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The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 231,971 ratings — published -400
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,987 ratings — published -350
The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.09 — 94,736 ratings — published -380
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 377,131 ratings — published 180
Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,737 ratings — published -350
Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 70,628 ratings — published -399
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 60,613 ratings — published 64
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,737 ratings — published -335
Gorgias (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 15,263 ratings — published -380
Metaphysics (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 18,564 ratings — published -330
Phaedo (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 17,206 ratings — published -380
The Way Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,904 ratings — published -55
Plato: Complete Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,176 ratings — published -347
Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 24,930 ratings — published -385
Phaedrus (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 11,802 ratings — published -370
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 21 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 47,305 ratings — published -400
Meno (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,763 ratings — published -386
Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 8,234 ratings — published -501
Euthyphro (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,811 ratings — published -399
De Anima (On the Soul)
by (shelved 19 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,886 ratings — published -350
Theaetetus (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,724 ratings — published -369
The Art of Rhetoric (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.87 — 7,146 ratings — published -322
The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.80 — 24,740 ratings — published -475
Parmenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,168 ratings — published -340
Crito (paper)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,994 ratings — published -385
Physics (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,500 ratings — published -340
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 187,319 ratings — published -350
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,635 ratings — published 125
Early Greek Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,584 ratings — published 1987
The Categories (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,502 ratings — published -350
Protagoras (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 14 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,975 ratings — published -390
The Laws of Plato (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,029 ratings — published -360
Ion (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.58 — 3,679 ratings — published -390
Sophist (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,387 ratings — published -360
Discourses and Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.39 — 13,013 ratings — published 108
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 593,633 ratings — published -500
The Basic Works of Aristotle (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,491 ratings — published -322
Timaeus (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,484 ratings — published -360
On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 48,824 ratings — published 49
On the Republic / On the Laws (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,812 ratings — published -51
Conversations of Socrates (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,050 ratings — published -370
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,024 ratings — published 2000
The Enneads (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,231 ratings — published 250
Outlines of Scepticism (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.91 — 855 ratings — published 200
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,102 ratings — published 1982
Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,282 ratings — published 2003
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 77,805 ratings — published 400
Philebus (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,065 ratings — published -360
Laches (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,470 ratings — published -380
The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,696 ratings — published -300
“...engaging with a work of ancient philosophy can be a two-way street; bringing it into a discussion can enrich that discussion, which also encouraging us to see the work in light of that discussion.”
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