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1. The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates by Xenophon | |
Paperback: 192
Pages
(2010-07-26)
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Great for the mind |
2. Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates (Classic Reprint) by Plato Plato | |
Paperback: 178
Pages
(2010-04-19)
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Great Collection |
3. Breakfast with Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day by Robert Rowland Smith | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(2010-03-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description Have breakfast with Socrates, go to work with Nietzsche, head to the gym with Foucault, then have sex with Ovid (or Simone de Beauvoir). Former Oxford Philosophy Fellow Robert Rowland Smith whisks you through an ordinary day with history's most extraordinary thinkers, explaining what they might have to say about your routine. From waking up in the morning through traveling to work, shopping, eating, going to a party, falling asleep, and dreaming, Smith connects our most mundane habits to the wider world of ideas. Start with waking up: What does it really mean to be awake? How do we know we're not still dreaming? Descartes argues that if you're able to doubt whether you're awake, you are at least thinking, and so you probably exist -- no small achievement for first thing in the morning. Or take going to the gym: As you toil on the treadmill, is your panting a sign of virtue or of vice, of healthy exertion or of unhealthy narcissism? Working out is a version of what Max Weber called the Protestant work ethic -- a kind of spiritual exercise, it also leads to worldly vanity. With dry wit and marvelous invention, Smith draws on philosophy, literature, art, politics, and psychology to wake us up to a stunning range of ideas about how to live. Neither breakfast, lunch, nor dinner will ever be the same again. Customer Reviews (3)
hard read
More Enlightening than at Tiffany's
The unexamined life |
4. The Last Days of Socrates by Plato | |
Paperback: 168
Pages
(2010-05-06)
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Trial of Socrates
Free soup for Socrates!
Yawn
Philosopher at bay
How is one to rate... |
5. The Journeys of Socrates: An Adventure by Dan Millman | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(2006-03-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Way Begins . . . Sergei was three when the soldiers took him. At fifteen he fled into the wilderness, with nothing to cling to but the memories of a grandfather who called him Socrates and the promise of a gift buried near St. Petersburg. Thus begins The Journeys of Socrates -- an odyssey that forged the character of Sergei Ivanov, whose story would one day change the lives of millions of readers worldwide. This saga of courage and faith, of love and loss, reveals the arts of war and the path to peace. Ultimately, it speaks to the quest we all share for a meaningful life in a challenging world. Customer Reviews (66)
The Journeys of Socrates
The Journeys of Socrates
fan of Dan Millman
An Outstanding Tome
Amazing |
6. The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato | |
Hardcover: 128
Pages
(2010-07-01)
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GARBAGE
Useful, got the Job done
One of the Greatest Books Ever
The Trial and Death of Socrates (3rd Edition) by Plato, John M. Cooper
Expensive |
7. Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics) by Xenophon | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(1990-07-03)
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A wonderful book!
Must Read
Review of Penguin Classics' Dialogues of Xenophon
Xenophon, my hero!
Xenophon delivers |
8. The Unaborted Socrates: A Dramatic Debate on the Issues Surrounding Abortion by Peter Kreeft | |
Paperback: 155
Pages
(1983-07-13)
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Mr Kreeft is brilliant!
Easy Read, Excellent Dialogue
A Hard Read
A thought provoking read on an important topic
2 points for Socrates, zero for Keeft |
9. Socrates' Way: Seven Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost by Ronald Gross | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(2002-10-14)
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Disapointed
A brilliant way to quantify and exemplify the teachings of Socrates
A great read with excellent business application
If you want to use your mind, read Plato
Useless |
10. From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest by T.Z. Lavine | |
Paperback: 448
Pages
(1985-02-01)
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Reconciliation Counts
Easy to read
My endorsement
The final chapter is the best part
A Masterful Journey Through the Realm of Philosophy |
11. Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds by Thomas G. West, Grace Starry West | |
Paperback: 190
Pages
(1998-10)
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Editorial Review Product Description Thomas G. West's introduction provides an overview of the principal themes and arguments of the four works. There are extensive explanatory notes to the translations. For this new edition, Thomas West has revised the introduction and updated the annotated bibliography, which includes the best of the secondary literature on Socrates and on the texts included in this book. In their translations, the Wests capture successfully the simplicity and vigor of straightforward Greek diction. They strive for as high a degree of accuracy as possible, subordinating concerns for elegance and smoothness to the goal of producing the most faithful and most reliable English versions of these texts. Customer Reviews (8)
I never got my book!
a question
Good Translation, Great Dialogues
Disastrous, nauseating, incompetent translations. How does work this bad get published?
