Philosophy, ancient
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De rerum natura
Moralia
Ancient philosophy, mystery, and magic
Aristotle
The Politics, and the Constitution of Athens
The theological tractates
The fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes
History of Animals
Zhongguo zhe xue shi
Plato's method of dialectic
Grossen Philosophen
The Roman philosophers
Republic--Book X
Plato and Parmenides
In the dark places of wisdom
Feminism and Ancient Philosophy
Selections from De rerum natura
Μένων
Explaining the Cosmos
Tusculanae disputationes
Problems
Cosmic problems
Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
Cato maior de senectute
Religions of the ancient Greeks
De republica
A history of philosophy
Συμπόσιον
How Plato and Pythagoras can save your life
Plato and Platonism
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