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By: Aristotle; Jowett, Benjamin & Butcher, S.H.; Kallen, Horace M.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2285623
Condition: Very Good
Edges and front and end matter lightly foxed. 1979 Full-Leather. xxi, [5], 331, [1] pp. Green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated by Benjamin Jowett and S.H. Butcher, with an introduction by Horace M. Kallen and portraits by Leonard Baskin. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together w... View more info
By: Baird, Forrest E.; Kaufmann, Walter
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Prentice Hall: 1999
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 2196198
Condition: Very Good
Third edition. Light edge wear, text unmarked. 1999 Trade Paperback. For courses in Ancient Philosophy. Designed to be accessible to today's students, this anthology of readings in Ancient Western philosophy focuses on the writings of the most important Greek philosophers, along with selections from some of their Roman followers. Striking a balance between major and minor figures, it features the best available translations of texts--complete works or complete selections of works--which are both central to each philosopher's thought and are widely accepted as part of the canon. The selections ... View more info
By: Barnes, Jonathan
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Penguin Books: 2001
Seller ID: 2279564
ISBN: 0140448152
Condition: Very Good
Smudge on rear wrapper. 2001 Trade Paperback. xlix, 282 pp. 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 t... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: University of Cambridge: 1963
Seller ID: 2292452
Condition: Good
Spine creased. 1963 Trade Paperback. Includes information on the ancient Greek worldview, early philosophers such as Thales, and also looks at philosophy in Greek settlements in Italy. View more info
By: Plato; Jowett, B. [Benjamin]
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Anchor Books: 1973
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2272372
ISBN: 0385094973
Condition: Very Good
Page edges faintly toned. 1973 Mass Market Paperback. 552 pp. Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1944
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2283688
Condition: Very Good
Lacks slipcase, includes Sandglass insert Number 4H. Spine toned. 1944 Hard Cover. 622 pp. 8vo. Benjamin Jowett's classic translation of Plato's most well-known work, which enumerates much of his political philosophy. This edition includes an introduction, analyses, and summary by Jowett, and woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. View more info
By: Plato; Jowett, Benjamin; Oates, Whitney J.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2278053
Condition: Near Fine
1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, [4], 208 pp. 8vo. Burgundy full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the original Greek by Benjamin Jewett, with his introductory analyses, a preface by Whitney J. Oates, and illustrations by Eugene Karlin. Three dialogues by the famous disciple of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, best known for The Republic. View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1975
Seller ID: 2286246
Condition: Near Fine
Small scuff on spine base. 1975 Full-Leather. 415, [3] pp. 8vo. Green full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the original Greek by A.D. Lindsay, two-page color reproduction of Raphael's The School of Athens precedes text. Plato's most well-known work, in which he presents his theory of political philosophy, explaining that the city is 'the soul writ large.' Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, ... View more info
By: Zeller, Eduard
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Dover: 1980
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2265670
ISBN: 0486239209
Condition: Very Good
Reissue. Lightly rubbed. 1980 Trade Paperback. A work covering the Pre-Socratics through the Neo-Platonists. View more info
By: [Plato; Socrates]; Brickhouse, Thomas C.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Routledge: 2004
Seller ID: 2196724
ISBN: 0415156823
Condition: Very Good
Light edge wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. TheEuthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas. In this GuideBook, Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanations of these texts for students coming to them for the first time. Situating the works in their historical context, the authors carefully go through each text, exploring the p... View more info
