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Moralia, VII
Eclectic essays on ethics, education, and much else besides.Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45–120, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at …
Marcus Aurelius
Stoic musings of a philosopher-emperor at war.Marcus Aurelius (AD 121–180), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle …
Odes and Epodes
Monumental verse.The poetry of Horace (born 65 BC) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. …
Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style
Classic criticism.This volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature.Aristotle’s Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its …
Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion
From slave to sage.Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero’s reign (AD 54–68) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with …
Discourses, Books 1–2
From slave to sage.Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero’s reign (AD 54–68) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other …
Jewish Antiquities, Volume VIII
Jewish Antiquities, Books 18-19, Volume 12
Tusculan Disputations
Philosophical dialogues of a grieving statesman.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106–43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other …
Tetrabiblos
Classic astrology.The Tetrabiblos of the famous astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus (ca. AD 100–178) of Egypt consists of four books, the title given in some manuscripts …
Categories. On Interpretation. Prior Analytics
The philosopher’s toolkit.Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato …
Confessions, Volume II
The classic account of crisis and conversion.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354–430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the …
Confessions, Volume I
The classic account of crisis and conversion.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354–430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the …