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The Art of Memory (1966), one of the most significant works of intellectual history, explores the history of mnemonics from ancient Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, to its influence on the science and culture of Europe.
Plato's dialogue Gorgias (c. 380 BC) in which Socrates debates with Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles about the nature of rhetoric, power, justice, and the good life. A harsh criticism of the Sophists and their oratory as flattery rather than knowledge.
Metaphysics is Aristotle's most famous and influential philosophical work, consisting of 14 books. The name Metaphysics is not Aristotle's – it came later because the writings were placed "behind physics" (meta ta physika).
In the book of interviews, Pierre Hadot explains through his personal life story and conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson why ancient philosophy was above all a way of life and a spiritual exercise, and not just theoretical knowledge.
Second, revised edition of the Croatian translation of the famous work Cato Maior de Senectute (44 BC). A philosophical dialogue in which Cato the Elder refutes prejudices about old age and celebrates its advantages.
The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written in the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Consisting of 13 chapters, it has long been hailed as the finest work of military strategy and tactics of its time.