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Living a Good Life: Advice on Virtue, Love, and Action from the Ancient Greek Masters
Contributor(s): Cleary, Thomas (Translator)

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 ISBN: 1570622744     ISBN-13: 9781570622748
Publisher: Shambhala
OUR PRICE: $15.15  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 1997
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Annotation: This collection of eminently practical advice from such well-known ancient Greeks as Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle covers subjects as diverse as money, politics, philosophy, law, virtue, love, and action--all aspects of life and how to live it well.
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Philosophy | Aesthetics
Dewey: 170.44
LCCN: 96044398
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 4.98" W x 7.2" L (0.31 lbs) 128 pages
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This collection of eminently practical advice from the likes of Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Pythagoras, and Aristotle covers subjects as diverse as money, child-raising, politics, philosophy, law, and relationships--all aspects of life and how to live it.

Thomas Cleary has translated these sayings and aphorisms from the Arabic sources that preserved Greek thought throughout the Middle Ages. Many of the texts no longer exist in the original Greek. Included in the book is an appendix that presents resonant sayings and fragments from Buddhist, Taoist, and Muslim sources, demonstrating the universal quality of the teachings of the Greek sages and hinting at the interaction between Western and Eastern cultures.
 
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