Our list of some of the best Greek Philosophy books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
1. Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle (Readings in the History of Philosophy) (1991)
Widely praised for its accessibility and its concentration on the metaphysical issues that are most central to the history of Greek philosophy, Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle offers a valuable introduction to the works of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle. For the Third Edition, Professor Allen has provided new translations of Socrates’ speech in the Symposium and of the first five chapters of Aristotle’s Categories, as well as new selections bearing on Aristotle’s Theory of Infinity, Continuity, and Discreteness. The book also contains a general introduction which sets forth Professor Allen’s distinctive and now…
2. Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers (2011)
Ancient Greek Philosophy: From the Presocratics to the Hellenistic Philosophers presents a comprehensive introduction to the philosophers and philosophical traditions that developed in ancient Greece from 585 BC to 529 AD….
3. Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classics) (2002)
The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy—the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence—great though that was—than in their astonishing intellectual ambition and imaginative reach. Zeno’s dizzying ‘proofs’ that motion is impossible; the extraordinary atomic theories of Democritus; the haunting and enigmatic epigrams of Heraclitus; and the maxims of Alcmaeon: fragmentary as they often are,…
4. Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle (2016)
Soon after its publication, Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy was hailed as the favorite to become "the 'standard' text for survey courses in ancient philosophy." More than twenty years later that prediction has been borne out: Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy still stands as the leading anthology of its kind. It is now stronger than ever: The Fifth Edition of Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy features a completely revised Aristotle unit, with new translations, as well as a newly revised glossary. The Plato unit offers new translations of the…
5. Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle, 4th Edition by (2011-05-01) (1800)
Paperback Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.; 4th edition (2011-05-01) (1800) ASIN: B017V8CT8E Shipping Information: View shipping rates and policies Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars 27 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,601,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?…
6. Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (1996)
For Nietzsche the Age of Greek Tragedy was indeed a tragic age. He saw in it the rise and climax of values so dear to him that their subsequent drop into catastrophe (in the person of Socrates – Plato) was clearly foreshadowed as though these were events taking place in the theater.And so in this work, unpublished in his own day but written at the same time that his The Birth of Tragedy had so outraged the German professorate as to imperil his own academic career, his most deeply felt task was one of education. He wanted to present the culture of the Greeks as a paradigm to his young German contemporaries who might thus be persuaded to…
7. Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (2015)
This concise anthology of primary sources designed for use in an ancient philosophy survey ranges from the Presocratics to Plato, Aristotle, the Hellenistic philosophers, and the Neoplatonists. The Second Edition features an amplified selection of Presocratic fragments in newly revised translations by Richard D. McKirahan. Also included is an expansion of the Hellenistic unit, featuring new selections from Lucretius and Sextus Empiricus as well as a new translation, by Peter J. Anderson, of most of Seneca's De Providentia. The selections from Plotinus have also been expanded….
8. Wisdom from Ancient Greek Philosophy: Uncovering Stoicism and a Daily Stoic Journal: A Collection of Stoicism and Greek Philosophy (Stoicism and Daily Stoic) (2018)
Wisdom from Ancient Greek Philosophy This collection will teach you everything you need to know about Greek Philosphy from immortal thinkers and be able to apply it to your daily life. This book is written by an expert on Greek philiosphy (George Tanner) and is a collection of his classic books: Stoicism: A Detailed Breakdown of Stoicism Philosophy and Wisdom from the Greats AND Daily Stoic: A Daily Journal : On Meditation, Stoicism, Wisdom and Philosophy to Improve Your Life.Stoicism is an active philosophy. That means that it is not enough to know its doctrines, one must…
9. The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (New Edition) (2016)
“His book…supplant[s] all others, even the immensely successful History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell.”―A. C. Grayling Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdom. The book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell’s monumental History of Western Philosophy, “but Gottlieb’s book is less idiosyncratic and based on more…
10. Meditations (Penguin Classics) (1995)
Book by EMPEROR OF ROME MARCUS AURELIUS…
11. A History of Western Philosophy (1967)
Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages—from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth century. Written by a man who changed the history of philosophy himself, this is an account that has never been rivaled since its first publication over sixty…
12. The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs (2008)
Here is an essential digest of the Greco-Egyptian writings attributed to the legendary sage-god Hermes Trismegistus (Greek for thrice-greatest Hermes), a combination of the Egyptian Thoth and the Greek Hermes. The figure of Hermes was venerated as a great and mythical teacher in the ancient world and was rediscovered by the finest minds of the Renaissance. The writings attributed to his hand are a time capsule of Egyptian and Greek esoteric philosophy and have influenced figures including Blake, Newton, Milton, Shelley, Shakespeare, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Jung. Providing a fascinating introduction to the intersection of…
Best Greek Philosophy Books: The Ultimate Collection
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Soul and Mind in Greek Thought. Psychological Issues in Plato and Aristotle
Author(s): Marcelo D. Boeri, Yasuhira Y. Kanayama, Jorge Mittelmann (eds.)
Publisher: Springer, Year: 2018, Size: 3 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2228603
Studies in Early Greek Philosophy: A Collection of Papers and One Review
Author(s): Mansfeld, J.
Publisher: Brill, Year: 2018, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2299796
The Parva naturalia in Greek, Arabic and Latin Aristotelianism: Supplementing the Science of the Soul
Author(s): Börje Bydén, Filip Radovic
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Year: 2018, Size: 5 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2310389
The Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem: Thales, Pythagoras, Engineering, Diagrams, and the Construction of the Cosmos Out of Right Triangles
Author(s): Robert Hahn
Publisher: State University of New York Press, Year: 2017, Size: 5 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1682718
Continental Philosophy and the Palestinian Question: Beyond the Jew and the Greek
Author(s): Zahi Zalloua
Publisher: Bloomsbury, Year: 2017, Size: 3 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2172449
Strategies of Polemics in Greek and Roman Philosophy
Author(s): Sharon Weisser, Naly Thaler
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Year: 2016, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1556715
Topography and Deep Structure in Plato: The Construction of Place in the Dialogues
Author(s): Clinton Debevoise Corcoran
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, Year: 2016, Size: 3 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 1685652
Virtue and Knowledge: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Ethics
Author(s): William J. Prior
Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2016, Size: 2 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2213211
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