Philosophy
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The purpose of this philosophy article is to create a guide to important philisophical idea spanning time, ideas, and peoples. It is both an introductory and advanced page for persons interested in any of the ideas of philosophy, and while at the moment it may be missing a couple of features, it is up to those fluent in these philosophical books to insert and revise information as the need may arise.
Classic Philosophy
Pre-Socratic Thought
| Title | Author* | Year** | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Art and Thought of Heraclitus | Charles H. Kahn | ~500BCE | 372 | ||
| Early Greek Philosophy | Johnathan Barnes | ~700BCE - ~300BCE | 336 | ||
| Empedocles: The Extant Fragments | M.R. Wright | ~450BCE | 372 | ||
| The Greek Sophists | John Dillon | ~400s BCE | 464 | ||
| Parmenides of Elea | David Gallop | ~500BCE | 144 | ||
| The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library | Kenneth Guthrie | ~500sBCE | 362 | ||
| Xenophanes of Colophon: Fragments | James Lesher | ~540 - ~480BCE | 272 |
Socratic Thought
| Title | Author* | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Trial of Socrates | I.F. Stone | ~399BCE | 304 | ||
| The Clouds | Aristophanes | ~423BCE | 212 |
Platonic Thought
| Title | Author* | Year** | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plato | Constance Meinwald | 2009 | 256 | ||
| Plato and the Socratic Dialogue | Charles H. Kahn | 1998 | 456 | ||
| The Open Society and Its Enemies | Karl Popper | 1945 | 744 | ||
| Plato on Knowledge and Forms | Gail Fine | 2003 | 464 | ||
| Apology | Plato | ~399BCE | 127 | Plato's recording of the trial of Socrates. | |
| Republic | Plato | ~380BCE | 480 | ||
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Plato's Complete Works |
Plato | ~400BCE - ~348BCE | 1808 | Complete collection of all of Plato's works from Crito to The Laws. Anyone interested in acquiring all of Plato's works should either get this or check out Project Gutenberg's page on him. | |
| Symposium | Plato | ~383BCE | 144 |
Aristotlean Thought
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristotle | Christopher Shields | 2007 | 472 | ||
| From Aristotle to Augustine | David Furley | 2003 | 480 | ||
| Aristotle on Nature and Living Things | Allan Gotthelf | 1985 | 410 | ||
| The Nicomachean Ethics | Aristotle | 350 BCE | 320 | ||
| Rhetoric | Aristotle | ~350BCE | 146 | ||
| Metaphysics | Aristotle | ~350BCE | 365 | ||
| Poetics | Aristotle | ~350BCE | 58 | ||
| Politics | Aristotle | ~350BCE | 188 |
Cynicism
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy | R. Bracht Branham | 2000 | 465 | ||
| Diogenes of Sinope: A Study of Greek Cynicism | Farrand Sayre | 1938 | 139 |
Epicureanism
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism | James Warren | 2009 | 356 | ||
| The Essential Epicurus | Epicurus | ~300BCE | 101 | ||
| The Nature of Things | Lucretius | 50 BCE | 336 |
Stoicism
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letters from a Stoic | Seneca | ~65AD | 254 | ||
| Epictetus - Discourses and Selected Writings | Epictetus | ~101AD | 304 | ||
| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | ~175AD | 108 |
Skepticism
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Greek Skeptics: From Pyrrho to Sextus | Norman Maccoll | 1868 | 58 | Can be found on Google Books here. | |
| The Outlines of Pyrrhonism | Sextus Empiricus | ~200AD | 283 |
Neoplatanism
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplatonism | R.T. Wallis | 1995 | 212 | ||
| Neoplatanism and Gnosticism | R.T. Wallis | 1992 | 548 | ||
| The Neoplatonists | John Gregory | 1998 | 208 |
Plotinus
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Enneads | Plotinus | 250AD | 484 |
==Christian and Medieval Philosophies==
Gnostic Christianity
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Description | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature | Birger A. Pearson | 2007 | 362 | ||
| The Nag Hammadi Library | ~300AD | 549 | |||
| Gnosticism and Christianity in Roman and Coptic Egypt | Birger A. Pearson | 2004 | 320 |
External Links
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/presocratics/
http://www.heraclitusfragments.com
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/presoc
-Emp.htm = Emptedocle' fragments
-Xenophan.html = Xenophanes' Fragments
-Parmends.html = Parmenides Fragments
