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  • Seneca on Friendship, Death, and Poverty
    Keith Seddon / Roger L'estrange / Roger L’Estrange
    THE THIRD OF THREE SLIM VOLUMES Roger L’Estrange, staunch royalist, author and pamphleteer, one-time inmate of Newgate Prison, one-time exile, one-time Member of Parliament, takes up the teaching of the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca, rearranging and paraphrasing the original Latin to shape a unique and engaging work of his own. True friendship, based on Stoic principles, provi...
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    12,47 €

  • Poems in Prose
    Keith Seddon / Oscar Wilde
    Oscar Wilde wrote poems, plays and novels, and is best known for his play The Importance of Being Earnest and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. POEMS IN PROSE, first published in The Fortnightly Review in July 1894, collects six short, or very short tales, beautifully written in Wilde’s inimitable style, whose religious and spiritual themes would have been shocking to its n...
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    12,57 €

  • The Lady of Shalott
    Alfred Lord Tennyson / Jocelyn Almond / Keith Seddon
    The Lady of Shalott is one of the best-loved poems in the English language. The tale of the mysterious, enigmatic Lady seems to captivate everyone’s imagination. Over a century and a half after it was written, men still desire the Lady, and women identify with her. In this edition, the work is embellished by four Victorian illustrations.A new Introduction by Jocelyn Almond expl...
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    12,21 €

  • Precepts and Teachings of Ancient Egypt
    Jocelyn Almond / Keith Seddon / Philippe Virey
    Writing four thousand years ago in ancient Egypt, the wise sages Ptah-Hotep and Amenemope advised their young sons how to live good, honourable and prosperous lives. Preserved through the ages, these two fine examples of ancient wisdom literature come down to us today and are here published in this slim volume, still helpful, relevant and encouraging for the modern philosophica...
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    24,92 €

  • Precepts and Teachings of Ancient Egypt
    Jocelyn Almond / Keith Seddon / Philippe Virey
    Writing four thousand years ago in ancient Egypt, the wise sages Ptah-Hotep and Amenemope advised their young sons how to live good, honourable and prosperous lives. Preserved through the ages, these two fine examples of ancient wisdom literature come down to us today and are here published in this slim volume, still helpful, relevant and encouraging for the modern philosophica...
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    47,09 €

  • Seneca on Providence, Moderation, and Constancy of Mind
    Keith Seddon / Roger L'estrange / Roger L’Estrange
    THE SECOND OF THREE SLIM VOLUMES Roger L’Estrange, staunch royalist, author and pamphleteer, one-time inmate of Newgate Prison, one-time exile, one-time Member of Parliament, takes up the teaching of the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca, rearranging and paraphrasing the original Latin to shape a unique and engaging work of his own. Although it is not in our power to prevent fortu...
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    17,45 €

  • Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
    Edward FitzGerald / Keith Seddon
    Omar Khayyam’s haunting, timeless verses were translated into English by Edward FitzGerald and first published in 1859. That first edition is presented here in facsimile, accompanied by computer-generated typesetting of the later editions, providing a ’complete edition’. Persian astronomer-poet Omar Khayyam, writing nearly a thousand years ago, picks a path through life’s uncer...
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    57,25 €

  • An Outline of Cynic Philosophy
    C. D. Yonge / CDYonge / Keith Seddon
    This volume is a revised translation of the complete text of Book Six about Diogenes of Sinope and the Cynics, taken from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers written around AD 230 by the Graeco-Roman author Diogenes Laertius. The Life of Diogenes is accompanied by a detailed outline of Cynic philosophy, explaining Cynic doctrine and its significance for today’s audie...
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    57,09 €

  • Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
    Edward FitzGerald / Keith Seddon
    Omar Khayyam’s haunting, timeless verses were translated into English by Edward FitzGerald and first published in 1859. That first edition is presented here in facsimile, accompanied by computer-generated typesetting of the later editions, providing a ’complete edition’. Persian astronomer-poet Omar Khayyam, writing nearly a thousand years ago, picks a path through life’s uncer...
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    27,79 €

