A philosopher's dream come true-all of the essential wisdom texts in one volume; including:¿ Cebes: the disciple of Socrates¿ Lucretius: the Latin poet who versified the doctrines of Epicureanism¿ Solomon: the wisest man ever to live¿ Aristotle: "The Father of those who know"¿ Confucius: the Chinese Master¿ Cato: "second only to Solomon in wisdom"¿ Aesop: the sage fabulist¿ Ptah-Hotep: the oldest author in ...Full description
A philosopher's dream come true-all of the essential wisdom texts in one volume; including:¿ Cebes: the disciple of Socrates¿ Lucretius: the Latin poet who versified the doctrines of Epicureanism¿ Solomon: the wisest man ever to live¿ Aristotle: "The Father of those who know"¿ Confucius: the Chinese Master¿ Cato: "second only to Solomon in wisdom"¿ Aesop: the sage fabulist¿ Ptah-Hotep: the oldest author in the world¿ Washington: the Father of his nation¿ Gracián: the Jesuit instructor in the art of worldly wisdom¿ Buddha: the enlightened one¿ Epictetus: Caesar's preceptor¿ Descartes: the masterful doubter¿ Epicurus: the "bright star of the Greek race"¿ Plato: the divine¿ Plutarch: the hierophant and prince of biographers¿ Franklin: whose Poor Richard shows The Way to Wealth¿ & Cowley: the English essayist who leads us back to the fields in his piece On Agriculture