Ancient History, Classical Art And Civilization – Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr, Seite 5

Marcus Tullius Cicero
How to Find Happiness

Does happiness come from the pursuit of pleasure or moral virtue? A vivid new translation of Cicero's exploration of a timeless question"Of course, we all want to be happy." So wrote the Roman s…

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Laozi,
Daodejing

Grounded in a lifetime of research and interpretive work and informed by careful study of recent archeological discoveries of alternate versions of the text, Brook Ziporyn, one of the preeminent explicato…

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Plutarch
How to Listen

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

A lively new translation of Plutarch's charming and timeless essay on how to be a good listener-and why listening is essential to learning and living wellListening is a skill-even an art-and it's essentia…

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Boethius
How to Cope

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

A vivid and accessible new translation of essential selections from Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy---a moving classic about facing life's worst events with courage and hopeWhat do you do when your l…

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Emily Hauser
Penelope's Bones

Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The liv…

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Sebastian Purcell
The Outward Path

The Aztecs were a philosophical people who held that the top goal in human life is not happiness but the pursuit of what they called 'neltiliztli': a life in truth. Our world, they held, is a "slippe…

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José María Pérez Fernández
Translation and the Truth of History

This book tells the material and intellectual history of several translations of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, from Lorenzo Valla's first Latin rendering in 1452, to the publication of Tho…

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José María Pérez Fernández
Translation and the Truth of History

This book tells the material and intellectual history of several translations of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, from Lorenzo Valla's first Latin rendering in 1452, to the publication of Tho…

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Catherine Nixey
Heretic

"A brilliant book...illuminates a forgotten world." ---The Times, Best of the Year"Heretic tells a moreish intellectual story and shakes up your understanding of Western history. At the sam…

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Brenda Segone
Occidentalism in Egypt

"From the odalisques to the pashas, to the orange sellers, there is no shortage of depictions of Arabs from the western world. But what about Europeans? How are they perceived and understood in the A…

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Prudentius, Plutarch
How to Have Willpower

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Lively new translations of two classical works that offer wise advice about how to resist temptationHow to Have Willpower brings together two profound ancient meditations on how to overcome pressures that…

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Confucius,
The Analects

The Analects of Confucius has stood as the bedrock of Chinese culture for over 2,500 years, shaping the trajectory of human history in ways unmatched by nearly any other secular philosophy. But until now,…

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Egidijus Mardosas
Revolutionary Aristotelianism and Ideology

How does ideology function and, more importantly, how can we resist ideological subjugation?Egidijus Mardosas answers these questions by applying the philosophical resources of Revolutionary Aristoteliani…

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Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta
The Roman Arch

The freestanding arch is one of Roman architecture's most innovative and distinctive structures. Despite its ubiquity throughout the Roman Empire, little attention has been paid to the first monuments con…

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Lizzie Wade
Apocalypse

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book of May 2025 • APublishers Weekly Most Anticipated History Book of the Year • A The Millions Most Anticipated Spring Book of the YearA…

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Erin Vearncombe
After Jesus Before Christianity

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of …

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Peter Meineck
Tony Stark, Odysseus, and the Myths Behind Marvel

"By connecting our modern heroes to the archetypes of ancient myth, Peter Meineck's marvelous book bestows thrilling contemporary resonance upon those bygone legends." ---Christopher Markus, cos…

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Vitruvius
How to Make a Home

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

An entertaining and enlightening collection of ancient Roman writings about home design and decorationThe idea that our homes can communicate professional as well as personal identities may seem as new as…

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D T J Bailey
Plato's Phaedo

D.T.J. Bailey here offers a student-friendly guide to Plato's dialogue Phaedo , as part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series. In the process of explaining the text, Bailey provides a picture of Plato…

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D T J Bailey
Plato's Phaedo

D.T.J. Bailey here offers a student-friendly guide to Plato's dialogue Phaedo , as part of the Oxford Guides to Philosophy series. In the process of explaining the text, Bailey provides a picture of Plato…

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