almost as central a place in Western consciousness as the trial and death of Jesus. In four superb dialogues, Plato provides the classic account. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court-house, debating the nature of piety, while the Apology is his ro ...Show more
The Life Fantastic: Myth, History, Pop and Folklore in the Making of Western Culture by Noa Menhaim
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
Explore the sprawling network of culture to discover the incredible ways in which ideas connect to shape the world we see today.These mind-blowing essays dig down to the roots of stories, myths and literary genres, travelling from art to politics to history to folklore, and from high to popular culture ...Show more
The Little Book of Philosophy by DK
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
Learn everything you need to know about the world of philosophy- from the key thinkers to modern concepts in a brand new portable size.To the complete novice learning about philosophy can be daunting - The Little Book of Philosophy changes all that. With the use of powerful and easy-to-follow images, fa ...Show more
The Metaphysics by Aristotle
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
"All men by nature are actuated with the desire of knowledge," declared Aristotle. The philosopher's works are foundational to the history of science, and his treatise on metaphysics, or "first philosophy," is divided into sections of previous philosophical thought and theories; a refutation of skeptici ...Show more
The Most Good You Can Do - How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas aboutLiving Ethically by Singer Peter, Peter Singer
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
"Internationally renowned philosopher Peter Singer presents a challenging new movement in the search for an ethical life, one that has emerged from his work on some of the world's most pressing problems. Effective altruism requires a rigorously unsentimental view of charitable giving: a substantial prop ...Show more
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in "Penguin Classics". In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is ...Show more
The Narrative of Trajan's Column by Italo Calvino
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished' Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind - whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the gr ...Show more
The Nature of Things by Lucretius
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The acclaimed new translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death ...Show more
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation. Aristotle's classic treatise is based on his famous doctrine of the golden mean, which advocates taking the middle course between excess and deficiency. Reacting against Plato's absolutism, Aristotle insist ...Show more
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle Hailed by Dante as "the master of those who know," the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) surveyed every field of learning known to the ancient world and pioneered the sciences of psychology and logic. A disciple of Plato and the tutor to Alexander the Great, Aristot ...Show more
The Philosopher's Dog by Raimond Gaita
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Category: Ideas & Philosophy
Filled with wonderful stories about domestic and wild animals, about friendship and love, about the experience of mountaineering and the metaphysical contemplation of landscape, The Philosopher's Dog is a wonderful and moving work.