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Πρωταγόρας Plato · 1828 · ★ 3.9 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Με τη λογοτεχνία αιώνων, είναι αναπόφευκτο ότι κάποιοι θα πέσουν στα σκαλιά. Κυνηγάμε έργα δημόσιου τομέα και τα αποκαθιστούμε για να μην χαθούν στον κόσμο. Ποιοι είμαστε; Είμαστε η Cairn Press. Το υπόβαθρό μας είναι στο σχέδιο, τις εκδόσεις, την τυπογραφία και την τεχνολογία. Αυτές οι δεξιότητες τροφοδοτούν την αποστολή μας να δημιουργήσουμε τα υψηλότερης ποιότητας ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία δημόσιου… Shares: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Μένων Plato · 1869 · ★ 4.0 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Text and essays edited by Malcom Brown: St. Augustine / From On the teacher; G.W. Leibniz / From Discourse on metaphysics; Friedrich Nietzsche / From Introduction to the study of the Platonic dialogues; F.M. Cornford / Anamnesis; Karl Popper / The nature of philosophical problems and their roots in science; H.-P. Stahl / beginnings of propositional logic in Plato; Malcolm Brown / Plato… Shares: Plato, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Mythe et pensée chez les Grecs Jean-Pierre Vernant · 1965 · 428p · ≈ 14h · Moderate When Jean-Pierre Vernant first published Myth and Thought among the Greeks in 1965, it transformed the field of ancient Greek scholarship, calling forth a new way to think about Greek myth and thought. In eighteen essays--three of which, along with a new preface, are translated into English for the first time--Vernant freed the subject of ancient Greece from its philological chains and reread the… Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Science and the human temperament Erwin Schrödinger · 1935 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares: Addresses, Philosophy

Reason & violence R. D. Laing · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A revolutionary compilation of speeches which produced a political groundwork for many of the radical movements in the following decades The now legendary Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent. Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and political leaders met to discuss key social issues. Edited by David… Shares: Addresses, Philosophy

De caelo Aristotle · 1545 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Page one of Aristotle's ''On the Heavens'', from an edition published in 1837 Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Εὐθύφρων Plato · 1880 · ★ 4.5 · 76p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Με τη λογοτεχνία αιώνων, είναι αναπόφευκτο ότι κάποιοι θα πέσουν στα σκαλιά. Κυνηγάμε έργα δημόσιου τομέα και τα αποκαθιστούμε για να μην χαθούν στον κόσμο. Ποιοι είμαστε; Είμαστε η Cairn Press. Το υπόβαθρό μας είναι στο σχέδιο, τις εκδόσεις, την τυπογραφία και την τεχνολογία. Αυτές οι δεξιότητες τροφοδοτούν την αποστολή μας να δημιουργήσουμε τα υψηλότερης ποιότητας ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία δημόσιου… Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Παρμενίδης Plato · 1728 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Revised edition. Volume 4. Translated by R. E. Allen Shares: Plato, Philosophy

Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους Plato · 1675 · ★ 4.0 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Demanding There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Following the teachings of Socrates, Plato's works are among the world's greatest literature. The Apology is the speech made by Socrates in his own defence at his trail, and his justification for his… Shares: Plato, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής Plato · 1921 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Challenging "Plato's Theaetetus and Sophist are two of his most important dialogues, and are widely read and discussed by philosophers for what they reveal about his epistemology and particularly his accounts of belief and knowledge. Although they form part of a single Platonic project, these dialogues are not usually presented as a pair, as they are in this new and lively translation. Offering a high… Shares: Plato, Philosophy

Tragoediae Seneca the Younger · 1513 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Demanding v.1. Hercules furens. Troades. Medea. Hippolytus. Oedipus -- v.2. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules Oetaeus. Phoenissae. Octavia. Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Φαίδων Plato · 1713 · ★ 4.1 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Demanding After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates and other Phliasians by Phaedo the 'beloved disciple.' The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a narrative, because Socrates has to be described acting as well as speaking. The minutest particulars of the event are interesting to distant friends,… Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

The guide of the perplexed of Maimonides Moses Maimonides · 1473 · ★ 3.7 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Demanding The Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew:מורה נבוכים, translit. Moreh Nevukhim, Arabic: ‎dalālatul ḥā’irīn דלאל̈ה אלחאירין دلالة الحائرين) is one of the major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or "the Rambam". It was written in the 12th century in the form of a three-volume letter to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, the son of Rabbi Judah, and is the main source… Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Meditations Marcus Aurelius · 1626 · ★ 4.3 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Demanding Meditations is a collection of personal reflections and notes by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161 to 180 AD), offering a profound look into the philosophy of Stoicism. It was never intended for publication, making it a raw and intimate self-help manual for the emperor during his campaigns and rule. The central theme revolves around living a good, rational, and virtuous life in… Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

A year from Monday John Cage · 1967 · ★ 4.2 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture." Shares: Addresses, Philosophy

Τίμαιος Plato · 1520 · ★ 3.9 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Latin translation and commentary by Calcidius of a metaphysical dialogue of Plato, the Timaeus. For 800 years the only extensive text of Plato known in the Latin West. Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

Θεαίτητος Πλάτων · 1861 · ★ 4.1 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Some dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. The Theaetetus, like the Parmenides, has points of similarity both with his earlier and his later writings. The perfection of style, the humour, the dramatic interest, the complexity of structure, the fertility of illustration, the shifting of the… Shares: Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy

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