The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known and most popular works of ancient philosophy, offering spiritual reflections on how best to understand the universe and one's place within it. In short, highly charged comments, Marcus draws on Stoic philosophy to confront challenges that he felt acutely, but which are also shared by all human beings--facing the constant presence of death, making sense of one's social role, grasping the moral significance of the universe. They bring us closer to the personality of the emperor, who is often disillusioned with his own status and with human activities in general; they are both an historical document and a remarkable spiritual diary. This translation by Robin Hard brings out the eloquence and universality of Marcus' thoughts. The introduction and notes by Christopher Gill take account of the most recent work on Marcus and place the Meditations firmly in the ancient philosophical context. A newly translated selection of Marcus' correspondence with his tutor Fronto broadens the picture of the emperor as a person and thinker.

在一个你无法把握的世界里，你能否让自己的有限的一生散发出人性的极度光辉？在西方古代，这是以“斯多亚派”的名义进行思考的哲学家最为关注的问题。爱比克泰德（Epictetus）是著名的罗马时期斯多亚派三大哲学家之一，大约生活在公元50－120年。其学生阿里安记载他的许多谈话编辑而成的这本灵动、隽永、深刻的《哲学谈话录》。

In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world’s philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger-can enrich and even transform our lives.

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David Denby, New York city movie critic and journalist, entered Columbia University in 1991 to take the university's famous course in "Great Books." This is the course that, in preserving the notion of the western canon without apology to multiculturalists and feminists, has been an unlikely focus of America's culture war in recent years. Where other universities have caved in and revised or enlarged the canon, Columbia's course has remained intact. Denby's intention as a writer and protagonist in the culture war was to record the experience and the personal impact of the course. He has produced a cry from the heart in favor of the classics of western civilization, relaying with infectious enthusiasm how literature touched his soul. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

《究竟真实:傅佩荣谈老子》内容简介：《老子》作为道家思想的发源，研究它是一门博大精深的学问。它所强调的是“道”，即究竟真实，宇宙万物跟人合起来看就是真实，这也是道家所要强调的。那么一切的背后是充满变化的，人生的各种遭遇也是充满变化，只有“真实”原则是永远不变的。这一切来之于“道”，又回归于“道”。《究竟真实:傅佩荣谈老子》，以掌握古文经典的哲学涵义的角度去解读，“澄清概念、设定判准、建构系统”，首先对其原文进行忠实于字词本义的白话翻译，然后把握关键词和重点，详细诠释每一句话背后的道理。