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Philopoemen
This is Plutarch's Life of Philopoemen, general of the Achaean League, paired in the Parallel Lives with the Roman commander Flamininus. The subject w…
The Shortest History of Europe
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2011
This book is an introduction to European history written for general readers by the Australian historian John Hirst; it was originally a textbook he w…
The Harvard Classics, 50-Volume Set (English Edition)
Volumes Publishing Company · 2006
Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf of Books," The Harvard Classics was edited by Harvard president Charles W. Eliot (served 1869-1909) and com…
Plato's Theory of Principles: A Study Based on the Unwritten Doctrines and the Dialogues
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2024
This book is an attempt by Xian Gang, professor in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University, to present an overall account of Plato's philoso…
Euthydemus
People's Publishing House · 2003
Euthydemus (also rendered Euthydemos or Euthydemus) is a medium-length dialogue from Plato's early to middle period, subtitled by later editors "On So…
National Geographic Magazine, March 1944 (Vol. 85, No. 3)
National Geographic Society · 1944
This is the March 1944 issue of National Geographic magazine (US edition), i.e., Volume 85, Number 3, a highly regarded "Greece special issue" of that…
The Evolution of Modern Medicine
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press · 2018
This book gathers the lectures delivered by William Osler, the "Father of Modern Medicine," in April 1913 at Yale University under the Silliman Founda…
Electra
Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2020
Electra is a tragedy by Euripides (c. 485–406 BC), one of the three great tragic poets of ancient Greece. It draws on the generations-old curse and ve…
Plato's Ethics
Yilin Press · 2021
This book is the representative work of Terence Irwin, Emeritus Professor of Classical Philosophy at Oxford University, on Plato's ethical thought. Th…
National Geographic (U.S. Edition), November 1994, Vol. 186, No. 5
National Geographic Society · 1994
This is the November 1994 issue of National Geographic (U.S. edition), Vol. 186, No. 5, running to about 144 heavily illustrated pages. It opens with …
The Lively Colors of Museums
China Youth Press · 2016
This is a general introduction to Western art written in a chatty tone. The author, Jiang Song, has long led museum tours and claims he can give on-si…
Regimes of Historicity: Presentism and Experiences of Time
CITIC Press · 2020
This book is the magnum opus of François Hartog, a French historian and a leading figure of the "new history" of the Annales School, and is regarded a…
Euclid's Elements
The Commercial Press · 2020
Euclid's Elements is a mathematical work completed by the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid around 300 BCE. In thirteen books, it is one of the most …
On Generation and Corruption
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press · 2015
On Generation and Corruption (Greek: Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς; Latin: De Generatione et Corruptione; also translated as On Coming-to-Be and Passing-Aw…
Crazy for Philosophy: The Most Joyful Guide to Western Philosophy
China Overseas Publishing House · 2013
An irreverent introduction to Western philosophy that, precisely for that reason, became the first philosophy book many people truly read to the end. …
On Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On Respiration
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
On Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On Respiration are short treatises from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle's Parva Naturalia. Modern edi…
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King)
People's Literature Publishing House · 2002
Oedipus the King (also translated as Oedipus Rex) is the masterpiece of Sophocles, one of the three great tragedians of ancient Greece. First performe…
Plato: Dialogues
The Commercial Press · 2004
The Collected Dialogues of Plato is a posthumous compilation of writings by Wang Taiqing (1922–1999), a historian of Western philosophy and translator…
The Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece
The Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece is a historical web novel by author Chen Rui, serialized on Qidian from January 2017 and completed in Dece…
Harvard Classics, Volume 1: Folk-Lore and Fable
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2013
The Harvard Classics is a large series of classic works in the humanities edited in the early twentieth century by Charles Eliot, former president of …