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

Ryan Holiday
Wisdom Takes Work

Diversified Publishing

In this much-anticipated final installment in the Stoic Virtues series, Ryan Holiday makes the case for the virtue on which all other virtues depend.Of all the stoic virtues - courage, discipline, justice…

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Emily Hauser
How Women Became Poets

How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of genderWhen Sappho sang her songs, the only word that existed to describe a poet was a male one---aoidos , or "singer-man." The most fam…

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Peter Kingsley
In the Dark Places of Wisdom

A set of ancient inscriptions on marble found 40 years ago in southern Italy, recording details so bewildering that scholars have kept silent about them ... Sensational new information about a group of an…

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Charles I. Hemans
A History of ancient Christianity and sacred Art in Italy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

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Two Philosophers

"If there is a philosophical Atlas who carries the whole of Western civilization on his shoulders," Ayn Rand wrote, "it is Aristotle. He has been opposed, misinterpreted, misrepresented, an…

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Bhikkhu Analayo, Alexandra Pappas
In Love with Wisdom

Bridging early Buddhist thought and ancient Greek philosophy, In Love with Wisdom offers a fresh glimpse into the ethics and metaphysics of the time, revealing how figures like Heraclitus and Socrates wer…

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Iakovos Vasiliou
Varieties of Happiness

Almost all ancient Greek ethical theories are taken to be eudaimonist because of the central role of eudaimonia (happiness) within them. Varieties of Happiness critically examines eudaimonism and challeng…

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The Buddha
How to Feel

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

A new translation of the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness-and how it can help us to be less controlled by our emotionsTo feel is to suffer. But do we have to suffer as much as we do? Twenty-five-hundred …

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Robert Campbell Roberts
Virtue Ethics

Robert Campbell Roberts here offers an introduction to virtue ethics, suitable for students, that covers the topic along multiple dimensions--a historical and conceptual survey, a proposal for a new virtu…

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Robert Campbell Roberts
Virtue Ethics

Robert Campbell Roberts here offers an introduction to virtue ethics, suitable for students, that covers the topic along multiple dimensions--a historical and conceptual survey, a proposal for a new virtu…

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Marcus Aurelius,
Meditations

Acclaimed poet and translator Aaron Poochigian's vibrant new translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations captures and accentuates an aspect of the best-selling work of classical antiquity that other Engli…

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Malek Khouri
The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema

A rigorous examination of the work of Egypt's best-known filmmaker, new in paperbackThis book presents a comprehensive study of the work of Youssef Chahine. Its methodological approach, and more precisely…

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Pablo Of Texcoco,
How to Be Grateful

A delightful Aztec work that has much to teach us about the value of giving thanks---to our contemporaries, our elders, and our ancestorsCenturies before anyone ever thought of keeping a gratitude journal…

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Linda Johnsen
Lost Masters

Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it's historically true. Alexander the Great had an In…

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Ruth Whitehouse,
Writing Matters

"The epigraphy of 1st-millennium-BC Italy has been studied for many years, but these studies have largely concentrated on the languages encoded in the inscriptions and their semantic meanings. This b…

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Anna Chiara Corradino,
Representations of Endymion and Selene

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms. Analyzing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of E…

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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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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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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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Marcus Tullius Cicero
How to Find Happiness

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

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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