Classical

This shelf brings together philosophy and literature from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Its authors examine ethics, politics, knowledge, and the nature of a well-lived life.

Apology of SocratesPlatoEthicsBaruch SpinozaGorgiasPlatoIamblichus' Life of PythagorasIamblichusMenoPlatoNicomachean EthicsAristotleOn the Nature of ThingsLucretiusParmenidesPlatoPhaedoPlatoPhaedrusPlatoPlutarch's LivesPlutarchPlutarch's Theosophical EssaysPlutarchSophistPlatoStatesmanPlatoThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe EnneadsPlotinusThe Essentials of SpiritualityFelix AdlerThe Golden Verses and Other Pythagorean FragmentsPythagorean tradition; selected by Florence M. FirthThe Homeric HymnsHomer (attributed)The Hymns of OrpheusOrpheusThe IliadHomerThe OdysseyHomerThe RepublicPlatoThe Sibylline OraclesVariousThe SymposiumPlatoThe World as Will and IdeaArthur SchopenhauerTheaetetusPlatoTheogonyHesiodThus Spake ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheTimaeusPlatoWorks and DaysHesiod