Western Philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions o...

Classical Philosophy is the first of a series of books in which Peter Adamson aims ultimately to present a complete history of philosophy, more tho...

'many men compete in digging and kicking but no one at all in the pursuit of human excellence.' Diogenes the Cynic is best remembered today for ha...

While the central ideal of Roman philosophy exemplified by Lucretius, Cicero and Seneca appears to be the masculine values of self-sufficiency and ...

Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern asce...

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand ...

Socrates is perhaps the most famous philosopher in the Western intellectual tradition. He raised fundamental questions, such as 'what is justice?' ...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? Wh...