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人間の悩みの本質は2000年間変わっていない―ストア哲学が、いま、シリコンバレーで大流行しているのには理由がありました。とめどない不安に襲われがちな現代社会において「生き方の指針となる」のです。

奴隷が奴隷でありながら、いかに真の自由を手にするか――。異色の古代哲学者エピクテトスから学ぶ、不惑の生き方、考え方!

Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it.

「初心忘るべからず」は誰でも知っている名言ですが、それが世阿弥の言葉だと知っている人は少ないのではないでしょうか。

Philosophy as Consolation: Boethius and the Art of Inner Freedom explores what it means to live with dignity amid uncertainty, loss, and injustice. Revisiting the timeless wisdom of The Consolation of Philosophy, this work draws it into dialogue with the disquiet of the present—political repression, economic precarity, identity fragmentation, and technological disorientation. Without retreating into nostalgia or false comfort, the book asks how thought can remain steady when the world shifts, and what kind of freedom survives when all else is taken.

With the fate of the empire in his hands, he tries to capture his thoughts about death, virtue and beauty, which have a single purpose: to benefit human nature. Adapted into a modern, clear and flexible language, Meditations will bring you close to Marcus Aurelius' profound thoughts on death, virtue, and beauty—thoughts that are still relevant to our human nature today.

وفِي هَذا الكِتاب، يَنتَقِلُ بِنا المُؤَلِّفانِ بأُسْلوبٍ سَلِسٍ خَالٍ مِنَ التَّعقِيداتِ بَينَ رِحابِ الفَلسَفةِ مِن بَديهياتِها؛

الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي تُرافِقُه الفَلسَفةُ لا يَمُوتُ أبَدًا. هَكَذا نَقشَتِ الفَلسَفةُ اسْمَ «بوئثيوس» فِي الذَّاكِرةِ الإنْسانِيَّة؛ فَبَينَما كانَ يَقبَعُ فِي سِجنِهِ مُنتظِرًا أنْ يُؤمَرَ الجَلَّادُ بِفَصْلِ رَأسِ الحِكمَةِ عَن جَسَدِها، إِذَا بِهِ يَكتُبُ لنَا «عَزَاء الفَلسَفةِ»؛ دُرَّةَ أَعمالِهِ وأَحدَ أَهمِّ الكُتُبِ الفَلسَفيَّةِ الَّتي مَهَّدَتِ الطَّرِيقَ أَمامَ الفَلسَفةِ الأَرِسطيَّةِ فِي الغَربِ الأُورُوبيِّ طَوَالَ العُصُورِ الوُسْطَى، لِيُصبِحَ بَعدَها الكِتابَ الأَكثَرَ تَدَاوُلًا بَعدَ الكِتابِ المُقدَّسِ طَوَالَ عَشَرةِ قُرُونٍ تَالِية. ولَا يَزالُ «عَزَاءُ الفَلسَفةِ»...

Written as private reflections rather than a formal treatise, Meditations offers timeless insight into discipline, clarity of thought, and inner resilience. This audiobook presents a curated selection of passages from the public-domain writings of the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius, drawn from the classic English translation by George Long. These reflections focus on personal responsibility, impermanence, emotional control, and the practice of reason in daily life.

The beloved classic daily devotional of Stoic meditations—the only authorized print edition in the US and complete with a ribbon marker—with more than two million copies sold! Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with...

This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet; learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that philosophy is no mere intellectual pastime.

One of the most significant books ever written by a head of state, the Meditations are a collection of philosophical thoughts by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 ce). Covering issues such as duty, forgiveness, brotherhood, strength in adversity and the best way to approach life and death, the Meditations have inspired thinkers, poets and politicians since their first publication more than 500 years ago. Today, the book stands as one of the great guides and companions—a cornerstone of Western thought.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers profound insights into Stoic philosophy. In these writings, the Roman Emperor contemplates themes of virtue, resilience, and inner peace, guiding listeners on how to live a life of purpose and integrity.

In this translation of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle’s foundational work on ethics, happiness, and virtue is brought to life in fresh, accessible language designed for 21st-century listeners. Whether you’re a student of philosophy or simply seeking deeper meaning in your everyday decisions, this audiobook delivers powerful insights that resonate across generations.

With vast erudition, Foucault cuts across disciplines and reaches back into seventeenth century to show how classical systems of knowledge, which linked all of nature within a great chain of being and analogies between the stars in the heavens and the features in a human face, gave way to the modern sciences of biology, philology, and political economy. The result is nothing less than an archaeology of the sciences that unearths old patterns of meaning and reveals the shocking arbitrariness of our received truths.

Distilled to its essence, the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy known as Stoicism is a philosophy of personal betterment. Professor Pigliucci, who knows firsthand just how transformative a Stoic approach to life can be, has designed these 25 lessons as an enlightening introduction to the basics of Stoic philosophy and ways to incorporate its lessons into your own life.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Armitage, star of Peter Jackson'sThe Hobbit trilogy and also known for his roles in Ocean's 8 and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Diskin Clay. Originally written only for his personal...

The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich, and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces listeners to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives listeners a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy and of its wide variety of themes and styles.

Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to rethink and reorganize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction. What is the connection between them? This Very Short Introduction provides an introductory account of Stoic philosophy, and tells the story of how ancient Stoicism survived and evolved into the movement we see today.

A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time.