A Great Help for Teachers |
12. The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues (Dover Thrift Editions) by Plato | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(1992-02-05)
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nice work
One of the Greatest Books of All-Time
Book
true to the socrates' principles
All you need to know on how to live a good life |
13. Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy by Christopher Phillips | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2002-04-17)
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Editorial Review Product Description Phillips seizes upon what the Greeks called "elenchus," a method of inquiry that helps people see their own beliefs and opinions more clearly. In the course of the numerous Socrates cafés highlighted in this book, Phillips persistently reminds us that we ought to ask questions simply because the process is good for us. In each of the cafés, the participants vary as widely as the questions, and the dialogues are by turns candid, insightful, muddled, intelligent, bland, and piquant. The real meaning of Socrates Café lies in the contentious and wonderful space of human interaction. --Eric de Place Customer Reviews (44)
Ignorant of real Socrates, doesn't care
A decent introduction to Socratic thinking
Okay...
Using "reason" as a key to life.
The cafes have some unexamined chinks |
14. The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(1989-02-27)
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Well written/researched book
Read between the lines...
Plato and Pinochet
Socrates/Plato Were Against Free Speech but All They Supposedly Did Was Talk and Dissent
The real Socrates revealed |
15. Philosophy 101 by Socrates: An Introduction to Philosophy Via Plato's Apology by Peter Kreeft | |
Paperback: 100
Pages
(2002-10)
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Great philosophy book and perfect for a christian teaching
Excellent philosophy primer and intro to Socrates!
Yes, Buy It and Read It Passionately
Socrates from a Christian prospective
Introducing philosophy |
16. Before and after Socrates by F. M. Cornford | |
Paperback: 124
Pages
(1932-01-03)
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A Don for Everyone
DISSATISFIED
look no further for a quick, succint, to the chase, summary of the key points in socrates, plato, and aristotle
A fantastic introduction to Greek philosophy
Don't know much about history...Don't know much philosophy.. |
17. The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro; The Apology; Crito; Phaedo (Penguin Classics) by Plato | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(1993-12-01)
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Great Collection of Immortal Works
Very Good
Non Fiction
There are better translations
A decent anthology. |
18. Socrates Meets Jesus: History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ by Peter Kreeft | |
Paperback: 182
Pages
(2002-01-10)
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Worst argument ever!
The real Socrates would not be happy
A Better title would have been Socrates and the strawman
A wonderful read
Didactic, Yet Sometimes Enlightening |
19. Socrates: A Life Examined by Luis E. Navia | |
Hardcover: 291
Pages
(2007-03-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description Philosopher Luis E. Navia presents a compelling portrayal of Socrates in this very readable and well-researched book, which is both a biography of the man and an exploration of his ideas. Through a critical and documented study of the major ancient sources about Socrates--in the writings of Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle--Navia reconstructs a surprisingly consistent portrait of this enigmatic philosopher. He links Socrates' conviction that the unexamined life is not worth living with Immanuel Kant's later concept of an innate moral imperative as the only meaningful purpose of human existence. He highlights Socrates' unrelenting search for the essence and value of the soul as that aspect of his philosophical journey that animated and structured all his activities. Navia also considers Socrates' relationship with the Sophists, his stance vis-à-vis the religious beliefs and practices of his time, his view of the relationship between legality and morality, and the function of language in human life. Finally, he eloquently captures the Socratic legacy, which, more than twenty-four centuries after his death, is still so urgently relevant today. Navia brings to life this perennially important philosopher, illuminating the relevance of his ideas for our modern world. Customer Reviews (5)
Superb study of Socrates
Socrates: A Life Examined
brilliant Socratic theopathy
The result is a wider-ranging study than most
A Welcomed Book |
20. Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths by Robin Waterfield | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(2009-06-08)
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Fascinating light shed on the background of Socrates' trial
A Book With a Far Greater Range
Athenian Politics in the Fifth Century B.C.
He died for us?
Excellent, Enjoyable History |
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