Greek Philosophy

Überblicksdarstellungen zur Geschichte der Philosophie gibt es dutzendfach. Eine Darstellung, die heute vergessen ist, vor hundert Jahren bei ihrem Erscheinen aber viel gelesen wurde und sich großer Beliebtheit erfreute, ist die fünfbändige "Geschichte der Philosophie" von August Messer. August Messer war Professor für Philosophie und Pädagogik in Gießen. Er gehörte zudem der sogenannten Würzburger Schule an, eine Gruppe von Psychologen und Philosophen, die zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts Forschungen im Bereich der Kognitionspsychologie betrieben, damals noch Denkpsychologie genannt.

Marco Aurelio escribió sus Meditaciones durante los descansos de sus actividades políticas y bélicas. Estas reflexiones tenían el propósito de recordarle las máximas fundamentales del estoicismo y de ayudarle a aplicarlas en su día a día para no desviarse del objetivo primordial: ser mejor persona. Organizadas en doce libros, versan sobre temas universales y atemporales como la fugacidad del tiempo o la manera correcta de conducirse en la vida.

What's the big idea? Socrates argues that there are reasons to believe the soul is immortal and will live on after the body’s death. This dialogue tells us how Socrates spent the last day of his life with several friends, and how he met his end. Though soon to take a fatal drink of poison, Socrates insisted on discussing the soul and tried to prove its immortality.

Vieles, was wir heute denken, viele unserer westlichen Werte gehen zurück auf die Glanzzeit der ersten Philosophie in Griechenland um 500 v. Chr. Verbunden mit den Namen Sokrates, Platon und Aristoteles. Und auch unsere Literatur bestimmen noch immer Figuren und Geschichten der Antike. Unsere Box vereint Klassiker der Denk-und Dramenkunst. Mit dabei: "Die Apologie des Sokrates", "Das Gastmahl", "Phaidon" (alle Platon), "Die Nikomachische Ethik" (Aristoteles), "Antigone", "König Ödipus" (Sophokles), "Medea" (Euripides), "Die Perser" (Aischylos) und "Die Vögel", "Lysistrate"(Aristophanes).

Seneca (1 – 65 n. Chr.) war mehr als nur ein Philosoph: er war Staatsmann und Erzieher des despotischen Kaisers Nero. Wenn Seneca, Hauptvertreter der Denkrichtung der Stoa, praktische Lebenstipps erteilt, weiß er genau, wovon er spricht. Seneca weiß: ein gutes, glückliches und sinnvolles Leben ist möglich. Hier enthalten: Vom glücklichen Leben, Von der Kürze des Lebens, Von der Gemütsruhe, Vom Zorn.

Pupil of the great Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is a massively influential figure in Western philosophy. Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold". Modern ethics are based on his ideas about virtue; his writings literally encompassed all the scientific knowledge of the time and beyond, so much that many of his findings were still considered cutting-edge many century afterwards. Aristotle also shaped modern logic, and put his mark on all subsequent philosophy and theology.

You will never see war the same way after reading this extraordinary retelling of an ancient Greek fable about a tragically unnecessary battle between mice and frogs. This miniature masterpiece ranks with Animal Farm as one of the greatest parables of human foibles. Originally published in 1962, The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice tells in words and pictures a classic tale of the foolhardiness of war. When Crum-snatcher, a Mouse, cautiously mounts the back of Puff-jaw, King of the Frogs, to explore the frogs pond, the Mouse meets with a disaster which soon brings the two nations into mortal conflict.

Nikos Pappas deciphers the teachings of foundational Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and shows you how their principles can revolutionize your everyday life. From ethical dilemmas and personal growth to the quest for a fulfilling life, this book offers practical insights for anyone looking to navigate the modern world with the wisdom of the ancients.

What’s the big idea? To Socrates, living according to his values was more important than life itself. Plato’s Apology is in three parts: Socrates’ personal defense in his trial for impiety and corrupting the young, his plea before being sentenced, and his address to the jurors after he was condemned to death. This book includes an introduction, telling who Socrates was and how he came to be on trial for his life before his fellow Athenians.

