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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Spiritual Teachings and Reflections (Sacred Wisdom)
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The wisdom and down to earth common sense of Marcus Aurelius as recorded in these books is worth returning to again and again. Of all the translations of the Meditations I've encountered, I found this particular translation offered by Watkins to be the one I find easiest to relate to and put into "shoe leather" as I walk thru my daily life.... »
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The Republic (Penguin Classics)
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This review is of ISBN-10: 0-87220-136-8, Plato * Republic, translated by G.M.A. Grube and revised by C.D.C. Reeve.
I somehow made it through high school and college learning about Plato and Socrates without reading any full-length works. That's changing this spring as I'm taking a discussion-based class on Plato's Republic. This text was ... »
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The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
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It started off badly when the narrative began with the notion that once upon a time proto-Aryans lived peacefully and justly until etc.
I found the historic events described to support the "axial" thesis rather selective, and the manner of their interpretation contrived.
Not an honest historical account. ... »
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The Symposium (Penguin Classics)
"The Symposium" is one of those books that everyone should read. In it, Plato explores, through a series of speeches, the nature and origins of love and p... »
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The Trial of Socrates
The analysis in this book seems to be that Socrates did a really bad job of defending himself at trial and insulted the jury, therefore he was put to deat... »
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Reality
This is the best of Kingsley's books. His work is the most important in philosophy in the modern history of the Western world, and it is among the most im... »
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