| "Who were the fools who
spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier.
And once they are dead they are no more than corpses" (Simone Weil, Selected
Essays).
Major Philosophers
Aristotle
Augustine
Cicero
Epictetus
Epicurus
Lucretius
Marcus
Aurelius
Plato
Socrates
Bibliography for Beginners (The
following general surveys are suitable for beginners):
Julia Annas. Ancient
Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction. [Available in NSU
library collection.]
James Arieti. Philosophy
in the Ancient World: An Introduction.
Thomas Cahill. Sailing
the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter. [Available in NSU
library collection.]
Anthony Gottlieb. The
Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the
Renaissance. [Available in NSU
library collection.]
Justin Pollard and Howard Reid. The
Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern World.
Mary Renault. The
Last of the Wine. [Available in NSU
library collection.]
M.R. Wright. Introducing
Greek Philosophy.
Other
Resources
Some useful reasearch and writing tools can be
found here.
A sample essay assignment and some sample student
essays can be found here.
Ben Mulvey's podcasts
about Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil are here.
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