The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic 0197666353, 9780197666357

The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the Cynic 9780197666357, 0197666353

An engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philo

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Cynic Hero and Cynic King: studies in the cynic conception of man

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Darwin’s Dangerous Idea - Evolution and the Meanings of Life

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Shakespeare and the Truth-Teller: Confronting the Cynic Ideal 9781474439596

Examines the early modern reception of classical Cynicism and the rise of literary realism Promotes a new understanding

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The Life of Alcibiades: Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens 9781501739965, 9781501739972, 9781501719752, 1501739964

"A translation of a biography of the Athenian general Alcibiades by Jacqueline de Romilly, a French scholar and mem

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The Life of Alcibiades: Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens 9781501739972, 9781501739965, 9781501719752, 1501739972

This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450–404 BC) who achieved both renown an

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The Life of Alcibiades: Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens 9781501739965

A gifted demagogue and, according to his contemporaries, more handsome than the hero Achilles, Alcibiades is a strikingl

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Dangerous Religious Ideas 9780807051887, 2020013319, 9780807051870

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Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers 1472525515, 9781472525512

What do Socrates, Hypatia, Giordano Bruno, Thomas More, and Jan Patocka have in common? First, they were all faced one d

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Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers 9781472525826, 9781472522306

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