Living a Good Life: Advice on Virtue, Love, and Action from the Ancient Greek Masters - Softcover

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9781570622748: Living a Good Life: Advice on Virtue, Love, and Action from the Ancient Greek Masters
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1570622744 ISBN 13: 9781570622748
Publisher: Shambhala, 1997

Synopsis

This collection of eminently practical advice from the likes of Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Pythagoras, and Aristotle covers subjects as diverse as money, child-raising, politics, philosophy, law, and relationships—all aspects of life and how to live it.

Thomas Cleary has translated these sayings and aphorisms from the Arabic sources that preserved Greek thought throughout the Middle Ages. Many of the texts no longer exist in the original Greek. Included in the book is an appendix that presents resonant sayings and fragments from Buddhist, Taoist, and Muslim sources, demonstrating the universal quality of the teachings of the Greek sages and hinting at the interaction between Western and Eastern cultures.

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About the Author

Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.

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Publisher
Shambhala
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1570622744
ISBN 13 
9781570622748
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
128
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  • 3.74 out of 5 stars
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