Ancient Greek Philosophy - Best Secondary Literature

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The Presocratic Philosophers
The Presocratic Philosophers 4.24 avg rating — 889 ratings
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The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,197 ratings
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The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists
The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists 3.96 avg rating — 955 ratings
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A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 1: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans
A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 1: The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans 4.28 avg rating — 167 ratings
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Early Greek Philosophy
Early Greek Philosophy 4.07 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
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The World of Parmenides: Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
The World of Parmenides: Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment 4.03 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Traveler's Guide to Classical Philosophy
The Traveler's Guide to Classical Philosophy 3.71 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, 3 Vols
Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, 3 Vols 4.57 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction 3.69 avg rating — 376 ratings
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Lost Masters: Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers
Lost Masters: Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers 4.29 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes 3.39 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Protagoras
Protagoras 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World 4.16 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Diogenes of Sinope: The Man in the Tub
Diogenes of Sinope: The Man in the Tub 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life 4.01 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
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Apology
Apology
by: Plato
4.19 avg rating — 63,750 ratings
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The City and Man
The City and Man 4.20 avg rating — 308 ratings
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An Introduction to Plato's Republic
An Introduction to Plato's Republic 3.63 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Philosophy of Epictetus
The Philosophy of Epictetus 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil 4.03 avg rating — 109,319 ratings
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The Other Plato: The Tübingen Interpretation of Plato's Inner-Academic Teachings
The Other Plato: The Tübingen Interpretation of Plato's Inner-Academic Teachings 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Cynics
Cynics 3.99 avg rating — 119 ratings
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How Philosophy Became Socratic: A Study of Plato's "Protagoras," "Charmides," and "Republic"
How Philosophy Became Socratic: A Study of Plato's "Protagoras," "Charmides," and "Republic" 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
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A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 2: The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus
A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 2: The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus 4.26 avg rating — 80 ratings
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The Music of the Republic: Essays on Socrates' Conversations and Plato's Writings
The Music of the Republic: Essays on Socrates' Conversations and Plato's Writings
by: Eva Brann
4.29 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics
Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics 3.85 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic
Socrates' Second Sailing: On Plato's Republic 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings
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A Companion to Socrates
A Companion to Socrates liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction 3.29 avg rating — 560 ratings
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Plato's "Laws": The Discovery of Being
Plato's "Laws": The Discovery of Being really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Plato's Theory of Ideas
Plato's Theory of Ideas 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Reading Plato
Reading Plato 4.03 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance
Know Thyself: Western Identity from Classical Greece to the Renaissance 3.72 avg rating — 151 ratings
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A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 3: The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 1: The Sophists
A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 3: The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 1: The Sophists 4.08 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance 4.08 avg rating — 1,984 ratings
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A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 3: The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 2: Socrates
A History of Greek Philosophy, Volume 3: The Fifth Century Enlightenment, Part 2: Socrates 4.06 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers
The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers 4.18 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life 3.81 avg rating — 3,418 ratings
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A Companion to Plato (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, Vol. 36)
A Companion to Plato (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, Vol. 36) 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Plato and Aristotle
Plato and Aristotle 4.50 avg rating — 50 ratings
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A Companion to Archaic Greece
A Companion to Archaic Greece 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Death of Socrates
The Death of Socrates 3.76 avg rating — 143 ratings