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How to Be Content - An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess by Stephen Harrison; Horace
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections ...Show more
How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life by Epictetus
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A superb new edition of Epictetus's famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world's leading authorities on Stoic philosophy Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD) taught that mental freedom is supreme, since it can liberate one anywhere, even in a prison. In How ...Show more
How to Be Healthy : An Ancient Guide to Wellness by Galen
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world The second-century Greek physician Galen--the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates--is a central figure in Western medicine. A talented doctor, surgeon, writer, philosopher, tea ...Show more
How to Be a Farmer: A Work of Many Hands by Usher M. D.
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living--ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agriculture Whether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted ...Show more
How to Be a Friend (HB) by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
In a world where social media, online relationships, and relentless self-absorption threaten the very idea of deep and lasting friendships, the search for true friends is more important than ever. In this short book, which is one of the greatest ever written on the subject, the famous Roman politician a ...Show more
How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide T.. by Plutarch; Jeffrey Beneker; Plutarch Plutarch
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous--and massive--Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Gre ...Show more
How to Care about Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small by M. D. Usher (Translated with commentary by)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals--and our vital relationships with them How to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about animals and the lives we share with them. Drawing on ancient writers fro ...Show more
How to Flourish An Ancient Guide to Living Well by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing--the Nicomachean Ethics--in a lively new abridged translation Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully a ...Show more
How to Focus : A Monastic Guide for an Age of Distraction by John Cassian
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like one Distraction isn't a new problem. We're also not the first to complain about how hard it is to concentrate. Early Christian monks beat us to it. They had given up everything to focus on God, yet they still struggled to keep the demons of di ...Show more
How to Give - An Ancient Guide to Giving and Receiving by Seneca; James S. Romm (Edited and Translated by)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher SenecaTo give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do--but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 BCE-65 CE) in his longest and most searching moral ...Show more
How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation by Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved oneIn 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero fought his way back. In an effort to cope ...Show more
How to Grow Old - Ancient Wisdom for ... by Marcus Tullius Cicero; Philip Freeman (Introduction by, Translator)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Worried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all-and why you might ...Show more