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  • Greek Tragedy

    Themes and Contexts

    by Laura Swift ...
    Series series Classical World
    The latest volume in the Classical World series, this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy, and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures, it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy, what its particular preoccupations are, and what makes these texts so widely ... Read more

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  • Symposium

    by Plato ...
    Symposium Plato - Plato's Symposium is an exceptionally multi-layered dialogue. At once a historical document, a philosophical drama that enacts abstract ideas in an often light-hearted way, and a literary masterpiece, it has exerted an influence that goes well beyond the confines of philosophy. The essays in this volume, by leading scholars, offer detailed analyses of all parts of the work, ... Read more

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  • The Three Theban Plays

    Antigone; Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus

    Translated by Robert Fagles ...
    The heroic Greek dramas that have moved theatergoers and readers since the fifth century B.C.Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, the three plays that tell the story of the fated Theban royal family—Antigone, Oedipus the King and *Oedipus at Colonus—*are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. Robert Fagles's authoritative and acclaimed translation conveys all of Sophocles's ... Read more

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  • An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

    by David Hume ...
    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in English in 1748. It was a revision of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739-40. Hume was disappointed with the reception of the Treatise, which "fell dead-born from the press," as he put it, and so tried again to disseminate his ... Read more

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  • Apology, Or; The Death Of Socrates (Mobi Classics)

    (The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning (now usually expressed by the word "apologia") of speaking in defense of a cause or of one's beliefs or actions. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the ... Read more

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  • The Stoic Mindset: A Guide to Stoicism

    The Stoic Mindset offers a clear and practical introduction to Stoicism as it was originally meant to be understood: not as abstract philosophy, but as a way of thinking and living.Rather than promising control over life’s outcomes, this book focuses on what Stoicism has always emphasised: control over judgment, character, and response. Its teachings are grounded in everyday experience, addressing ... Read more

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  • Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Mobi Classics)

    by David Hume ...
    Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.In the ... Read more

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  • Greek Tragedy

    Agememnon is the first part of the Aeschylus's Orestian trilogy in which the leader of the Greek army returns from the Trojan war to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex the king sets out to uncover the cause of the plague that has struck his city, only to disover the devastating truth about his relationship with his mother and his father.Medea is the ... Read more

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  • Symposium (Mobi Classics)

    The Symposium is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato sometime after 385 BC. It is a discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a group of speeches, both satirical and serious, given by a group of men at a symposium or a wine drinking gathering at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens.The Symposium was presumably written around the same time as Plato's Republic and Phaedrus; ... Read more

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  • Selections from The Principles of Philosophy

    According to Wikipedia: "René Descartes (31 March 1596 11 February 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form),[2] was a French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy," and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be ... Read more

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  • The Complete Collection of St. Anselm including Monologium, Proslogium, Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man), and more!

    The Complete Collection comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. The Complete Collection includes the following books by St. Anselm, all in one and perfectly formatted! Books in the collection include bestsellers: 1. Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man)2. Philosophers' Criticisms of Anselm's Ontological Argument for the Being of God3. Monologium 4. Proslogium5 ... Read more

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