Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 110 reviews Aristotle Princeton University Press, 1971 a bit of irony + Marvelous- It's ALL in here folks! (BOTH VOLUMES) + Where's Volume 2? + for the student of logic and biology + Great for Classicists and Novices Alike             Presocratic Philosophers8 reviews G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven Cambridge University Press, 1984 First Edition, My first professional Philosophy book + Aristotle should have read this! + One-volume English-language anthology of early Greek thought + On my third copy...             The Masters of Truth in Archaic Greece1 review Marcel Detienne Zone Books, 1999 Poetry, Philosophy, and Rhetoric--from myth to reason As a person with interests in rhetoric and philosophy, I found this book intriguing. It examines a shift from myth to reason in Ancient philosophy and explains how the idea of truth changes from a divinely inspired, poetically- informed truth to a truth based in rational thought and reason. For ...             A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 12 reviews Sir Thomas Heath Dover Publications, 1981 Academically great + more than just history This is not a terribly exciting book to read, but it is a superior reference for looking up Greek mathematicians. It is apparent that the author is partial to Euclid, as his section is close to a third of the book, (see the author's version of the Elements)but being a Euclid fan myself I can ...             The Art and Thought of Heraclitus: An Edition of the Fragments with Translation and Commentary6 reviews Heraclitus Cambridge University Press, 1981 The foundation of all Western thought...... + Still the standard, with good reason. + Interesting but there are alternatives + man is the measure. . . + Inspirational for Certain Philosophers             A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 22 reviews Sir Thomas Heath Dover Publications, 1981 Academically great + more than just history This is not a terribly exciting book to read, but it is a superior reference for looking up Greek mathematicians. It is apparent that the author is partial to Euclid, as his section is close to a third of the book, (see the author's version of the Elements)but being a Euclid fan myself I can ...             The Library of Greek Mythology (Oxford World's Classics)4 reviews Apollodorus Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 The Best Compilation of Greek Myths & Legends + Of Use + Great insight to Greek Mythology Just like the playwrights, Ovid is great in his own sphere (get the Arthur Golding translation--"Shakespeare's Ovid"), but his Metamorphoses are an artistic presentation of a single poet, whereas Apollodorus (though he surely relies on the poets as well) gives the simplest and most demotic/standard ...             Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classics)8 reviews Various Penguin Classics, 2002 The wonder of what is that it is + Philosophy...before there was philosophy! + the definitive volume + Throwing Light on the Landscape of the Orthodox             The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)6 reviews Cambridge University Press, 1995 The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle + See what Aristotle would be like today + Philosophy of Aristotle? This is the best introduction + Metaphysics + The Cream of the Companion Series             Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato2 reviews Plato, Francis MacDonald Cornford Hackett Publishing Company, 1997 Plato's view of the creation of the world + Timaeus a unique dialogue A cosmology is a narrative concerning the creation of the universe. Many ancient philosophers have written or elaborated this kind of work. The Platonic dialogue Timeus is an account of the work of the creator god (called the demiurge - or artisan) sculpting the chaotic material world in accordance ...             Theogony, Works and Days (Oxford World's Classics)10 reviews Hesiod Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Ian Myles Slater on: West's Hesiod Translation + Thoreau Is Hesiod Reincarnated + Easily read Hesiod + Very interesting + The Ancient Greek's handbook             Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 22 reviews Aristotle Princeton University Press, 1984 The Complete Works of Aristotle Volume 2 + Aristotle is fantastic The Complete Works of Aristotle Volume 2 edited bu Jonathan Barnes is a continuation of the revised Oxford translation. Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. As with the first volume, this translation makes the surviving works of ...             Neoplatonic Philosophy: Introductory Readings2 reviews Hackett Publishing Company, 2004 The Neoplatonic Canon This is the best and most affordable collection of Neoplatonic writings under the standard of a single volume. These selections and translations were made by the foremost scholars in the modern Neoplatonic sphere; and they were unified by the guiding principle that readers need an introduction to ...             Heraclitus Philip Wheelwright Oxford University Press, 1999             Iliad and Odyssey boxed set38 reviews Homer Penguin Classics, 1999 An Excellent Read; A little wordy, but a good set of books + Accessible cornerstone of Western literature + Highly readable translation + Wonderful             The Metaphysics (Penguin Classics)13 reviews Aristotle Penguin Classics, 1999 Key Philosopher of the Western tradition + What is The Meaning Of Being? + What is The Meaning Of Being? + The classic work             Aristarchus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus (Dover Books on Astronomy)2 reviews Sir Thomas Heath Dover Publications, 2004 best history of Greek astronomy + The title doesn't do it justice This old (early twentieth century) book is not just about Aristarchus, the "Greek Copernicus" -- that comes in the final chapters. Rather, it is the best survey I know of ancient Greek astronomy, starting from the very beginning. I kept coming across references to this book by Sir Thomas Heath in ...             The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Books 1 and 220 reviews Thomas L. Heath, Euclid Dover Publications, 1956 Reviewing editor Heath, not Euclid + Euclid's book + One of the Classics! + Euclid is Liberal             The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuition that the world should be comprehensible. But their enterprise was by no means limited to this proto-scientific task. Through, for instance, Heraclitus' enigmatic sayings, the poetry of Parmenides and ...             The Cambridge Companion to Plato (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)6 reviews Cambridge University Press, 1992 (no title) + Very Good + A Very Good Introduction to Plato + A comprehensive introduction to Plato