The fundamental tetralogy on Socrates’ final days.Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest …
Enduring and influential early Christian texts.The writings of the Apostolic Fathers give a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after …
Examined lives.Diogenes Laertius, author of a work on Greek philosophy, lived probably in the earlier half of the third century, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. He was …
A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the ‘Presocratics’) have always been not only a …
Examined lives.Diogenes Laertius, author of a work on Greek philosophy, lived probably in the earlier half of the third century, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. He was …
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 …
A gathering of poetic blossoms.The Greek Anthology (literally, “Gathering of Flowers”) is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but …
A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the ‘Presocratics’) have always been not only a …
Socrates without Plato.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athens in 401 BC to serve …
The natural state of mankind.Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato …
