Books on Ancient Wisdom

Books on ancient wisdom explore the teachings, philosophies, and practices of ancient civilizations across different cultures and epochs. These texts serve as repositories of knowledge, encapsulating the timeless wisdom that has endured through centuries. They uncover the rich philosophical traditions of societies such as Ancient Greece, China, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Within these works, readers encounter the tenets of Stoicism, Confucianism, Taoism, Vedanta, Buddhism, and other ancient philosophies, each offering unique perspectives on life's meaning, ethics, and human conduct.

A New Stoicism
Lawrence C. Becker
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Aeneid
Vergil
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Alexander the False Prophet
Lucian of Samosata
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Ardor
Roberto Calasso
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Aristophanes: The Complete Plays
Aristophanes
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Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder
Cato the Elder
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Etymologies
Isidore of Seville
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Fragments
Heraclitus
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Heraclides of Pontus: Text and Translation
Heraclides of Pontus, Eckart Schutrumpf
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
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How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking
Aristotle, Armand D'Angour
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Letters from a Stoic
Seneca
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
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Metamorphoses
Ovid
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Natural History
Pliny the Elder
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Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
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On Aristotle Categories
Porphyry
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On Friendship
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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On Great Writing
Longinus
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On Obligations: De Officiis
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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On the Good Life
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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On the Shortness of Life
Seneca
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Outlines of Scepticism
Sextus Empiricus
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Selected Letters from the Age of Constantius and Julian
Libanius of Antioch
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Stromata
Clement of Alexandria
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
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The Analects
Confucius
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The Ancient Science of Mantras: Wisdom of the Sages
Om Swami
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The Apology
Tertullian
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The Art of Love
Ovid
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The Book of Chuang Tzu
Zhuangzi
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The Caesars
Suetonius
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The Categories
Aristotle
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The Characters
Theophrastus
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The Elements of Theology
Proclus
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The Enchiridion
Epictetus
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The Enneads
Plotinus
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The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378)
Ammianus Marcellinus
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The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus
Publius Syrus
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The Nature of Things
Lucretius
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The Republic
Plato
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The Unknown Socrates
William Musgrave Calder, Bernhard Huss, Libanius, Marc Mastrangelo, R. Scott Smith
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Books on Ancient Wisdom

A New Stoicism

Aeneid

Alexander the False Prophet

Ardor

Aristophanes: The Complete Plays

Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder

Etymologies

Fragments

Heraclides of Pontus: Text and Translation

History of the Peloponnesian War

How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking

Letters from a Stoic

Meditations

Metamorphoses

Natural History

Nicomachean Ethics

On Aristotle Categories

On Friendship

On Great Writing

On Obligations: De Officiis

On the Good Life

On the Shortness of Life

Outlines of Scepticism

Selected Letters from the Age of Constantius and Julian

Stromata

Tao Te Ching

The Analects

The Ancient Science of Mantras: Wisdom of the Sages

The Apology

The Art of Love

The Book of Chuang Tzu

The Caesars

The Categories

The Characters

The Elements of Theology

The Enchiridion

The Enneads

The Later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378)

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus

The Nature of Things

The Republic

The Unknown Socrates

Thus Spoke Zarathustra