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Ancient Philosophy Books
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The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 230,542 ratings — published -400
The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.00 — 62,447 ratings — published -350
The Symposium (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.09 — 93,587 ratings — published -380
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.28 — 370,270 ratings — published 180
Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 69,796 ratings — published -399
Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,574 ratings — published -350
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 59,588 ratings — published 64
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,467 ratings — published -335
Gorgias (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 15,138 ratings — published -380
Metaphysics (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 18,457 ratings — published -330
Phaedo (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 17,039 ratings — published -380
The Way Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 14,821 ratings — published -55
Plato: Complete Works (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,144 ratings — published -347
Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 24,763 ratings — published -385
Phaedrus (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 11,703 ratings — published -370
The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
by (shelved 21 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 47,000 ratings — published -400
Meno (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,656 ratings — published -386
Euthyphro (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.95 — 10,679 ratings — published -399
De Anima (On the Soul)
by (shelved 19 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,843 ratings — published -350
Fragments (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,161 ratings — published -501
Theaetetus (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,677 ratings — published -369
The Analects (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.80 — 24,577 ratings — published -475
The Art of Rhetoric (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.87 — 7,068 ratings — published -322
Parmenides (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,138 ratings — published -340
Crito (paper)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,876 ratings — published -385
Physics (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,484 ratings — published -340
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 186,292 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 4.24 — 38,201 ratings — published 125
The Categories (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,484 ratings — published -350
Early Greek Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,582 ratings — published 1987
Protagoras (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 14 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.91 — 3,939 ratings — published -390
The Laws of Plato (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,013 ratings — published -360
Ion (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.58 — 3,637 ratings — published -390
Sophist (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,362 ratings — published -360
Discourses and Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.39 — 12,769 ratings — published 108
The Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 588,409 ratings — published -500
The Basic Works of Aristotle (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,484 ratings — published -322
Timaeus (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,451 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 — 48,057 ratings — published 49
On the Republic / On the Laws (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,795 ratings — published -51
Conversations of Socrates (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,037 ratings — published -370
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,014 ratings — published 2000
The Enneads (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,216 ratings — published 250
Outlines of Scepticism (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.91 — 847 ratings — published 200
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,090 ratings — published 1982
Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,266 ratings — published 2003
Confessions (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 76,938 ratings — published 400
Philebus (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,053 ratings — published -360
Laches (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,449 ratings — published -380
The Art of Happiness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-philosophy)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,584 ratings — published -300
“Socrates is a shining example of a man who bravely lived up to his ideals, and, in the end, bravely died for them. Throughout his life, he never lost faith in the mind’s ability to discern and decide, and so to apprehend and master reality. Nor did he ever betray truth and integrity for a pitiable life of self-deception and semi-consciousness. In seeking relentlessly to align mind with matter and thought with fact, he remained faithful both to himself and to the world, with the result that he is still alive in this sentence and millions of others that have been written about him. More than a great philosopher, Socrates was the living embodiment of the dream that philosophy might one day set us free.”
― Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
― Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions
“The image of the Serpent, because of its association with life, rejuvenation, fertility, and regeneration, was a symbol of immortality. The coiled Serpent with its tail in its mouth was a circle of infinitude indicating omnipotence and omniscience. The Serpent, depicted in several successive rings, represented cyclical evolution and reincarnation. In ancient philosophy or mythological systems, creation and wisdom were closely bound together, and the Serpent was a potent symbol of both. It is in this capacity that the Serpent appears in the Babylonian and Sumerian mythologies, which contain elements akin to the Genesis story. The Serpent has the power to bestow immortality but also has the power to cheat humankind. In many of the ancient Near Eastern stories—for instance, the Gilgamesh Epic and myth of Adapa—the Serpent holds out the promise of immortality but then cheats man at the last minute.”
― The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland
― The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland
