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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Open Socrates The Case for a Philosophical Life

Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

Reasons Not to Worry How to be Stoic in Chaotic Times — Brigid Delaney

Reasons Not to Worry How to be Stoic in Chaotic Times

Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

The Shadows of Socrates The Heresy, War, and Treachery Behind the Trial of Socrates — Matt Gatton

The Shadows of Socrates The Heresy, War, and Treachery Behind the Trial of Socrates

Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

Aristotle for Everybody — Mortimer J. Adler

Aristotle for Everybody

Mortimer J. Adler

Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

The Political Writings Political Regime and Summary of Plato’s Laws — Alfarabi

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius — Marcus Aurelius

The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

Socrates Meets Descartes The Father of Philosophy Analyzes the Father of Modern Philosophy’s Discourse on Method — Peter Kreeft

Socrates Meets Descartes The Father of Philosophy Analyzes the Father of Modern Philosophy’s Discourse on Method

Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

Averroes on Plato’s “Republic” — Averroës

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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Themes: Individual Philosophers • History & Surveys • Ancient & Classical

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