Elementals. The Essential Philosophy Compilation - Vincent O Alemán

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

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