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Waterfield Robin

Pocos se atreverían a afirmar que Platón sea el único padre de la filosofía, pero eso es lo que se defiende en este libro, siguiendo la línea del filósofo inglés Alfred North Whitehead cuando afirmó que «la historia de la filosofía occidental no es más que una serie de notas al pie de página de Platón». Pese a todo, se sabe muy poco del hombre que fue Platón, y no se ha escrit...

Waterfield Robin

EL RELATO DE UNO DE LOS GRANDES ESCÁNDALOS FILOSÓFICOS DE LA HISTORIA El juicio y la muerte de Sócrates constituyen un momento emblemático de la civilización occidental. La imagen que tenemos de aquellos acontecimientos (creada por sus seguidores inmediatos y perpetuada a partir de entonces por un sinnúmero de obras de literatura y arte) es la de un hombre noble condenado a mu...

Marcus Aurelius (Marco Aurelio) / Waterfield Robin

This definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is an insightful look into the mind of Ancient Rome's sixteenth emperor. As featured on the Today Show Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome—and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the...

Marcus Aurelius (Marco Aurelio) / Waterfield Robin

This definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is an insightful look into the mind of Ancient Rome's sixteenth emperor. As featured on the Today Show Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome—and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the...

Kathryn Waterfield / Waterfield Robin / Andrew Thomson

When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His victories won him many supporters, but they also earned him enemies. This easy-to-read biog...