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| | 2. |  | The Laws (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $7.00
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I read this book as part of my research into Plato himself.
It's hard for me to see how relevant a book like this is today. Plato's world was very different than today. People owned slaves, there was no internet or mass communications, Christianity didn't even exist yet, etc..
However it... more info
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| | 4. | [no image] | Meditations
from Barnes & Noble Books
Price: $11.99
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What makes Meditations an important book is that it provides the opportunity to discuss what it is to be human, to have a soul, to live a good life with one of the most remarkable men in history.
Before I get to that I want to second a suggestion made by several reviewers. Use two or more... more info
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| | 6. |  | Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
from Viking Adult
Price: $16.26
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The book is barely over 200 pages and contains huge chunks (word for word) from Kagan's one volume history of the Great War. Since the War took place over 2000 years ago it is disturbing, in discussing what various partcipants thought or said, to find the author using such phrases as "It is... more info
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| | 9. |  | The Histories (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $5.95
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As others have noted below , reading Herodotus is a mixed experience. On the one hand he is a fascinating story teller and hearing about the ancients and the places they inhabited from him is endlessly entertaining. On the other hand he tends to go off on long tangents in order to set up a specific... more info
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