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Free Download Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life by Agnes Callard
English | January 14th, 2025 | ISBN: 1631498460 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 2.94 MB
An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer-and, in the first place, ask-life’s most important questions.

Free Download David Boucher, "Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present"
English | ISBN: 0198781946 | 2003 | 568 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present is an authoritative introduction to the entire history of Western political thought. Carefully edited by two of the leading scholars in the field, the book features specially commissioned chapters by renowned scholars from around the world. It begins with an introduction by the editors that places the history of political thought in context for students. The book then provides a chronological overview of the canon of great political theorists-from Socrates and the Sophists to such contemporary thinkers as Habermas and Foucault. Contributors discuss the ideas and significance of each thinker and give a summary of the best contemporary scholarship in the area. Offering useful learning aids, including biographies, a discussion of key texts, and coverage of fundamental concepts, Political Thinkers is ideal for undergraduate courses in introductory political thought.

Free Download John Beversluis, "Cross-Examining Socrates: A Defense of the Interlocutors in Plato’s Early Dialogues"
English | 2004 | pages: 429 | ISBN: 0521607590, 0521550580 | PDF | 1,6 mb
This book is a rereading of the early dialogues of Plato from the point of view of the people with whom Socrates engages in debate. Existing studies are thoroughly dismissive of the interlocutors and reduce them to the status of mere mouthpieces for views that are hopelessly confused or demonstrably false. This book takes interlocutors seriously and treats them as genuine intellectual opponents whose views are often more defensible than commentators have generally thought.

Free Download John Beversluis, "Cross-Examining Socrates: A Defense of the Interlocutors in Plato’s Early Dialogues"
English | 2004 | pages: 429 | ISBN: 0521607590, 0521550580 | PDF | 1,6 mb
This book is a rereading of the early dialogues of Plato from the point of view of the people with whom Socrates engages in debate. Existing studies are thoroughly dismissive of the interlocutors and reduce them to the status of mere mouthpieces for views that are hopelessly confused or demonstrably false. This book takes interlocutors seriously and treats them as genuine intellectual opponents whose views are often more defensible than commentators have generally thought.

Free Download Socrates and the Gender Debate: How Gender Ideology Fails the Test of Common Sense by Andrew Duncan, Laura Dexter
English | July 12, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0D9CST1RS | 353 pages | MOBI | 0.53 Mb
All but 0.0182% of the human race is unequivocally male or female. Yet that distinction is irrelevant in determining who we are attracted to, our public persona or what we can achieve. The last few decades have seen a welcome increase in tolerance, close to the liberal ideal of ‘do what you want as long as you do no harm’.

Free Download The Stoicism Workbook: How the Wisdom of Socrates Can Help You Build Resilience and Overcome Anything Life Throws at You (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D7QQPLN2 | 2024 | 4 hours and 54 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 269 MB
Author: Scott Waltman, R. Trent Codd III, Kasey Pierce
Narrator: Tim Fannon
What’s the secret to lasting happiness? How do you gain the resilience needed to weather life’s inevitable storms? For ancient philosophers like Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Zeno, and Epictetus, these questions were more than mere musings-they were key elements of a school of thought called Stoicism. In The Stoicism Workbook, you’ll learn how thinking like Socrates can help you identify what truly matters in your life, and build the resilience needed to go and get it! Combining ancient philosophical wisdom with modern psychology, this practical self-help workbook will help you think flexibly, maintain inner peace, adapt to difficult situations, and improve your overall mental health and well-being. You’ll also discover how the core Stoic virtues can be your compass as you navigate an increasingly uncertain world. Stoicism isn’t about being emotionless in the face of pain or suffering. It’s about giving yourself space for reflection before reacting. It’s about seeing opportunities in everyday challenges. It’s about wielding the power to decide to what extent sadness, pain, and anger affect you. Let this workbook guide you to learn more, and put this ancient wisdom into practice every day.

Free Download The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers (Audiobook)
English | August 25, 2020 | ASIN: B082XJ2GLM | M4B@128 kbps | 11h 20m | 620 MB
Author and Narrator: Eric Weiner
The New York Times best-selling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each – from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir – offers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times.
We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to unearth hidden beauty, and to find new ways of being. We want to learn how to embrace wonder. Face regrets. Sustain hope.

Free Download Robin Waterfield, "Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths"
English | ISBN: 0393065278 | 2009 | 284 pages | PDF | 5 MB
A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization―one with great resonance for American society today.

Free Download The Stoicism Workbook: How the Wisdom of Socrates Can Help You Build Resilience and Overcome Anything Life Throws at You by Scott Waltman, R. Trent Codd, Kasey Pierce
English | July 1st, 2024 | ISBN: 164848266X | 202 pages | True PDF | 2.49 MB
"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."

Free Download Gregory Vlastos, "Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher "
English | ISBN: 0801497876 | | 334 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
"Gregory Vlastos’s book begins from the conviction that Socrates’ strangeness is ‘the key to his philosophy.’ It is a marvelous book, in which no major aspect of Socrates’ career is eclipsed. The rigor of his arguments, the depth of his moral commitment and understanding, his complex relationship to Athenian ethical traditions, his rational religion: all this comes to life in writing whose vigor and lucidity put the challenge of Socrates squarely before the reader…. It deserves as much honor as any work of scholarship in Greek philosophy in this century."