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Sir Thomas More's Utopia has spurred debate, reflection, and critical thinking since its ...

Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly y...

Socrates is on trial for his life. He is charged with impiety and corrupting young people...

After Socrates is sentenced to death by the Athenian court, his friend Crito comes to the...

One of our most brilliant social critics-- author of the bestselling The Middle Mind-- pr...

The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring political writings, newly curated ...

"Cicero's Brutus" is a captivating historical dialogue penned by the renowned Roman philo...

How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others—and ourselves—more fai...

Given the tumultuous political era in which he lived, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), th...

Common Sense is a pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in t...

The 2 books contained in this audiobook are:Plato - Hear about the man on which a great p...

This is a bundle of 3 books:Plato - Hear about the man on which a great portion of Wester...

"Behold! Human beings living in an underground den. Like ourselves, they see only their o...

This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to ...

Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But h...

In this enlightening Very Short Introduction, Simon Critchley shows us that Continental p...

Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a prof...

This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to ...

This book consists of two titles, which are the following: Book 1: Stoicism is a con...

Hear about the man on which a great portion of Western philosophy itself is based. H...

What are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progr...

An inviting and accessible new translation of Aristotle's complete Poetics-the first and ...

This is a 2-book bundle, consisting of these books:Book 1: In this convenient guide, seve...

The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich, and varied one, in which a constant ...

Would you like to be able to improve your fortitude and patience?Would greater emotional ...

Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; it is no exaggeration to say...

What we can learn about fostering innovation and creative thinking from some of the most ...

The Prince is a classic work of political philosophy by famous political theorist Niccolo...

Whether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an...

The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written ci...

Explore the great minds who tackled the universe’s big questions with Fr. Harry J. ...

The Trinity is the foundation of Christian faith, the lifeblood of its liturgy. In this r...

The dramatic nature of Plato’s dialogues is delightfully evident in the Symposium. ...

Laches, a general in the Athenian army, saw Socrates fight bravely in the battle of Deliu...

In Euthyphro, Socrates is on his way to the court where he must defend himself against se...

Socrates is in prison, sentenced to die when the sun sets. In this final conversation, he...

Gorgias of Leontini, a famous teacher of rhetoric, has come to Athens to recruit students...

Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of mak...

Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpr...

A dialogue between Socrates and Meno probes the subject of ethics. Can goodness be taught...

Plato’s dialogues frequently treat several topics and show their connection to each...

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters...

Europeans once thought all swans were white. “White” was part of how they def...

It may sound like the set-up for a joke—“A playwright, a philosopher, and a g...

Politics is one of the first books ever to investigate the concept of political philosoph...

Do you want to live a better and more fulfilling life? Are you tired to feel always stres...

A vibrant new translation of Seneca's 'On the Shortness of Life,' a pointed reminder to m...

The world's great philosophers have always wrestled with the crucial questions about huma...

"...there is nothing elementary about O'Grady's primer. She pulls off the feat of writing...

This compelling audiobook narrated by Peter Kenny presents Isaiah Berlin's acclaimed essa...