A classic of stoic philosophy written by the emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius.

This audiobook is a study of three philosophers - Rene Descartes, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Karl Marx. Become more familiar with these men and their inspiring ideas about life, society, and so much more. 

"De la brevedad de la Vida", es un ensayo de Séneca, en el que el autor utiliza la prosa epistolar para dar a conocer, en veinte breves apartados, sus pensamientos filosóficos sobre la vida. Séneca plantea y desarrolla una paradoja, pues, frente a la idea generalizada de que la vida es breve, él considera que es larga si se sabe vivir de acuerdo con la razón, en el camino de la sabiduría y la virtud. Lo que exige no dejarse arrastrar por las pasiones y las obligaciones no rectas. Probablemente esta obra estuvo influenciada por la experiencia de sus años de destierro.

Unterwegs mit den großen Denkern der Antike: Wie schon der erfolgreiche Vorgängerband "Philosophie to go", so verknüpft auch "Weisheit to go" die Erfahrungen der Menschen von heute mit der Weisheit bedeutender antiker Philosophen aus Ost und West. Der Unruhe, dem Stress und der Oberflächlichkeit unseres Alltags setzt Albert Kitzler die zeitlosen Wahrheiten von Seneca, Sokrates, Buddha, Konfuzius, Laotse und anderen Philosophen aus Rom, Griechenland, Indien und China entgegen.

The extraordinary principles of Stoicism instructed through the narrative of its most acclaimed defender.  

Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpret the epic poetry of Homer. How does an actor, a poet, or any other artist create? Is it by knowing? Is it by inspiration? As the dialogue proceeds, the nature of human creativity emerges as a mysterious process and an unsolved puzzle. Plato lived in Athens, Greece. He wrote approximately two-dozen dialogues that explore core topics that are essential to all human beings.

The full title of Seneca’s work Of Providence is "Why do misfortunes happen to good men, if providence exists?". The longer title reflects the essay’s theme which is more concerned with theodicy and the question of why bad things happen to good people, rather than with providence. The essay is written as a dialogue in six brief sections, opened by Lucilius complaining to his friend Seneca that misfortunes befall to good people too. How does this fit with the goodness associated with the design of providence? 

Hippias of Elis travels throughout the Greek world practicing and teaching the art of making beautiful speeches. On a rare visit to Athens, he meets Socrates who questions him about the nature of his art. Socrates is especially curious about how Hippias would define beauty. They agree that "beauty makes all beautiful things beautiful," but when Socrates presses him to say precisely what he means, Hippias is unable to deliver such a definition. The more Socrates probes, the more absurd the responses from Hippias become.

"Plato was not a Platonist! I would like to show... that anyone who reads the dialogues of Plato without bias or an ax to grind will find a humorous, witty, pleasant friend; and not a desiccated scholarly mandarin. Plato was an open-minded, tolerant, reasonable individual, not a tight-lipped, pietistic, puritan. In a word, Plato was an Athenian, not a Spartan!". In the twenty-four centuries that have passed since the Athenians put Socrates to death, every generation has interpreted the meaning of Plato’s work differently.

En Apología de Sócrates, Platón da una versión del discurso que Sócrates pronunció como defensa, ante los tribunales atenienses, en el juicio en el que se le acusó de corromper a la juventud y no creer en los dioses de la polis. Aunque su datación exacta es incierta, el texto, por su temática, pertenece al ciclo platónico de las primeras obras llamadas Socráticas, que Platón escribió en su juventud, e incluso se piensa que es su primera obra. ​La Apología se divide en tres partes.

Dieses Hörbuch enthält vier Berichte über vergessene und unvergessene Weisheiten der Antike: Die Selbstbetrachtung des Marc Aurel (121-180 n.Chr.), Aus den Schriften und Briefen des Philosophen Epikuros (341-270 v.Chr.), Aus Senecas (1-65 n.Chr.) Briefen und Schriften, Aus den Schriften des Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 v.Chr.). Regie: Julius Albert Flach.