  • Seneca on Happiness, Virtue, and Philosophy as the Guide to Life
    Keith Seddon / Roger L'estrange / Roger L’Estrange
    THE FIRST OF THREE SLIM VOLUMES Roger L’Estrange, staunch royalist, author and pamphleteer, one-time inmate of Newgate Prison, one-time exile, one-time Member of Parliament, takes up the teaching of the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca, rearranging and paraphrasing the original Latin to shape a unique and engaging work of his own. Stoic philosophy guides us through all hazards, a...
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    17,45 €

  • An Outline of Cynic Philosophy
    C. D. Yonge / CDYonge / Keith Seddon
    This volume is a revised translation of the complete text of Book Six about Diogenes of Sinope and the Cynics, taken from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers written around AD 230 by the Graeco-Roman author Diogenes Laertius. The Life of Diogenes is accompanied by a detailed outline of Cynic philosophy, explaining Cynic doctrine and its significance for today’s audie...
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    17,47 €

  • Tractatus Philosophicus Tao
    Keith Seddon
    This little book is a playful and whimsical pastiche of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - inviting readers to savour the inspiration and instruction of Lao Tzu’s classic of philosophical Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. By exploring the mysterious Tao and meditating on Lao Tzu’s message, the Taoist Sage avoids excess, extremes, and extravagance, embracing the onen...
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    17,14 €

  • Lao Tzu
    Keith Seddon
    This is a new translation of the ancient Chinese Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu. It aims at clarity and simplicity. Its underlying philosophy is explored in the Introduction, and key terms are explained in the Glossary. The Index will show whereabouts in the Tao Te Ching key concepts and ideas are mentioned, making it a handy tool for exploring the text and for loc...
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    47,09 €

  • Stoic Serenity
    Keith Seddon
    Readers who enter upon this practical course in the Stoic art of living will learn how Stoic principles are linked to real life, and how to enjoy the ’smooth flow of life’ of the Stoic Sage who follows nature and holds to virtue, finding fearlessness, inner peace, and freedom from troubles. Readers will gain maximum advantage from the course if they acquire copies of Seneca’s L...
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    74,76 €

  • Stoic Serenity
    Keith Seddon
    Readers who enter upon this practical course in the Stoic art of living will learn how Stoic principles are linked to real life, and how to enjoy the ’smooth flow of life’ of the Stoic Sage who follows nature and holds to virtue, finding fearlessness, inner peace, and freedom from troubles. Readers will gain maximum advantage from the course if they acquire copies of Seneca’s L...
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    18,28 €

  • Learning the Tao
    Keith Seddon
    This is a short interpretation of the ancient Taoist classic named after its author, Chuang Tzu. This ancient text, originating in China in the fourth century BC, stands as one of the world’s profoundest manuals of spiritual transformation. In ten short chapters, the author explores the key ideas of the Chuang Tzu, revealing the way to enlightenment and inner peace as taught by...
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    9,05 €

  • Lao Tzu
    Keith Seddon
    This is a new translation of the ancient Chinese Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu. It aims at clarity and simplicity. Its underlying philosophy is explored in the Introduction, and key terms are explained in the Glossary. The Index will show whereabouts in the Tao Te Ching key concepts and ideas are mentioned, making it a handy tool for exploring the text and for loc...
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    12,28 €

  • Epictetus’ Handbook and the Tablet of Cebes
    Keith Seddon
    This new translation presents two key works in clear, straightforward English. The text is preceded by a comprehensive overview of the ethics in the two works, and includes chapter-by-chapter discussion of key themes. ...
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    267,82 €

  • Epictetus’ Handbook and the Tablet of Cebes
    Keith Seddon
    This new translation presents two works, one by Epictetus and the other by Cebes, two ancient Greek philosophers of the Imperial period, in new translations of clear, straightforward English. In this book, readers will learn how to sustain emotional harmony and a ’good flow of life’ whatever fortune may hold in store for them. This modern English translation of the complete H...
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    77,08 €