Socrates and Athens

In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Soc...

Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philoso...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the indisputable father of Western philosophy, Socrates stands as the archetype of free inquiry and intellectual honesty throughout h...

Reducere. The trial of Socrates refers to the trial and the subsequent execution of the Athenian philosopher Socrates in 399 BC. Socrates was tried and convi...

Reducere. DescriptionThe trial of Socrates refers to the trial and the subsequent execution of the Athenian philosopher Socrates in 399 BC. Socrates was trie...

Reducere. DescriptionThe trial of Socrates refers to the trial and the subsequent execution of the Athenian philosopher Socrates in 399 BC. Socrates was trie...

Subtitled, }Socrates, Athens & The Search For The Good Life{. A lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates, from the author of the bes...

This book challenges popular modern views of Socrates by examining the political significance of his activity in ancient Athens.

DescriptionXenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE), a member of a wealthy but politically quietist Athenian family and an admirer of Socrates, left Athen...

Alex and his friend Dinu vowed never to time-travel again . He wants them to go back to the 'Golden Age of Athens' - to a time when Socrates was al...

Reducere. In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-repres...

Reducere. In his brilliant dialogue, Symposium, Plato presents an imaginary dinner-party set in Athens in 416 BC where the guests include Aristophanes, Socra...

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DescriptionPlato's "Meno" is a Socratic dialogue between the two main speakers, Socrates and Meno, and explores the definition of virtue and whethe...

Reducere. Symposium is Plato's masterwork on the subject of love. Socrates arrives late to the party of an aristocratic friend, where it is proposed that eac...

A challenging new look at the great thinkers whose ides have shaped our civilizationFrom Socrates to Sartre presents a rousing and readable introdu...

DescriptionPhilosopher, soldier, and historian, Xenophon was a former student of Socrates who composed The Memorabilia many years after his teacher...

Reducere. This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450-404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Pelopon...

Reducere. The authoritative edition of Timon of Athens from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and g...

Reducere. Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. "Like a Johnny Apple...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Republic by Plato is a landmark achievement in Ancient Greek philosophy - this edition contains every book, complete in a superb tra...

Reducere. DescriptionPresented in the popular Cambridge Texts format are three early Platonic dialogues in a new English translation by Tom Griffith that com...

Reducere. DescriptionApuleius, one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was born ca. 125 AD in Madauros to a politically prominent family and received ...

Walk in the steps of Socrates, test the acoustics of the amphitheater of Epidavros, and set sail for Santorini: with Rick Steves, Greece is yours t...

This collection is filled with stories of people and events, both real and mythical, that form the foundation of western culture. Written to be app...

This collection is filled with stories of people and events, both real and mythical, that form the foundation of western culture. Written to be app...

Reducere. Open this book and begin an epic human journey--the journey toward truth. Enjoy a delightful and imaginative allegory of timeless wisdom as you tra...

Born in the latter half of the fifth century B.C. near Athens, Xenophon enjoyed the best of educational and social advantages and for a time was a ...

Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fi...

Reducere. Plato (424/423 - 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learni...

Plato (424/423 - 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learni...

Reducere. Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world...

Reducere. Ancient Greek history is full of fascinating events and adventures, with the refined culture and many Gods of olden Greece a highlight - this histo...

Reducere. AESOP'S FABLES or the AESOPICA is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece betwee...

The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought.Western philosophy is now two-and-a-half millennia old, b...