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  • An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory Among the Ancients

    Mnemosyne, Hesiod tells us, was the mother of the Muses. Without speculating as some have done about the reasons for this myth it is interesting as showing an appreciation of the fundamental nature of memory and some sort of crude introspective psychology dating back possibly to pre-historic times. Before the art of writing was in common use men had to depend more largely than to-day upon their ... Read more

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  • An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory among the Ancients

    In "An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory among the Ancients," William Henry Burnham meticulously explores the evolving theories of memory from antiquity to the Enlightenment. The book adopts a historical-critical approach, deftly weaving together interpretations from various cultures, including Greek, Roman, and Eastern thought. Burnham's eloquent prose invites the reader to traverse ... Read more

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  • An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory among the Ancients

    Enriched edition. Exploring Ancient Memory Perspectives and Cultural Values

    William Henry Burnham's "An Historical Sketch of the Conceptions of Memory among the Ancients" offers a profound exploration of the evolution of memory as understood by ancient civilizations, weaving together philosophical, psychological, and literary insights. Employing a scholarly yet accessible style, Burnham traces the multifaceted concept of memory from early philosophical thinkers like Plato ... Read more

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  • The Art of Always Being Right

    The 38 Subtle Ways of Persuation

    'Beware who you give this book to.' Financial Times 'I recommend that you keep this delightful essay at your side.' Observer 'Dryly witty essay' Alain de Botton, Sunday Telegraph We all sit through meetings with that one person who seems to be able to persuade everyone. What is their secret? Are they more gifted than we are? Or is it just that they are very skilled in the art of persuation? That ... Read more

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  • Poetics (Mobi Classics)

    Aristotle's Poetics aims to give an account of what he calls 'poetry' (covering the lyric, the epos, and the drama). Aristotle attempts to explain 'poetry' through 'first principles' and by discerning its different genres and component elements. His analysis of tragedy constitutes the core of his discussion. Aristotle's Poetics is universally acknowledged in Western critical tradition. Excerpted ... Read more

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  • Fragments

    by Heraclitus ...
    Translated by Brooks Haxton ...
    Fragments of wisdom from the ancient worldIn the sixth century b.c.-twenty-five hundred years before Einstein--Heraclitus of Ephesus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything becomes energy in flux, in relativity. His great book, On Nature, the world's first coherent philosophical treatise and touchstone for Plato, Aristotle, and Marcus Aurelius, has long been lost to history- ... Read more

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  • Aristotle

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context. ABOUT THE SERIES: ... Read more

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  • The Great Philosophers: Socrates

    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.' So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of the man with best claims to be its founding father.Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His words lovingly recorded by his devoted disciple Plato, his doctrines ... Read more

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  • The Great Philosophers: Plato

    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    'Courage is knowing what not to fear' Plato'One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors'Without the work of Plato, western thought is, quite literally, unthinkable. No single influence has been greater, in every age and in every philosophic field. Even those thinkers who have rejected Plato's views have found themselves working ... Read more

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  • Symposium

    by Plato ...
    Translated by Robin Waterfield ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC at which the guests include the comic poet Aristophanes and, of course, Plato's mentor Socrates. The power, humour, and pathos of Plato's creation engages the reader on every page. This new translation is complemented by full explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction. ... Read more

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  • Categories (Mobi Classics)

    Things are said to be named 'equivocally' when, though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each. Thus, a real man and a figure in a picture can both lay claim to the name 'animal'; yet these are equivocally so named, for, though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each. For should any one define in what sense ... Read more

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  • Deductive Logic

    Philosophy by a professor at Oxford, first published in 1888. ... Read more

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